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Author Archives: Alastair Roberts
The Church’s Book—A Theopolis Conversation with Brad East
In the latest Theopolis Conversation, I discuss Brad East’s recently published work, The Church’s Book: Theologies of Scripture in Ecclesial Context, which explores the relationship between bibliology (the doctrine of Scripture) and ecclesiology in the work of Karl Barth and … Continue reading
Two Stories of Manhood
I review two books for The Gospel Coalition website: It’s Good To Be A Man by Michael Foster and Dominic Bnonn Tennant and The Men That We Need by Brant Hansen. Whether we’re believers reading the Scriptures for our personal … Continue reading
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Response to Douglas Farrow on Vaccine Mandates
In the latest Theopolis Conversion we are discussing how Christians should respond to vaccine mandates and other such policies. Douglas Farrow kicked off the Conversation with his essay. Mine is the first response, which you can read here. Make sure … Continue reading
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2021 Retrospective
At the end of 2021, I thought it might be good to reflect briefly upon the past year, which has been an extremely full, productive, and rewarding one for me, on several fronts. I’ll be spending January of 2022 in … Continue reading
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Trinity in Creation
I have written a piece in response to the most recent Theopolis Conversation on the subject of the Trinity in creation. By leaning into identifying the Logos with God revealed in the singularity of his act (and even declared prior … Continue reading
Posted in Bible, Creation, Doctrine of God, Genesis, Guest Post, NT Theology, OT, OT Theology, The Triune God, Theological, Theopolis
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Reality Beyond Ourselves
I conclude the latest Theopolis Conversation on the subject of sexual identity in this piece. While O’Donovan’s primary critique in his treatment of the task of interpretation of homosexual desire is directed against those rejecting historic Christian sexual ethics, his … Continue reading
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Investigating Sexual Identity
I have written a piece to open the latest conversation, on the subject of sexual identity, over on the Theopolis website. There is a difference between a house and a home. A house is an architectural edifice, often one of … Continue reading
Renewing Our Media Ecosystem
I’ve written an article in the latest Theopolis Conversation, in response to Jeffrey Bilbro’s superb opening essay. Each of the supposed negative freedoms we now enjoy have their threatening flipside. Freedom from isolation has brought a stiflingly dense sociality in … Continue reading
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The Dignity of the Laity: Protestant Politics and Papal Pretensions
In the latest Theopolis conversation, I respond to Pater Edmund Waldstein’s article in which he criticizes the new nationalism of Yoram Hazony and others from a Roman Catholic integralist perspective. The imperial ambitions of the papacy have long been criticized … Continue reading
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The Virtues of Dominion
In response to Aaron Renn’s recent conversation starter over on the Theopolis blog, I’ve written on the subject of what is missing in many Christian approaches to masculinity. What the manosphere and others of the teachers that Renn identifies recognize … Continue reading
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