Book reviews

Recent blog posts

• From temple to meat market in ancient Pompeii
  January 7, 2019
  A very quick journey from the temple of Jupiter in Pompeii to the meat market. This helps us to understand 1 Corinthians 8-10 and probably also Romans 14.
• The formation of gentile Christ-believing identity vis-à-vis Israel in Ephesians and Barnabas
  January 7, 2019
  Article in the journal Biblica et Patristica Thoruniensia. Keywords: Ephesians; Barnabas; Israel; replacement theology; collective memory; ethnic identity
• Where they burn books…
  January 6, 2019
  A reflection on “Bibliothek", the memorial to the Nazi book-burning of 10 May 1933 in Berlin. Could we ever end up in a similar situation?
• Reformation sights in Oxford UK
  December 23, 2018
  Some sights in Oxford UK, that are especially significant for Reformation history and the deaths of the Oxford Martyrs Latimer, Ridley, and Cranmer.
• Lift Your Eyes: Introducing Ephesians
  November 30, 2018
  The central message of Ephesians is that the God of the universe has an amazing plan, which is being put into effect through the preaching of the gospel.
• Who is Jesus for?
  November 20, 2018
  Who are the right kind of people according to Jesus? Is Jesus just for one kind of person in our world: Christians versus everyone else? Is Jesus for you?
• The formation of gentile Christ-believing identity vis-à-vis Israel in Ephesians and Barnabas
  November 6, 2018
  Article in the journal Biblica et Patristica Thoruniensia. Keywords: Ephesians; Barnabas; Israel; replacement theology; collective memory; ethnic identity
• Is God Green?
  October 18, 2018
  A short book about what the Bible says about the environment: why the world is in a mess, where it's headed, and what to do about it in the here and now.
• Vale Donald Robinson
  September 7, 2018
  From SydneyAnglicans: One of the towering figures of Anglicanism in the 20th century and former Archbishop of Sydney Bishop Donald Robinson, has died at the age of 95. … The first to pay
• Interview with Sydney Anglicans about the War on Waste
  August 15, 2018
  I was interviewed by SydneyAnglicans.net about the TV series War on Waste: "Our cause should be the gospel, and that gospel will reshape everything"