About Me

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My name is Spencer Robinson, and I am married to Mari Robinson. We have five kids, and we live in the grand land of Norway.

Purpose

Since I enjoy reading books, this blog has come into being as a way for me to continue my education. There are too many books I wish I could have known about years ago, and there are too many books for most people to digest in one lifetime. I started this blog after attending Calvary Chapel Bible College in York, UK (CCBCY). I have an M.A. in Theological Studies from SBTS. As of now, I have been running this blog for twelve years. 

My hope is to introduce you to a few of the 6,000 theological books published each year. Most of what you’ll read on here will be book reviews on issues of theology, the Bible, and how it all works together. Sometimes we’ll look at how the gears turn, and others, simply at how the car shines. You’re bound to find other rants and pointless leads here, but I’ll try to keep it interesting. If all else fails, I’ll throw in some pictures.

If anything of significance goes on where we’re at, I’ll let you know. 

Enjoy. Nyt det.

Why SpoiledMilks?

Below are links to how I came up with Spoiledmilks (really, how the name happened to me), and why I kept it. Short story: in college I had a bad bowl of Frosted Flakes. The two-week-over-the-due-date milk made my tongue feel fuzzy, and these frosty fakes tasted like Fruity Pebbles. This began my journey of blogging on MySpace—posts about nothing but my spaced thoughts warped by the milk.

This journey had a few more bumps along the road. The milk I met was not always at its peak freshness. 

When I began this blog, I kept the name because some friends would be familiar with it. I incorporated the “spoiled milk” theme into my book reviews. The good parts of books were placed under the sweet heading of “The Chocolate Milk,” while poorer sections were headed up with “The Spoiled Milk.” I’ve not used those headings as much lately, but they still manage to find their way around this place. 

19 comments

  1. Hi Spenser, have just come across your blog from a link on Michael Heiser’s page.
    From the little I’ve seen to date may I encourage you to keep going as your comments etc are helpful.
    If you have not already come in contact with Tom Wright’s (N.T, Wright) 5 book “Christian Origins and the Question of God” I believe it would be worth the effort. It will certainly fill in some of your spare time (that you no doubt do not have.)
    Wishing you a Very Happy Christmas (in all the best meanings) and a very successful New Year for yourself and your “wonderful Norwegian beauty, Mari.”
    Cheers.

    Michael & Karen Thompson (Perth, Australia)

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    1. I don’t remember whether or not I’ve seen this comment before, but thank you Michael! I would like to read Wright’s book… one day! Thank you for your encouraging words. Cheers.

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    2. Michael, I have listened through Wright’s first two volumes in his series. They were fantastic. I fully intend to physically read through them one day too. Wonderful.

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  3. Hi, Spencer! I know it’s an older one, but thank you so much for your review of “Radical”. I appreciate your kindness and the thoughtful critique. I’ll be reading more of your reviews when I choose a book to read.

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  4. Thank you for visiting my blog to lead me to yours, friend! While my reading time is currently limited, I will keep your blog in mind for when I do have reading time.

    I’m also glad you’ve thrown in the pictures. I love seeing where people are writing from around the world!

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  6. Hi Spencer! Thank you for the recent likes on my blog GodisLoveSharetheLove. I still consider myself a baby in the faith and am just putting out what I feel the Holy Spirit is leading me to say. I see you have a ton of resources on this site. What are a few you would recommend for me, to help guide me?

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    1. Hey! I would first ask, what would you like to know? My blog is more geared toward biblical theology, that is, the story of the Bible and how we understand it through the narrative it gives us.

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      2. Here I’ll post a few links to some of my review. I would consider these to be helpful books to begin with.
        1. What is Biblical Theology (Hamilton): https://spoiledmilks.com/2013/10/28/review-biblical-theology-james-hamilton/
        2. A House For My Name (Leithart): https://spoiledmilks.com/2014/01/31/review-house-for-my-name-leithart/
        3. From Eden to the New Jerusalem (Alexander): https://spoiledmilks.com/2017/01/25/review-from-eden-to-new-jerusalem-alexander/
        4. The Short Studies in Biblical Theology (SSBT) series is really helpful. Most volumes are around 150 pages, and they present how a particular theme runs through all of Scripture. For example, Frank Thielman’s volume “New Creation”: https://spoiledmilks.com/2021/02/25/review-new-creation-storyline-scripture-frank-thielman/

        Hope these help!

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  8. Blessings, Spencer,

    First, thank you for subscribing to my blog: Dr. J’s Apothecary Shoppe. Although I love to read, especially books devoted to studying the application of the Word of God, I was most impressed by your book reviews, many of whose authors I am not familiar with. As I skimmed through the reviews, I thought of the reminder from Ecclesiastes “. . .of the making of many books there is no end, and much study is weariness to the flesh.” I keep finding books to add to my lifelong reading list. May the Lord continue to bless you and your ministry as you connect with believers from across the globe.

    Lonnell Johnson/aka Dr. J

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