Category Archives: Genesis

The Levite, the Concubine, and Israel’s Story

Posted on November 1, 2016 by Alastair Roberts

A piece of mine has just been published over on the Theopolis Institute. Within it, I explore the broader scriptural themes that are in play in the story of the Levite and his concubine in Judges 19. The story of … Continue reading →

Posted in 1 Samuel, Bible, Exodus, Genesis, Guest Post, Hermeneutics, Hosea, Judges, OT, OT Theology, Theological | 3 Comments

Essay in New Primer Volume

Posted on November 1, 2016 by Alastair Roberts

I have an essay in the latest issue of Primer, a publication that is a cross between a journal and a book. Each of the two issues every year is devoted to a particular topic, with several essays designed to … Continue reading →

Posted in Bible, Controversies, Creation, Culture, Ethics, Genesis, OT, Sex and Sexuality, Society, Theological | 2 Comments

Natural Complementarians: Men, Women, and the Way Things Are

Posted on September 13, 2016 by Alastair Roberts

In a post over on The Calvinist International, I interact with Aimee Byrd’s recent First Things article, ‘The Taming of the Beau‘ and argue against the ideological turn in some quarters of contemporary complementarian thought. Biblical teaching regarding men and women … Continue reading →

Posted in Bible, Controversies, Creation, Culture, Ethics, Genesis, Guest Post, Sex and Sexuality, Society, Theological | 18 Comments

The Falls of Man

Posted on September 8, 2016 by Alastair Roberts

A guest piece of mine on the subject of the development of the theme of the Fall in the Old Testament has just been published over on the Theopolis Institute. Articulating the Fall in the context of our theological systems … Continue reading →

Posted in Bible, Genesis, Guest Post, OT, OT Theology, Scripture, Theological | 4 Comments

The Politics of Divine Judgment and Mercy

Posted on July 18, 2016 by Alastair Roberts

I have another post up over on Political Theology Today. This week I discuss Abraham’s intercession for Sodom. YHWH’s purpose in calling Abraham was that he might become a great nation, whose greatness was most powerfully manifest in the fact … Continue reading →

Posted in Bible, Ethics, Genesis, Guest Post, OT, OT Theology, Politics, Prayer, Theological | 2 Comments

Podcast: Animals

Posted on October 6, 2015 by Alastair Roberts

For this week’s Mere Fidelity episode, Matt Lee Anderson, Andrew Wilson, and I are joined by our friend Karen Swallow Prior (the author of the recent biography of Hannah More, Fierce Convictions). We discuss the recent evangelical statement on the welfare … Continue reading →

Posted in Bible, Controversies, Ethics, Genesis, On the web, OT, Podcasts, Politics, Society, Theological | 10 Comments

The Politics of Abraham’s Foreskin

Posted on February 25, 2015 by Alastair Roberts

I have a new post up on Political Theology Today: The raw physicality of the covenant sign may come as a shock to those with delicate sensibilities. Perhaps it is for this reason that this week’s lection elides the part … Continue reading →

Posted in Bible, Genesis, Guest Post, OT, Politics, Sex and Sexuality, Society | 3 Comments

A Biblical Gender Essentialism?

Posted on September 1, 2014 by Alastair Roberts

In response to my previous post on the importance of a masculine priesthood, someone raised the question of whether, by seeming to ground male-only priesthood upon the association between masculinity and martial virtues, I was risking ‘essentialism’, neglecting to note … Continue reading →

Posted in Creation, Culture, Ethics, Genesis, OT, OT Theology, Scripture, Sex and Sexuality, Society, Theological, Theology | 19 Comments

Feminism, Equality, and Authority

Posted on August 28, 2014 by Alastair Roberts

My good friend and member of the Mere Fidelity crew, Andrew Wilson, unwittingly entangled us in a bit of an online controversy earlier today (I have it on good authority that it registered between a brouhaha and an apocalypse on the online … Continue reading →

Posted in Bible, Christian Experience, Controversies, Creation, Culture, Genesis, Links, NT Theology, OT Theology, Politics, Scripture, Sex and Sexuality, Society, The Blogosphere, Theological, Theology | 69 Comments

N.T. Wright on Heaven and Earth, Male and Female

Posted on June 19, 2014 by Alastair Roberts

N.T. Wright recently made some controversial statements in opposition to same-sex marriage. He begins his argument against same-sex marriage by observing the dangers of the sudden and prescriptive redefinition of key terms, remarking upon examples of extensive attempts to transform … Continue reading →

Posted in Bible, Controversies, Creation, Culture, Ethics, Genesis, N.T. Wright, OT, Sex and Sexuality, Society, The Blogosphere, Theological | 81 Comments