Category Archives: Church History

Podcast: Martyrdom

Posted on March 1, 2016 by Alastair Roberts

The latest Mere Fidelity podcast has just gone online. This week, Matt, Derek, and I are joined by special guest, Sean McDowell to discuss the subject of martyrdom. Within the podcast we discuss the reliability of the evidence of the martyrdom … Continue reading →

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Lent 2016

Posted on February 9, 2016 by Alastair Roberts

The following are a few Lent related links from previous years. My (uncompleted) Forty Days of Exoduses series from 2013 Lent, Individualism, and Christian Piety (an email conversation with Jake Meador)

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Infant Baptism and the Promise of Grace

Posted on January 20, 2016 by Alastair Roberts

An article of mine on the subject of infant baptism and Reformation debates concerning the relationship between grace and the administration of the sacrament of baptism has just been published over on Reformation21. In characterizing magisterial Reformed objections to the … Continue reading →

Posted in Christian Experience, Church History, Controversies, Guest Post, Liturgical Theology, Sacramental Theology, The Sacraments, Theological, Theology | 9 Comments

Brad Littlejohn on Richard Hooker

Posted on November 9, 2015 by Alastair Roberts

Over the weekend, I had the privilege of interviewing my good friend Brad Littlejohn about his new book about the sixteenth century English theologian, Richard Hooker. You can read the entire interview over on Mere Orthodoxy. Within it, Brad demonstrates the profound … Continue reading →

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The Future of the Church

Posted on September 10, 2015 by Alastair Roberts

Last night I watched most of the livestreamed Future of the Church conversation online. I watched the rest this afternoon. I commented on last year’s Future of Protestantism discussion at length. I don’t have the time to do the same for this … Continue reading →

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A Date for the Diary

Posted on July 27, 2015 by Alastair Roberts

I am sure that many of you remember last year’s stimulating Future of Protestantism conversation (I gave some detailed reflections on it here). If you do, I am sure you will be excited to discover that, this year, the Torrey … Continue reading →

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Podcast: The Pastor Theologian

Posted on July 7, 2015 by Alastair Roberts

In this week’s episode of Mere Fidelity, Derek and I are joined by Dr Kevin Vanhoozer and Gerald Hiestand. Both of our guests have just co-authored books on the subject of the pastor theologian—The Pastor as Public Theologian: Reclaiming a … Continue reading →

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Christians, Liturgy, and the Past—Part 1

Posted on June 9, 2015 by Alastair Roberts

I have guest posted over on Theopolis Institute again, this time the first part of a two part series on the need to be reflective about the ways that and reasons why we use historic liturgical traditions in contemporary Christian … Continue reading →

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The Eternal Subordination of the Son, Social Trinitarianism, and Ectypal Theology

Posted on May 31, 2015 by Alastair Roberts

Steve Holmes has a post worth reading, reflecting upon the recent book, One God in Three Persons: Unity of Essence, Distinction of Persons, Implications for Life. The book in question seeks to defend the ‘eternal submission of the Son to … Continue reading →

Posted in 1 Corinthians, Bible, Church History, Controversies, Doctrine of God, NT, Revelation, Scripture, Sex and Sexuality, The Triune God, Theological | 47 Comments

Davenant Latin Institute

Posted on April 15, 2015 by Alastair Roberts

I have mentioned the great work of my friends at the Davenant Trust on my blog before. They have recently started a new venture that I am very excited to tell you all about. The Davenant Latin Institute has been … Continue reading →

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