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Bible books
- 1 Corinthians
- Gospel Seriously: The Dangerous Necessity of Goal-Driven Ministry
- From temple to meat market in ancient Pompeii
- What is the Lord's Supper? (and what to do with it)
- How to preach 1 Corinthians 11:2-16 well?
- Teaching and learning in the Bible: An interview with Dr Claire Smith
- RBL review of Claire S. Smith, Pauline Communities As 'Scholastic Communities': A Study of the Vocabulary of 'Teaching' in 1 Corinthians, 1 and 2 Timothy, and Titus
- Claire S. Smith, Pauline Communities As 'Scholastic Communities': A Study of the Vocabulary of 'Teaching' in 1 Corinthians, 1 and 2 Timothy, and Titus
- Knowing Christ – Together
- Borrowing beasts & paying preachers: Why Paul's use of the Old Testament makes sense
- Review of David J. Rudolph / A Jew to the Jews
- Cross-shaped Wisdom (1 Corinthians 1)
- 1 Kings
- God's Word versus the Kingdom (1 Kings 21)
- God's Word versus the Prophet (1 Kings 19)
- God's Word versus Religion (1 Kings 17-18)
- 1 Peter
- What does “obedience” and “submission” mean in 1 Peter? | Part 8: Summary
- Obedience and Submission in 1 Peter | Part 7: What does it mean to “submit” to church leaders? (1 Peter 5:1–5)
- Obedience and Submission in 1 Peter | Part 6: What does it mean for wives to “submit” and “obey”? (1 Peter 3:1–7)
- Obedience and Submission in 1 Peter | Part 5: What does it mean for first-century slaves to “submit”? (1 Peter 2:18–25)
- Obedience and Submission in 1 Peter | Part 4: Why does 1 Peter instruct Christians to “submit”? (1 Peter 2:13–17)
- Obedience and Submission in 1 Peter | Part 3: What does it mean to “submit” in human relationships? (1 Peter 2:13)
- Obedience and Submission in 1 Peter | Part 2: What does it mean to “obey” Jesus Christ? (1 Peter 1:1–2:10)
- Obedience and Submission in 1 Peter | Part 1: What's the Issue?
- Tenacious Love (1 Peter 1:22-2:3)
- A privilege to serve (1 Peter 1:10-16)
- Resident Aliens (1 Peter 1:1-2)
- Hairstyles and the New Testament (Robert Cavin)
- Do you have to be baptised to be saved?
- 1 Samuel
- When rulers encounter God: sermon series
- How Not to Live Your Life (1 Samuel 15)
- The gift that keeps on taking (1 Samuel 8)
- 1 Timothy
- What about when things go wrong? (1 Timothy 5:17–25)
- 1 Timothy 2 and the scholarly debate – The Pastor's Heart
- Respect and Honour in God's Family (1 Timothy 5:1–16)
- Video: Key issues in scholarship on 1 Timothy 2:8–15
- God's Goodness in 1 Timothy
- Seven talks on Christian ministry
- A good minister (1 Timothy 4:6–16)
- Plugged-in spirituality (1 Timothy 3:14–4:5)
- Ministry ambition (1 Timothy 3:1–13)
- Men, women, and God's word in the gathering (1 Timothy 2:8–15)
- Jesus, Freedom and Authority in Lockdown Part 4: God's Mediator
- Jesus, Freedom and Authority in Lockdown Part 3: God's Salvation
- Jesus, Freedom and Authority in Lockdown Part 2: God's Rule
- Jesus, Freedom and Authority in Lockdown Part 1: Prayer
- God's heart for all humanity (1 Timothy 2:1–7)
- Grace in ministry: Avoiding the shipwreck (1 Timothy 1:12–20)
- The goals of Bible teaching (1 Timothy 1:1–11)
- Preaching the Pastoral Epistles
- Teaching and learning in the Bible: An interview with Dr Claire Smith
- Andrew Heard: "A Brief Response to John Dickson's Response to My Response"
- RBL review of Claire S. Smith, Pauline Communities As 'Scholastic Communities': A Study of the Vocabulary of 'Teaching' in 1 Corinthians, 1 and 2 Timothy, and Titus
- Andrew Heard: "Women and 'teaching' : What is Paul prohibiting in 1 Timothy 2:12?"
- Claire S. Smith, Pauline Communities As 'Scholastic Communities': A Study of the Vocabulary of 'Teaching' in 1 Corinthians, 1 and 2 Timothy, and Titus
- Book – Women, sermons and the Bible: Essays interacting with John Dickson's "Hearing Her Voice"
- Hearing her Voice – Some Personal Reflections by Dani Treweek
- "Teaching" in the pastoral letters and today: a brief reply
- "In Defence of Inadequate Books on Preaching": John Dickson replies to my critique of Hearing Her Voice
- What's happening to our preaching? A response to John Dickson: Hearing Her Voice: A Case for Women Giving Sermons
- Borrowing beasts & paying preachers: Why Paul's use of the Old Testament makes sense
- Women Preaching to Mixed Adult Congregations: A detailed reading of 1 Timothy 2:8-15 in reply to John Stott's position
- 2 Timothy
- Preaching the Pastoral Epistles
- Teaching and learning in the Bible: An interview with Dr Claire Smith
- RBL review of Claire S. Smith, Pauline Communities As 'Scholastic Communities': A Study of the Vocabulary of 'Teaching' in 1 Corinthians, 1 and 2 Timothy, and Titus
- Claire S. Smith, Pauline Communities As 'Scholastic Communities': A Study of the Vocabulary of 'Teaching' in 1 Corinthians, 1 and 2 Timothy, and Titus
- Philosophers, puppies, parchments and Pastoral epistles
- Nowism
- Acts
- Paul's Apostolic Ministry as Presented in the Book of Acts
- The New Testament Book of Acts – an overview
- Colossians
- Journal Article: Israel and the Apostolic Mission in Ephesians and Colossians
- Cultural Encounters review of Reading Ephesians and Colossians After Supersessionism
- Ephesians & Colossians: Jews, Gentiles, and the Apostolic Mission
- Deuteronomy
- Grace and Love. Actually. (A sermon on Deuteronomy 9-11)
- Borrowing beasts & paying preachers: Why Paul's use of the Old Testament makes sense
- Ecclesiastes
- Ecclesiastes and a world in crisis, with George Athas
- Ecclesiastes and a world in crisis, with George Athas
- Ephesians
- Pluriform Unity in Christ: Ethnicity, Race, and Reconciliation in Ephesians 2
- Defining Moments: My Copernican Revolution (Ephesians 1)
- The blood that brings peace
- Corporate Metaphors in Ephesians 2 as Models for Pluralistic Reconciliation: Body, Human, Temple
- Journal Article: Israel and the Apostolic Mission in Ephesians and Colossians
- My papers on Galatians and Ephesians at IBR/SBL 2022
- A New Year Idea: Lift Your Eyes
- What's wrong with the world? Is there hope? (Ephesians)
- What does Ephesians say about reconciliation?
- Lift Your Eyes – How it works
- What does Ephesians say about church?
- The powerful Christian life: according to Ephesians
- What can we learn about prayer from Ephesians?
- Salvation in Ephesians
- Who are "the saints" in Ephesians?
- Ministry and mission in Ephesians
- The doctrine of God in Ephesians
- Jew and Gentile in Ephesians
- FBS Paper: “Every construction”? Ecclesiological Plurality in Ephesians 2:19–22
- Lift Your Eyes: Please rate, review, share
- Finding security in an insecure world
- Translation of Ephesians
- Reading Ephesians (Ephesians 6:21–24)
- Prayer: the heart of evangelism (Ephesians 6:17–20)
- The importance of being a struggling Christian (Ephesians 6:14–16)
- Stand your ground (Ephesians 6:10–13)
- The gospel for the boss (Ephesians 6:9)
- The gospel: beyond freedom (Ephesians 6:5–8)
- The gospel and fatherhood (Ephesians 6:4)
- Paul the Apostle does children’s ministry (Ephesians 6:1–3)
- The gospel and marriage part 2: Husbands (Ephesians 5:25–33)
- The gospel and marriage part 1: Wives (Ephesians 5:22–24)
- My SBL 2019 Paper on Ephesians 2:19–22
- Submitting to one another (Ephesians 5:21)
- Christian singing: Why and how? (Ephesians 5:19–20)
- What’s wrong with drunkenness? (Ephesians 5:18)
- Watch how you walk (Ephesians 5:15–17)
- Living light (Ephesians 5:11–14)
- The test that matters (Ephesians 5:10)
- Children of light (Ephesians 5:8–9)
- What do you want to become? (Ephesians 5:5–7)
- Holy talk (Ephesians 5:3–4)
- Imitators of God (Ephesians 5:1–2)
- The power of forgiveness (Ephesians 4:31–32)
- Words with purpose (Ephesians 4:29–30)
- The gospel for criminals (Ephesians 4:28)
- Grace and anger (Ephesians 4:26–27)
- Telling the truth (Ephesians 4:25)
- Become who you are (Ephesians 4:22–24)
- Learning Christ (Ephesians 4:20–21)
- Turn around and walk the other way (Ephesians 4:17–19)
- Playing your part (Ephesians 4:16)
- The truth in love: A key principle for church growth (Ephesians 4:14–15)
- Christ’s body: A brief history (Ephesians 4:11–13)
- Christ: Up there and down here (Ephesians 4:8–10)
- Gifted beyond measure (Ephesians 4:7)
- The one and only God (Ephesians 4:4–6)
- This unity (Ephesians 4:2–3)
- The truth on the ground (Ephesians 4:1)
- God: Beyond us—and with us (Ephesians 3:20–21)
- This is huge (Ephesians 3:18–19)
- Where does God live? (Ephesians 3:16–17)
- Who are you praying to? (Ephesians 3:14–15)
- My afflictions, your glory (Ephesians 3:12–13)
- God’s multidimensional wisdom (Ephesians 3:9–11)
- The meaning of ministry (Ephesians 3:7–8)
- The open secret (Ephesians 3:4–6)
- The prisoner lifts his eyes (Ephesians 3:1–3)
- Built together (Ephesians 2:20–22)
- No second-class Christians (Ephesians 2:19)
- Christ the missionary (Ephesians 2:17–18)
- Christ the wall breaker (Ephesians 2:14–16)
- The blood that brings us close (Ephesians 2:11–13)
- Good works and salvation: What's the connection? (Ephesians 2:8–10)
- A question of security (Ephesians 2:6–7)
- This love (Ephesians 2:4–5)
- We too: the offenders (Ephesians 2:3)
- The root of the problem (Ephesians 2:1–2)
- The first thing to say about church (Ephesians 1:22–23)
- Strength to live (Ephesians 1:19–21)
- What’s the point of theology? (Ephesians 1:17–18)
- Prayer: What are we actually doing? (Ephesians 1:15–16)
- The Holy Spirit: Our security (Ephesians 1:14)
- The message is the mission (Ephesians 1:13)
- Rejoicing in the blessing of others (Ephesians 1:11–12)
- So here’s the plan (Ephesians 1:8–10)
- Are you trying to redeem yourself? (Ephesians 1:6b–7)
- What if it’s not about me? (Ephesians 1:4–6a)
- #inChrist (Ephesians 1:3)
- This God (Ephesians 1:2)
- Amazing holiness (Ephesians 1:1b)
- Paul: in his own words (Ephesians 1:1a)
- Lift Your Eyes: Introducing Ephesians
- The formation of gentile Christ-believing identity vis-à-vis Israel in Ephesians and Barnabas
- Lift Your Eyes: Introducing Ephesians
- The formation of gentile Christ-believing identity vis-à-vis Israel in Ephesians and Barnabas
- Cultural Encounters review of Reading Ephesians and Colossians After Supersessionism
- How to get a copy of Gospel Speech Online
- Ephesians & Colossians: Jews, Gentiles, and the Apostolic Mission
- Get with the Program (The Gospel Coalition Australia)
- Bible Talks on Paul's Letter to the Ephesians
- Truthing in love
- Finding security: a men's dinner talk
- Gospel Speech Online
- Paper for IBR (at SBL): Making memories in Ephesians and Barnabas
- Learning to Speak Christian in an Online World (article)
- The work of ministry in Ephesians 4:12 – summary
- The Work of Ministry in Ephesians 4:12
- Learning to Speak Christian in an Online World: Video
- Event: Learning to speak Christian in an online world (17 March)
- Moore College School of Theology – Tend My Sheep: The Word of God and Pastoral Ministry
- Getting with the Program (Ephesians 3)
- Peace In Our Time (Ephesians 2:11-22)
- The Program (Ephesians 1:1-14)
- Not My People: Gentiles as Exiles in Pauline Hermeneutics
- Sermon series: Get With The Program
- Exodus
- Paul is not offering himself as a substitute in Romans 9:3
- Listening to the law without being under the law (a sermon on Exodus 20:22-23:19)
- Two kinds of covenant at Sinai: law and mediation
- The second commandment
- Galatians
- My papers on Galatians and Ephesians at IBR/SBL 2022
- Paul did not say he had abandoned "Judaism"
- Justification and Union with Christ in Paul – PowerPoint for paper
- Did Paul reject "Judaism?"
- Publication notice: The Seed, the Many and the One in Galatians 3:16
- When Paul used the word "Judaism" in Galatians 1:13-14, what was he talking about?
- "The Israel of God" (Galatians 6:16): gospel-believing Jewish teachers
- Not My People: Gentiles as Exiles in Pauline Hermeneutics
- Are the Gentiles included in Israel?
- The Purpose of the Law in Galatians 3
- The mediator in Galatians 3:20
- The ratification of the covenant in Galatians 3:17
- The singular seed of Galatians 3:16
- The word 'covenant' in Galatians 3:15
- The covenants in Galatians 3:15-22 – Introduction
- The problem with Galatians
- Genesis
- The biblical meaning of righteousness and justification Part 1, with Chris Thomson @ Moore College
- Jacob: Scoundrel, wrestler and ancestor of Christ, with Philip Kern @ Moore College
- Jacob: Scoundrel, wrestler and ancestor of Christ, with Philip Kern @ Moore College
- Male and female: Equality and order in Genesis 1:27
- The Doubting Believer
- A prayer request from an Aussie living in the Mother Country
- The ratification of the covenant in Galatians 3:17
- What is the significance of circumcision in Genesis?
- Is God Green #1: God, the World and Us
- Overpopulation
- Hebrews
- The Doubting Believer
- God, the universe and all that: Part 5
- God, the universe and all that: Part 4
- Isaiah
- The "obedience of faith" in its prophetic context (Romans 1:5)
- Paul's priestly ministry in Romans 15: a fulfilment of Isaiah 60-61
- Paul describes his ministry in terms of Isaiah's "Servant of the Lord" (Romans 1:1)
- Empires in the Middle-East
- Timeline for the book of Isaiah – Mark II
- Isaiah in 7 hours – complete list of talks
- Isaiah in 7 hours – Isaiah 56-66
- Isaiah in 7 hours – Isaiah 51:12-Ch. 55
- Isaiah in 7 hours – Isaiah 40:1-51:11
- Isaiah in 7 hours – Isaiah 28-35 and 36-39
- Isaiah in 7 hours – Isaiah 13-27
- Isaiah in 7 hours – Isaiah 1-12
- Isaiah in 7 hours – Introduction to Isaiah
- Timeline for the book of Isaiah
- The Structure of the Book of Isaiah
- Postscript: Why the New Perspective claims that "righteousness" means "covenant faithfulness" – and why it's wrong
- The Bible doesn't say
- Comfort in good times and bad
- The wisdom of the minister
- The Suffering and Joy of the Minister
- The Minister and the Ministers
- The fulfilment of Isaiah 6
- Jeremiah
- God’s judgment and compassion in Jeremiah, with Andrew Shead @ Moore College
- God’s judgment and compassion in Jeremiah, with Andrew Shead @ Moore College
- John
- Following the Crucified One (John 15:12-16:4)
- True Freedom (John 8:31-36)
- Be careful what you promise
- Jesus and Cancer
- Jesus, the Son of Man, as presented in the Gospel of John
- Funeral Message for Angela Janice Richards, aged 1½
- Judges
- Samson: Triumph in Tragedy (Judges 13-16)
- Reaping what you sow? (Judges 8:22-9:57)
- Holding Out for a Hero (Judges 1-3)
- Luke
- The only qualification you need to speak about Jesus
- "Do not weep for me, weep for yourselves…" (Luke 23:28)
- Who is Jesus for?
- When rulers encounter God: sermon series
- Zacchaeus: the man who stopped Jesus short (Luke 19:1-10)
- What do you expect from the Son of God? (Luke 4:1-30)
- The enemy of the best
- Mark
- Jesus is Compassionate: A Sermon on Mark 1:29-45
- His shame, my shame
- Jesus at work: trading places
- The Syrophoenician woman
- What makes you angry?
- Matthew
- The "Gospel of Jesus' Wife" quite likely a modern forgery
- Lead us not into temptation (Matthew 6:13)
- The Syrophoenician woman
- Faithfulness, Big and Small
- Philippians
- Worthy of the Gospel: A Sermon on Philippians 1:27-2:4
- "We are the circumcision" (Philippians 3:3) is a reference to Jewish preachers (i.e. Paul and Timothy), not to all Christians
- Knowing Christ
- Philippians 3:12-4:1
- Psalms
- "Masquerading as a Bible": The Passion Translation of the Psalms
- Moore College School of Theology 2012: Exploring the Psalms
- Spectacular find: original Greek sermons by Origen of Alexandria discovered
- Postscript: Why the New Perspective claims that "righteousness" means "covenant faithfulness" – and why it's wrong
- God, the universe and all that: Part 5
- God, the universe and all that: Part 4
- God, the universe and all that: Part 3
- God, the universe and all that: Part 2
- God, the universe and all that: Part 1
- Address at the Funeral of C. Lionel Windsor (28 Nov 1916 – 18 Feb 2008)
- Revelation
- Thinking rightly about the Apocalypse, with David Höhne @ Moore College
- Graeme Goldsworthy on the Gospel, Atonement, Satisfaction and Justification
- New Heavens and New Earth (Revelation 21:1)
- Romans
- Book Launch Panel: Australian Evangelical Perspectives on Youth Ministry
- Who Am I? Identity and Freedom in Paul’s Letter to the Romans
- ‘Your truth’ and the true story: How the gospel of Christ transforms our decision-making
- "Paul within Judaism" and Romans 2:17–29
- Romans Crash Course (video)
- The mistranslation “call yourself a Jew”: A myth-busting story (Romans 2:17)
- The named Jew and the name of God: A new reading of Romans 2:17–29
- A Crash Course in Romans: Livestream
- Humility in Ministry #3 (Romans 11)
- Humility in Ministry #2 (Romans 10)
- Humility in Ministry #1 (Romans 9)
- The biblical meaning of righteousness and justification Part 3, with Chris Thomson @ Moore College
- The biblical meaning of righteousness and justification Part 3, with Chris Thomson @ Moore College
- The biblical meaning of righteousness and justification Part 2, with Chris Thomson @ Moore College
- The biblical meaning of righteousness and justification Part 1, with Chris Thomson @ Moore College
- Finding praise in the right place (Romans 2:28–29)
- When education is not the answer (Romans 2:17–27)
- Captivated by Scripture: A personal reflection on D. W. B. Robinson’s legacy for biblical studies
- Overview of Romans 1–5: PowerPoint
- From temple to meat market in ancient Pompeii
- My submission to the expert panel on religious freedom
- The Passion "Translation" of Romans: Problems and questions
- The Bible and Same-Sex Marriage: A Response to Robyn Whitaker and Amy-Jill Levine
- Marriage redefinition: What does Romans 1:26-27 really have to say?
- Justification and Union with Christ in Paul – PowerPoint for paper
- ThLZ review: Paul and the Vocation of Israel
- Praise from people or praise from God?
- A Journey Through Romans – infographic
- God's victory over the enemies of assurance: Overview of Romans 5-8
- Review: Antoine X. J. Fritz, To the Jew First or to the Jew at Last? Romans 1:16c and Jewish Missional Priority in Dialogue with Jews for Jesus
- Overview of Romans 1-4
- Why does Paul call himself an "Israelite" in Romans 11:1?
- "How beautiful are the feet of those who evangelise" – it's about Paul's Gentile mission after all (Romans 10:14-18)
- Speech not works (Romans 10:8-10)
- Jesus Christ and the Revolution of Calling
- Jesus Christ and the Revolution of Security (Romans 2:17-29)
- Jesus Christ and the Revolution of Destiny
- The "End of the Law" (Romans 10:4)
- Human speech–a neglected element of Romans 10
- Paul is not offering himself as a substitute in Romans 9:3
- Paul’s vocation: The framework for Romans 9–11
- "Praise from people" in Romans 2:29 is describing an ideal synagogue teacher
- Romans 2:29 is not saying that all Christians are "spiritually circumcised"
- Who is the uncircumcised Law-keeper in Romans 2:26-27?
- What does it mean to "rob temples" in Romans 2:22?
- It’s Time to Speak Out
- The identity of Paul's interlocutor in Romans 2:17-29
- "Are we worse off?" or "Are we better off?"? (Romans 3:9)
- Jewish identity and the Law of Moses (Romans 2:17-20)
- The structure of Romans 2:17-29
- Romans 2:17 is referring to a "publicly recognized Jew"
- The social context of Romans 2:17–29: the Jewish synagogue
- Romans 2:17-29 is an argument about Jewish Identity
- The "obedience of faith" in its prophetic context (Romans 1:5)
- Paul did not proselytise
- Paul's priestly ministry in Romans 15: a fulfilment of Isaiah 60-61
- A guilt-free Easter
- Does the metaphor of the olive tree (Romans 11:17-24) undermine the notion of Jewish distinctiveness in Paul's thought?
- Romans: An exercise in Jewish vocation
- The vocational dimension of Jewish identity in the New Testament
- Book: Paul and the Vocation of Israel
- Making Christ Known
- Having your heart in your mouth (Romans 10:1-13)
- There is no difference: Kurrajong Ministry Training Fund keynote address
- PhD thesis: approved and now available online (Paul and the Vocation of Israel)
- Not My People: Gentiles as Exiles in Pauline Hermeneutics
- Identity and reality in the modern Australian and ancient Jewish diasporas
- The Doubting Believer
- God's word, God's people (Romans 11)
- Doing, Believing and Preaching (Romans 10)
- God's plan, Israel's failure (Romans 9)
- The olive tree is not about Gentiles joining Israel (Romans 11:17-24)
- "Until" is not as significant as it's made out to be (Romans 11:25)
- What does "all Israel will be saved" (Rom 11:26) mean?
- Are the Gentiles included in Israel?
- Does baptism always involve getting wet?
- Re-reading Doug Campbell
- Addiction and Romans 6
- Titus
- Preaching the Pastoral Epistles
- Teaching and learning in the Bible: An interview with Dr Claire Smith
- RBL review of Claire S. Smith, Pauline Communities As 'Scholastic Communities': A Study of the Vocabulary of 'Teaching' in 1 Corinthians, 1 and 2 Timothy, and Titus
- Claire S. Smith, Pauline Communities As 'Scholastic Communities': A Study of the Vocabulary of 'Teaching' in 1 Corinthians, 1 and 2 Timothy, and Titus
- The Truth that Leads to Godliness
Bible talks
- Defining Moments: My Copernican Revolution (Ephesians 1)
- What about when things go wrong? (1 Timothy 5:17–25)
- Respect and Honour in God's Family (1 Timothy 5:1–16)
- A good minister (1 Timothy 4:6–16)
- Plugged-in spirituality (1 Timothy 3:14–4:5)
- Ministry ambition (1 Timothy 3:1–13)
- Men, women, and God's word in the gathering (1 Timothy 2:8–15)
- Faith and Love in the Mess (1 Thessalonians 3:1–13)
- God's heart for all humanity (1 Timothy 2:1–7)
- Grace in ministry: Avoiding the shipwreck (1 Timothy 1:12–20)
- The goals of Bible teaching (1 Timothy 1:1–11)
- Romans Crash Course (video)
- Preaching the Pastoral Epistles
- Humility in Ministry #3 (Romans 11)
- Humility in Ministry #2 (Romans 10)
- Humility in Ministry #1 (Romans 9)
- Finding praise in the right place (Romans 2:28–29)
- When education is not the answer (Romans 2:17–27)
- Jesus is Compassionate: A Sermon on Mark 1:29-45
- Grace and Love. Actually. (A sermon on Deuteronomy 9-11)
- Get with the Program (The Gospel Coalition Australia)
- Bible Talks on Paul's Letter to the Ephesians
- Finding security: a men's dinner talk
- When rulers encounter God: sermon series
- His shame, my shame
- The True Meaning of Awesome (2 Samuel 6)
- How Not to Live Your Life (1 Samuel 15)
- It’s Time to Speak Out
- Speaking Up: The Privilege of Prayer
- Tenacious Love (1 Peter 1:22-2:3)
- A privilege to serve (1 Peter 1:10-16)
- Resident Aliens (1 Peter 1:1-2)
- Zacchaeus: the man who stopped Jesus short (Luke 19:1-10)
- What do you expect from the Son of God? (Luke 4:1-30)
- The Truth that Leads to Godliness
- Samson: Triumph in Tragedy (Judges 13-16)
- Reaping what you sow? (Judges 8:22-9:57)
- Holding Out for a Hero (Judges 1-3)
- The God of Kindness (Ruth 2)
- Getting with the Program (Ephesians 3)
- Peace In Our Time (Ephesians 2:11-22)
- The Program (Ephesians 1:1-14)
- Following the Crucified One (John 15:12-16:4)
- True Freedom (John 8:31-36)
- Making Christ Known. Together.
- Making Christ Known
- Knowing Christ – Together
- Knowing Christ
- Having your heart in your mouth (Romans 10:1-13)
- There is no difference: Kurrajong Ministry Training Fund keynote address
- Listening to the law without being under the law (a sermon on Exodus 20:22-23:19)
- Speech and Salvation: Conference Package
- God's Word versus the Kingdom (1 Kings 21)
- God's Word versus the Prophet (1 Kings 19)
- God's Word versus Religion (1 Kings 17-18)
- God's word, God's people (Romans 11)
- Doing, Believing and Preaching (Romans 10)
- God's plan, Israel's failure (Romans 9)
- Doctrines Under Threat 3: Nowism
- Doctrines Under Threat 2: Union with Christ
- Doctrines Under Threat 1: Nothing's Right without Justification
- Is God Green Part 2: God and the Future of the World
- Is God Green Part 1: God, the World and Jesus
- Isaiah in 7 hours – Isaiah 56-66
- Isaiah in 7 hours – Isaiah 51:12-Ch. 55
- Isaiah in 7 hours – Isaiah 40:1-51:11
- Isaiah in 7 hours – Isaiah 28-35 and 36-39
- Isaiah in 7 hours – Isaiah 13-27
- Isaiah in 7 hours – Isaiah 1-12
- Isaiah in 7 hours – Introduction to Isaiah
- Talks on the Authority and Sufficiency of the Bible
- John Calvin on Union with Christ
- Funeral Message for Angela Janice Richards, aged 1½
- Learning How to Talk (Ephesians 5:3-20)
- Walking Together (Ephesians 4:1-16)
- Get with the Program (Ephesians 3)
- Peace in Our Time (Ephesians 2:11-22)
- God Goes Public (Ephesians 1:1-14)
- Resurrection Reality (1 Corinthians 15:1-19)
- Word Works Conference – John's Gospel
- Being Ministers of God
Bible topics
- Atonement
- Jesus, Freedom and Authority in Lockdown Part 4: God's Mediator
- The Victory of the Cross
- Graeme Goldsworthy on the Gospel, Atonement, Satisfaction and Justification
- Publication notice: The Seed, the Many and the One in Galatians 3:16
- Jesus Christ and the Revolution of Destiny
- His shame, my shame
- I'm sayin' something
- Keeping the Solas Together
- Jesus at work: trading places
- Rereading Doug Campbell to help us preach the gospel
- The ratification of the covenant in Galatians 3:17
- Improve your Biblical Word Power – the series
- God, the universe and all that: Part 5
- Heavy metal for kids on iTunes – Ben Pakula
- Jesus, the Son of Man, as presented in the Gospel of John
- Using your biblical word power: Justification through Atonement
- Improve your biblical word power 4: Atonement
- Is God Green #2: God, the World and Jesus
- The End of the World as We Know It
- Bible history
- The easiest conspiracy theory to debunk this Christmas
- With gratitude for a rich (and ongoing) biblical and theological legacy – Moore College
- The Life of Jesus on TV
- Church
- Video: Key issues in scholarship on 1 Timothy 2:8–15
- My papers on Galatians and Ephesians at IBR/SBL 2022
- Church – Moore Q&A Video
- Gifts – Moore Q&A Video
- Faith and Love in the Mess (1 Thessalonians 3:1–13)
- What does Ephesians say about church?
- John MacArthur and "Giving to Caesar"
- Think theologically: Your church's relaunch (Lionel Windsor, Mikey Lynch, Andrew Heard)
- FBS Paper: “Every construction”? Ecclesiological Plurality in Ephesians 2:19–22
- Is "Church Online" Church? (Lionel Windsor, Mikey Lynch, Andrew Heard)
- What is church when we can’t gather? Thinking theologically with Chase Kuhn @ Moore College
- What is church when we can't gather? Thinking theologically with Dr Chase Kuhn
- My SBL 2019 Paper on Ephesians 2:19–22
- Preaching sermons and shepherding the flock: What's the connection?
- Teaching and learning in the Bible: An interview with Dr Claire Smith
- Preaching sermons and leading congregations: what's the connection? (Exploring some implications)
- Andrew Heard: "A Brief Response to John Dickson's Response to My Response"
- Comments on two blog posts by John Dickson
- Andrew Heard: "Women and 'teaching' : What is Paul prohibiting in 1 Timothy 2:12?"
- Preachers and Leaders 4: Preaching and congregational leadership today
- Preachers and Leaders 3: Preaching as congregational leadership: a venerable history
- Preachers and Leaders 2: The speech of shepherd-leaders in the New Testament
- Preachers and Leaders 1: A separation of preaching and leadership?
- Preachers and Leaders Preface: The publication history of Hearing Her Voice
- Book – Women, sermons and the Bible: Essays interacting with John Dickson's "Hearing Her Voice"
- Hearing her Voice – Some Personal Reflections by Dani Treweek
- "Teaching" in the pastoral letters and today: a brief reply
- "In Defence of Inadequate Books on Preaching": John Dickson replies to my critique of Hearing Her Voice
- What's happening to our preaching? A response to John Dickson: Hearing Her Voice: A Case for Women Giving Sermons
- With gratitude for a rich (and ongoing) biblical and theological legacy – Moore College
- Anglicanism for dummies (and for everyone else)
- Jedi masters and the body of Christ
- The olive tree is not about Gentiles joining Israel (Romans 11:17-24)
- Are the Gentiles included in Israel?
- The Individual and the Community in Paul
- The Greatest Expectations
- The Gospel and Ageing
- Replacing the Spirit with the sacraments
- What is this thing we call the local church?
- Women Preaching to Mixed Adult Congregations: A detailed reading of 1 Timothy 2:8-15 in reply to John Stott's position
- The Bible alone: what does that mean in practice?
- Covenant
- The Federal Myopia
- Are the Gentiles included in Israel?
- The Purpose of the Law in Galatians 3
- The mediator in Galatians 3:20
- Postscript: Why the New Perspective claims that "righteousness" means "covenant faithfulness" – and why it's wrong
- The ratification of the covenant in Galatians 3:17
- The singular seed of Galatians 3:16
- The word 'covenant' in Galatians 3:15
- The covenants in Galatians 3:15-22 – Introduction
- The covenants in the background to Paul's letters – a summary
- The sectarian covenants of Qumran and the New Perspective
- Covenants in Second Temple Judaism
- Covenants in Cloudcuckooland and the Greek Old Testament
- The two-fold covenantal relationship in the prophets: with Israel, for the nations
- Permanent link to acovenantalism series
- Two kinds of covenant at Sinai: law and mediation
- What is the significance of circumcision in Genesis?
- The two covenants with Abraham – part 2 (Genesis 15, 17 and 22)
- The two covenants with Abraham – Part 1 (Genesis 12)
- What's the precise meaning of the word 'covenant' in the Old Testament?
- Some important features of Paul's use of the word 'covenant'
- How should you look for 'covenantal' ideas in Paul?
- What Saint Paul Rarely Said
- Bibliography for the series on acovenantalism
- Acovenantalism: the series
- The Development and Significance of the Remnant in the Old Testament Prophets
- The Fulfilment of the Covenants: an Acovenantal Perspective on Paul
- Creation
- Is God Green? Audio/video links
- Same sex marriage: why are so many Christians opposed?
- Is God Green Part 2: God and the Future of the World
- Is God Green Part 1: God, the World and Jesus
- I'm sayin' something
- God, the universe and all that: Part 3
- God, the universe and all that: Part 2
- God, the universe and all that: Part 1
- Replacing the Spirit with the sacraments
- Is God Green #1: God, the World and Us
- Welcoming children
- Is the wisdom literature of the Old Testament an exercise in natural theology?
- Desire: reconnected (Song of Songs 7-8)
- Christianity and evolution – the real problem
- Death
- 'Allow me to die'?
- Is God Green Part 1: God, the World and Jesus
- And while I'm at it – here's another Easter sermon illustration
- Free Easter Day Sermon Illustration / Introduction
- Before you criticise any past writer, remember…
- God, the universe and all that: Part 5
- Be careful what you promise
- Jesus and Cancer
- Funeral Message for Angela Janice Richards, aged 1½
- Environment
- Video: What does the Bible say about caring for the environment?
- The Amazon Fires: A Gospel Response
- Is God Green? Audio/video links
- Conference: Christ, the Cross and Creation Care
- Is God Green?
- Interview with Sydney Anglicans about the War on Waste
- Is God Green Part 2: God and the Future of the World
- Is God Green Part 1: God, the World and Jesus
- I'm sayin' something
- Is God Green #3: God and the Future of the World
- Is God Green #2: God, the World and Jesus
- Is God Green #1: God, the World and Us
- Epistemology
- Knowing Christ
- Identity and reality in the modern Australian and ancient Jewish diasporas
- Scripture and the Authority of God – again
- Innasense
- God, the universe and all that: Part 3
- God, the universe and all that: Part 2
- The Bible doesn't say
- Sola Scriptura
- Is the wisdom literature of the Old Testament an exercise in natural theology?
- The Bible alone: what does that mean in practice?
- Eschatology
- Jesus Christ and the Revolution of Destiny
- Review: C. Marvin Pate. Apostle of the Last Days: The Life, Letters, and Theology of Paul.
- Scripture and the Authority of God – again
- Doctrines Under Threat 3: Nowism
- Is God Green Part 2: God and the Future of the World
- And while I'm at it – here's another Easter sermon illustration
- Free Easter Day Sermon Illustration / Introduction
- "Until" is not as significant as it's made out to be (Romans 11:25)
- I'm sayin' something
- Replacing the Spirit with the sacraments
- Is God Green #3: God and the Future of the World
- The Bible doesn't say
- The End of the World as We Know It
- Nowism
- Ethics
- How to live for God – Moore Q&A Video
- Stewardship and Generosity – Moore Q&A Video
- Event: Learning to speak Christian in an online world (17 March)
- 'Allow me to die'?
- Instruments of Peace – Neutral Bay Multifaith Service 2014
- Knowing Christ – Together
- Same sex marriage: why are so many Christians opposed?
- A new morality: child death and suffering is the price we must pay for sexual freedom?
- When the offended decide to go on the offensive
- Evangelicals and the slave trade
- Review of David J. Rudolph / A Jew to the Jews
- Pet food, pornography, and the law
- Paul and the Law by Brian Rosner – free download of lecture series
- Remember the Horn of Africa
- Brian Rosner on Paul and the Law
- Suffering and decision-making
- Loving what God Loves
- The Gospel and Ageing
- Faithfulness, Big and Small
- What’s wrong with drunkenness?
- Welcoming children
- Mortification
- Indicative and Imperative in the Letters of Paul
- Justification and Sanctification: Biblical Definitions and Modern Misunderstandings
- Evangelism
- How I came to know Jesus
- The “New Normal” and the Same Old Story: Evangelism in a Virtual World
- Christian: speak the gospel… online
- Sharing gospel truth in a biblically illiterate world
- As I See It (by Leigh Windsor)
- How to get a copy of Gospel Speech Online
- Truthing in love
- Gospel Speech Online
- Learning to Speak Christian in an Online World (article)
- Learning to Speak Christian in an Online World: Video
- Gospel speech: now available as an ebook
- Event: Learning to speak Christian in an online world (17 March)
- Gospel speech: a fresh look at the relationship between every Christian and evangelism
- Review: Antoine X. J. Fritz, To the Jew First or to the Jew at Last? Romans 1:16c and Jewish Missional Priority in Dialogue with Jews for Jesus
- Why does Paul call himself an "Israelite" in Romans 11:1?
- "How beautiful are the feet of those who evangelise" – it's about Paul's Gentile mission after all (Romans 10:14-18)
- Speech not works (Romans 10:8-10)
- Jesus Christ and the Revolution of Calling
- It’s Time to Speak Out
- Making Christ Known. Together.
- Making Christ Known
- Speech and the Spirit
- Having your heart in your mouth (Romans 10:1-13)
- Speech and Salvation: Conference Package
- Stranger evangelism
- Countering nowism
- Why we must be seeker sensitive
- Exile
- Exile and the Christian: Podcast Episode
- Are we there yet? 'Exile' in the Bible (article)
- Are We There Yet? Exile in the Bible (video)
- Coming up at Nexus16: "Are We There Yet? Exile in the Bible"
- Nexus 2016 Conference – Ministry in Exile
- Faith
- The only qualification you need to speak about Jesus
- Why does Paul call himself an "Israelite" in Romans 11:1?
- "How beautiful are the feet of those who evangelise" – it's about Paul's Gentile mission after all (Romans 10:14-18)
- Justification by Faith Only: the doctrine on which the church falls or stands?
- Speech not works (Romans 10:8-10)
- God's Word versus Religion (1 Kings 17-18)
- Luther On Law
- Pet food, pornography, and the law
- It ain't over till it's over
- The Doubting Believer
- Forgiveness
- A guilt-free Easter
- Luther On Law
- Keeping the Solas Together
- God, the universe and all that: Part 5
- The most authentic – and heartwrenching – Christmas message I've heard this year
- Grace
- Gifts – Moore Q&A Video
- Stewardship and Generosity – Moore Q&A Video
- Grace and Love. Actually. (A sermon on Deuteronomy 9-11)
- Justification
- The Jewel and the Sun: Justification and Union with Christ according to the Reformers
- Preaching the Pastoral Epistles
- The biblical meaning of righteousness and justification Part 3, with Chris Thomson @ Moore College
- The biblical meaning of righteousness and justification Part 2, with Chris Thomson @ Moore College
- The biblical meaning of righteousness and justification Part 3, with Chris Thomson @ Moore College
- The biblical meaning of righteousness and justification Part 2, with Chris Thomson @ Moore College
- The biblical meaning of righteousness and justification Part 1, with Chris Thomson @ Moore College
- Justification and Union with Christ in Paul – PowerPoint for paper
- Real faith in a performance dominated world
- Justified Only By Faith (a Sermon)
- Graeme Goldsworthy on the Gospel, Atonement, Satisfaction and Justification
- Learning to live in 3D
- Justification by Faith Only: the doctrine on which the church falls or stands?
- Jesus Christ and the Revolution of Calling
- A guilt-free Easter
- Identity and reality in the modern Australian and ancient Jewish diasporas
- Luther On Law
- Pet food, pornography, and the law
- It ain't over till it's over
- The Doubting Believer
- The problem with John Piper's view of justification
- Doctrines Under Threat 2: Union with Christ
- Doctrines Under Threat 1: Nothing's Right without Justification
- "Justification" and "righteousness" are not the same
- Keeping the Solas Together
- The quality of "Righteousness" is not strained
- Rereading Doug Campbell to help us preach the gospel
- The Individual and the Community in Paul
- Righteousness: neither substance nor status
- Postscript: Why the New Perspective claims that "righteousness" means "covenant faithfulness" – and why it's wrong
- The ratification of the covenant in Galatians 3:17
- Improve your Biblical Word Power – the series
- The most authentic – and heartwrenching – Christmas message I've heard this year
- Heavy metal for kids on iTunes – Ben Pakula
- Thomas Cranmer the Protestant reformer during the reign of King Henry VIII
- Is Anyone Righteous?
- Improve your theological word power: Imputation
- Using your biblical word power: Justification through Atonement
- Improve your biblical word power 3: Justification
- Improve your biblical word power 2: Forensic righteousness
- Improve your biblical word power 1: Righteousness
- A key point at which N.T. Wright is just plain wrong
- The problem with social justice
- Indicative and Imperative in the Letters of Paul
- Justification and Sanctification: Biblical Definitions and Modern Misunderstandings
- Paul's Apostolic Ministry as Presented in the Book of Acts
- Law
- Jesus Christ and the Revolution of Security (Romans 2:17-29)
- Review: Brian S. Rosner. Paul and the Law: Keeping the Commandments of God.
- Album: Masterplan – Ben Pakula
- Listening to the law without being under the law (a sermon on Exodus 20:22-23:19)
- Borrowing beasts & paying preachers: Why Paul's use of the Old Testament makes sense
- Mission
- Vocational Ministry – Moore Q&A Video
- Culture shock: Why everyone's feeling it, and how to cope, with Margie and Simon Gillham @ Moore College
- Cultural Encounters review of Reading Ephesians and Colossians After Supersessionism
- Review: Antoine X. J. Fritz, To the Jew First or to the Jew at Last? Romans 1:16c and Jewish Missional Priority in Dialogue with Jews for Jesus
- There is no difference: Kurrajong Ministry Training Fund keynote address
- PhD thesis: approved and now available online (Paul and the Vocation of Israel)
- Speech and Salvation: Conference Package
- Review of David J. Rudolph / A Jew to the Jews
- Paul
- Paul did not say he had abandoned "Judaism"
- "Paul within Judaism" and Romans 2:17–29
- Paul and the Vocation of Israel: Paul within Judaism?
- RBL review of my Paul and the Vocation of Israel (review by Mike Bird)
- Did Paul reject "Judaism?"
- Review: Antoine X. J. Fritz, To the Jew First or to the Jew at Last? Romans 1:16c and Jewish Missional Priority in Dialogue with Jews for Jesus
- Why does Paul call himself an "Israelite" in Romans 11:1?
- "How beautiful are the feet of those who evangelise" – it's about Paul's Gentile mission after all (Romans 10:14-18)
- Speech not works (Romans 10:8-10)
- The "End of the Law" (Romans 10:4)
- Review: C. Marvin Pate. Apostle of the Last Days: The Life, Letters, and Theology of Paul.
- Human speech–a neglected element of Romans 10
- Paul is not offering himself as a substitute in Romans 9:3
- Paul’s vocation: The framework for Romans 9–11
- "Praise from people" in Romans 2:29 is describing an ideal synagogue teacher
- Romans 2:29 is not saying that all Christians are "spiritually circumcised"
- Who is the uncircumcised Law-keeper in Romans 2:26-27?
- What does it mean to "rob temples" in Romans 2:22?
- The identity of Paul's interlocutor in Romans 2:17-29
- "Are we worse off?" or "Are we better off?"? (Romans 3:9)
- Jewish identity and the Law of Moses (Romans 2:17-20)
- The structure of Romans 2:17-29
- Romans 2:17 is referring to a "publicly recognized Jew"
- The social context of Romans 2:17–29: the Jewish synagogue
- Romans 2:17-29 is an argument about Jewish Identity
- The "obedience of faith" in its prophetic context (Romans 1:5)
- Paul did not proselytise
- Paul's priestly ministry in Romans 15: a fulfilment of Isaiah 60-61
- Paul describes his ministry in terms of Isaiah's "Servant of the Lord" (Romans 1:1)
- What was Paul's former "zeal"? Divine jealous passion for Israel's purity
- When Paul used the word "Judaism" in Galatians 1:13-14, what was he talking about?
- Review: Brian S. Rosner. Paul and the Law: Keeping the Commandments of God.
- "The Israel of God" (Galatians 6:16): gospel-believing Jewish teachers
- "We are the circumcision" (Philippians 3:3) is a reference to Jewish preachers (i.e. Paul and Timothy), not to all Christians
- Does the metaphor of the olive tree (Romans 11:17-24) undermine the notion of Jewish distinctiveness in Paul's thought?
- Romans: An exercise in Jewish vocation
- The vocational dimension of Jewish identity in the New Testament
- How does Paul's Jewish identity inform his apostolic ministry?
- Review: Roger Mohrlang. Paul and His Life-Transforming Theology: A Concise Introduction.
- Book: Paul and the Vocation of Israel
- Borrowing beasts & paying preachers: Why Paul's use of the Old Testament makes sense
- PhD thesis: approved and now available online (Paul and the Vocation of Israel)
- Not My People: Gentiles as Exiles in Pauline Hermeneutics
- Identity and reality in the modern Australian and ancient Jewish diasporas
- Review of David J. Rudolph / A Jew to the Jews
- Pet food, pornography, and the law
- Paul and the Law by Brian Rosner – free download of lecture series
- Brian Rosner on Paul and the Law
- It ain't over till it's over
- What did the apostle Paul really care about? At a glance…
- The olive tree is not about Gentiles joining Israel (Romans 11:17-24)
- Are the Gentiles included in Israel?
- Rereading Doug Campbell to help us preach the gospel
- The Individual and the Community in Paul
- Re-reading Doug Campbell
- Postscript: Why the New Perspective claims that "righteousness" means "covenant faithfulness" – and why it's wrong
- The ratification of the covenant in Galatians 3:17
- So you think you can serve?
- The arrogance of a theological liberal
- A key point at which N.T. Wright is just plain wrong
- Sermon series: Get With The Program
- The worst role model in history?
- The End of the World as We Know It
- The wisdom of the minister
- The Suffering and Joy of the Minister
- The Minister and the Ministers
- The New Perspective on Paul: Summary and Reflections
- The Fulfilment of the Covenants: an Acovenantal Perspective on Paul
- Indicative and Imperative in the Letters of Paul
- Paul's Apostolic Ministry as Presented in the Book of Acts
- Political theology
- Jesus, Freedom and Authority in Lockdown Part 4: God's Mediator
- Jesus, Freedom and Authority in Lockdown Part 3: God's Salvation
- Jesus, Freedom and Authority in Lockdown Part 2: God's Rule
- Jesus, Freedom and Authority in Lockdown Part 1: Prayer
- Prayer
- Jesus, Freedom and Authority in Lockdown Part 3: God's Salvation
- Jesus, Freedom and Authority in Lockdown Part 2: God's Rule
- Jesus, Freedom and Authority in Lockdown Part 1: Prayer
- The powerful Christian life: according to Ephesians
- What can we learn about prayer from Ephesians?
- Speaking Up: The Privilege of Prayer
- Remnant
- God's Word versus the Kingdom (1 Kings 21)
- God's Word versus the Prophet (1 Kings 19)
- The Development and Significance of the Remnant in the Old Testament Prophets
- Resurrection
- “He is risen! He is not here”: Comfort and hope in absence, with Peter Orr @MooreCollege
- Jesus Christ and the Revolution of Destiny
- Revelation
- Are we really devoted to the public reading of Scripture? (Scott Newling, Cambridge)
- Identity and reality in the modern Australian and ancient Jewish diasporas
- God's Word versus the Kingdom (1 Kings 21)
- God's Word versus the Prophet (1 Kings 19)
- God's Word versus Religion (1 Kings 17-18)
- Luther On Law
- Paul and the Law by Brian Rosner – free download of lecture series
- Brian Rosner on Paul and the Law
- Scripture and the Authority of God – again
- Keeping the Solas Together
- Happy 400th Birthday, King James Bible
- Innasense
- Word and Action
- Talks on the Authority and Sufficiency of the Bible
- Silence about the Spirit
- Bringing the Bible alive?
- Is the wisdom literature of the Old Testament an exercise in natural theology?
- The Bible alone: what does that mean in practice?
- Sanctification
- Finishing well – Moore Q&A Video
- Pet food, pornography, and the law
- In praise of holiness
- Doctrines Under Threat 2: Union with Christ
- Keeping the Solas Together
- Heavy metal for kids on iTunes – Ben Pakula
- Justification and Sanctification: Biblical Definitions and Modern Misunderstandings
- Sexuality
- The Line in the Sand: The Appellate Tribunal Opinion and the Future of the Anglican Church in Australia
- The Bible and Same-Sex Marriage: A Response to Robyn Whitaker and Amy-Jill Levine
- Marriage redefinition: What does Romans 1:26-27 really have to say?
- Same sex marriage: why are so many Christians opposed?
- A new morality: child death and suffering is the price we must pay for sexual freedom?
- When the offended decide to go on the offensive
- Pet food, pornography, and the law
- Desire: reconnected (Song of Songs 7-8)
- Spirit
- Bethel, Jesus, and Dove Dung
- Gentleness: a crucial virtue in stressful times, with Peter Orr @ Moore College
- Speech and the Spirit
- Doctrines Under Threat 2: Union with Christ
- Keeping the Solas Together
- Word and Action
- The ratification of the covenant in Galatians 3:17
- Silence about the Spirit
- Suffering
- ‘Your truth’ and the true story: How the gospel of Christ transforms our decision-making
- Suffering – Moore Q&A Video
- A new morality: child death and suffering is the price we must pay for sexual freedom?
- Remember the Horn of Africa
- Is God Green Part 1: God, the World and Jesus
- Suffering and decision-making
- Trinity
- With gratitude for a rich (and ongoing) biblical and theological legacy – Moore College
- Doctrines Under Threat 2: Union with Christ
- The language of Chalcedon
- Jesus, the Son of Man, as presented in the Gospel of John
- Debating order in the Trinity
- Justification and Sanctification: Biblical Definitions and Modern Misunderstandings
- Truth
- We have a problem with Truth – The Pastor's Heart
- Truth be told: Living truthfully in a post-truth world
- Technology in a Post-Truth world: CCL Podcast
- Interview about Truth Be Told on CCL Podcast
- Truth Be Told: Sample chapter and pre-order
- Interview: Truth Be Told | God's Story Podcast
- ‘Your truth’ and the true story: How the gospel of Christ transforms our decision-making
- Forthcoming Book: Truth be told: Living truthfully in a post-truth world
- False teaching – Moore Q&A Video
- Honesty & Integrity – Moore Q&A Video
- Wisdom
- Gospel Seriously: The Dangerous Necessity of Goal-Driven Ministry
- It’s OK to be ambitious? Yeah … nah.
- Truthing in love
- Gospel Speech Online
- Listening to the law without being under the law (a sermon on Exodus 20:22-23:19)
- Same sex marriage: why are so many Christians opposed?
- Paul and the Law by Brian Rosner – free download of lecture series
- Brian Rosner on Paul and the Law
- Is God Green Part 2: God and the Future of the World
- Is God Green Part 1: God, the World and Jesus
- I'm sayin' something
- Happy 400th Birthday, King James Bible
- Suffering and decision-making
- Cross-shaped Wisdom (1 Corinthians 1)
- The wisdom of the minister
Biblical theology
- Supersessionism and the New Perspective
- The biblical meaning of righteousness and justification Part 3, with Chris Thomson @ Moore College
- The biblical meaning of righteousness and justification Part 2, with Chris Thomson @ Moore College
- The biblical meaning of righteousness and justification Part 1, with Chris Thomson @ Moore College
- Jacob: Scoundrel, wrestler and ancestor of Christ, with Philip Kern @ Moore College
- Captivated by Scripture: A personal reflection on D. W. B. Robinson’s legacy for biblical studies
- Vale Donald Robinson
- Cultural Encounters review of Reading Ephesians and Colossians After Supersessionism
- Ephesians & Colossians: Jews, Gentiles, and the Apostolic Mission
- Are we there yet? 'Exile' in the Bible (article)
- Nexus 2016 Conference – Ministry in Exile
- Graeme Goldsworthy on the Gospel, Atonement, Satisfaction and Justification
- Review: Antoine X. J. Fritz, To the Jew First or to the Jew at Last? Romans 1:16c and Jewish Missional Priority in Dialogue with Jews for Jesus
- Publication notice: The Seed, the Many and the One in Galatians 3:16
- It’s Time to Speak Out
- Album: Masterplan – Ben Pakula
- Listening to the law without being under the law (a sermon on Exodus 20:22-23:19)
- Borrowing beasts & paying preachers: Why Paul's use of the Old Testament makes sense
- PhD thesis: approved and now available online (Paul and the Vocation of Israel)
- Not My People: Gentiles as Exiles in Pauline Hermeneutics
- Identity and reality in the modern Australian and ancient Jewish diasporas
- More on Moore College's theological legacy: Graeme Goldsworthy
- With gratitude for a rich (and ongoing) biblical and theological legacy – Moore College
- God's Word versus the Kingdom (1 Kings 21)
- Review of David J. Rudolph / A Jew to the Jews
- Luther On Law
- Scripture and the Authority of God – again
- Empires in the Middle-East
- The olive tree is not about Gentiles joining Israel (Romans 11:17-24)
- Are the Gentiles included in Israel?
- A new beginning for Beginning with Moses
- Lead us not into temptation (Matthew 6:13)
- Cross-shaped Wisdom (1 Corinthians 1)
- Quick visual overview of the Bible
- Is Anyone Righteous?
- Is the wisdom literature of the Old Testament an exercise in natural theology?
- Desire: reconnected (Song of Songs 7-8)
- Pictorial Bible Summary
Church History
- I think we need to mention the war
- Review: The Rise and Triumph of the Modern Self by Carl Trueman
- How did the Reformers respond to plagues? Learning from history with Mark Earngey @ Moore College
- Donald Robinson on the Origins of the Anglican Church League
- Reformation sights in Oxford UK
- Justification and Union with Christ in Paul – PowerPoint for paper
- Katoomba Christian Convention – a short history
- Justification by Faith Only: the doctrine on which the church falls or stands?
- Preachers and Leaders 3: Preaching as congregational leadership: a venerable history
- The "Gospel of Jesus' Wife" quite likely a modern forgery
- Spectacular find: original Greek sermons by Origen of Alexandria discovered
- More on Moore College's theological legacy: Graeme Goldsworthy
- With gratitude for a rich (and ongoing) biblical and theological legacy – Moore College
- Anglicanism for dummies (and for everyone else)
- Evangelicals and the slave trade
- Luther On Law
- Doctrines Under Threat 2: Union with Christ
- Happy 400th Birthday, King James Bible
- A prayer request from an Aussie living in the Mother Country
- The language of Chalcedon
- Thomas Cranmer the Protestant reformer during the reign of King Henry VIII
Current events
Durham
- PhD thesis: approved and now available online (Paul and the Vocation of Israel)
- More heavy snowfall in Durham – images
- Pictures of snow in Durham
- In Durham
Events
General
- My submission to the expert panel on religious freedom
- Paul and the Vocation of Israel: Paul within Judaism?
- Learning to Speak Christian in an Online World: Video
- RBL review of my Paul and the Vocation of Israel (review by Mike Bird)
- The True Meaning of Awesome (2 Samuel 6)
- Joining the saints at St Augustine's Neutral Bay–once more
- A new site for the Briefing (and for my posts on Christian life and ministry)
- The olive tree is not about Gentiles joining Israel (Romans 11:17-24)
- Now you can subscribe to comments on this blog by email
- Finally, a real blog
- Republishing older articles
- Forget the Channel: a name for this site
- What is a tree for?
- Investing in bookshops
- Stranger evangelism
- The healthy teaching pyramid
- On love and blogging
- Do you believe in the power of prayer?
House of Windsor
- Family Bible Reading – Interview with the Windsors
- Join the Windsors – videos from March 2020
- Identity and reality in the modern Australian and ancient Jewish diasporas
- Christmas letter 2008
- Christmas Letter 2007
- Christmas Letter 2006
Language Resources
- Remata – the Greek vocab spreadsheet moves to the next level
- Greek
- Biblical Greek and Hebrew Memrise courses – Michael Allison
- Greek learning resources
- Spectacular find: original Greek sermons by Origen of Alexandria discovered
- Greek or Hebrew?
- Anki Greek and Hebrew flashcard resources
- "Justification" and "righteousness" are not the same
- Visual Greek Prepositions in PowerPoint
- Golden Rules for Learning Greek
- Reader's Version of Greek and Hebrew Bible
- Feeling Greek chapters 1-10
- Hebrew
- Biblical Greek and Hebrew Memrise courses – Michael Allison
- Why learn biblical Hebrew?
- Greek or Hebrew?
- Anki Greek and Hebrew flashcard resources
- Hebrew Verbs and the Sovereignty of God
- A Hebrew Reader of BHS – on its way
- Seow Hebrew vocabulary resources from David Reimer
- Reader's Version of Greek and Hebrew Bible
Laughing on Inside
- Theologic
- Liturgy Song – Moore College Revue 2020
- Moore College Revue Skit 2015 – The Moore College Calendar Project
- Instruments of Peace – Neutral Bay Multifaith Service 2014
- Greek or Hebrew?
- Innasense
- Re-reading Doug Campbell
- A tribute to Anglican Liturgy
- Old Testament Studies Revolutionised
- Should theological students have a day off?
Ministry
- Gospel Seriously: The Dangerous Necessity of Goal-Driven Ministry
- Book Launch Panel: Australian Evangelical Perspectives on Youth Ministry
- Book launch: Australian evangelical perspectives on youth ministry
- Defining Moments: My Copernican Revolution (Ephesians 1)
- Course: Talking with Catholics about Jesus
- Who Am I? Identity and Freedom in Paul’s Letter to the Romans
- It’s OK to be ambitious? Yeah … nah.
- Church – Moore Q&A Video
- False teaching – Moore Q&A Video
- Gifts – Moore Q&A Video
- Vocational Ministry – Moore Q&A Video
- Seven talks on Christian ministry
- A good minister (1 Timothy 4:6–16)
- Plugged-in spirituality (1 Timothy 3:14–4:5)
- Ministry ambition (1 Timothy 3:1–13)
- The Line in the Sand: The Appellate Tribunal Opinion and the Future of the Anglican Church in Australia
- Men, women, and God's word in the gathering (1 Timothy 2:8–15)
- How I came to know Jesus
- Bethel, Jesus, and Dove Dung
- Slow-burn crazy-making behaviours: recognising and responding
- Ministry and mission in Ephesians
- John MacArthur and "Giving to Caesar"
- What it means for me to be a Christian
- Domestic abuse and social isolation: how Christians can help the vulnerable, with Louise Cunningham @ Moore College
- Culture shock: Why everyone's feeling it, and how to cope, with Margie and Simon Gillham @ Moore College
- Emotional wellbeing in crazy times, with Paul Grimmond @ Moore College
- Join the Windsors for coffee – and an invitation to church
- What is church when we can't gather? Thinking theologically with Dr Chase Kuhn
- Christian: speak the gospel… online
- Preaching sermons and shepherding the flock: What's the connection?
- Finding praise in the right place (Romans 2:28–29)
- When education is not the answer (Romans 2:17–27)
- Vale Donald Robinson
- A simple way to teach the gospel to children using a puppet
- Sharing gospel truth in a biblically illiterate world
- Should I do a PhD in theology?
- My submission to the expert panel on religious freedom
- Principles of Complementarian Ministry
- Are we there yet? 'Exile' in the Bible (article)
- The trusted system: a week in the life
- The work of ministry in Ephesians 4:12 – summary
- The weekly review: Planning for sustainable sacrifice
- Who's afraid of to-do lists? Making tasks that work
- Inboxes. Getting all the stuff out of them. Every day.
- The Work of Ministry in Ephesians 4:12
- Living life in "the zone": using zones to regulate life
- Capturing wild commitments
- Building blocks of a trusted system
- Taming the phone 2: Putting apps in their place
- Taming the phone 1: Minimising notifications
- Slip, slop, slap for sustainable sacrifice
- Teaching and learning in the Bible: An interview with Dr Claire Smith
- Are We There Yet? Exile in the Bible (video)
- Coming up at Nexus16: "Are We There Yet? Exile in the Bible"
- Learning to Speak Christian in an Online World: Video
- Gospel speech: now available as an ebook
- Nexus 2016 Conference – Ministry in Exile
- Most popular Bible verses of 2015 (radio interview)
- Gospel speech: a fresh look at the relationship between every Christian and evangelism
- Praise from people or praise from God?
- Moore College School of Theology – Tend My Sheep: The Word of God and Pastoral Ministry
- GoThereFor – resources
- Andrew Heard: "A Brief Response to John Dickson's Response to My Response"
- Instruments of Peace – Neutral Bay Multifaith Service 2014
- Comments on two blog posts by John Dickson
- Andrew Heard: "Women and 'teaching' : What is Paul prohibiting in 1 Timothy 2:12?"
- Book – Women, sermons and the Bible: Essays interacting with John Dickson's "Hearing Her Voice"
- Why I'm going to the NEXUS conference on 26 May
- A guilt-free Easter
- NEXUS Conference 2014
- Economics and Christianity
- Hearing her Voice – Some Personal Reflections by Dani Treweek
- "Teaching" in the pastoral letters and today: a brief reply
- "In Defence of Inadequate Books on Preaching": John Dickson replies to my critique of Hearing Her Voice
- What's happening to our preaching? A response to John Dickson: Hearing Her Voice: A Case for Women Giving Sermons
- Speech and the Spirit
- Book recommendation – helping kids to navigate the digital age
- There is no difference: Kurrajong Ministry Training Fund keynote address
- Support the training of future gospel workers
- Are we really devoted to the public reading of Scripture? (Scott Newling, Cambridge)
- Anglicanism for dummies (and for everyone else)
- Speech and Salvation: Conference Package
- When the offended decide to go on the offensive
- Greek or Hebrew?
- Theological Education in Africa – a great need, can you help?
- Pet food, pornography, and the law
- Jedi masters and the body of Christ
- A new site for the Briefing (and for my posts on Christian life and ministry)
- Remember the Horn of Africa
- It ain't over till it's over
- And while I'm at it – here's another Easter sermon illustration
- Free Easter Day Sermon Illustration / Introduction
- On being boring
- Suffering and decision-making
- Before you criticise any past writer, remember…
- Rereading Doug Campbell to help us preach the gospel
- Want to support excellent Christian kids' music? Give a few $$ (or ££) to Ben Pakula.
- Cross-shaped Wisdom (1 Corinthians 1)
- Be careful what you promise
- So you think you can serve?
- A step-by-step guide to teaching the Bible
- Admitting our sins
- The community gospel part 2
- The community gospel part 1: A powerful and dangerous formula
- The healthy teaching pyramid
- Conversion, regeneration and getting things done
- Bible Resistance
- The enemy of the best
- The wisdom of the minister
- The Suffering and Joy of the Minister
- The Minister and the Ministers
- Women Preaching to Mixed Adult Congregations: A detailed reading of 1 Timothy 2:8-15 in reply to John Stott's position
- Paul's Apostolic Ministry as Presented in the Book of Acts
Moore College
- Moore College, open for business: Joys and challenges during Covid-19, with Principal Mark Thompson
- Learning to Speak Christian in an Online World: Video
- Event: Learning to speak Christian in an online world (17 March)
- Moore College Revue Skit 2015 – The Moore College Calendar Project
- Graeme Goldsworthy on the Gospel, Atonement, Satisfaction and Justification
- Moore College School of Theology – Tend My Sheep: The Word of God and Pastoral Ministry
- Faculty Profile – Moore College
- ITS: Moore College's highly promising new online distance course
Philosophy
- Review: The Rise and Triumph of the Modern Self by Carl Trueman
- God, the universe and all that: Part 3
- God, the universe and all that: Part 2
- Pictorial guide to modern Philosophy
- Christianity and evolution – the real problem
Poems
Series
- Iso-chats
- Preaching the Pastoral Epistles
- The biblical meaning of righteousness and justification Part 3, with Chris Thomson @ Moore College
- The biblical meaning of righteousness and justification Part 2, with Chris Thomson @ Moore College
- The biblical meaning of righteousness and justification Part 1, with Chris Thomson @ Moore College
- Jacob: Scoundrel, wrestler and ancestor of Christ, with Philip Kern @ Moore College
- Ecclesiastes and a world in crisis, with George Athas
- How did the Reformers respond to plagues? Learning from history with Mark Earngey @ Moore College
- “He is risen! He is not here”: Comfort and hope in absence, with Peter Orr @MooreCollege
- God’s judgment and compassion in Jeremiah, with Andrew Shead @ Moore College
- Moore College, open for business: Joys and challenges during Covid-19, with Principal Mark Thompson
- Domestic abuse and social isolation: how Christians can help the vulnerable, with Louise Cunningham @ Moore College
- Thinking rightly about the Apocalypse, with David Höhne @ Moore College
- Gentleness: a crucial virtue in stressful times, with Peter Orr @ Moore College
- Culture shock: Why everyone’s feeling it, and how to cope, with Margie and Simon Gillham @ Moore College
- Emotional wellbeing in crazy times, with Paul Grimmond @ Moore College
- What is church when we can’t gather? Thinking theologically with Chase Kuhn @ Moore College
- Isolation and Christian Love, with Dan Wu @ Moore College
- Lift Your Eyes
- Lift Your Eyes: Please rate, review, share
- Translation of Ephesians
- Reading Ephesians (Ephesians 6:21–24)
- Prayer: the heart of evangelism (Ephesians 6:17–20)
- The importance of being a struggling Christian (Ephesians 6:14–16)
- Stand your ground (Ephesians 6:10–13)
- The gospel for the boss (Ephesians 6:9)
- The gospel: beyond freedom (Ephesians 6:5–8)
- The gospel and fatherhood (Ephesians 6:4)
- Paul the Apostle does children’s ministry (Ephesians 6:1–3)
- The gospel and marriage part 2: Husbands (Ephesians 5:25–33)
- The gospel and marriage part 1: Wives (Ephesians 5:22–24)
- Submitting to one another (Ephesians 5:21)
- Christian singing: Why and how? (Ephesians 5:19–20)
- What’s wrong with drunkenness? (Ephesians 5:18)
- Watch how you walk (Ephesians 5:15–17)
- Living light (Ephesians 5:11–14)
- The test that matters (Ephesians 5:10)
- Children of light (Ephesians 5:8–9)
- What do you want to become? (Ephesians 5:5–7)
- Holy talk (Ephesians 5:3–4)
- Imitators of God (Ephesians 5:1–2)
- The power of forgiveness (Ephesians 4:31–32)
- Words with purpose (Ephesians 4:29–30)
- The gospel for criminals (Ephesians 4:28)
- Grace and anger (Ephesians 4:26–27)
- Telling the truth (Ephesians 4:25)
- Become who you are (Ephesians 4:22–24)
- Learning Christ (Ephesians 4:20–21)
- Turn around and walk the other way (Ephesians 4:17–19)
- Playing your part (Ephesians 4:16)
- The truth in love: A key principle for church growth (Ephesians 4:14–15)
- Christ’s body: A brief history (Ephesians 4:11–13)
- Christ: Up there and down here (Ephesians 4:8–10)
- Gifted beyond measure (Ephesians 4:7)
- The one and only God (Ephesians 4:4–6)
- This unity (Ephesians 4:2–3)
- The truth on the ground (Ephesians 4:1)
- God: Beyond us—and with us (Ephesians 3:20–21)
- This is huge (Ephesians 3:18–19)
- Where does God live? (Ephesians 3:16–17)
- Who are you praying to? (Ephesians 3:14–15)
- My afflictions, your glory (Ephesians 3:12–13)
- God’s multidimensional wisdom (Ephesians 3:9–11)
- The meaning of ministry (Ephesians 3:7–8)
- The open secret (Ephesians 3:4–6)
- The prisoner lifts his eyes (Ephesians 3:1–3)
- Built together (Ephesians 2:20–22)
- No second-class Christians (Ephesians 2:19)
- Christ the missionary (Ephesians 2:17–18)
- Christ the wall breaker (Ephesians 2:14–16)
- The blood that brings us close (Ephesians 2:11–13)
- Good works and salvation: What's the connection? (Ephesians 2:8–10)
- A question of security (Ephesians 2:6–7)
- This love (Ephesians 2:4–5)
- We too: the offenders (Ephesians 2:3)
- The root of the problem (Ephesians 2:1–2)
- The first thing to say about church (Ephesians 1:22–23)
- Strength to live (Ephesians 1:19–21)
- What’s the point of theology? (Ephesians 1:17–18)
- Prayer: What are we actually doing? (Ephesians 1:15–16)
- The Holy Spirit: Our security (Ephesians 1:14)
- The message is the mission (Ephesians 1:13)
- Rejoicing in the blessing of others (Ephesians 1:11–12)
- So here’s the plan (Ephesians 1:8–10)
- Are you trying to redeem yourself? (Ephesians 1:6b–7)
- What if it’s not about me? (Ephesians 1:4–6a)
- #inChrist (Ephesians 1:3)
- This God (Ephesians 1:2)
- Amazing holiness (Ephesians 1:1b)
- Paul: in his own words (Ephesians 1:1a)
- Lift Your Eyes: Introducing Ephesians
The Briefing
- GoThereFor – resources
- Learning to live in 3D
- Thanksgiving
- Bible heading fail: “Taming the Tongue”
- The gospel and autism
- Whose incarnation is it anyway?
- Why does everyone want Jesus to get married?
- A husband’s sacrificial love: what does it actually look like?
- Word-watch: lessons from a naïve blogger
- ‘Mutual submission’? Scrutinizing a lazy slogan
- The perils of plundering the Egyptians
- Plundering the Egyptians: The place of secular wisdom in gospel mission and ministry
- Dangerous love
- Polygamy in the Bible: A sordid tale
- An anatomy of sin
- Suffer the little children
- Grace: all the way down
- Among the apostles
- The reason for the season?
- The importance of being unlike God
- Speech and salvation: a role for pastors?
- Speech and salvation 8: Learning how to talk
- Speech and salvation 7: Insiders and outsiders
- Speech and salvation 6: Speech is in your DNA
- Speech and salvation 5: Do you feel the need for speech?
- Speech and salvation 4: Saved by the mouth
- Creatures of habit
- Speech and salvation 3: God puts the words right in your mouth
- Speech and salvation 2: Shut your mouth
- Speech and salvation 1: Are all Christians commanded to evangelise?
- “Jesus did not die on cross, says scholar”?
- The faithfulness that matters
- Pet food, pornography, and the law
- Jedi masters and the body of Christ
- In praise of holiness
- A new site for the Briefing (and for my posts on Christian life and ministry)
- Pet food, pornography, and the law
- Jedi masters and the body of Christ
- In praise of holiness
- I'm sayin' something
- Keeping the Solas Together
- On being boring
- Word and Action
- Suffering and decision-making
- Loving what God Loves
- The Greatest Expectations
- A prayer request from an Aussie living in the Mother Country
- Improve your Biblical Word Power – the series
- God, the universe and all that: Part 5
- God, the universe and all that: Part 4
- God, the universe and all that: Part 3
- God, the universe and all that: Part 2
- God, the universe and all that: Part 1
- Be careful what you promise
- The Gospel and Ageing
- So you think you can serve?
- Silence about the Spirit
- Admitting our sins
- The Syrophoenician woman
- The community gospel part 2
- The community gospel part 1: A powerful and dangerous formula
- Is Anyone Righteous?
- Improve your theological word power: Imputation
- Using your biblical word power: Justification through Atonement
- Improve your biblical word power 4: Atonement
- Improve your biblical word power 3: Justification
- Improve your biblical word power 2: Forensic righteousness
- Improve your biblical word power 1: Righteousness
- Watch your language
- The Bible doesn't say
- The worst role model in history?
- What is a tree for?
- Investing in bookshops
- Stranger evangelism
- The healthy teaching pyramid
- Conversion, regeneration and getting things done
- Bible Resistance
- The second commandment
- The enemy of the best
- Comfort in good times and bad
- The problem with social justice
- Bringing the Bible alive?
- What’s wrong with drunkenness?
- Welcoming children
- The greater judgement
- Countering nowism
- Nowism
- A Very Special Tent
- Mortification
- On love and blogging
- What makes you angry?
- Why we must be seeker sensitive
- Sola Scriptura
- Do you believe in the power of prayer?