Category Archives: Controversies

The Value of Arguing Without Changing Our Minds

Posted on April 28, 2014 by Alastair Roberts

Derek Rishmawy just posted a great Oliver O’Donovan quotation over on his blog (from the superb Self, World, and Time: Ethics as Theology Volume 1, which I have also been enjoying lately), within which O’Donovan observes the benefits of arguing even when … Continue reading →

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On the Legalization of Same-Sex Marriage in England and Wales

Posted on March 29, 2014 by Alastair Roberts

Today has witnessed the first legal same-sex marriages within England and Wales. This development heralds the movement into a new stage of public discourse surrounding marriage, within which a different set of issues will become more prominent and pressing. The … Continue reading →

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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

How Our Reading Can Muzzle Scripture

Posted on March 10, 2014 by Alastair Roberts

Earlier today, Mere Orthodoxy posted a guest post of mine entitled ‘The Dangers of Appealing to Personality Types’. Within it, I engage with a recent piece by Morgan Guyton, ‘Why English Majors Make Lousy Fundamentalists’ (also crossposted on Jesus Creed). … Continue reading →

Posted in Bible, Controversies, Scripture, The Blogosphere, Theological | 39 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 →

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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 →

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Continuing Discussion of Women, Theology, and Representation

Posted on February 21, 2014 by Alastair Roberts

A few days ago, I wrote a lengthy post entitled Women, Theology, and Representation, which discussed the place of female theologians in evangelical theology. The intention of the piece was to raise some issues for discussion and debate, presenting some … Continue reading →

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Chris Seitz on the Biblical Crisis in the Homosexuality Debates

Posted on February 16, 2014 by Alastair Roberts

I have been an appreciative reader of Chris Seitz for several years now. My reading of Seitz has chiefly been driven by my interest in Brevard Childs’ canonical approach, of which Seitz is one of the leading and most articulate … Continue reading →

Posted in Bible, Controversies, NT, NT Theology, OT, OT Theology, Scripture, Sex and Sexuality, Theological | 30 Comments

Some Rough and Unordered Thoughts on Church Leadership

Posted on February 12, 2014 by Alastair Roberts

Over the last few days, for a variety of reasons, I have had cause to think about the issue of leadership again, and the issue of church leadership more particularly. A number of conversations I have participated in have discussed … Continue reading →

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