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The fundamental prayer – Luke 18:9-14
As we cry out to God for justice, we’re assuming we’re the good guys. We want God to bring justice because that means we’ll win, and the bad guys will get what’s coming to them. I want Jesus to return and give me what I deserve! So Jesus tells this parable to make us ask:…
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Where truth and love are no longer enemies – Audio
In a world where love often means affirmation and truth is seen as harsh or even hateful, how do we follow Jesus—who is full of grace and truth?
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Moore PTC Graduation address
At the 2025 Moore PTC Graduation, Dr Lionel Windsor urged us to build up the church by speaking the truth in love and furthering unity and maturity in diverse ways to fulfill God’s purposes. From Ephesians 4, this is a powerful encouragement for all who serve Jesus.
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The reason to persevere in prayer (Luke 18:1–8)
This is a parable Jesus told his disciples “to the effect that they ought always to pray and not lose heart” And we all need this encouragement, don’t we? Because prayer is hard. Especially that persistent, daily habit of praying, day after day, month after month, year after year. Why is it so hard? It’s…
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Jesus and the freedom to face the truth: Audio
In a world where “your truth” often overshadows the truth, how can we live with honesty, humility, and hope? In this second talk of the “Living Truthfully in a Post-Truth World” series, Lionel Windsor explores the cultural shift from objective truth to personal narratives—highlighting high-profile examples like Oprah, Meghan, and Harry—and contrasts it with the liberating truth…
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Jesus in a post-truth world: Audio
This is the audio of a talk I gave at Leura Anglican Church on 18 May 2025. It’s the first in a three part series, designed to be accessible to churchgoers and non-church-goers alike.
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Book Review – Metaphors in the Narrative of Ephesians 2:11–22
In Review of Biblical Literature, I’ve reviewed Oscar Jiménez’s book Metaphors in the Narrative of Ephesians 2:11–22: Motion towards Maximal Proximity and Higher Status.
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Journal Article: Paul’s Jewish Prophetic Critique of Jews in Romans
The open access (free to download) peer-reviewed academic article examines Paul’s critique of Jews in Romans, focusing on Romans 1–3. It adopts an approach of reading Paul within Judaism while differing from some interpreters representative of this approach by arguing that Paul is critiquing his fellow Jews and that his critique is relevant to his…
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Truth Be Told audiobook: A two minute video
A two minute video explaining my new audiobook Truth Be Told: Living Truthfully in a Post-Truth World – on Sydney Harbour!
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Videos + Article | Obedience and Submission in 1 Peter
My article on obedience and submission in 1 Peter has become freely available online. There’s also a series of videos.
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Audiobook: Truth Be Told
My book Truth Be Told: Living Truthfully in a Post-Truth World is now available as an Audiobook, recorded with a genuine Aussie accent by yours truly.
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Romans 16: Why and how should we preach it? (Video)
Romans chapter 16 contains many excellent insights. It especially highlights the ministries of men and women working in partnership. But the chapter is often neglected in church preaching and teaching programs based on Romans. In this video, I help preachers and teachers to see how Romans 16 — especially the reference to Andronicus and Junia…
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Junia, Missionary Partnership, and Honor: The Discourse Function of Romans 16:7
This academic article, published in the Bulletin for Biblical Research, explores Paul’s greetings in Romans 16 in light of the gospel message he lays out in the rest of Romans and the purposes of Romans. I’ve also produced a video aimed at a less technical audience which is designed to draw out key points from…
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Lies, flattery, and Artificial Intelligence
Yesterday, I unintentionally discovered how brilliant ChatGPT is at pragmatic barefaced lying and feelgood flattery—masterfully learned from its human overlords.
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Moore Town: A Funk Tribute to the Groovy Staff of Moore Theological College
Sometimes people ask what I like to do on my day off. This is one of the things. For Moore Revue 2024. Vulfake: certified parody Moore Town: a funk tribute to the groovy staff of Moore Theological College featuring: Harry Windsor, the Rev Dr Lionel Windsor & a whole lotta cool cats comin’ atcha from…
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Her Theology Podcast: Truth Be Told Interview
Cass Backhouse at Her Theology podcast interviewed me today about my book Truth Be Told: Living Truthfully in a Post-Truth World. I really appreciated her questions and engagement with the ideas in the book. We talked about what truth really is, where our culture is at, trust and loyalty, engaging with truth in the world,…
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Truth Be Told meets the Korean fire noodle challenge.
Video – Truth Be Told: Living Truthfully in a Post-Truth World meets the Korean Fire Noodle Challenge. Buldak 3x Spicy Ramen Noodles!
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Review of Jason Staples, Paul and the Resurrection of Israel
Jason A. Staples has recently released his important new book, Paul and the Resurrection of Israel: Jews, Former Gentiles, Israelites (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2024). It enters into key debates concerning Pauline theology, is very well argued, makes some original yet compelling points, and needs to be engaged with. Here’s my own review.
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TGCA Review of Truth Be Told
My book Truth Be Told: Living Truthfully in a Post-Truth World has just been reviewed at The Gospel Coalition Australia by Amy Isham. Amy Writes: “Truth Be Told is excellent for those grappling with anxiety about our culture’s loss of objectivity, refocusing our energy towards the real goal of living with integrity as people of truth.”
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Book Review – Hope for God’s Creation: Stewardship in an Age of Futility
In Themelios, I’ve reviewed Andrew J. Spencer’s book Hope for God’s Creation: Stewardship in an Age of Futility. It’s a great book!
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Ephesians (Matthias Bible Guide)
Matthias Bible Guides assist in personal and group study of various books of the Bible. Scholar Lionel Windsor unpacks the book of Ephesians. Includes a free supplement and companion resource: Lift Your Eyes
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A new book about artificial intelligence
The rise of AI technology has enormous implications for all of us—not only for how we live and work, but also for how we understand what it means to be human. Christians need to be equipped to grasp the issues and to navigate the waters ahead. In this book, Stephen Driscoll provides us with a…
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Truth Be Told: Photo Tour
I took my book Truth Be Told: Living Truthfully in a Post-Truth World on a tour through various sites in New Zealand and Australia to get some promo photos. Some friends took photos in other places too. Here are all the photos in one place! Zoom in to read the first page of every chapter.
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The book on truth a government wanted to censor
I was recently interviewed about some of the international political issues surrounding the publication of my book Truth Be Told.
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Money and ministry: A sermon on 1 Timothy 6
An easy question: When did you last think about money? A much harder question: HOW do you think about money? In 1 Timothy 6, we see Paul applying a deep gospel framework to key issues to do with wealth: money in the lives of Christian teachers and those we teach.
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