- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- Ephesians
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- "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
- 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
- Graeme Goldsworthy on the Gospel, Atonement, Satisfaction and Justification
- New Heavens and New Earth (Revelation 21:1)
- Romans
- 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
- 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
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Prayer: the heart of evangelism (Ephesians 6:17–20)January 15, 2020One of the best things we can pray for is that the gospel of the Lord Jesus Christ will go out to the world, both through us and through others.
The importance of being a struggling Christian (Ephesians 6:14–16)January 8, 2020Do you ever feel like the Christian life is a struggle? Struggling is normal for Christians. In fact, it’s not just normal. Christians should be struggling!
Stand your ground (Ephesians 6:10–13)January 1, 2020It’s easy to ignore the spiritual realities of life. But Paul reminds us we should live our ordinary, everyday lives in light of spiritual realities.
The gospel for the boss (Ephesians 6:9)December 25, 2019Authority implies responsibility. Christians, who have a heavenly Lord and Saviour, have a special reason to be responsible in the way we use our authority.
The gospel: beyond freedom (Ephesians 6:5–8)December 18, 2019What do you do if you find yourself in a situation of limited economic freedom? Paul shows how that situation can be transformed by the gospel.
The gospel and fatherhood (Ephesians 6:4)December 11, 2019Fathers: Do you sometimes wish your children were born with an instruction manual? Being a dad is a big responsibility. Paul here provides valuable direction.
Paul the Apostle does children’s ministry (Ephesians 6:1–3)December 4, 2019Children’s ministry is important. Paul’s short instruction to children is deeply soaked in theology, biblical theology, and the gospel of Jesus Christ.
The gospel and marriage part 2: Husbands (Ephesians 5:25–33)November 27, 2019The gospel of Jesus Christ teaches husbands to take initiative to love and give themselves to their wives. This radical teaching involves both actions and attitudes.