- Bible books
- 1 Corinthians
- 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 Thessalonians
- 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 Corinthians
- 2 Samuel
- 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
- Chronicles
- 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
- 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
- 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
- James
- 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
- Jonah
- 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)
- Kings
- 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
- Malachi
- 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
- Proverbs
- 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
- ‘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
- Ruth
- Song of Songs
- 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