Category Archives: Davenant Institute

Upcoming Course on Reading Biblical Narrative

Posted on December 15, 2022 by Alastair Roberts

For a while, I’ve wanted to teach a course that more directly focuses on teaching skills of biblical reading. As I will be teaching an intensive residential course on the subject of Exodus for the Theopolis Institute later next year … Continue reading →

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Jesus the Teacher Davenant Hall Course

Posted on April 16, 2020 by Alastair Roberts

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 →

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Davenant Hall Course on Biblical Wisdom

Posted on September 11, 2019 by Alastair Roberts

The Davenant Institute has just established Davenant Hall, which offers online courses on a range of different theological topics at the affordable price of $99 for ten hours’ of classes. For the first semester of classes, I will be teaching … Continue reading →

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Being Biblical™: When the Bible Becomes a Brand

Posted on February 22, 2019 by Alastair Roberts

I have written a post over on the Davenant blog, in which I discuss some of the dangers in certain uses of the term ‘biblical’ in some conservative Reformed and evangelical circles. The term ‘biblical’ has come to function as … Continue reading →

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Justice Discourse in the Internet Age, Part 3: Abstract Justice

Posted on January 14, 2019 by Alastair Roberts

The delayed third instalment of my series on justice in the Internet Age has been posted over on the Davenant Institute’s blog (see the first two parts here and here). Abstraction affords us a way of relating our particular contexts, … Continue reading →

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New Booklet: How Did We Get Here?

Posted on December 4, 2018 by Alastair Roberts

The Davenant Institute has just published a new Davenant Digest by me, on the subject of the causes for our current sexual landscape. You can get a free online copy by subscribing to the Davenant email list or you can … Continue reading →

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Iain Provan, ‘In Defence of Protestant Hermeneutics’ (and responses, including mine)

Posted on November 20, 2018 by Alastair Roberts

I am one of the speakers responding to Iain Provan (who has just written this book) in this Davenant Institute event on Protestant hermeneutics.

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Video: Sexuality in Zero Gravity

Posted on November 18, 2018 by Alastair Roberts
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Why Are Christians so Hung Up About Sex?

Posted on November 16, 2018 by Alastair Roberts

I recently spoke on this subject for the Davenant Institute. You can listen to the lecture here:

Posted in 1 Corinthians, Apologetics, Audio, Bible, Culture, Davenant Institute, Ethics, NT, Sex and Sexuality, Theological | 1 Comment