Conversations in a Crisis: Part V: Trust, Suspicion, and Authority (with Rev Benjamin Miller)

March 31, 2022May 18, 2022 ~ Alastair Roberts ~ 9 Comments

Part I: The Good and the Right
Part II: Improving Our Deliberation
Part III. Reforming Our Political Imaginaries
Part IV: On Submission to Government
Part V: Trust, Suspicion, and Authority
Part VI: Considering Resistance
Part VII: Models for Resistance
Part VIII: Disagreement in the Body of Christ
Part IX: The Experts and the Rulers
Part X: Living Within Our Limits

Faced with our challenge of remaining faithful within and addressing our various contemporary societal crises with wisdom, Christians and churches are fracturing over our differing approaches and postures. My friend Ben Miller suggested that we have a series of conversations, to help us to pursue greater clarity on the principles, virtues, duties, and practices that can equip Christians to meet such difficult times with prudence, insight, and courage.

June 23rd: Judges 6 and 1 Thessalonians 2:1-16

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QAnon and the Church—Thinking About Conspiracy Theories

June 16, 2020 ~ Alastair Roberts ~ Leave a comment

Mere Fidelity Derek, Matt, and I get into the subject of conspiracy theories, partly in response to a recent article on the subject in The Atlantic.

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Christians and Coronavirus: Seeking Wisdom in Time of Confusion, #5: Whom Do We Trust?

April 22, 2020 ~ Alastair Roberts ~ Leave a comment

Brad Littlejohn and I recently recorded a series of videos in which we discuss issues of wisdom that surround our response to the coronavirus crisis as Christians. In this fifth video, we consider the crisis of trust that influences people’s responses to the coronavirus.

Principles of Christian Wisdom in the Time of Coronavirus (with Steven Wedgeworth)

March 20, 2020 ~ Alastair Roberts ~ Leave a comment

Steven Wedgeworth joins me to discuss some ways in which the Coronavirus crisis highlights our need for wisdom, and how the Christian and the Protestant tradition can speak to this need.