Category Archives: On the web

Evangelicalism’s Poor Form

Posted on September 5, 2014 by Alastair Roberts

I’ve just guest posted over on Christ & Pop Culture: Whether designed to clarify evangelicalism as an object of study or analysis, or to police its supposed boundaries, definitions of evangelicalism have generally tended to occlude the cultural, institutional, and sociological … Continue reading →

Posted in Culture, Guest Post, On the web, Society, The Church, The Sacraments, Theological, Theology, Worship | 4 Comments

Five Principles of the New Sexual and Relational Morality

Posted on August 15, 2014 by Alastair Roberts

Today, I guest posted over on The Gospel Coalition website. My post begins: The sociologist Mark Regnerus recently published a piece for the Witherington Institute’s Public Discourse, suggesting that support for same-sex marriage in some Christian circles correlates to broader shifts in … Continue reading →

Posted in Controversies, Culture, Ethics, Guest Post, On the web, Sex and Sexuality, Society, Theological, Theology | 29 Comments

The Loss of Pastoral Credibility in the Age of the Internet

Posted on July 27, 2014 by Alastair Roberts

The Internet has introduced a new level of visibility to areas of our social life, exposing certain uncomfortable realities. Rod Dreher recently wrote a perceptive and troubling piece on the way that the Internet reveals corruption and abuse within the … Continue reading →

Posted in Controversies, Culture, On the web, Society, The Church, Theological | 197 Comments

Some Remarks on the Future of Protestantism Conversation

Posted on May 13, 2014 by Alastair Roberts

Last week, Biola University hosted a conversation between Peter Leithart, Fred Sanders, and Carl Trueman on The Future of Protestantism, an event organized by the Torrey Honors Institute, First Things, and the Davenant Trust, and moderated by the Calvinist International‘s … Continue reading →

Posted in Controversies, On the web, Scripture, The Church, The Sacraments, Theological | 32 Comments

The Future of Protestantism

Posted on May 1, 2014 by Alastair Roberts

  Last year, Peter Leithart wrote a provocative piece entitled ‘The End of Protestantism‘, which provoked considerable discussion in many quarters. A couple of evenings ago, the Torrey Honors Institute, First Things, and the Davenant Trust collaborated to arrange a debate between … Continue reading →

Posted in Controversies, Lectures, On the web, The Church, Theological, Video, What I'm Watching | 7 Comments

Thoughts on the World Vision Debate

Posted on March 27, 2014 by Alastair Roberts

The following are various thoughts on the recent World View USA brouhaha. The bitter disagreements that have been played out over the last few days have, with a few exceptions, followed familiar and predictable patterns, with the various antagonists performing … Continue reading →

Posted in Controversies, Ethics, On the web, Sex and Sexuality, The Blogosphere, Theological | 77 Comments

Secularization in Christianity’s Opposition to Pornography?

Posted on February 26, 2014 by Alastair Roberts

Sociological Images (well worth following, by the way) has just posted this fascinating piece on changes in Christian discourse in opposition to pornography: Sociologist Jeremy Thomas tested this proposition, looking at changes in how authors writing for the popular magazine Christianity … Continue reading →

Posted in On the web, Sex and Sexuality, Theological | 14 Comments

The Davenant Trust

Posted on February 20, 2014 by Alastair Roberts

The Davenant Trust has just been launched. Its mission is described as follows: We aim to equip evangelical and Reformed Christians today for church leadership, civic participation, and faithful discipleship in other vocations as responsible citizens, by encouraging scholarly research … Continue reading →

Posted in Church History, On the web, Theological | 1 Comment

Review of K. Scott Oliphint’s ‘Covenantal Apologetics’

Posted on February 17, 2014 by Alastair Roberts

Over on The Calvinist International, my friend Joseph Minich has written a long and thoughtful review of K. Scott Oliphint’s recent book, Covenantal Apologetics. Within the review Joseph engages critically with presuppositional apologetics in the Van Tillian tradition. Here is … Continue reading →

Posted in Apologetics, On the web, The Blogosphere, Theological | 5 Comments

Links 23 – 10/1/14

Posted on January 10, 2014 by Alastair Roberts

Links for the weekend. As usual, linking definitely does not imply agreement. 1. 21. Procreation and Patriarchy; 22. The Economics of Genesis; 23. Plato Against Otherness; 24. The Future in God’s Good Word; 25. Toward Politics 2. From Heaven He … Continue reading →

Posted in Links, On the web, The Blogosphere | 17 Comments