Alastair Roberts
@zugzwanged.bsky.social
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“Holy Scripture is not written as a text to be swiftly consumed and digested; you cannot ‘have read’ Holy Scripture, but must always be in the process of reading, rereading, and chewing it over.” @zugzwanged.bsky.social
Warning: The Bible Is Not Just a Book
What does it mean to learn to read the Bible as a Christian?
www.plough.com
February 3, 2025 at 2:18 PM
“Holy Scripture is not written as a text to be swiftly consumed and digested; you cannot ‘have read’ Holy Scripture, but must always be in the process of reading, rereading, and chewing it over.” @zugzwanged.bsky.social
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📸 Some pictures from our two recent gatherings for Congregational Life in the Digital Age.
We are working with pastors in the SC/NC/GA region, considering how to shepherd churches in a digital world.
With teaching from Joe Minich, @zugzwanged.bsky.social, and @jamesrwood.bsky.social
We are working with pastors in the SC/NC/GA region, considering how to shepherd churches in a digital world.
With teaching from Joe Minich, @zugzwanged.bsky.social, and @jamesrwood.bsky.social
January 16, 2025 at 2:00 PM
📸 Some pictures from our two recent gatherings for Congregational Life in the Digital Age.
We are working with pastors in the SC/NC/GA region, considering how to shepherd churches in a digital world.
With teaching from Joe Minich, @zugzwanged.bsky.social, and @jamesrwood.bsky.social
We are working with pastors in the SC/NC/GA region, considering how to shepherd churches in a digital world.
With teaching from Joe Minich, @zugzwanged.bsky.social, and @jamesrwood.bsky.social
There is a rapidly closing window of opportunity for late registration for my forthcoming @davenantinstitute.bsky.social course on the Psalms! davenanthall.com/course/psalm...
January 8, 2025 at 6:36 PM
There is a rapidly closing window of opportunity for late registration for my forthcoming @davenantinstitute.bsky.social course on the Psalms! davenanthall.com/course/psalm...
Ever wondered about the Feast of the Circumcision of Christ? adversariapodcast.com/2022/01/02/o...
January 2, 2025 at 3:35 AM
Ever wondered about the Feast of the Circumcision of Christ? adversariapodcast.com/2022/01/02/o...
2024 was a year filled with joys and sorrows, family and friendship, travel and adventure, and with labour and rest.
@suzania.bsky.social and I posted our review of the year earlier on our Substack. argosy.substack.com/p/44-2024-in...
@suzania.bsky.social and I posted our review of the year earlier on our Substack. argosy.substack.com/p/44-2024-in...
January 1, 2025 at 11:32 PM
2024 was a year filled with joys and sorrows, family and friendship, travel and adventure, and with labour and rest.
@suzania.bsky.social and I posted our review of the year earlier on our Substack. argosy.substack.com/p/44-2024-in...
@suzania.bsky.social and I posted our review of the year earlier on our Substack. argosy.substack.com/p/44-2024-in...
Last day of the registration period! Don't miss the opportunity! davenanthall.com/course/psalm...
December 30, 2024 at 8:11 PM
Last day of the registration period! Don't miss the opportunity! davenanthall.com/course/psalm...
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Plough's digital *2024’s Top Articles*💥
Why I Went Cold Turkey on Political Theology
@zugzwanged.bsky.social
www.plough.com/en/topics/fa...
Why I Went Cold Turkey on Political Theology
@zugzwanged.bsky.social
www.plough.com/en/topics/fa...
Why I Went Cold Turkey on Political Theology
Alastair Roberts writes that in its place, he steeped himself in the gospels, and found that the way he read them shifted dramatically.
www.plough.com
December 28, 2024 at 11:07 AM
Plough's digital *2024’s Top Articles*💥
Why I Went Cold Turkey on Political Theology
@zugzwanged.bsky.social
www.plough.com/en/topics/fa...
Why I Went Cold Turkey on Political Theology
@zugzwanged.bsky.social
www.plough.com/en/topics/fa...
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I made a gingerbread panopticon
December 24, 2024 at 11:53 PM
I made a gingerbread panopticon
In our latest, @suzania.bsky.social recounts her time at a postliberal conference in Cambridge and her suffering from the flu. I post some reflections upon the importance of the Infant Jesus for our understanding of the Incarnation.
Read the whole thing here: argosy.substack.com/p/43-our-god...
Read the whole thing here: argosy.substack.com/p/43-our-god...
December 25, 2024 at 1:07 AM
In our latest, @suzania.bsky.social recounts her time at a postliberal conference in Cambridge and her suffering from the flu. I post some reflections upon the importance of the Infant Jesus for our understanding of the Incarnation.
Read the whole thing here: argosy.substack.com/p/43-our-god...
Read the whole thing here: argosy.substack.com/p/43-our-god...
My next @davenantinstitute.bsky.social course is 'The Psalms: A Bible in Miniature'.
It is an intense exploration of the Psalter and its place within the life and worship of the Church. Students who take it should come away with a much deeper understanding and greater appreciation of the Psalms.
It is an intense exploration of the Psalter and its place within the life and worship of the Church. Students who take it should come away with a much deeper understanding and greater appreciation of the Psalms.
December 24, 2024 at 3:23 PM
My next @davenantinstitute.bsky.social course is 'The Psalms: A Bible in Miniature'.
It is an intense exploration of the Psalter and its place within the life and worship of the Church. Students who take it should come away with a much deeper understanding and greater appreciation of the Psalms.
It is an intense exploration of the Psalter and its place within the life and worship of the Church. Students who take it should come away with a much deeper understanding and greater appreciation of the Psalms.
Reposted by Alastair Roberts
My next @davenantinstitute.bsky.social course is on the Psalms, their relationship to the wider canon, their theological importance as a form of Scripture, their literary features, their place in Christian worship, prayer, and life, the history of their use, and their witness to Christ.
December 13, 2024 at 3:20 AM
My next @davenantinstitute.bsky.social course is on the Psalms, their relationship to the wider canon, their theological importance as a form of Scripture, their literary features, their place in Christian worship, prayer, and life, the history of their use, and their witness to Christ.
For some reason, over the past few years the question of whether David 'raped' Bathsheba has repeatedly surfaced on social media, been the subject of heated disagreement, and then disappeared until the next Bathsheba season.
I just produced a video on the subject. www.youtube.com/watch?v=P4GQ...
I just produced a video on the subject. www.youtube.com/watch?v=P4GQ...
Did David Rape Bathsheba?
YouTube video by Alastair Roberts
www.youtube.com
December 20, 2024 at 4:04 PM
For some reason, over the past few years the question of whether David 'raped' Bathsheba has repeatedly surfaced on social media, been the subject of heated disagreement, and then disappeared until the next Bathsheba season.
I just produced a video on the subject. www.youtube.com/watch?v=P4GQ...
I just produced a video on the subject. www.youtube.com/watch?v=P4GQ...
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Um. No one told me the Methodist circuit riders were rocking mullets?!
December 14, 2024 at 7:13 PM
Um. No one told me the Methodist circuit riders were rocking mullets?!
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This is what's so baffling about so many suggestions for AI in the humanities classroom: they mistake the product for the point. Writing outlines and essays is important not because you need to make outlines and essays but because that's how you learn to think with/through complex ideas.
I'm sure many have said this before but I'm reading a student-facing document about how students might use AI in the classroom (if allowed) and one of the recs is: use AI to make an outline of your reading! But ISN'T MAKING THE OUTLINE how one actually learns?
December 11, 2024 at 10:43 PM
This is what's so baffling about so many suggestions for AI in the humanities classroom: they mistake the product for the point. Writing outlines and essays is important not because you need to make outlines and essays but because that's how you learn to think with/through complex ideas.
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👨💻 "Since its inception, The Davenant Institute has sought to find out what it means to exercise Christian wisdom in a technologized and digital age"
Read Joseph Minich's message on how Davenant supports pastors in the digital age
Read Joseph Minich's message on how Davenant supports pastors in the digital age
Forming Pastors for the Digital Age - The Davenant Institute
A message from Joseph Minich for our 2024 End of Year fundraising.
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December 14, 2024 at 5:00 PM
👨💻 "Since its inception, The Davenant Institute has sought to find out what it means to exercise Christian wisdom in a technologized and digital age"
Read Joseph Minich's message on how Davenant supports pastors in the digital age
Read Joseph Minich's message on how Davenant supports pastors in the digital age
"Our manifesto is postliberal in a genuine sense that is neither anti-liberal, nor populist, nor integralist, but rather radically associationist – an order of the world that is founded on a politics of virtue and bonds of belonging, flourishing and love."
www.newstatesman.com/ideas/2024/1...
www.newstatesman.com/ideas/2024/1...
What is postliberalism now?
The old order of rampant individualism is dying. The West must make a decisive break with the past.
www.newstatesman.com
December 13, 2024 at 3:43 PM
"Our manifesto is postliberal in a genuine sense that is neither anti-liberal, nor populist, nor integralist, but rather radically associationist – an order of the world that is founded on a politics of virtue and bonds of belonging, flourishing and love."
www.newstatesman.com/ideas/2024/1...
www.newstatesman.com/ideas/2024/1...
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Such a good conversation
The Ransom Trilogy is a neglected part of C.S. Lewis's work, yet hugely important for the @davenantinstitute.bsky.social. 'Life on the Silent Planet' is a new Davenant book, designed to encourage people to explore it.
Rhys Laverty, Jake Meador, and @suzania.bsky.social joined me to discuss it.
Rhys Laverty, Jake Meador, and @suzania.bsky.social joined me to discuss it.
December 9, 2024 at 4:26 AM
Such a good conversation
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A lullaby for tonight: I was in my thirties before I realized that the U.S. and U.K. use different tunes for "O Little Town of Bethlehem." Here's the Brit version. Notice the lovely descant (counterpoint) in the last verse. See you around.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=LRuX...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=LRuX...
King's College Cambridge 2013 #9 O Little Town of Bethlehem
YouTube video by spiritdei
www.youtube.com
December 13, 2024 at 3:04 AM
A lullaby for tonight: I was in my thirties before I realized that the U.S. and U.K. use different tunes for "O Little Town of Bethlehem." Here's the Brit version. Notice the lovely descant (counterpoint) in the last verse. See you around.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=LRuX...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=LRuX...
My next @davenantinstitute.bsky.social course is on the Psalms, their relationship to the wider canon, their theological importance as a form of Scripture, their literary features, their place in Christian worship, prayer, and life, the history of their use, and their witness to Christ.
December 13, 2024 at 3:20 AM
My next @davenantinstitute.bsky.social course is on the Psalms, their relationship to the wider canon, their theological importance as a form of Scripture, their literary features, their place in Christian worship, prayer, and life, the history of their use, and their witness to Christ.
In our latest post, @suzania.bsky.social wrote an obituary for her uncle and I shared some Advent-related thoughts on hermeneutics and also on the meaning of the temple.
argosy.substack.com/p/42-an-obit...
argosy.substack.com/p/42-an-obit...
December 11, 2024 at 11:44 PM
In our latest post, @suzania.bsky.social wrote an obituary for her uncle and I shared some Advent-related thoughts on hermeneutics and also on the meaning of the temple.
argosy.substack.com/p/42-an-obit...
argosy.substack.com/p/42-an-obit...
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The Ransom Trilogy is a neglected part of C.S. Lewis's work, yet hugely important for the @davenantinstitute.bsky.social. 'Life on the Silent Planet' is a new Davenant book, designed to encourage people to explore it.
Rhys Laverty, Jake Meador, and @suzania.bsky.social joined me to discuss it.
Rhys Laverty, Jake Meador, and @suzania.bsky.social joined me to discuss it.
December 6, 2024 at 7:27 PM
The Ransom Trilogy is a neglected part of C.S. Lewis's work, yet hugely important for the @davenantinstitute.bsky.social. 'Life on the Silent Planet' is a new Davenant book, designed to encourage people to explore it.
Rhys Laverty, Jake Meador, and @suzania.bsky.social joined me to discuss it.
Rhys Laverty, Jake Meador, and @suzania.bsky.social joined me to discuss it.
The Ransom Trilogy is a neglected part of C.S. Lewis's work, yet hugely important for the @davenantinstitute.bsky.social. 'Life on the Silent Planet' is a new Davenant book, designed to encourage people to explore it.
Rhys Laverty, Jake Meador, and @suzania.bsky.social joined me to discuss it.
Rhys Laverty, Jake Meador, and @suzania.bsky.social joined me to discuss it.
December 6, 2024 at 7:27 PM
The Ransom Trilogy is a neglected part of C.S. Lewis's work, yet hugely important for the @davenantinstitute.bsky.social. 'Life on the Silent Planet' is a new Davenant book, designed to encourage people to explore it.
Rhys Laverty, Jake Meador, and @suzania.bsky.social joined me to discuss it.
Rhys Laverty, Jake Meador, and @suzania.bsky.social joined me to discuss it.
The next course I will be teaching for @davenantinstitute.bsky.social is on the book of Psalms: davenanthall.com/course/psalm....
To give a flavour of things we will be reflecting upon in the course, I recorded a version of piece I wrote last year for our Substack. www.youtube.com/watch?v=H9ph...
To give a flavour of things we will be reflecting upon in the course, I recorded a version of piece I wrote last year for our Substack. www.youtube.com/watch?v=H9ph...
Psalm-Singing and Our Encounter with Scripture
YouTube video by Alastair Roberts
www.youtube.com
December 5, 2024 at 7:33 PM
The next course I will be teaching for @davenantinstitute.bsky.social is on the book of Psalms: davenanthall.com/course/psalm....
To give a flavour of things we will be reflecting upon in the course, I recorded a version of piece I wrote last year for our Substack. www.youtube.com/watch?v=H9ph...
To give a flavour of things we will be reflecting upon in the course, I recorded a version of piece I wrote last year for our Substack. www.youtube.com/watch?v=H9ph...
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One of our longest posts to date, even though @suzania.bsky.social was not involved!
* My time in Marseille with my brothers
* Retrieval and how it can go wrong
* A discussion of 'infohazards'
* Voting as virtue ethics
* Being prepared to 'die'
* Many links!
argosy.substack.com/p/41-a-marse...
* My time in Marseille with my brothers
* Retrieval and how it can go wrong
* A discussion of 'infohazards'
* Voting as virtue ethics
* Being prepared to 'die'
* Many links!
argosy.substack.com/p/41-a-marse...
December 2, 2024 at 4:58 PM
One of our longest posts to date, even though @suzania.bsky.social was not involved!
* My time in Marseille with my brothers
* Retrieval and how it can go wrong
* A discussion of 'infohazards'
* Voting as virtue ethics
* Being prepared to 'die'
* Many links!
argosy.substack.com/p/41-a-marse...
* My time in Marseille with my brothers
* Retrieval and how it can go wrong
* A discussion of 'infohazards'
* Voting as virtue ethics
* Being prepared to 'die'
* Many links!
argosy.substack.com/p/41-a-marse...
One of our longest posts to date, even though @suzania.bsky.social was not involved!
* My time in Marseille with my brothers
* Retrieval and how it can go wrong
* A discussion of 'infohazards'
* Voting as virtue ethics
* Being prepared to 'die'
* Many links!
argosy.substack.com/p/41-a-marse...
* My time in Marseille with my brothers
* Retrieval and how it can go wrong
* A discussion of 'infohazards'
* Voting as virtue ethics
* Being prepared to 'die'
* Many links!
argosy.substack.com/p/41-a-marse...
December 2, 2024 at 4:58 PM
One of our longest posts to date, even though @suzania.bsky.social was not involved!
* My time in Marseille with my brothers
* Retrieval and how it can go wrong
* A discussion of 'infohazards'
* Voting as virtue ethics
* Being prepared to 'die'
* Many links!
argosy.substack.com/p/41-a-marse...
* My time in Marseille with my brothers
* Retrieval and how it can go wrong
* A discussion of 'infohazards'
* Voting as virtue ethics
* Being prepared to 'die'
* Many links!
argosy.substack.com/p/41-a-marse...