Category Archives: Controversies

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

Posted on November 20, 2018 by

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
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Video: The Trinity in the OT, the Faith of OT Believers, the Angel of the Lord

Posted on November 6, 2018 by

Today’s question: A number of years ago there was a lot of debate in certain circles in the UK revolving around these topics: the degree to which Christ/the Trinity is explicitly present in the OT; the nature of the Angel … Continue reading →

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Video: Man, Woman, Deception and Authority in 1 Timothy 2

Posted on November 4, 2018 by

Today’s question: How do we explain 1 Timothy 2:14? On the one hand it appears to have a novel idea that Adam was not deceived in the fall. While on the other it appears to ground the submission of women … Continue reading →

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Video: The Church and the Natural Family

Posted on November 2, 2018 by

Today’s question: In the past two episodes of “Mere Fidelity” there was an underlying issue which was touched on, but not fully discussed. That is the relationship between the biological family and the New Family of which Christ is the … Continue reading →

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Justice Discourse in the Internet Age, Part 2: Social Justice as a Discourse of Legitimation

Posted on November 2, 2018 by

The Davenant Institute’s blog has just posted the second of my multi-part series on the subject of social justice discourse in the Internet Age (you can read the first page here). In keeping with broader shifts in our public life … Continue reading →

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Podcast: Procreation—For and Against

Posted on October 31, 2018 by

On this episode of Mere Fidelity, Matt, Derek, and I continue in the vein of last week’s episode on infertility and discuss Matt’s PhD thesis, on the subject of arguments for and against procreation. You can also follow the podcast on iTunes, … Continue reading →

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