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My best fictional 2007

December 27th, 2007 · 2 Comments · Miscellaneous

A very short list:

Best film: The Bourne Ultimatum.
Best TV series: Heroes
Best single TV episode: Blink (Dr Who)
Most anticipated book worth the wait: Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows

Am I low-brow or what

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The Piper-Wright smackdown (5) – another gospel?

December 27th, 2007 · 9 Comments · New Perspective, St Paul

(For the earlier posts on Piper’s book The Future of Justification, see, in order, here, here, here and here. I expect this to be the final post in this short series).
Another part of Wright’s summary of Paul that Piper objects to strenuously is his characterisation of the gospel. For Wright, the good news is understood [...]

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Not quite the plain meaning (art. XXXVIII & XXXIX)

December 27th, 2007 · 2 Comments · 39 Articles, Anglican

(This post is part of a series on the 39 articles of the Church of England)
I take the two final articles together, since they raise essentially the same concern. (Not purely from a desire to be finished with this series!) Their statements perhaps, first of all, remind us that the articles are in many [...]

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