Paul Roberts

A librarian by trade.

I am the reference librarian and director of patron services at a large theological seminary, a position which makes blogging great fun. Because I see and peruse most new books before they reach circulation, I have plenty of opportunity to find something to write about. My MSLS is from the University of Kentucky.

A pastor by training.

My M.Div. is in Biblical and Theological Studies, with an emphasis on Greek and Hebrew exegesis. I have served on the staffs of churches in Washington DC, Michigan, and Kentucky and am presently the preaching pastor of Grace Fellowship Church (SBC) in Louisville, KY.

An historian by choice.

I am fascinated by the Reformation. My two favorite Reformation characters are (1) Peter Martyr Vermigli, thanks to my ThM supervisor Dr. Frank James, a PMV scholar, and (2) Pierre Viret, the study of whom I am now currently engaged in under the direction of prof. dr. E. A. de Boer, my docktorvater. I also find Reginald Pole and Gasparo Contarini to be fascinating, but must leave them for another day. My ThM thesis was on the establishment of the Genevan Consistory and was entitled, “Marriage, Pastoral Concern, and the Reappropriation of Ecclesiastical Authority in the Establishment and Early Years of the Genevan Consistory.” My doctoral work is on the relationship between Pierre Viret’s ecclesiology and his political thought. Sounds thrilling, doesn’t it?

A husband of one and father of two.

My true calling in life.

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