Category Archives: Sex and Sexuality

Before Obergefell: Some Thoughts on How We Got Here

Posted on July 11, 2015 by Alastair Roberts

Yesterday I guest posted over on the Theopolis Institute, addressing the question of how we arrived at the widespread cultural affirmation of same-sex marriage. I particularly focus upon the role played by liberal capitalism and its values. Individual choice and … Continue reading →

Posted in Controversies, Culture, Economics, Ethics, Guest Post, In the News, Politics, Sex and Sexuality, Society, Theological | 19 Comments

An Unpolished Amalgam of Thoughts on Gendering God

Posted on June 14, 2015 by Alastair Roberts

The question of the gender of God is now a live one in evangelicalism. Although many of us are acquainted with earlier controversies and debates about the gender of God in mainstream and academic theological circles, my sense is that … Continue reading →

Posted in Controversies, Doctrine of God, NT Theology, OT Theology, Passing the Salt Shaker, Revelation, Sex and Sexuality, The Triune God, Theological | 33 Comments

Call Me Caitlyn?

Posted on June 5, 2015 by Alastair Roberts

I was invited to guest post on the subject of Caitlyn Jenner over on Threads. [S]eeing Jenner in the ill-fitting accoutrements of his Caitlyn persona we should recognize the sad futility of the transition he is trying to accomplish. Carefully … Continue reading →

Posted in Controversies, Culture, Ethics, Guest Post, In the News, Sex and Sexuality, Society, Theological | 27 Comments

Matt Lee Anderson on Gay Marriage

Posted on June 3, 2015 by Alastair Roberts

My friend and fellow Mere Fidelity participant, Matt Lee Anderson, has published a lengthy article in which he presents a case for his opposition to same sex marriage. Matt’s argument is almost certainly not one that you will have heard … Continue reading →

Posted in Controversies, Culture, Ethics, On the web, Sex and Sexuality, Society, The Blogosphere, Theological | 4 Comments

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

Podcast: On Women Preaching

Posted on May 18, 2015 by Alastair Roberts

In the latest Mere Fidelity Andrew Wilson, Matt Lee Anderson, and I take up Andrew’s recent interactions with John Piper and Tom Schreiner on the question of whether women should preach. Lots of interesting discussion ensues. John Piper’s piece that initially … Continue reading →

Posted in 1 Corinthians, 1 Timothy, Bible, Controversies, Liturgical Theology, NT, NT Theology, Podcasts, Sex and Sexuality, Society, The Church, Theological, Worship | 19 Comments

Podcast: Evangelical Blind Spots with Collin Hansen

Posted on May 5, 2015 by Alastair Roberts

In our latest episode of Mere Fidelity, we interview Collin Hansen about his new book, Blind Spots. Within the book, Hansen describes three different types of personalities and strengths that one encounters in the Church and the blind-spots that can correspond to … Continue reading →

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Different Tendencies in Modes of Friendship and How to Think of Them

Posted on April 28, 2015 by Alastair Roberts

Scot McKnight generously published a comment that I left on a blog post a few days ago as a post of its own. I appended a few theological comments to it to provide a clearer impression of how I believe that we … Continue reading →

Posted in Controversies, Culture, Ethics, Guest Post, Links, Sex and Sexuality, Society, Theological | 56 Comments

Sexual Difference, Liberal and Christian

Posted on April 21, 2015 by Alastair Roberts

The Theopolis Institute has just published an article of mine on the subject of sexual difference: [I]n creating us male and female, God established an otherness whose specific form is given great significance. In our thinking about otherness, the form of … Continue reading →

Posted in Culture, Ethics, Sex and Sexuality, Society, Theological | 5 Comments

Understanding Nature

Posted on April 13, 2015 by Alastair Roberts

In the latest discussion over on Passing the Salt Shaker, I attempt to provide a brief introduction to the notion of nature as it functions within natural law thinking: As human beings, we are person-bodies embedded in a larger natural … Continue reading →

Posted in Creation, Ethics, Passing the Salt Shaker, Philosophy, Sex and Sexuality, Theological | 15 Comments