Category: Video

Videos from the THINK Conference on the Future of Complementarity

~ Alastair Roberts ~ 2 Comments

A couple of months ago, I spoke at the THINK Conference on the Future of Complementarity, along with Andrew Wilson and Hannah Anderson. It was a wonderful few days of Christian fellowship, stimulating conversation, and shared worship. I thoroughly appreciated the change to meet both Andrew and Hannah for the second times; they have been such great friends and interlocutors (and in Andrew’s case a co-author!) for me online and it is always great to bring such friendships into the concreteness of the physical world. I also enjoyed the chance to make many new friends over the course of the conference.

All of the videos of the main sessions have been published now. We all prepared our talks independently and didn’t hear what each other had to say until the day itself. In my talks I am sharing my own judgment of matters, not necessarily viewpoints that are shared by the other participants. The same is true of Hannah and Andrew’s talks. Also, either Hannah’s or my talks can be taken by themselves, or alongside the other’s. The videos of the talks are posted in order below. I delivered the third, fifth, and seventh.

Enjoy!

Session 1: Introduction (Andrew Wilson and Livy Gibbs)

 

Session 2: Society, History, and Culture (Hannah Anderson)

 

Session 3: Creation (Alastair Roberts)

 

Session 4: Anthropology (Hannah Anderson)

 

Session 5: Redemption (Alastair Roberts)

 

Session 6: Ecclesiology (Hannah Anderson)

 

Session 7: Sexuality, Marriage, and Singleness (Alastair Roberts)

 

Session 8: Summary and Conclusion (Andrew Wilson)

Bumper Q&A Episode!!

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Today’s questions:

  1. Does the Scripture teach that the Holy Spirit indwells believers individually or corporately?
  2. What do you think about ghosts, UFOs, bigfoot, etc?
  3. You mentioned you like to listen to the Bible. Do you have a recommendations on recordings?
  4. Which translation of scripture do you use for memorization?
  5. You wrote a series in 2006 called “Election, Etc.” which I have found very interesting and helpful. But 12 years is a long time, so I was wondering to what extent it still represents your views on election.
  6. Reading a recent article by a rabbi, I noted that the interpretation of various aspects of OT is quite different from ours. If the Torah was given to them, shouldn’t we let Jewish scholars teach us Christians?
  7. Do you generally read from a “Reader’s bible” or from a “regular” bible with chapter and verse references?
  8. Have you engaged much with the Radical Orthodoxy crowd, like John Milbank and company?

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Why are there so many ‘Binitarian’ Formulations in the New Testament?

~ Alastair Roberts ~ 1 Comment

Why are so many references to God in the NT binitarian (Father and Son) rather than trinitarian (Father, Son and Spirit)? I’m thinking of Paul’s greetings, Stephen’s vision, Jesus’ speeches about unity with the Father, etc. Admittedly the Spirit grows more prominent after Pentecost, but I’ve wondered about this a lot. I’ve seen anti-trinitarians use this argument, but though I can explain it away, I’m not sure I can positively account for it. Thoughts?

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Should the Lord’s Supper Have a Sombre Tone?

~ Alastair Roberts ~ 1 Comment

I am wondering about your take on whether the Lord’s supper should be a somber event of introspection or a joyous meal of celebration. My understanding is that throughout church history it has been observed more as a somber event, but through the works of people like Leithart and Jordan I have come to see it as mainly a celebration of God’s kindness and favor.

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