This is where you’ll find my opinion pieces, other articles, and interview transcripts (in chronological order, with the most recent items at the top).
Christian Zionism, antisemitism, and theology (16 Feb 2026)
Social cohesion as the new zeitgeist (15 Feb 2026)
Why I do not support Hamas (13 Feb 2026)
On the power and fragility of public protest (9 February 2026)
What is a prayer chain? (8 Feb 2026)
Evangelical preaching in four voices (2 Feb 2026)
Ecumenical perspectives: World Religion Day (2 Feb 2026)
Screwtape’s advice on Comer’s Practicing the Way (30 Jan 2026)
Six models of discipleship: Why I prefer Practicing the Way (29 Jan 2026)
Six critiques of John Mark Comer’s discipleship model (27 Jan 2026)
Six strengths of John Mark Comer’s discipleship model (26 Jan 2026)
AI and the flattening of civilisation (26 Jan 2026)
30 amazing writing prompts for journaling (22 Jan 2026)
How to start writing a personal journal (21 Jan 2026)
Ten compelling reasons why you should journal (19 Jan 2026)
Ecumenical perspectives: George Fox (12 Jan 2026)
The use of Scripture in Dilexit nos (8 Jan 2026)
For Venezuela, it’s always about oil (4 Jan 2026)
10 benefits of recalling the year’s memorable events (27 Dec 2025)
20 Christian mystics often regarded as “Great Souls” (23 Dec 2025)
Christian mystics as “Great Souls” (23 Dec 2025)
Resources on biblical aphorisms (1 Dec 2025)
How to find your place on the page (8 Nov 2025)
Ten spiritual disciplines to grow deeper in faith (7 Nov 2025)
50 more best first lines from novels (2 Nov 2025)
50 best first lines from novels (2 Nov 2025)
Five go out of this world (24 Sep 2025)
The turn of the screw (21 Sep 2025)
The sacred Heart and the social miracle (30 Aug 2025)
Nicaea and moral theology (23 Aug 2025)
10 poetry websites you must visit before you die (29 Jul 2025)
On the cessation of John MacArthur (15 Jul 2025)
The path to unity (speech to NSW Ecumenical Council Annual Fundraising Dinner, 13 Jun 2025)
Reflecting on 25 years since the Bridge Walk (28 May 2025)
The iconic end of Alasdair MacIntyre’s most famous book (24 May 2025)
New Ecumenical Council general secretary eyes greater church unity (interview with Jonathan Foye, 16 April 2025)
Speech for Palm Sunday Rally 2025 (13 April 2025)
Nine reasons why people embrace atheism (13 Apr 2025)
Questions for book club discussions (29 Mar 2025)
Was Jesus the first ecumenist? (20 Mar 2025)
Regeneration, retreat, or decluttering? The many faces of Lent (12 Mar 2025)
Films with Lenten and Easter themes (7 Mar 2025)
Seeking justice in Israel-Palestine (Dec 2014)
How to be a philosopher (20 Nov 2024)
The vocation and mission of Jesus (10 Nov 2024)
Who was Arthur Stace (Part 2) (2 Nov 2024)
Who was Arthur Stace? (Part 1) (2 Nov 2024)
Vocation in the Hebrew Bible: Principles (20 October 2024)
Vocation in the Hebrew Bible: Examples (19 October 2024)
Vocation and the way of Jesus (17 Oct 2024)
Why am I here? Thoughts on vocation (17 Oct 2024)
Six awesome blogs for research students (5 October 2024)
Joseph Fletcher and situation ethics (19 Sep 2024)
Less power, more grace: final words on creeds (27 August 2024)
Four more purposes of creeds (26 August 2024)
Three core purposes of creeds (25 August 2024)
A statement of beliefs commonly held by Baptists (21 Aug 2024)
12 tips for better academic reading (22 Jul 2024)
Seven tips for giving criticism (16 Jul 2024)
A short history of the NSW Baptist Social Issues Committee (9 Jul 2024)
Why Australia should not reintroduce the death penalty (8 Jul 2024)
An assessment of emotionally focused therapy (8 Jul 2024)
Should churches enforce conformity to creeds? (6 Jul 2024)
Church tradition and the creeds (2) (6 Jul 2024)
Church tradition and the creeds (1) (6 Jul 2024)
To creed or not to creed (22 Jun 2024)
Ten tips for better referencing (7 Jun 2024)
The five pillars of writing (4 Jun 2024)
If Christ came to the library (6 Dec 2023)
“Extracurricular activities”: The ecumenical service of Deaconess Margaret Rodgers AM (25 September 2023)
Ten tips for a successful research project (7 August 2023)
Are there creeds in the New Testament? (23 Jul 2023)
The first Christian creeds (10 Jul 2023)
Creeds in the Hebrew Bible (7 Jul 2023)
The danger of dogma (2 Jul 2023)
What is a creed? (25 Jun 2023)
No creed but the Bible (24 Jun 2023)
Resources on the Thirty-Nine Articles (10 Jun 2023)
The truth about making and breaking promises (9 Feb 2023)
The Generative-AI Eruption (20 Jan 2023)
How to grow as a reader (1 Jan 2023)
18 common myths about essay writing (18 Nov 2022)
Should I use Google Scholar? (5 Sep 2022)
Constructing the theology of G. H. Morling (15 Aug 2022)
15 great book cataloguing apps (15 October 2021)
How to catalogue your home library (15 October 2021)
How to improve your essay marks (30 Aug 2021)
Who is Mother Goose? (28 Jul 2021)
The preface and purpose of Luke’s Gospel (12 Jul 2021)
The structure of Luke’s Gospel (27 Jun 2021)
Did Luke write Hebrews? (21 Jun 2021)
The politics of punishment (12 Jun 2021)
75 books on faith and mental health (7 Jun 2021)
Origins of the New Testament (6 May 2021)
Scoping the academic literature (22 April 2021)
Who wrote the Gospel of Luke? (19 Apr 2021)
So you want to write a literature review (19 April 2021)
What is distinctive about Luke’s Gospel? (2 Apr 2021)
Should the church shun released prisoners? (31 Mar 2021)
John Wesley’s “Directions for singing” (22 Mar 2021)
Why four Gospels? (19 Mar 2021)
The origins of the Gospels (18 Mar 2021)
Basic features of the four Gospels (15 Mar 2021)
What is a Gospel? (14 Mar 2021)
“The vital breath of the church”: Prayer, personalism and spiritual power in the thought of G. H. Morling (6 Mar 2021)
Facts or opinions? (11 Sep 2020)
Should theology make objective claims? (5 Sep 2020)
Developing my critical thinking skills (4 September 2020)
What is critical thinking? (3 Sep 2020)
Five more steps to better memory recall (2 Sep 2020)
Five steps to better memory recall (1 Sep 2020)
Five ways to improve focus while studying (31 Aug 2020)
Joy Connor on Baptist social issues (23 August 2020)
What we bring to theology (20 Aug 2020)
25 books and articles on Martin Luther’s theology (14 Aug 2020)
Six risks of theological study (12 Aug 2020)
Six rewards of theological study (9 Aug 2020)
The quest for serenity and union with Christ (Part 2) (5 Aug 2020)
The quest for serenity and union with Christ (Part 1) (3 Aug 2020)
What would George do? (Part 9) (3 Aug 2020)
What would George do? (Part 8) (19 Jul 2020)
What would George do? (Part 7) (12 Jul 2020)
The purpose of theology (Part 3) (30 Jun 2020)
The purpose of theology (Part 2) (29 Jun 2020)
What is academic research? (24 Jun 2020)
The purpose of theology (part 1) (17 Jun 2020)
Trump’s foolish Bible stunt (3 Jun 2020)
Five logical fallacies to avoid (29 May 2020)
The moral task of theology (26 May 2020)
The constructive task of theology (25 May 2020)
What would George do? (Part 6) (12 May 2020)
What would George do? (Part 5) (8 May 2020)
What would George do? (Part 4) (4 May 2020)
What would George do? (Part 3) (26 Apr 2020)
What would George do? (Part 2) (24 Apr 2020)
How to avoid logical fallacies (16 Apr 2020)
What are logical fallacies? (16 Apr 2020)
What would George do? (Part 1) (6 Apr 2020)
The critical task of theology (31 Mar 2020)
Isn’t theology supposed to be prescriptive? (25 Mar 2020)
The descriptive task of theology (21 Mar 2020)
What makes Christian theology distinctive? (11 Mar 2020)
he joy of theological learning (6 Mar 2020)
Who invented theology? (5 Mar 2020)
Have faith, will think (27 Feb 2020)
Everyone is a theologian (24 Feb 2020)
What is theological education? (20 Feb 2020)
Interview with Steve Cooper (Dec 1999; posted here 7 February 2020)
How would you respond to authoritarianism? (2 Jan 2020)
The underbelly of the American self-conscious (20 Dec 2019)
How to have an impossible conversation (14 Dec 2019)
Attending to the national soul (12 Dec 2019)
Peacemaking through preaching (5 Dec 2019)
12 books on productivity and time management (4 Dec 2019)
The use of Scripture in Laudato Is (26 Nov 2019)
Some fairy tales may be 6,000 years old (27 August 2019)
Mindfulness as a symptom (2 Jul 2019)
Origin of the phrase, “In necessariis unitas” (27 Mar 2018)
Statement on Aboriginal Reconciliation (11 Sep 1997; posted here 26 October 2017)
The work of Mission Aviation Fellowship (10 Jul 2017)
A Christian view on capital punishment (10 Mar 2015)
Should Christians support the death penalty? (13 Feb 2015)
The common good (20 Dec 2014)
On divorce and remarriage (9 Dec 2014)
Racism and reconciliation (7 Dec 2014)
Is conscience a reliable guide for ethics? (27 Nov 2014)
Corrupting technology (26 Nov 2014)
Ethics and prayer (Part 2) (12 Nov 2014)
Ethics and prayer (Part 1) (7 Nov 2014)
Ethics and conversion (4 Nov 2024)
Rock the boats (30 Sep 2014)
John Saunders: Baptist pastor and activist (9 August 2014)
Christian approaches to war in the light of the biblical command not to kill (8 Aug 2014)
Is casting lots a justification for gambling? (27 Jul 2014)
candid friend of historiography (27 Nov 2013)
How to balance family and thesis writing (11 August 2013)
Grey care: perspectives on ageing (10 Aug 2013)
Growt in grace as a control belief for theological method (2 Jul 2013)
On the demise of Exodus International (21 Jun 2013)
Should we design our descendants? (28 May 2013)
[older articles to be added]
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