Category Archives: The Blogosphere

Why We Should Be More Sceptical of Myers-Briggs

Posted on March 10, 2014 by Alastair Roberts

Mere Orthodoxy (which you really should be following) has guest posted a piece of mine entitled ‘The Dangers of Appealing to Personality Type’. Within it I make a case for a sceptical approach to personality tests such as Myers-Briggs. Everyone … Continue reading →

Posted in Guest Post, The Blogosphere | 7 Comments

Can Evangelicals See Themselves in the LGBT Movement?

Posted on March 3, 2014 by Alastair Roberts

Over the weekend I was invited to contribute a piece to the Christ & Pop Culture site. I wrote a short article interacting with a recent Rod Dreher post, which you can read here. Within it I argue that there … Continue reading →

Posted in Controversies, Culture, Guest Post, Sex and Sexuality, The Blogosphere, Theological | 16 Comments

Response to Hannon on Heterosexuality

Posted on February 26, 2014 by Alastair Roberts

Over on Mere Orthodoxy, Matthew Lee Anderson has written a helpful response to Michael Hannon’s recent First Things piece ‘Against Heterosexuality’. I read Hannon’s piece over a week ago and had a number of concerns about it when I did … Continue reading →

Posted in Controversies, Sex and Sexuality, The Blogosphere, Theological | 11 Comments

Why We Shouldn’t Trust Our Stories

Posted on February 26, 2014 by Alastair Roberts

Earlier today, Derek Rishmawy posted a piece entitled ‘My Evangelical Story Isn’t So Bad (Or, a Ramble on Experience, Biography, & Theology)’. Within it he discusses his generally positive experience of growing up as an evangelical and how this colours … Continue reading →

Posted in Controversies, The Blogosphere, Theological | 39 Comments

Why Religious People Are Ashamed of Porn

Posted on February 19, 2014 by Alastair Roberts

Marc over at Bad Catholic has a great post discussing the claim that religious people’s shame destroys their experience of sexuality. Discussing the relationship between the fact that religious people feel more shame about pornography yet supposedly have greater enjoyment … Continue reading →

Posted in Ethics, Sex and Sexuality, The Blogosphere | 3 Comments

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

Holy Trinity Brompton and the New Form of British Evangelicalism

Posted on February 13, 2014 by Alastair Roberts

Andrew Wilson has a fascinating post on his blog on the subject of the ‘new centre of British evangelicalism.’ Within it he argues that, while there are parts of British evangelicalism that are not within the ambit of its direct … Continue reading →

Posted in Culture, The Blogosphere, The Church, Theological | 30 Comments

Hear Me Out: On Sitting Through Sermons

Posted on February 4, 2014 by Alastair Roberts

Donald Miller recently admitted to attending church irregularly. Church services really don’t scratch him where he itches: singing leaves him flat and he doesn’t learn much from sermons. He argues that he is not alone in this, suggesting (controversially) that … Continue reading →

Posted in Controversies, Sacramental Theology, The Blogosphere, The Emergent Church, The Sacraments, Theological, Theology, Worship | 28 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

Links 22 – 3/1/14

Posted on January 3, 2014 by Alastair Roberts

Links for the weekend. Perhaps it is also time to remind my readers that linking does not imply agreement. I typically disagree sharply with many of my links, but believe that they are nonetheless worth reading, reflecting upon, or engaging … Continue reading →

Posted in Links, On the web, The Blogosphere | 10 Comments