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Author Archives: Alastair Roberts
Exegetical Rules
In the latest round of our Theopolitan Conversations, Peter Leithart kicked off a discussion of exegesis and exegetical method. I wrote the first response, which was published yesterday. In the absence of articulated rules and principles, the authority of Scripture … Continue reading
Posted in Bible, Controversies, Guest Post, Hermeneutics, Scripture, Theological, Theopolis
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The Christian Art of Dying Well
A piece of mine has just been posted over on the Theopolis Institute blog, in which I respond to Kimbell Kornu’s conversation-starting essay, The Nihilism of Modern Medicine. Modernity, however, lacks the capacity successfully to reckon either with life or with death. When life … Continue reading
Posted in Christian Experience, Culture, Ethics, Guest Post, Society, Theological, Theopolis
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Check Out My Other Channels
This blog has been fairly quiet over the last couple of years, and will probably continue to be so for the next couple of years. However, I have certainly not been inactive. Here are some of the things that I … Continue reading
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Wisdom and Folly in Christian Responses to Coronavirus
In observing Christian responses to the coronavirus, perhaps nothing has stood out to me so much as the way that it reveals fundamental habits of mind, either characteristic of wisdom or of folly. The wisdom literature is often rather neglected … Continue reading
Posted in Controversies, Ethics, In the News, Society, Theological
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Jesus the Teacher Davenant Hall Course
I will be teaching an online course on the subject of Jesus the Teacher for Davenant Hall, running from the beginning of June. Within this course, we will explore the manner of Jesus’ teaching, its content, and the way that … Continue reading
Where is the Trinity in the Old Testament?
A piece of mine reflecting upon the doctrine of the Trinity within the Old Testament has just been posted over on the Desiring God website: Arising out of the crucible of christological and theological debates in the early centuries of … Continue reading
Posted in Bible, Doctrine of God, Genesis, OT, OT Theology, The Triune God, Theological
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How Has Modernity Shifted the Women’s Ordination Debate?
A piece of mine on the subject of the plausibility structures for women’s ordination was published yesterday over on the North American Anglican. Within it, I argue that the strength of the women’s ordination position depends heavily on certain features … Continue reading
Posted in Church History, Controversies, Culture, Guest Post, Politics, Sex and Sexuality, Society, The Church, Theological
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Rightly Dividing the Red Sea
I’ve written a piece over on TGC, on the Red Sea Crossing. We shouldn’t be surprised by the resurfacing of the birth theme just as Israel is about to leave Egypt, the womb in which it has been growing. After … Continue reading
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The Rhetoric of Race
I have written an article in the latest Theopolis Conversation on the subject of race, in response to Vincent Bacote. Within it I briefly discuss a few of my concerns about the rhetorical shape of current conversations about race in … Continue reading
Davenant Hall Course on Reading the Bible
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