Category Archives: Creation

The Politics of Man’s Exaltation

Posted on June 5, 2017 by Alastair Roberts

I’ve just guest-posted over on Political Theology Today. This psalm presents us with an embryonic account of human rule in the creation. Although the dominion of humanity is central to the psalm, it is situated within and established upon the … Continue reading →

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Podcast: A Bible Study on Genesis 1 and 2 (part 2)

Posted on April 16, 2017 by Alastair Roberts

On this week’s episode of Mere Fidelity, we decided to continue the Bible study in the creation narrative of Genesis that we began last week (I’m late to posting this one, as I’ve been without proper Internet connection for the past week). You … Continue reading →

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Podcast: A Bible Study on Genesis 1

Posted on April 4, 2017 by Alastair Roberts

  This week’s episode of Mere Fidelity, at Matt’s suggestion, is a Bible study of Genesis 1. Matt, Derek, and I explore the way creation is framed within Scripture. You can also follow the podcast on iTunes, or using this RSS … Continue reading →

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The Politics of Cosmic Praise

Posted on December 27, 2016 by Alastair Roberts

I’ve just posted a reflection on Psalm 148 over on the Political Theology Today blog. The unifying telos of the entire cosmic, animate creatures and inanimate bodies alike, is the worship of YHWH. Where William Paley imagined the world as … Continue reading →

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Essay in New Primer Volume

Posted on November 1, 2016 by Alastair Roberts

I have an essay in the latest issue of Primer, a publication that is a cross between a journal and a book. Each of the two issues every year is devoted to a particular topic, with several essays designed to … Continue reading →

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Men, Women, and the Nature of Christian Teaching: Two Responses to Aimee Byrd

Posted on September 15, 2016 by Alastair Roberts

Yesterday, Aimee Byrd kindly responded to my post about a natural complementarian theology. The Calvinist International have just published my response to Byrd’s response, along with some thoughts from Dr. Eric Hutchinson: In a fallen world, where the differences between the … Continue reading →

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Natural Complementarians: Men, Women, and the Way Things Are

Posted on September 13, 2016 by Alastair Roberts

In a post over on The Calvinist International, I interact with Aimee Byrd’s recent First Things article, ‘The Taming of the Beau‘ and argue against the ideological turn in some quarters of contemporary complementarian thought. Biblical teaching regarding men and women … Continue reading →

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A Musical Case For Typological Realism Part 4

Posted on April 14, 2016 by Alastair Roberts

The final part of my four part discussion of music and typological realism has just been posted over on the Theopolis Institute: Music is the glorified form of temporal action and speech. It transfigures and elevates our temporal activities. Figural … Continue reading →

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A Musical Case For Typological Realism Part 3

Posted on April 7, 2016 by Alastair Roberts

The third of my four part argument for typological realism through the conceptual metaphor of music has just been published on the Theopolis Institute: Music’s revelation of time’s potential to be a realm of unity and coherence affords us new … Continue reading →

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Podcast: Time

Posted on April 5, 2016 by Alastair Roberts

In our latest Mere Fidelity episode, Matt, Derek, and I take up the theme of time, exploring, among other things, some of the issues raised in my recent posts for the Theopolis Institute. You can also follow the podcast on … Continue reading →

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