Category Archives: Theology

Evangelicalism’s Poor Form

Posted on September 5, 2014 by Alastair Roberts

I’ve just guest posted over on Christ & Pop Culture: Whether designed to clarify evangelicalism as an object of study or analysis, or to police its supposed boundaries, definitions of evangelicalism have generally tended to occlude the cultural, institutional, and sociological … Continue reading →

Posted in Culture, Guest Post, On the web, Society, The Church, The Sacraments, Theological, Theology, Worship | 4 Comments

A Biblical Gender Essentialism?

Posted on September 1, 2014 by Alastair Roberts

In response to my previous post on the importance of a masculine priesthood, someone raised the question of whether, by seeming to ground male-only priesthood upon the association between masculinity and martial virtues, I was risking ‘essentialism’, neglecting to note … Continue reading →

Posted in Creation, Culture, Ethics, Genesis, OT, OT Theology, Scripture, Sex and Sexuality, Society, Theological, Theology | 19 Comments

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

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: The Trinity and the Bible, with Fred Sanders

Posted on June 10, 2014 by Alastair Roberts

The latest episode of the Mere Fidelity podcast has just gone online. This week, Derek Rishmawy, Matt Lee Anderson, and I are joined by Fred Sanders for a discussion of the Trinity and the Bible. I am sure that Sanders’ … Continue reading →

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Pentecost!

Posted on June 7, 2014 by Alastair Roberts

As it is Pentecost tomorrow, I took the time to correct a broken picture and some formatting problems in an old post on the subject: The Background of Pentecost. Within the post, I discuss several of the Old Testament narratives … Continue reading →

Posted in #Luke2Acts, Acts, Bible, NT, NT Theology, The Church, Theological, Theology | 14 Comments

The Politics of Pentecost

Posted on June 2, 2014 by Alastair Roberts

I’ve posted over on the Political Theology blog again, this time on the politics of Pentecost: The Church created at Pentecost is a dramatic contrast to the project of Babel and all attempts to repeat it. Rather than gathering all … Continue reading →

Posted in Acts, Bible, Guest Post, NT, NT Theology, Politics, The Blogosphere, The Church, Theological, Theology | 2 Comments

Hear Me Out: On Sitting Through Sermons

Posted on February 4, 2014 by Alastair Roberts

Donald Miller recently admitted to attending church irregularly. Church services really don’t scratch him where he itches: singing leaves him flat and he doesn’t learn much from sermons. He argues that he is not alone in this, suggesting (controversially) that … Continue reading →

Posted in Controversies, Sacramental Theology, The Blogosphere, The Emergent Church, The Sacraments, Theological, Theology, Worship | 28 Comments

Online Discourse, Leadership, Progressive Evangelicalism, and the Value of Critics

Posted on August 7, 2013 by Alastair Roberts

The following are a few loosely related issues that I have been thinking about at various points over the last few days, in light of the millennials conversation and its aftermath. I have made a number of these comments in … Continue reading →

Posted in Controversies, Culture, Ethics, The Blogosphere, Theological, Theology | 66 Comments