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The Family of Abraham: Part 8—The Visitation of the Angels

March 14, 2019

Alastair Roberts

I discuss the three visitors to Abraham and Sarah at Mamre and the conversation concerning the destruction of Sodom. My blog for my podcasts and videos is found here: https://adversariapodcast.com/.

The Family of Abraham: Part 7—The Covenant of Circumcision

March 13, 2019

Alastair Roberts

Within this episode, I discuss Genesis 17 and the meaning of circumcision. I mention Howard Eilberg-Schwartz's book, 'The Savage in Judaism': https://amzn.to/2HufFVD. My blog for my podcasts and vide

S2E3 - Observations of the Synoptic Problem | Part 2

March 13, 2019

Risen Jesus - Mike Licona

In this episode, Dr. Licona continues discussing some of the observations we see from looking at the writing style of the synoptic gospels (such as editorial fatigue and parenthetical remarks) and how

#9 Old Testament violence, Andy Stanley and Greg Boyd

March 12, 2019

Ask NT Wright Anything - Premier

Tom responds to listener Qs on Andy Stanley ‘unhitching’ Christianity from the Old Testament, the historicity of the Exodus, and the way that Greg Boyd interprets violent portraits of God in ‘The Cruc

The Family of Abraham: Part 6—Hagar and a New Fall

March 12, 2019

Alastair Roberts

Within this video, I explore how the story of Hagar in Genesis 16 is an anticipation of bondage in Egypt and a repetition of the Fall. For more on Exodus themes, see my book Echoes of Exodus: https:/

The Family of Abraham: Part 5—Cutting a Covenant

March 11, 2019

Alastair Roberts

Within this video, I discuss Genesis 15, with God's cutting of a covenant with Abram, an unusual vision, and declaration of the future events of the Exodus. For more on this chapter, read my treatment

Phyllis Chesler, A Politically Incorrect Feminist

March 10, 2019

Alastair Roberts

In this video I discuss Phyllis Chesler's riveting memoir of second wave feminism, A Politically Incorrect Feminist. Buy a copy here: https://amzn.to/2UpP3Je My blog for my podcasts and videos is fou

Q&A#114 Why is the Apostle Peter Called Simon Bar-Jonah?

March 9, 2019

Alastair Roberts

Today's question: "I found it odd that Jesus would address Peter as "Simon bar-Jonah" after his declaration of Jesus as the Christ (Matthew 16:17) -- not because it's uncommon for men to be referred t

Why Does The Modern World Care So Much About Equality (and what does Scripture say about it)?

March 8, 2019

Alastair Roberts

Today's question: "Why is equality such an important ideal (given good) in modern society? What are some underlying causes and how does the gospel shed light on this desire?" You can read the Joyce B

The Family of Abraham: Part 4—Defeating the Kings, Rescuing Lot, Meeting Melchizedek

March 7, 2019

Alastair Roberts

In the fourth part of my series on Abraham and his family, I discuss Genesis 14, with Abram's victory over the kings, his encounter with Melchizedek, and his final break with Lot. My blog for my podc

The Family of Abraham: Part 3—Exodus from Egypt and the Departure of Lot

March 6, 2019

Alastair Roberts

In the third part of my study of the story of Abraham and his family, I discuss Abram's sojourn in the land of Egypt, his journeys in Canaan, and his separation from Lot. I have discussed some of the

S2E2 - Observations of the Synoptic Problem | Part 1

March 6, 2019

Risen Jesus - Mike Licona

In this episode, Dr. Licona discuses some of the inferences one can make from looking at the writing style of the synoptic gospels. What types of observations are there to suggest a relationship betwe

The Family of Abraham: Part 2—A Dead Brother and a Barren Wife

March 5, 2019

Alastair Roberts

This is the second part of my series of videos on the family of Abraham. Within it, I discuss the background to the call of Abram in the story of the Flood, Babel, and the death of Haran. My blog for

The Family of Abraham: Part 1—Introduction

March 4, 2019

Alastair Roberts

The story of Abraham and his family occupies the majority of the book of Genesis. Today I start a series on this story, exploring it as a densely interwoven tapestry of events and characters, revealin

False Pattern Recognition, Conspiracy Theories, and the Need for Well-Calibrated Perception

March 2, 2019

Alastair Roberts

Today I discuss the dangers of poorly calibrated pattern recognition in biblical study. Within this video, I mention 'The Pyramid and the Garden' by Scott Alexander: https://slatestarcodex.com/2016/1

Q&A#112 Is the Samaritan Woman Like Hagar and Other Such Questions

March 1, 2019

Alastair Roberts

Today's question: "The story of Hagar found in Genesis 16 reminds me of the Samaritan woman in John 4. Both accounts involve a woman who is (in some sense) cast out from the Abrahamic community. She i

Q&A#111 Joanna the Wife of Chuza

February 28, 2019

Alastair Roberts

Today's question: "Is there more significance than immediately meets the eye in the reference to 'Joanna, the wife of Chuza, Herod's household manager' becoming a follower of Jesus in Luke 8:3?" With

S2E1 - Introduction to the Synoptic Problem

February 27, 2019

Risen Jesus - Mike Licona

At the beginning of season 2, we talk with Dr. Licona about the relationship between Matthew, Mark, and Luke - also known as the synoptic gospels. What's the best way for us to view the differences be

#8 Resurrection, hell, universalism, dispensationalism (and much more)

February 26, 2019

Ask NT Wright Anything - Premier

In an extended edition of the show originally broadcast on the Unbelievable? podcast, Justin asks a variety of listener questions on dispensationalism, John’s gospel, inerrancy, salvation, hell, unive

Q&A#110 The Test of Jealousy

February 22, 2019

Alastair Roberts

Today's question: "How should we interpret the water of bitterness in the ordeal for adultery in Numbers chapter 5? Is this some sort of a miracle on demand? If not, how much of an idea can we get reg

Angela Nagle, Kill All Normies

February 21, 2019

Alastair Roberts

Today I review Angela Nagle's book 'Kill All Normies: Online Culture Wars From 4Chan and Tumblr to Trump and the Alt-Right' - https://amzn.to/2XgBGg1 Here is the article on Walter White as Nietzschea

Q&A#109 Why Doesn't Eleazar Die in the Wilderness?

February 20, 2019

Alastair Roberts

Today's question: "What does the entrance of Aaron's son Eleazar into the promised land say about the curse upon the generation which rebelled at the edge of the promised land? We see him in Numbers 3

Q&A#108 Levirate Marriage

February 19, 2019

Alastair Roberts

Today's question: "What were the purposes of levirate marriage? I can see that it would help to provide for widows, but its described purposes appear to go beyond that. In our culture, if a brother di

Q&A#107 The Tree of the Knowledge of Good and Evil and the Image of God

February 17, 2019

Alastair Roberts

Today's question: "In your video "Created in the Image of the Angels" you say that humans were supposed to grow into the Image of God, but don't discuss how this relates to the verse you referenced in

Q&A#106 Human Sacrifice and Divine Wrath in 2 Kings 3

February 16, 2019

Alastair Roberts

Today's question: "I was reading 2 Kings 3 which discusses the war with Moab, and I was struck by how the story ends - Elisha seems to prophesy success, at least he counsels engagement, Israel does su

Q&A#105 Numbering the Tribes

February 15, 2019

Alastair Roberts

Today's question: "Could you clarify for lay readers of the Bible (who might be getting confused or forgetting things from one book to another) by giving an overview of how the tribes of Israel are nu

Q&A#104 How Do We Apply Pauline Teaching Given to Jews as Twenty First Century Gentiles?

February 14, 2019

Alastair Roberts

Today's question: "How should Gentile Christians situate themselves when listening to the New Testament's many sections which were originally directed towards Jewish Christians, but seem now in many w

Q&A#103 How Should We Introduce Evangelicals to Liturgy?

February 13, 2019

Alastair Roberts

Today's question: "I have been following the resurgence of interest in ancient liturgies and have read your two part article on Theopolis as well as several podcasts where you speak about this topic.

Women and the Image of God

February 12, 2019

Alastair Roberts

If the image of God concept is particularly associated with men, what about women? Follow up to this video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xbz7buWNIIY My blog for my podcasts and videos is found her

#7 Bible infallibility, Sola Scriptura and slavery

February 12, 2019

Ask NT Wright Anything - Premier

How should we treat the Bible? Inerrant? Infallible? Does it contain errors? Tom  answers questions on the nature of the Bible as well as related issues such as whether the Reformers were right to con

Created in the Image of the Angels?

February 11, 2019

Alastair Roberts

Today I discuss the meaning of the first person plurals in Genesis 1:26 and how this might give us a more developed understanding of the image of God. For more on the issues I discuss here, you could

Q&A#102 Is the Parable of the Sower About Israel?

February 10, 2019

Alastair Roberts

Today's question: "What credence is there to looking at the parable of the sower (Mt 13, Mk 4, Lk 8) as Jesus' comment on the nation of Israel, not as a parable about the condition of an individual's

Q&A#101 Creation Days in John's Gospel

February 9, 2019

Alastair Roberts

Today's question: "What are we to make of the echoes of Genesis 1-2:3 in John 1-2:11? Is there any correlation between the days in Genesis and the days in John?" My blog for my podcasts and videos is

#6 Female church leadership, complementarity and marriage

January 30, 2019

Ask NT Wright Anything - Premier

Tom answers questions on what the New Testament says about the role of women in church leadership. Does 1 Tim 2:13-15 forbid women from preaching? What does he make of complementarian vs egalitarian t

#5 Qs on the life of St Paul, justification and predestination

January 16, 2019

Ask NT Wright Anything - Premier

Tom Wright talks to Justin about his new book Paul: A Biography and takes listener questions on ‘justification’, election and salvation and what three things he would ask Paul if he were alive today. 

The Twelfth Day of Christmas: The Forerunner in the Wilderness

January 5, 2019

Alastair Roberts

Over the Christmas period, I am posting videos exploring biblical echoes and symmetries in the stories of the nativity in the gospels. In this twelfth and final video I discuss echoes of the story of

The Eleventh Day of Christmas: Angels and Shepherds

January 4, 2019

Alastair Roberts

Over the Christmas period, I am posting videos exploring biblical echoes and symmetries in the stories of the nativity in the gospels. In this eleventh video I discuss the angels' appearance to the sh

The Tenth Day of Christmas: Balaam and the Magi

January 3, 2019

Alastair Roberts

Over the Christmas period, I am posting videos exploring biblical echoes and symmetries in the stories of the nativity in the gospels. In this tenth video I discuss connections between the wise men an

The Ninth Day of Christmas: Foreigners in Search of Wisdom

January 2, 2019

Alastair Roberts

Over the Christmas period, I am posting videos exploring biblical echoes and symmetries in the stories of the nativity in the gospels. In this ninth video I discuss connections between the wise men an

The Eighth Day of Christmas: Pharaoh and the Magicians

January 1, 2019

Alastair Roberts

Over the Christmas period, I am posting videos exploring biblical echoes and symmetries in the stories of the nativity in the gospels. In this eighth video I discuss the court of Herod and its relatio

#4 Qs on Mission, Evangelism, Islam and other religions

December 31, 2018

Ask NT Wright Anything - Premier

In this episode Tom Wright fields listener questions on evangelism in a post-Christian world, returning to a message of repentance, whether we can know that Jesus is the only way to God, and how to ta

The Seventh Day of Christmas: Herod the Wronged Villain

December 31, 2018

Alastair Roberts

Over the Christmas period, I am posting videos exploring biblical echoes and symmetries in the stories of the nativity in the gospels. In this seventh video I discuss the villain of the account, Herod

The Sixth Day of Christmas: Joseph the Dreamer

December 30, 2018

Alastair Roberts

Over the Christmas period, I am posting videos exploring biblical echoes and symmetries in the stories of the nativity in the gospels. In this sixth video I focus on the character of Joseph in Matthew

The Fifth Day of Christmas: Rachel, Desolate and Restored

December 29, 2018

Alastair Roberts

Over the Christmas period, I am posting videos exploring biblical echoes and symmetries in the stories of the nativity in the gospels. In this fifth video I reveal the character of Rachel lying behind

The Fourth Day of Christmas: Two Presentations in the Temple

December 28, 2018

Alastair Roberts

Over the Christmas period, I will be posting videos exploring biblical echoes and symmetries in the stories of the nativity in the gospels. In this fourth video I discuss the connection between the as

The Third Day of Christmas: Luke's Two Pentecosts

December 27, 2018

Alastair Roberts

Over the Christmas period, I will be posting videos exploring biblical echoes and symmetries in the stories of the nativity in the gospels. In this third video I discuss the connections between Luke's

The Second Day of Christmas: Samuel in Luke

December 26, 2018

Alastair Roberts

Merry Christmas! Over the Christmas period, I will be posting videos exploring biblical echoes and symmetries in the stories of the nativity in the gospels. In this second video I discuss the connect

The First Day of Christmas: Twin Nativities

December 25, 2018

Alastair Roberts

Merry Christmas! Over the Christmas period, I will be posting videos exploring biblical echoes and symmetries in the stories of the nativity in the gospels. This first video explores some connections

Q&A#100 The Bumper Hundredth Q&A Episode

December 20, 2018

Alastair Roberts

For my hundredth question and answer video, I work through over a dozen questions in an hour. My blog for my podcasts and videos is found here: https://adversariapodcast.com/. If you have any questi

Q&A#99 Paul Maxwell on Masculinity Revisited

December 19, 2018

Alastair Roberts

I've been asked to give thoughts on this video/article by Paul Maxwell on evangelicalism and masculinity: https://selfwire.org/article/evangelical-culture-beta-culture. I have previously commented on

Q&A#98 Should We Sing Happy Birthday to Jesus at Christmas?

December 18, 2018

Alastair Roberts

Today's question: "I recently ran into a new (to me?) liturgical trend that seems to be suddenly ubiquitous, and that, at least initially caught me somewhat flat footed: Celebrating Christmas by singi

S1E8 - Advice for Future Apologetics (Season 1 Finale)

December 17, 2018

Risen Jesus - Mike Licona

In the Season 1 Finale, Mike gives his advice to new apologists. Listen for helpful tips, perhaps most importantly having a spirit of humility. Season 2 kicks off in February 2019, so stay tuned!

Q&A#97 How Did I Change My Mind on Infant Baptism?

December 11, 2018

Alastair Roberts

Today's question: "As you have shared in several places, you came from a Reformed Baptist theological background and later moved to an Anglican setting. I am in a similar situation where most of my th

#3 Qs on Christmas, the historical Jesus, Bart Ehrman & The Ascension

December 11, 2018

Ask NT Wright Anything - Premier

Tom Wright talks to Justin about Christmas and the birth narratives, and answers listener questions on the reliability of the gospels, Bart Ehrman on textual transmission, the dating of the gospels, a

S1E7 - The Dream Team

December 10, 2018

Risen Jesus - Mike Licona

Did you know that Mike led a small group which was integral in Nabeel Qureshi’s conversion? David Wood was a part of that group, too. Get the details on the Dream Team in this episode.

Q&A#96 Election in Ephesians 1

December 9, 2018

Alastair Roberts

Today's question: "Trying to understand Eph. 1 and was wondering if you could help. Paul seems to be addressing the visible/historical church in Ephesus. If my assumption is right then he is saying th

Q&A#95 Must the Pastor be a Gifted Theologian?

December 8, 2018

Alastair Roberts

Today's question: "What do you think the relationship is between depth of theological understanding and being a good pastor? Is it a straight one to one correlation? Other things being equal, a bett

Q&A#94 What They Didn't Teach Me in My Formal Theological Education

December 7, 2018

Alastair Roberts

Today's question: "You mentioned in a video about training that key parts of your theological knowledge/training you had to work on yourself in your own time as they weren't addressed in the curriculu

Q&A#93 Theological Training

December 6, 2018

Alastair Roberts

Today's question: "After your thread on Twitter RE: theological training, and given that you're currently back in the UK, could you share with us what you think the best avenues for theological traini

Q&A#92 Responding to Criticisms of Echoes of Exodus

December 5, 2018

Alastair Roberts

Today's question: "Could you respond to some of the criticisms raised by this review of Echoes of Exodus? http://themelios.thegospelcoalition.org/review/echoes-of-exodus-tracing-themes-of-redemption-t

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