Category Archives: Theological

Podcast: Augustine’s ‘Confessions’, Book 8

Posted on April 26, 2018 by Alastair Roberts

Another episode of Mere Fidelity, this time returning to Augustine’s Confessions. This week, Derek, Matt, and I discuss book eight together. You can also follow the podcast on iTunes, or using this RSS feed. Listen to past episodes on Soundcloud and on this page on my … Continue reading →

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Conversation with Brad Littlejohn on Jordan Peterson now on Youtube

Posted on April 19, 2018 by Alastair Roberts

A number of you asked whether we would put this on Youtube. Here you go:

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Podcast: Theophanies with Dr Vern Poythress

Posted on April 18, 2018 by Alastair Roberts

On this week’s episode of Mere Fidelity Derek and I are joined by Dr Vern Poythress to discuss his recent book, Theophany: A Biblical Theology of God’s Appearing. You can also follow the podcast on iTunes, or using this RSS feed. Listen … Continue reading →

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The Authority of the Book

Posted on April 18, 2018 by Alastair Roberts

I have a guest post over on the Political Theology blog, in which I discuss the importance of considering our broader culture of textual production, ownership, and use when considering questions of scriptural authority. In an age of mass production … Continue reading →

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Lots of Echoes of Exodus Stuff

Posted on April 15, 2018 by Alastair Roberts

I have produced a page devoted to material related to Echoes of Exodus: Tracing Themes of Redemption in Scripture. It links to dozens of talks, videos, and articles that should whet your appetite for the book and/or help you to … Continue reading →

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Podcast: Ross Douthat’s ‘To Change the Church’

Posted on April 11, 2018 by Alastair Roberts

Matt and Derek were joined this week by Ross Douthat to discuss his new book, To Change the Church: Pope Francis and the Future of Catholicism. You can also follow the podcast on iTunes, or using this RSS feed. Listen to past … Continue reading →

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From Gutenberg to YouVersion: The Word of God and the Technology of the Word

Posted on April 10, 2018 by Alastair Roberts

My recent Davenant Institute lecture on the subject of the significance of textual technologies for our engagement with Scripture has just been posted on Youtube: I recently enjoyed watching Dr. Christopher Schlect’s highly informative and stimulating lecture in the same … Continue reading →

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My Writing on Jordan Peterson

Posted on April 8, 2018 by Alastair Roberts

Over the last few weeks and months, many thousands of people have visited my blog to read my various reflections on Jordan Peterson. Any long term follower of this blog shouldn’t be at all surprised that Peterson and the phenomena … Continue reading →

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The God of Exodus is on Your Side

Posted on April 6, 2018 by Alastair Roberts

Another video of me discussing a theme from the recently published Echoes of Exodus has just been released. See my earlier video here. There is also a video of Andrew speaking on the subject of Exodus and resurrection here: For … Continue reading →

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What Should Christians Think About Jordan Peterson?

Posted on April 5, 2018 by Alastair Roberts

The full video of my conversation with Brad Littlejohn of the Davenant Institute on Jordan Peterson is available here. Brad is a close friend and a great conversation partner: it was fun to record a couple of our conversations for … Continue reading →

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