With churches dividing across the world over the issues of gay ordinations and marriages, some have wondered whether we need an ecumenical council to resolve the issue. Must we withhold judgment until the entire church decides? Brad Belschner and Alastair Roberts discuss.
With debates over sexuality roiling many denominations, many are calling for Christians to stop fighting and unite around the creeds. But can we so easily separate ethical and doctrinal orthodoxy when it comes to sexual issues? Brad Belschner and Alastair Roberts discuss. HIGHLIGHTS 00:01 – Why do we call God Father? Does it […]
In this episode of Davenant Discussions, Brad Belschner and Alastair Roberts consider basic Christian ethics in relation to orthodoxy. Should these basics be considered a part of orthodoxy? How much can creeds simply assume? How much should they assume that a believer knows about Scripture? Watch the Discussion below! HIGHLIGHTS 00:01 – It […]
[vc_row 0=””][vc_column][vc_column_text 0=””]With all the Reformation celebrations, many critics of Protestantism pick on the Protestant commitment to sola Scriptura as the source of all kinds of chaos. But does sola Scriptura need to entail biblicism? And why might Protestants want to beware biblicism? Brad Belschner and Alastair Roberts discuss. Watch the discussion below![/vc_column_text][vc_video link=”https://youtu.be/LrTyM29XRNU”][vc_column_text 0=””] […]
In this episode, Brad Belschner and Alastair Roberts discuss headship and submission in order to clear misconceptions concerning gender relations that are common even within Christian circles. While it may seem that Genesis presents man as the center of creation and woman as simply his sidekick or personal assistant, Alastair points out that man’s authority […]
In this video, Dr. Alastair Roberts reflects with Brad Belschner on how misguided many modern Christian approaches to masculinity are, urging us to put on or perform manliness in a way that encourages stereotypes. Rather, we discover what it means to be manly (or womanly) in the course of fulfilling the duties God has called […]
Progressives today are determined to reconstruct the concept of gender wholly on individual preferences. Conservatives, meanwhile, struggle mightily for models by which to meaningfully live out gender roles that were second nature to most of their ancestors. How have changes in technology and society conspired to make something as basic as gender such an enigma […]
The issue of Christian education is one of the most important questions most Christian families face, and also one fraught with controversy, that has often divided churches. In this video, Brad Belschner and Brad Littlejohn explore how we can navigate the principled and prudential questions surrounding this issue, and in so doing, illustrate how one […]
In recent years, many Christians have turned to the notion of “natural law” as a way of engaging a hostile culture or secular political sphere. But how does natural law work? How does it fit with total depravity? Is it supported by Scripture? And is it really useful? Brad Littlejohn addresses questions such as these […]
Many Christians question the value of pagan philosophy as a useful tool for Christian theology; at best, they think, it can serve as a foil to show the dead ends that a false worldview leads to. But most of the Christian theological tradition leaned heavily on the insights of Plato and Aristotle. In this video, […]