Category Archives: Theological

Why a Masculine Priesthood is Essential

Posted on August 30, 2014 by Alastair Roberts

My thoughts about feminism, equality, and authority have provoked a considerable amount of controversy. Beyond the original discussion that sparked this off (about a month ago now), many comments have been left beneath Andrew’s post. My own post from yesterday … Continue reading →

Posted in Controversies, Culture, Ethics, Scripture, Sex and Sexuality, Society, The Church, Theological, Theology | 76 Comments

Feminism, Equality, and Authority

Posted on August 28, 2014 by Alastair Roberts

My good friend and member of the Mere Fidelity crew, Andrew Wilson, unwittingly entangled us in a bit of an online controversy earlier today (I have it on good authority that it registered between a brouhaha and an apocalypse on the online … Continue reading →

Posted in Bible, Christian Experience, Controversies, Creation, Culture, Genesis, Links, NT Theology, OT Theology, Politics, Scripture, Sex and Sexuality, Society, The Blogosphere, Theological, Theology | 69 Comments

Podcast: Made for More, With Hannah Anderson

Posted on August 26, 2014 by Alastair Roberts

On this week’s Mere Fidelity podcast, Derek Rishmawy, Andrew Wilson, and I are joined by our special guest, Hannah Anderson. Hannah, who blogs at Sometimes a Light and tweets here, is the author of the book Made for More: An Invitation to Live in … Continue reading →

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Five Principles of the New Sexual and Relational Morality

Posted on August 15, 2014 by Alastair Roberts

Today, I guest posted over on The Gospel Coalition website. My post begins: The sociologist Mark Regnerus recently published a piece for the Witherington Institute’s Public Discourse, suggesting that support for same-sex marriage in some Christian circles correlates to broader shifts in … Continue reading →

Posted in Controversies, Culture, Ethics, Guest Post, On the web, Sex and Sexuality, Society, Theological, Theology | 29 Comments

Podcast: What Adoption Is and Isn’t

Posted on August 6, 2014 by Alastair Roberts

After a week off, the latest Mere Fidelity podcast has just gone online. This week we are discussing what adoption is and isn’t, both within Scripture and in society today. We take our starting point in the following quotation from … Continue reading →

Posted in NT Theology, Podcasts, Society, Soteriology, Theological | 8 Comments

The Politics of God’s Plenty

Posted on July 28, 2014 by Alastair Roberts

I’ve posted over on the Political Theology blog again, this time on Isaiah 55:1-5 and the politics of God’s plenty. This passage confounds the logic of our capitalist economies. As if the owner of a great market, God summons his … Continue reading →

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The Loss of Pastoral Credibility in the Age of the Internet

Posted on July 27, 2014 by Alastair Roberts

The Internet has introduced a new level of visibility to areas of our social life, exposing certain uncomfortable realities. Rod Dreher recently wrote a perceptive and troubling piece on the way that the Internet reveals corruption and abuse within the … Continue reading →

Posted in Controversies, Culture, On the web, Society, The Church, Theological | 197 Comments

Podcast: On Divine Accommodation

Posted on July 23, 2014 by Alastair Roberts

In this week’s Mere Fidelity podcast Derek Rishmawy, Andrew Wilson, Matt Lee Anderson, and I discuss the doctrine of divine accommodation and its immense importance within several contemporary debates, from discussions of the Bible and science, to the morality of … Continue reading →

Posted in Doctrine of God, Podcasts, Revelation, Scripture, Theological | 8 Comments

A New Icon of Marriage

Posted on July 23, 2014 by Alastair Roberts

Candida Performa via Flickr I just had a conversation in which I was reminded of this beautiful passage in Alexander Schmemann’s For the Life of the World: In movies and magazines the ‘icon’ of marriage is always a youthful couple. … Continue reading →

Posted in Sex and Sexuality, Society, Theological | 7 Comments

Podcast: On Marriage and Donated Gametes

Posted on July 17, 2014 by Alastair Roberts

The latest Mere Fidelity podcast was posted earlier today. This week’s episode is on the subject of gamete donation or, more particularly, artificial insemination by donor (I expect that a later episode will focus upon IVF). This is a particularly … Continue reading →

Posted in Ethics, Podcasts, Society, Theological | 4 Comments