Category Archives: The Triune God

The Eternal Subordination of the Son Controversy: 9. Indivisible Divine Authority in Mutually Defining Relations

Posted on January 30, 2017 by Alastair Roberts

1. The Debate So Far 2. Survey of Some Relevant Material 3. Subordination 4. The Need for Trinitarian Clarity (Part 1) 5. The Need for Trinitarian Clarity (Part 2) 6. The Tension Between Bible and Doctrine 7. Reconciling Scripture and Dogma 8. κεφαλή … Continue reading →

Posted in 1 Corinthians, Bible, Christology, Doctrine of God, Guest Post, NT, NT Theology, The Triune God, Theological | 5 Comments

The Eternal Subordination of the Son Controversy: 8. κεφαλή in 1 Corinthians 11:3

Posted on November 23, 2016 by Alastair Roberts

1. The Debate So Far 2. Survey of Some Relevant Material 3. Subordination 4. The Need for Trinitarian Clarity (Part 1) 5. The Need for Trinitarian Clarity (Part 2) 6. The Tension Between Bible and Doctrine 7. Reconciling Scripture and Dogma The … Continue reading →

Posted in 1 Corinthians, Bible, Controversies, Doctrine of God, Guest Post, NT, NT Theology, The Triune God, Theological | 12 Comments

A Truth Above All Contexts: Daniel Kirk, Whiteness, and the Theological Interpretation of Scripture

Posted on October 18, 2016 by Alastair Roberts

A piece of mine written in response to Daniel Kirk’s criticism of the ‘whiteness’ of reading Scripture according to the Rule of Faith has just been posted over on Mere Orthodoxy. If Theological Interpretation of Scripture needs to question the … Continue reading →

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The Eternal Subordination of the Son Controversy: 6. The Tension Between Bible and Doctrine

Posted on September 26, 2016 by Alastair Roberts

1. The Debate So Far 2. Survey of Some Relevant Material 3. Subordination 4. The Need for Trinitarian Clarity (Part 1) 5. The Need for Trinitarian Clarity (Part 2) The sixth part in my series of posts on the debate surrounding the … Continue reading →

Posted in 1 Corinthians, Bible, Controversies, Doctrine of God, Guest Post, Hermeneutics, NT, NT Theology, Scripture, The Triune God, Theological | 18 Comments

The Eternal Subordination of the Son Controversy: 5. The Need for Trinitarian Clarity (Part II)

Posted on August 22, 2016 by Alastair Roberts

1. The Debate So Far 2. Survey of Some Relevant Material 3. Subordination 4. The Need for Trinitarian Clarity (Part 1) The fifth part of my series on the eternal subordination of the Son controversy has been published over on Reformation21. This … Continue reading →

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The Eternal Subordination of the Son Controversy: 4. The Need for Trinitarian Clarity

Posted on July 21, 2016 by Alastair Roberts

1. The Debate So Far 2. Survey of Some Relevant Material 3. Subordination The fourth part of my series on the recent controversy on the Trinity and subordination has just been published over on Reformation21. The manner in which various ESS positions … Continue reading →

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The Eternal Subordination of the Son Controversy: 3. Subordination

Posted on July 11, 2016 by Alastair Roberts

1. The Debate So Far 2. Survey of Some Relevant Material The third part of my series on the recent debates about the eternal subordination of the Son has just been published over on Reformation21. ‘Authority’, employed in such a context, is … Continue reading →

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The Eternal Subordination of the Son Controversy: 2. Survey of Some Relevant Material

Posted on June 17, 2016 by Alastair Roberts

The second part of my series on the eternal subordination of the Son controversy has just been published (see part one here).

Posted in Church History, Controversies, Guest Post, NT, NT Theology, The Triune God, Theological, Theology | 6 Comments

The Eternal Subordination of the Son Controversy: 1. The Debate So Far

Posted on June 16, 2016 by Alastair Roberts

The first part of a multi-part series of posts in which I discuss the recent eternal subordination of the Son controversy has just been published over on Reformation21.

Posted in Bible, Controversies, Doctrine of God, Guest Post, NT, The Triune God, Theological | 6 Comments

Podcast: Eternal Subordination

Posted on June 15, 2016 by Alastair Roberts

  Unless you’ve been hidden under a rock for the past two weeks, you have probably heard something about the recent controversy concerning the eternal subordination of the Son. In this week’s episode of Mere Fidelity, Derek and I are … Continue reading →

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