Category Archives: Theological

Review of Nate Pyle’s Man Enough

Posted on December 23, 2015 by Alastair Roberts

My review of Nate Pyle’s Man Enough: How Jesus Redefines Manhood has just been published over on The Gospel Coalition website. Pyle’s discussion of “proving” manhood would’ve also benefited from more careful attention to the ways manhood can be defined in opposition to boyhood. Manhood … Continue reading →

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Podcast: The Christmas of History and the Christmas of Faith

Posted on December 22, 2015 by Alastair Roberts

In this week’s episode of Mere Fidelity, Andrew, Derek and I discuss the relationship between the Christmas of history and the Christmas of faith. Many of our carols and Christmas hymns, our retellings of the Christmas story, and our Nativity … Continue reading →

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Transfigured Hermeneutics—Part 2: Transfiguration and Exodus

Posted on December 18, 2015 by Alastair Roberts

The second of my ten part series of posts on the Transfiguration and Christian reading of Scripture has just been published over on Reformation21 (if you haven’t already read it, the first part is here). Luke’s account of the Transfiguration … Continue reading →

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Embracing Embodiment: Baptism and the Nuptial Meaning of the Body

Posted on December 17, 2015 by Alastair Roberts

The final part of my three part series on baptism and the body has just been posted over on the Theopolis Institute website. Despite its familiarity, 1 Corinthians 6:19a is a scriptural text that retains much of its capacity to … Continue reading →

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Podcast: John Barclay’s Paul and the Gift

Posted on December 15, 2015 by Alastair Roberts

On the latest Mere Fidelity, Andrew, Derek, Matt, and I talk about the recent book that has been causing a stir in the field of Pauline theology, John Barclay’s Paul & and the Gift. I reviewed the book for Reformation21 … Continue reading →

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Presenting Limbs and Organs: Baptism and Sacrificial Ethics

Posted on December 10, 2015 by Alastair Roberts

A post of mine on the subject of Baptism and Christian obedience has just been posted over on the Theopolis Institute. It is the second of a three part series and continues the argument begun in my first post ‘Sealed … Continue reading →

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Transfigured Hermeneutics—Part 1

Posted on December 9, 2015 by Alastair Roberts

I have a ten part series on the subject of the Transfiguration coming out over on Reformation21. The first part has just been posted. The events of the Baptism and Transfiguration themselves are similar in some noteworthy respects. When he … Continue reading →

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Sealed For Resurrection: Baptism and the Objectivity of the Body

Posted on December 3, 2015 by Alastair Roberts

The first of a three part series of posts of mine on baptism and the body has just gone up over on the Theopolis Institute. The action of the ritual of baptism isn’t the act of the candidate, but of … Continue reading →

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Podcast: The Lord’s Prayer

Posted on December 1, 2015 by Alastair Roberts

On the latest Mere Fidelity, Andrew, Derek, Matt, and I discuss the recent controversy over a Church of England ad for the Lord’s Prayer, which was in the news recently as the agency that runs most film advertising in the … Continue reading →

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Review of Jonathan Grant’s ‘Divine Sex’

Posted on November 25, 2015 by Alastair Roberts

My review of Jonathan Grant’s new book, Divine Sex: A Compelling Vision for Christian Relationships in a Hypersexualized Age, has just been posted over on The Gospel Coalition website. Divine Sex divides into two halves: the first mapping the “modern sexual … Continue reading →

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