Index

Browse articles and collections under 220 subjects. Each entry includes a word count and estimated reading time.

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A

Abbott, Tony

Faith and moral leadership — Tony Abbott’s moral compass (186 words; 1 minute read)

Abortion

Christian ethical arguments — Justice for the unborn (1,403 words; 8 minute read)

Academic research

Methods, resources and planning — Scoping the academic literature (2,215 words; 12 minute read)
Methods, resources and planning — Should I use Google Scholar? (443 words; 3 minute read)
Methods, resources and planning — Six awesome blogs for research students (885 words; 5 minute read)
Methods, resources and planning — Ten tips for a successful research project (434 words; 3 minute read)
Methods, resources and planning — What is academic research? (784 words; 4 minute read)

Academic writing

Argument — What are logical fallacies? (847 words; 5 minute read)
Essays, structure and referencing — 18 common myths about essay writing (817 words; 5 minute read)
Essays, structure and referencing — How to improve your essay marks (1,903 words; 10 minute read)
Essays, structure and referencing — Ten tips for better referencing (400 words; 2 minute read)
Essays, structure and referencing — The five pillars of writing (471 words; 3 minute read)
Essays, structure and referencing — Writing theology well: Eight habits of effective academic writing (1,147 words; 6 minute read)
Literature reviews — So you want to write a literature review (765 words; 4 minute read)
Research and study resources — collection page — Academic (1,473 words; 8 minute read)
Research planning and study habits — Five more steps to better memory recall (408 words; 3 minute read)
Research planning and study habits — Five steps to better memory recall (420 words; 3 minute read)
Research planning and study habits — Five ways to improve focus while studying (459 words; 3 minute read)
Research planning and study habits — Scoping the academic literature (2,215 words; 12 minute read)
Research planning and study habits — Ten tips for a successful research project (434 words; 3 minute read)
Research planning and study habits — What is academic research? (784 words; 4 minute read)
Thesis and family life — How to balance family and thesis writing (213 words; 2 minute read)

Advent

Hope, waiting and salvation — Seeing salvation (1,591 words; 8 minute read)
Hope, waiting and salvation — Until the Son of God appear (925 words; 5 minute read)

Ageing

Emotional intelligence and pastoral care — Age and emotional intelligence (149 words; 1 minute read)
Emotional intelligence and pastoral care — Being old, being Christian (1,472 words; 8 minute read)
Emotional intelligence and pastoral care — Grey care: perspectives on ageing (5,054 words; 26 minute read)

Ageing and older people

See Ageing.

AI

See Artificial intelligence.

Alcohol

Harm and public policy — Action needed on alcohol and gambling (209 words; 2 minute read)
Harm and public policy — Alcohol sale reform in NSW (165 words; 1 minute read)
Harm and public policy — Curbing alcohol-fuelled violence (160 words; 1 minute read)

Angels

Nature and ministry — What are angels and what do they do? (2,033 words; 11 minute read)

Animals

Dog breeds and diversity — Why are there so many breeds of dog? (1,915 words; 10 minute read)

Artificial intelligence

Creative fiction — Five go out of this world (4,144 words; 21 minute read)
Culture, ethics and writing — AI and the flattening of civilisation (1,001 words; 6 minute read)
Culture, ethics and writing — The Generative-AI Eruption (350 words; 2 minute read)
Culture, ethics and writing — The turn of the screw (1,946 words; 10 minute read)
Pastoral formation — Pastoral formation and generative AI: A critical response to Daniel Nealon (3,016 words; 16 minute read)
Public speaking and speechwriting — 25 AI prompts for political speechwriters (2,118 words; 11 minute read)
Public speaking and speechwriting — Public Speaking in the Age of AI (Part 1) (1,625 words; 9 minute read)
Public speaking and speechwriting — Public Speaking in the Age of AI (Part 2) (1,736 words; 9 minute read)
Public speaking and speechwriting — Public Speaking in the Age of AI (Part 3) (1,300 words; 7 minute read)
Public speaking and speechwriting — Public Speaking in the Age of AI (Part 4) (1,661 words; 9 minute read)
Sermon preparation — 25 AI prompts for sermon writing (1,886 words; 10 minute read)

Arts

Art and spirituality — Art and spirituality (161 words; 1 minute read)
Bible and photography — The Bible in Photography: Index, Icon, Tableau, Vision (962 words; 5 minute read)
Political expression — Should artists stay out of politics? (2,208 words; 12 minute read)

Assisted dying

Euthanasia and medical ethics — A sermon on euthanasia (1,827 words; 10 minute read)
Euthanasia and medical ethics — Doctors should not kill their patients (182 words; 1 minute read)
Euthanasia and medical ethics — Moral issues not determined by public opinion (173 words; 1 minute read)

Asylum seekers

See Refugees and asylum seekers.

Atheism

Arguments and motivations — Nine reasons why people embrace atheism (937 words; 5 minute read)
Arguments and motivations — The problem with atheism (1,338 words; 7 minute read)

Attention

Distraction and cultural history — From marketplace to infinite scroll: A short history of human distraction (1,304 words; 7 minute read)
Reading and study — Five ways to improve focus while studying (459 words; 3 minute read)
Reading and study — How to find your place on the page (486 words; 3 minute read)

Australian Christian Lobby

Public advocacy and controversy — ACL unleashes Anzac tweet firestorm (1,168 words; 6 minute read)
Public advocacy and controversy — ACL unrepresentative, say Victorians (181 words; 1 minute read)
Public advocacy and controversy — Australian Christian Lobby comes under fire (181 words; 1 minute read)
Public advocacy and controversy — What did our Diggers fight for? (184 words; 1 minute read)

Australian history

Archaeology and Christian imagination — Archaeology, theology, and the search for an Australian Christian imagination (1,333 words; 7 minute read)
Christian heritage and Richard Johnson — Speech for service at Richard Johnson Memorial (373 words; 2 minute read)
War Memorial and frontier conflict — Whose wars? The Australian War Memorial and the colonial frontier conflicts (1,723 words; 9 minute read)

Australian politics

Elections and Christian participation — Challenges and opportunities facing Australian voters (2,774 words; 14 minute read)
Elections and Christian participation — Principles for Christians in politics (757 words; 4 minute read)
Faith, leadership and public values — Faith and federal politics (161 words; 1 minute read)
Faith, leadership and public values — Julia Gillard a “cultural traditionalist” (192 words; 1 minute read)
Faith, leadership and public values — Keneally and O’Farrell on politics and faith (161 words; 1 minute read)
Faith, leadership and public values — Kevin Rudd on his Christian faith (1,541 words; 8 minute read)
Faith, leadership and public values — Our first woman Prime Minister (178 words; 1 minute read)
Faith, leadership and public values — Politicians and the uses of faith (177 words; 1 minute read)
Faith, leadership and public values — The faith of the Prime Minister (175 words; 1 minute read)
Faith, leadership and public values — Tony Abbott’s moral compass (186 words; 1 minute read)
Faith, leadership and public values — We need more conviction politicians (196 words; 1 minute read)
Monarchy and republicanism — Monarchy or republic? (162 words; 1 minute read)
NSW government and gambling policy — A new Liberal Premier for NSW (187 words; 1 minute read)

Authoritarianism

Conformity and resistance — How would you respond to authoritarianism? (18 words; 1 minute read)
Conformity and resistance — What 1984 teaches us in 2026 (3,278 words; 17 minute read)

B

Baptism

Conversion and discipleship — A passion for conversion and baptism (1,848 words; 10 minute read)

Baptists

Cooperation and public witness — Cooperation and cobelligerence between NSW Baptists and other faith communities (3,762 words; 19 minute read)
Cooperation and public witness — Immigration and asylum and Baptists (5,534 words; 28 minute read)
Cooperation and public witness — John Saunders: Baptist pastor and activist (842 words; 5 minute read)
Dissent and diversity — Many different kinds of Baptists (372 words; 2 minute read)
Dissent and diversity — The limits of dissent among Baptists (219 words; 2 minute read)
Dissent and diversity — When Baptist convictions become hard boundary markers (2,122 words; 11 minute read)
Global leadership — Neville Callam: Baptist statesman, theologian and ecumenist (1,591 words; 8 minute read)
Liberty of conscience — What happens when Baptists disagree? (2,198 words; 11 minute read)
Marriage equality and association — Marriage equality and the cleaving of Baptists in NSW (3,139 words; 16 minute read)
Social ethics — Shapers of Baptist social ethics (736 words; 4 minute read)
Social ethics and public service — A short history of the NSW Baptist Social Issues Committee (9,411 words; 48 minute read)
Social ethics and public service — Joy Connor on Baptist social issues (659 words; 4 minute read)
Social ethics and public service — T E Ruth and The Common Weal (7,661 words; 39 minute read)
Transitions to Uniting Church ministry — 12 reasons not to transition to Uniting Church ministry (1,339 words; 7 minute read)
Transitions to Uniting Church ministry — 12 signs God may be calling you to the Uniting Church (1,476 words; 8 minute read)
Transitions to Uniting Church ministry — Baptist and Uniting: Similarities and differences (1,343 words; 7 minute read)
Transitions to Uniting Church ministry — FAQ for Baptists transitioning to Uniting Church ministry (2,250 words; 12 minute read)
Transitions to Uniting Church ministry — From Baptist to Uniting: A guide for ministers (1,704 words; 9 minute read)
Transitions to Uniting Church ministry — Understanding the ministry transition process (1,853 words; 10 minute read)

Benson, Rod

Publications and conference papers — Conference papers by Rod Benson in (427 words; 3 minute read)
Publications and conference papers — Publications and talks of Rod Benson (1,501 words; 8 minute read)
Website identity and writing — Why All Told? (214 words; 2 minute read)

Bible

Mountains and theological symbolism — Mountains of Scripture (1): Mount Eden (1,203 words; 7 minute read)
Mountains and theological symbolism — Mountains of Scripture (2): Mount Ararat (1,028 words; 6 minute read)
Mountains and theological symbolism — Mountains of Scripture (3): Mount Moriah (956 words; 5 minute read)
Mountains and theological symbolism — Mountains of Scripture (4): Mount Sinai (791 words; 4 minute read)
Mountains and theological symbolism — Mountains of Scripture (5): Mount Gerizim (750 words; 4 minute read)
Mountains and theological symbolism — Mountains of Scripture (6): Mount Carmel (920 words; 5 minute read)
Mountains and theological symbolism — Mountains of Scripture (7): Mount Zion (959 words; 5 minute read)
Mountains and theological symbolism — Mountains of Scripture (8): Mount Hermon (801 words; 5 minute read)
Mountains and theological symbolism — Mountains of Scripture (9): unnamed mountains of the Hebrew Bible (874 words; 5 minute read)
Proverbs and aphorisms — Resources on biblical aphorisms (1,070 words; 6 minute read)

Bible translations

King James Bible — The King James Bible turns 400 (173 words; 1 minute read)

Bible, 1 Corinthians

Church, ministry and justice — Justice (sermon) (1,454 words; 8 minute read)
Church, ministry and justice — Take a long view (3,424 words; 18 minute read)

Bible, 1 Timothy

Godliness, teaching and human flourishing — Foundations for human flourishing (1,311 words; 7 minute read)
Preaching, leadership and Christian life — Experiencing God’s mercy and grace (1,661 words; 9 minute read)
Preaching, leadership and Christian life — Generosity (sermon) (1,552 words; 8 minute read)
Preaching, leadership and Christian life — Investment advice you can trust (1,410 words; 8 minute read)
Preaching, leadership and Christian life — Standards for deacons (1,171 words; 6 minute read)
Preaching, leadership and Christian life — Standards for men and women (1,566 words; 8 minute read)
Preaching, leadership and Christian life — Standards for pastors and elders (1,713 words; 9 minute read)
Preaching, leadership and Christian life — The church’s one foundation (1,671 words; 9 minute read)
Preaching, leadership and Christian life — The path to peace and tranquility (1,665 words; 9 minute read)
Preaching, leadership and Christian life — The purpose of Christian preaching (1,658 words; 9 minute read)
Preaching, leadership and Christian life — Things worth fighting for (1,491 words; 8 minute read)

Bible, 2 John

Truth, love and hospitality — Life beyond the tribal reflex (1,505 words; 8 minute read)

Bible, 2 Kings

Elijah and Elisha — Choosing the butter (1,260 words; 7 minute read)

Bible, 2 Timothy

Formation, Scripture and perseverance — Continue the journey (578 words; 3 minute read)
Formation, Scripture and perseverance — Discern, flee, pursue! (645 words; 4 minute read)
Formation, Scripture and perseverance — Grasp the word (776 words; 4 minute read)
Formation, Scripture and perseverance — Rekindle the flame (728 words; 4 minute read)
Formation, Scripture and perseverance — Serve, play, work (703 words; 4 minute read)

Bible, 3 John

Leadership and hospitality — A tale of two leaders (1,688 words; 9 minute read)

Bible, Acts

Mission and witness — Three men and a mission (2,176 words; 11 minute read)

Bible, Ephesians

Love, imitation and spiritual conflict — How to be like God (1,169 words; 6 minute read)
Love, imitation and spiritual conflict — Praying when evil is near (1,697 words; 9 minute read)
Love, imitation and spiritual conflict — What it takes to act with justice (1,339 words; 7 minute read)

Bible, Ezekiel

River of life, creation and healing — River dependence (1,623 words; 9 minute read)
River of life, creation and healing — River ecology (1,797 words; 9 minute read)
River of life, creation and healing — River healing (1,618 words; 9 minute read)

Bible, Genesis

Jacob and the presence of God — Finding God in the most unlikely places (1,372 words; 7 minute read)

Bible, Isaiah

Restoration and Christmas hope — The display of God’s splendour (1,900 words; 10 minute read)
Restoration and Christmas hope — The mystery of Christmas (882 words; 5 minute read)

Bible, Job

Behemoth and Leviathan — reception history — Taming the Beast: A Reception History of Behemoth and Leviathan (565 words; 3 minute read)
Suffering, friendship and wisdom — A young person’s wisdom (1,941 words; 10 minute read)
Suffering, friendship and wisdom — The consolation of Job (1,375 words; 7 minute read)
Suffering, friendship and wisdom — Thin red line (sermon – part 1) (1,590 words; 8 minute read)
Suffering, friendship and wisdom — Thin red line (sermon – part 2) (1,211 words; 7 minute read)

Bible, John

Discipleship and the identity of Jesus — A grain of wheat (1,784 words; 9 minute read)
Discipleship and the identity of Jesus — Come and see (1,773 words; 9 minute read)
Discipleship and the identity of Jesus — Even greater things (2,008 words; 11 minute read)
Discipleship and the identity of Jesus — The light of the world (1,596 words; 8 minute read)
Discipleship and the identity of Jesus — Three audacious claims of Jesus (749 words; 4 minute read)

Bible, Jonah

Calling, repentance and mercy — I believe in miracles! (1,617 words; 9 minute read)
Calling, repentance and mercy — Man on the run (1,523 words; 8 minute read)
Calling, repentance and mercy — Man overboard! (1,879 words; 10 minute read)
Calling, repentance and mercy — Salvation belongs to the Lord (1,778 words; 9 minute read)
Calling, repentance and mercy — The power of repentance (1,792 words; 9 minute read)
Calling, repentance and mercy — The wideness of God’s mercy (1,872 words; 10 minute read)

Bible, Joshua

Courage, conquest and faithful living — As for me and my house (1,495 words; 8 minute read)
Courage, conquest and faithful living — Courage for the journey (1,774 words; 9 minute read)
Courage, conquest and faithful living — Finding my pace in the presence of God (1,801 words; 10 minute read)
Courage, conquest and faithful living — Finding my place in the story of God (1,906 words; 10 minute read)
Courage, conquest and faithful living — The Jerichos of our lives (1,688 words; 9 minute read)
Courage, conquest and faithful living — What do these stones mean? (1,750 words; 9 minute read)
Courage, conquest and faithful living — When God commands the unthinkable (1,830 words; 10 minute read)
Courage, conquest and faithful living — Where justice and mercy meet (1,669 words; 9 minute read)
History and interpretation — On the historicity of the Book of Joshua (1,251 words; 7 minute read)

Bible, Jude

Faith, perseverance and doxology — The secret to bulletproof faith (1,672 words; 9 minute read)
Faith, perseverance and doxology — The wind beneath your wings (1,596 words; 8 minute read)

Bible, Luke

Authorship, structure and purpose — The preface and purpose of Luke’s Gospel (864 words; 5 minute read)
Authorship, structure and purpose — The structure of Luke’s Gospel (905 words; 5 minute read)
Authorship, structure and purpose — What is distinctive about Luke’s Gospel? (808 words; 5 minute read)
Authorship, structure and purpose — Who wrote the Gospel of Luke? (847 words; 5 minute read)
Emmaus and the risen Christ — On the road to Emmaus (1,605 words; 9 minute read)
Magnificat and Palm Sunday — Palm Sunday through the lens of the Magnificat (694 words; 4 minute read)
Prayer, Christmas and salvation — Praying when life is unfair (1,706 words; 9 minute read)
Prayer, Christmas and salvation — Seeing salvation (1,591 words; 8 minute read)
Prayer, Christmas and salvation — The quiet dawn of redeeming grace (614 words; 4 minute read)

Bible, Mark

Prayer, cross and public allegiance — If Jesus is Lord…. (1,898 words; 10 minute read)
Prayer, cross and public allegiance — Praying when God is silent (1,720 words; 9 minute read)
Prayer, cross and public allegiance — The politics of Jesus (2,017 words; 11 minute read)

Bible, Matthew

15:21–28 — Faith, suffering, and the mercy of God (1,901 words; 10 minute read)
Beatitudes and the Sermon on the Mount — A guide to the Beatitudes (1,760 words; 9 minute read)
Beatitudes and the Sermon on the Mount — Healing the divided self (1,496 words; 8 minute read)
Beatitudes and the Sermon on the Mount — How they persecuted the prophets (1,632 words; 9 minute read)
Beatitudes and the Sermon on the Mount — Light of the world (1,525 words; 8 minute read)
Beatitudes and the Sermon on the Mount — Little me, big God (1,489 words; 8 minute read)
Beatitudes and the Sermon on the Mount — Nothing in my hand I bring (1,649 words; 9 minute read)
Beatitudes and the Sermon on the Mount — Salt of the earth (1,450 words; 8 minute read)
Beatitudes and the Sermon on the Mount — The test of true discipleship (1,535 words; 8 minute read)
Beatitudes and the Sermon on the Mount — There’s some good in this world (1,537 words; 8 minute read)
Prayer, mission and the kingdom — Jesus the prophet (1,731 words; 9 minute read)
Prayer, mission and the kingdom — Living counter-culturally in the world (1,376 words; 7 minute read)
Prayer, mission and the kingdom — Praying when church is boring (1,765 words; 9 minute read)
Prayer, mission and the kingdom — The light of a star (1,679 words; 9 minute read)
Prayer, mission and the kingdom — The light of the kingdom (1,656 words; 9 minute read)
Prayer, mission and the kingdom — The Lord’s Prayer (70 words; 1 minute read)

Bible, Numbers

Pentecost and prophetic gifts — If only we were all prophets! (1,694 words; 9 minute read)

Bible, Proverbs

Money and possessions — Away from the manger (sermon) (1,419 words; 8 minute read)
Money and possessions — Joy to the mall (sermon) (1,544 words; 8 minute read)
Money and possessions — Land of the spree (sermon) (1,606 words; 9 minute read)

Bible, Psalms

Meditation and faithful living — How God rewards innocent suffering (1,973 words; 10 minute read)
Meditation and faithful living — How to face the reality of evil (1,587 words; 8 minute read)
Meditation and faithful living — Knowing a faithful God (1,446 words; 8 minute read)
Meditation and faithful living — Knowing a gracious God (1,211 words; 7 minute read)
Meditation and faithful living — Knowing a holy God (1,560 words; 8 minute read)
Meditation and faithful living — Knowing a just God (1,347 words; 7 minute read)
Meditation and faithful living — Knowing a majestic God (1,545 words; 8 minute read)
Meditation and faithful living — The fountain of private prosperity (810 words; 5 minute read)
Meditation and faithful living — The path of life (1,104 words; 6 minute read)
Meditation and faithful living — Two ways to live (1,752 words; 9 minute read)
Scripture, prayer and transformation — Psalm 19:14 (30 words; 1 minute read)
Scripture, prayer and transformation — The way of transformation (1,513 words; 8 minute read)

Bible, Revelation

Interpretation, witness and hope — How to crack the prophetic code (1,707 words; 9 minute read)
Interpretation, witness and hope — How to live in the end-times (1,671 words; 9 minute read)
Interpretation, witness and hope — The cost of discipleship (1,528 words; 8 minute read)
Interpretation, witness and hope — The ministry of witness (1,395 words; 7 minute read)
Interpretation, witness and hope — The place where heaven and earth meet (1,477 words; 8 minute read)
Interpretation, witness and hope — What on earth is God doing? (1,611 words; 9 minute read)
Return of Christ and new creation — God makes all things new (1,558 words; 8 minute read)
Return of Christ and new creation — Is everything sad going to come untrue? (1,508 words; 8 minute read)
Return of Christ and new creation — The end of history (1,695 words; 9 minute read)
Return of Christ and new creation — The hope of glory (1,699 words; 9 minute read)
Return of Christ and new creation — The return of the King (1,735 words; 9 minute read)
Return of Christ and new creation — Welcome to heaven! (1,567 words; 8 minute read)
The Lamb and heavenly worship — Then I saw a Lamb (813 words; 5 minute read)

Bible, Romans

Discipleship, grace and justification — Here in the grace of God I stand (1,609 words; 9 minute read)
Discipleship, grace and justification — In the shadow of death (1,961 words; 10 minute read)
Discipleship, grace and justification — The benefits of justification (1,792 words; 9 minute read)
Discipleship, grace and justification — The new day (1,657 words; 9 minute read)
Discipleship, grace and justification — The new way (1,406 words; 8 minute read)
Discipleship, grace and justification — The process of justification (1,713 words; 9 minute read)
Discipleship, grace and justification — What is justification? (1,476 words; 8 minute read)

Bible, Ruth

Narrative sermons — A chance meeting (1,514 words; 8 minute read)
Narrative sermons — A happy ending (1,592 words; 8 minute read)
Narrative sermons — A planned meeting (1,527 words; 8 minute read)
Narrative sermons — An odd couple (1,405 words; 8 minute read)

Biblical interpretation

Beyond proof texts — Why Christians don’t need proof texts for climate action (1,757 words; 9 minute read)
Ecological readings — Norman Habel and the Earth Bible hermeneutic (1,780 words; 9 minute read)
Ecology and Catholic teaching — The use of Scripture in Laudato Si (1,686 words; 9 minute read)
Nonviolence — Anthony Bartlett — Review of Seven Stories by Anthony W. Bartlett (1,045 words; 6 minute read)
Reading Scripture amid climate change — Reading Scripture in a Climate Emergency (Part 1) (1,061 words; 6 minute read)
Reading Scripture amid climate change — Reading Scripture in a Climate Emergency (Part 2) (1,159 words; 6 minute read)
Reading Scripture amid climate change — Reading Scripture in a Climate Emergency (Part 3) (1,304 words; 7 minute read)
Reading Scripture amid climate change — Reading Scripture in a Climate Emergency (Part 4) (1,710 words; 9 minute read)
Reading Scripture and its authority — A passion for reading the Bible (1,708 words; 9 minute read)
Reading Scripture and its authority — Benefits of Bible reading (173 words; 1 minute read)
Reading Scripture and its authority — Grasp the word (776 words; 4 minute read)
Reading Scripture and its authority — Jesus or the Bible (2,009 words; 11 minute read)

See also Creation; Theology; Bible; Gospels; New Testament.

Bioethics

Embryos, reproduction and genetic design — Religious perspectives on embryo donation (239 words; 2 minute read)
Embryos, reproduction and genetic design — Should we design our descendants? (2,487 words; 13 minute read)
Embryos, reproduction and genetic design — The limits of medical technology (173 words; 1 minute read)

Blair, Tony

Faith and social progress — Tony Blair on faith and progress (185 words; 1 minute read)

Book clubs

Discussion questions — Questions for book club discussions (937 words; 5 minute read)

C

Callam, Neville

Life and leadership — Neville Callam: Baptist statesman, theologian and ecumenist (1,591 words; 8 minute read)

Capital punishment

See Death penalty.

Catholic Church

Papal authority and ecumenical questions — Is the Pope the Vicar of Christ? (1,329 words; 7 minute read)

Dilexit nos and the Sacred Heart — The Sacred Heart and the social miracle (1,517 words; 8 minute read)
Dilexit nos and the Sacred Heart — The use of Scripture in Dilexit nos (1,338 words; 7 minute read)
Laudato si’ and Scripture — The use of Scripture in Laudato Si (1,686 words; 9 minute read)

Celtic Christianity

Historical context — Light in the so-called “Dark Ages” (4,116 words; 21 minute read)
Worship and spirituality — Six gifts of Celtic spirituality for Christian worship (2,632 words; 14 minute read)

Change

Faith, adaptation and renewal — God and the winds of change (772 words; 4 minute read)
Faith, adaptation and renewal — Jesus and the winds of change (805 words; 5 minute read)
Faith, adaptation and renewal — The winds of change and me (778 words; 4 minute read)
Faith, adaptation and renewal — The winds of change and renewal (818 words; 5 minute read)
Faith, adaptation and renewal — The winds of ultimate change (756 words; 4 minute read)

Children

Sexualisation and safeguarding — Safe spaces for kids (167 words; 1 minute read)
Sexualisation and safeguarding — Too sexy, too soon (165 words; 1 minute read)

Christian anarchism

Theology and political authority — A critical defence of Christian anarchism (2,082 words; 11 minute read)

Christian discipleship

Character and everyday peace — How to become a nice person (1,555 words; 8 minute read)
Ecological responsibility — Beyond Habel: Creation, eco-justice and Christian discipleship (1,522 words; 8 minute read)
Following Jesus and self-giving — A grain of wheat (1,784 words; 9 minute read)
Following Jesus and self-giving — Come and see (1,773 words; 9 minute read)
Following Jesus and self-giving — Even greater things (2,008 words; 11 minute read)
Following Jesus and self-giving — The cost of discipleship (1,528 words; 8 minute read)
John Mark Comer and Practicing the Way — Screwtape’s advice on Comer’s Practicing the Way (1,024 words; 6 minute read)
John Mark Comer and Practicing the Way — Six critiques of John Mark Comer’s discipleship model (1,015 words; 6 minute read)
John Mark Comer and Practicing the Way — Six models of discipleship: Why I prefer Practicing the Way (1,291 words; 7 minute read)
John Mark Comer and Practicing the Way — Six strengths of John Mark Comer’s discipleship model (784 words; 4 minute read)
John Mark Comer and Practicing the Way — What would Jesus say about Practicing the Way? (1,217 words; 7 minute read)
Perseverance and faithful living — Continue the journey (578 words; 3 minute read)
Perseverance and faithful living — Discern, flee, pursue! (645 words; 4 minute read)
Perseverance and faithful living — Rekindle the flame (728 words; 4 minute read)
Perseverance and faithful living — Serve, play, work (703 words; 4 minute read)
Perseverance and faithful living — Things worth fighting for (1,491 words; 8 minute read)
Renewal, humility and obedience — A passion for costly discipleship (1,699 words; 9 minute read)
Renewal, humility and obedience — Here in the grace of God I stand (1,609 words; 9 minute read)
Renewal, humility and obedience — How to be like God (1,169 words; 6 minute read)
Renewal, humility and obedience — Living counter-culturally in the world (1,376 words; 7 minute read)
Renewal, humility and obedience — The new day (1,657 words; 9 minute read)
Renewal, humility and obedience — The new way (1,406 words; 8 minute read)
Renewal, humility and obedience — The way of transformation (1,513 words; 8 minute read)
Revelation, hope and costly witness — How to live in the end-times (1,671 words; 9 minute read)
Revelation, hope and costly witness — The ministry of witness (1,395 words; 7 minute read)
Witness, service and belonging — Connecting with others who follow Jesus (1,592 words; 8 minute read)
Witness, service and belonging — Discovering my gifts and serving others (1,571 words; 8 minute read)
Witness, service and belonging — Light of the world (1,525 words; 8 minute read)
Witness, service and belonging — Salt of the earth (1,450 words; 8 minute read)
Witness, service and belonging — Sharing the good news of Jesus with others (1,600 words; 8 minute read)

Christian ethics

Baptist tradition — Shapers of Baptist social ethics (736 words; 4 minute read)
Conscience and ethical foundations — Ethics needs a strong philosophical foundation (168 words; 1 minute read)
Conscience and ethical foundations — Is conscience a reliable guide for ethics? (part 1 of 3) (865 words; 5 minute read)
Foundations and moral formation — Catholic and Protestant approaches to ethics (1,849 words; 10 minute read)
Foundations and moral formation — Ethics and conversion (840 words; 5 minute read)
Foundations and moral formation — Ethics and prayer (part 1 of 2) (850 words; 5 minute read)
Foundations and moral formation — Ethics and prayer (part 2 of 2) (835 words; 5 minute read)
Foundations and moral formation — The heart of Christian ethics (1,388 words; 7 minute read)
Foundations and moral formation — The heart of Christian ethics (1,433 words; 8 minute read)
Foundations and moral formation — The moral task of theology (797 words; 4 minute read)
Foundations and moral formation — What is Christian ethics? (1,052 words; 6 minute read)
Jesus and moral discernment — The significance of Jesus for faith and ethics (311 words; 2 minute read)
Punishment — Why Australia should not reintroduce the death penalty (2,090 words; 11 minute read)
Situation ethics — Joseph Fletcher and situation ethics (3,057 words; 16 minute read)
War, peace and violence — Christian approaches to war in the light of the biblical command not to kill (1,829 words; 10 minute read)
War, peace and violence — There can be no “holy war” (1,067 words; 6 minute read)

Christian mission

Evangelism, church purpose and witness — One coalminer to another (1,592 words; 8 minute read)
Evangelism, church purpose and witness — Sharing the good news of Jesus with others (1,600 words; 8 minute read)
Evangelism, church purpose and witness — What has Jesus entrusted to the church? (1,854 words; 10 minute read)
Evangelism, church purpose and witness — What is the church? Part 2: Its purpose (2,050 words; 11 minute read)
World mission and cooperation — The Cape Town Commitment (175 words; 1 minute read)
World mission and cooperation — The centenary of Edinburgh 1910 (164 words; 1 minute read)
World mission and cooperation — The work of Mission Aviation Fellowship (677 words; 4 minute read)
World mission and cooperation — Three men and a mission (2,176 words; 11 minute read)
World mission and cooperation — What is the mission of God? (1,324 words; 7 minute read)

Christian nationalism

United States — Albert Mohler and the flawed rhetoric of Christian nationalism (2,839 words; 15 minute read)

Christian unity

See Ecumenism.

Christian Zionism

Antisemitism and theology — Christian Zionism, antisemitism and theology (1,340 words; 7 minute read)

Christmas

Magi and Epiphany — The light of a star (1,679 words; 9 minute read)
Magi and Epiphany — When guests came bearing treasures (498 words; 3 minute read)
Public celebration and Christian meaning — Bethlehem’s Child is Lord and God (168 words; 1 minute read)
Public celebration and Christian meaning — Guess how much God loves you (1,210 words; 7 minute read)
Public celebration and Christian meaning — Humanists object to Christmas (161 words; 1 minute read)
Public celebration and Christian meaning — Ten words at Christmas (1,023 words; 6 minute read)
Public celebration and Christian meaning — The grace that has appeared (1,423 words; 8 minute read)
Public celebration and Christian meaning — The mystery of Christmas (882 words; 5 minute read)
Public celebration and Christian meaning — The quiet dawn of redeeming grace (614 words; 4 minute read)
Public celebration and Christian meaning — You are unique (742 words; 4 minute read)

Church governance

Leadership and ministerial standards — A tale of two leaders (1,688 words; 9 minute read)
Leadership and ministerial standards — Standards for deacons (1,171 words; 6 minute read)
Leadership and ministerial standards — Standards for pastors and elders (1,713 words; 9 minute read)
Structural reform — Rethinking the future of the Uniting Church (2,449 words; 13 minute read)
Subsidiarity — Subsidiarity and Uniting Church ecclesiology (3,034 words; 16 minute read)

Church history

Australian Christian traditions — A short history of the NSW Baptist Social Issues Committee (9,411 words; 48 minute read)
Australian Christian traditions — Attending to the national soul (47 words; 1 minute read)
Australian Christian traditions — Katoomba Christian Convention and the changing ecology of Australian evangelicalism (5,887 words; 30 minute read)
Australian Christian traditions — Speech for service at Richard Johnson Memorial (373 words; 2 minute read)
Edinburgh 1910 and worldwide mission — The centenary of Edinburgh 1910 (164 words; 1 minute read)
Historical method and interpretation — A candid friend of historiography (1,113 words; 6 minute read)
Medieval Christianity — Light in the so-called “Dark Ages” (4,116 words; 21 minute read)
Scripture in the early church — The Bible in the Early Church (810 words; 5 minute read)

Church life

Health, planning and conflict — Wisdom for church conflict (1,914 words; 10 minute read)
Health, planning and conflict — Wisdom for church health (1,359 words; 7 minute read)
Health, planning and conflict — Wisdom for church planning (1,496 words; 8 minute read)
Purpose, foundations and belonging — A passion for the local church (1,718 words; 9 minute read)
Purpose, foundations and belonging — Connecting with others who follow Jesus (1,592 words; 8 minute read)
Purpose, foundations and belonging — The church’s one foundation (1,671 words; 9 minute read)
Purpose, foundations and belonging — What has Jesus entrusted to the church? (1,854 words; 10 minute read)
Purpose, foundations and belonging — What is the church? Part 2: Its purpose (2,050 words; 11 minute read)

Church unity

See Ecumenism.

Climate change

Christian action — Why Christians don’t need proof texts for climate action (1,757 words; 9 minute read)
Public policy and Christian action — Climate change is real, we must act (198 words; 1 minute read)
Public policy and Christian action — Fresh support for climate action (191 words; 1 minute read)
Public policy and Christian action — Hope for Creation (209 words; 2 minute read)
Public policy and Christian action — Mr Rudd’s great big moral issue (178 words; 1 minute read)
Public policy and Christian action — Religious responses to climate change (371 words; 2 minute read)
Public policy and Christian action — Repentance for ecological sins (171 words; 1 minute read)
Public policy and Christian action — Switch off for Earth Hour 2011 (198 words; 1 minute read)
Scripture, worship and discipleship — Reading Scripture in a Climate Emergency (Part 1) (1,061 words; 6 minute read)
Scripture, worship and discipleship — Reading Scripture in a Climate Emergency (Part 2) (1,159 words; 6 minute read)
Scripture, worship and discipleship — Reading Scripture in a Climate Emergency (Part 3) (1,304 words; 7 minute read)
Scripture, worship and discipleship — Reading Scripture in a Climate Emergency (Part 4) (1,710 words; 9 minute read)
Scripture, worship and discipleship — Why bring climate change into Christian worship? (2,113 words; 11 minute read)
Scripture, worship and discipleship — Worship, climate justice and Christian hope (1,338 words; 7 minute read)

Comenius, John

Spirituality and The Labyrinth of the World — The Labyrinth of the World (635 words; 4 minute read)

Comer, John Mark

Discipleship and Practicing the Way — Screwtape’s advice on Comer’s Practicing the Way (1,024 words; 6 minute read)
Discipleship and Practicing the Way — Six critiques of John Mark Comer’s discipleship model (1,015 words; 6 minute read)
Discipleship and Practicing the Way — Six models of discipleship: Why I prefer Practicing the Way (1,291 words; 7 minute read)
Discipleship and Practicing the Way — Six strengths of John Mark Comer’s discipleship model (784 words; 4 minute read)
Discipleship and Practicing the Way — What would Jesus say about Practicing the Way? (1,217 words; 7 minute read)

Communion

The Lord’s Supper — What is communion, or the Lord’s Supper? (2,087 words; 11 minute read)

Compassion

Neighbour-love and practical help — Wanted: modern day Good Samaritans (186 words; 1 minute read)
Neighbour-love and practical help — Would you stop to help? (173 words; 1 minute read)

Creation

Christian care for the environment — Becoming a Christian who cares (977 words; 5 minute read)
Christian care for the environment — Care (sermon) (1,504 words; 8 minute read)
Christian care for the environment — The moral case for sustainability (171 words; 1 minute read)
Eco-justice and discipleship — Beyond Habel: Creation, eco-justice and Christian discipleship (1,522 words; 8 minute read)
Ecological interpretation and worship — Reading Scripture in a Climate Emergency (Part 1) (1,061 words; 6 minute read)
Ecological interpretation and worship — Reading Scripture in a Climate Emergency (Part 2) (1,159 words; 6 minute read)
Ecological interpretation and worship — Reading Scripture in a Climate Emergency (Part 3) (1,304 words; 7 minute read)
Ecological interpretation and worship — Reading Scripture in a Climate Emergency (Part 4) (1,710 words; 9 minute read)
Ecological interpretation and worship — Why bring climate change into Christian worship? (2,113 words; 11 minute read)
Ecological interpretation and worship — Worship, climate justice and Christian hope (1,338 words; 7 minute read)
River ecology, dependence and healing — River dependence (1,623 words; 9 minute read)
River ecology, dependence and healing — River ecology (1,797 words; 9 minute read)
River ecology, dependence and healing — River healing (1,618 words; 9 minute read)
Wonder, astronomy and origins — And also the stars (750 words; 4 minute read)
Wonder, astronomy and origins — The first place was a voice (1,806 words; 10 minute read)

Creeds and confessions

Anglican and Baptist traditions — A statement of beliefs commonly held by Baptists (839 words; 5 minute read)
Anglican and Baptist traditions — No creed but the Bible (919 words; 5 minute read)
Anglican and Baptist traditions — Resources on The Thirty-Nine Articles (1,934 words; 10 minute read)
Biblical roots and early Christian formulations — Are there creeds in the New Testament? (1,029 words; 6 minute read)
Biblical roots and early Christian formulations — Creeds in the Hebrew Bible (935 words; 5 minute read)
Biblical roots and early Christian formulations — The first Christian creeds (1,012 words; 6 minute read)
Meaning and purpose — What is a creed? (904 words; 5 minute read)
Nicaea and ethics — Nicaea and moral theology (2,829 words; 15 minute read)
Purpose, authority and conformity — Church traditions and the creeds (1) (679 words; 4 minute read)
Purpose, authority and conformity — Church traditions and the creeds (2) (632 words; 4 minute read)
Purpose, authority and conformity — Four more purposes of creeds (857 words; 5 minute read)
Purpose, authority and conformity — Less power, more grace: final words on creeds (850 words; 5 minute read)
Purpose, authority and conformity — Should churches enforce conformity to creeds? (1,427 words; 8 minute read)
Purpose, authority and conformity — The danger of dogma (1,083 words; 6 minute read)
Purpose, authority and conformity — Three core purposes of creeds (873 words; 5 minute read)
Purpose, authority and conformity — To creed or not to creed (862 words; 5 minute read)

Criminal justice

Prisoners, rehabilitation and punishment — Should the church shun released prisoners? (1,582 words; 8 minute read)
Prisoners, rehabilitation and punishment — The politics of punishment (1,308 words; 7 minute read)

Critical thinking

Fallacies, evidence and judgement — Developing my critical thinking skills (578 words; 3 minute read)
Fallacies, evidence and judgement — Facts or opinions? (799 words; 4 minute read)
Fallacies, evidence and judgement — Five logical fallacies to avoid (1,438 words; 8 minute read)
Fallacies, evidence and judgement — How to avoid logical fallacies (551 words; 3 minute read)
Fallacies, evidence and judgement — How to do your own fact-checking (674 words; 4 minute read)
Logical fallacies — What are logical fallacies? (847 words; 5 minute read)
Skills and practice — What is critical thinking? (760 words; 4 minute read)

Cross and atonement

Death of Jesus and redemption — At the cross (2,628 words; 14 minute read)
Death of Jesus and redemption — In the shadow of death (1,961 words; 10 minute read)
Death of Jesus and redemption — Reflection for Good Friday (1,456 words; 8 minute read)
Death of Jesus and redemption — The death of God (1,775 words; 9 minute read)
Death of Jesus and redemption — Why the Cross? Divine Friendship and the Power of Justice (507 words; 3 minute read)
Death of Jesus and redemption — Why was the death of Jesus unique? (1,839 words; 10 minute read)

D

Death and dying

Biblical and pastoral perspectives — A biblical view of death (2,522 words; 13 minute read)
Biblical and pastoral perspectives — What happens when I die? (1,952 words; 10 minute read)

See also Grief; Resurrection; Eschatology.

Death and the afterlife

See Death and dying.

Death penalty

Arguments against — Why Australia should not reintroduce the death penalty (2,090 words; 11 minute read)
Biblical and Christian arguments — A Christian view on capital punishment (855 words; 5 minute read)
Biblical and Christian arguments — N.T. Wright on the death penalty (215 words; 2 minute read)
Biblical and Christian arguments — Should Christians support the death penalty? (2,944 words; 15 minute read)

Disagreement

Baptist convictions — What happens when Baptists disagree? (2,198 words; 11 minute read)
Constructive conversation — How to have an impossible conversation (191 words; 1 minute read)
Giving criticism — Seven tips for giving criticism (410 words; 3 minute read)
Personal conflict and relationships — How to turn blame into blessing (1,769 words; 9 minute read)
Personal conflict and relationships — Taking the sting out of personal disagreements (1,490 words; 8 minute read)
Personal conflict and relationships — The good side of personal conflict (1,925 words; 10 minute read)
Public rhetoric and bridge-building — Build bridges instead of moats (217 words; 2 minute read)

Disasters

Japan earthquake, tsunami and nuclear crisis — Quake, tsunami and nuclear crisis in Japan (180 words; 1 minute read)

Discipleship

See Christian discipleship.

Domestic violence

Violence against women — Violence by men against women (186 words; 1 minute read)

Du Bois, W. E. B.

Double consciousness — Double consciousness and ecumenism (909 words; 5 minute read)
History of double consciousness — The origin of the term “double consciousness” (1,293 words; 7 minute read)

E

Economics and business

Banking and ethical leadership — Banks need ethical leaders (178 words; 1 minute read)
Economic crises and moral responsibility — A Christian response to the economic crisis (788 words; 4 minute read)
Economic crises and moral responsibility — Economics and morality (165 words; 1 minute read)
Economic crises and moral responsibility — Good news for some in the federal budget (162 words; 1 minute read)
Economic crises and moral responsibility — Punitive action against banks (199 words; 1 minute read)
Wealth and inequality — The trillion-dollar question (2,561 words; 13 minute read)

Ecumenism

Accompaniment — Accompaniment as Christian witness (1,153 words; 6 minute read)
Baptist participation — Neville Callam: Baptist statesman, theologian and ecumenist (1,591 words; 8 minute read)
Double consciousness — Double consciousness and ecumenism (909 words; 5 minute read)
George Fox and Quaker witness — Ecumenical perspectives: George Fox (1,324 words; 7 minute read)
Institutional relationships and traditions — Cooperation and cobelligerence between NSW Baptists and other faith communities (3,762 words; 19 minute read)
Institutional relationships and traditions — Is the Pope the Vicar of Christ? (1,329 words; 7 minute read)
Jesus, unity and church cooperation — Contemporary forms of ecumenism (645 words; 4 minute read)
Jesus, unity and church cooperation — Denominational perspectives on the ecumenical movement (919 words; 5 minute read)
Jesus, unity and church cooperation — Ecumenism across the Christian traditions (819 words; 5 minute read)
Jesus, unity and church cooperation — Ecumenism as a response to the gospel of Jesus Christ (865 words; 5 minute read)
Jesus, unity and church cooperation — New Ecumenical Council general secretary eyes greater church unity (767 words; 4 minute read)
Jesus, unity and church cooperation — The ecumenical call to Christian unity (1,079 words; 6 minute read)
Jesus, unity and church cooperation — The path to unity (1,146 words; 6 minute read)
Jesus, unity and church cooperation — Was Jesus the first ecumenist? (815 words; 5 minute read)
Jesus, unity and church cooperation — What is local ecumenism? (822 words; 5 minute read)
Jesus, unity and church cooperation — Why some Churches decline formal ecumenical membership (589 words; 3 minute read)
Margaret Rodgers — “Extracurricular activities”: The ecumenical service of Deaconess Margaret Rodgers AM (4,810 words; 25 minute read)
Papua New Guinea — A history of ecumenism in Papua New Guinea (1,568 words; 8 minute read)
Unity, liberty and charity — Origin of the phrase, ‘In necessariis unitas’ (565 words; 3 minute read)

Education

Bible, religious education and curriculum — Faith and the National Curriculum (154 words; 1 minute read)
Bible, religious education and curriculum — Ian Harper on school chaplaincy (207 words; 2 minute read)
Bible, religious education and curriculum — Speech on Special Religious Education (1,065 words; 6 minute read)
Bible, religious education and curriculum — Using the Bible in English classes (169 words; 1 minute read)
Vocational education — A history of Lae Technical College (5,073 words; 26 minute read)

Election

Accountability and privilege — Election is not exemption: Human rights, Scripture and sacred exceptionalism (1,683 words; 9 minute read)
Doctrine — book review — The Doctrine of Election (910 words; 5 minute read)

Emotions

Faith and emotional experience — Overwhelmed by negative feelings (1,817 words; 10 minute read)
Faith and emotional experience — Underwhelmed by lack of feelings (1,802 words; 10 minute read)
Pastoral care, faith and ageing — Age and emotional intelligence (149 words; 1 minute read)
Pastoral care, faith and ageing — An assessment of emotionally focused therapy (1,854 words; 10 minute read)
Pastoral care, faith and ageing — Grey care: perspectives on ageing (5,054 words; 26 minute read)

Environment

See Creation.

Eschatology

Return of Christ, judgement and new creation — God makes all things new (1,558 words; 8 minute read)
Return of Christ, judgement and new creation — How to live in the end-times (1,671 words; 9 minute read)
Return of Christ, judgement and new creation — Is everything sad going to come untrue? (1,508 words; 8 minute read)
Return of Christ, judgement and new creation — The end of history (1,695 words; 9 minute read)
Return of Christ, judgement and new creation — The hope of glory (1,699 words; 9 minute read)
Return of Christ, judgement and new creation — The return of the King (1,735 words; 9 minute read)
Return of Christ, judgement and new creation — The winds of ultimate change (756 words; 4 minute read)
Return of Christ, judgement and new creation — Welcome to heaven! (1,567 words; 8 minute read)

Ethics

Foundations and moral reasoning — Ancient philosophical traditions on living well (1,324 words; 7 minute read)
Foundations and moral reasoning — Ethics needs a strong philosophical foundation (168 words; 1 minute read)
Foundations and moral reasoning — Iron, silver and gold ethics (1,404 words; 8 minute read)
Foundations and moral reasoning — Moral issues not determined by public opinion (173 words; 1 minute read)

Euthanasia

See Assisted dying.

Evangelicalism

Katoomba Christian Convention and Australian history — Katoomba Christian Convention and the changing ecology of Australian evangelicalism (5,887 words; 30 minute read)

Evangelisation

See Evangelism.

Evangelism

Personal witness and new Christian life — First steps: Letter to a young Christian (1,237 words; 7 minute read)
Personal witness and new Christian life — One coalminer to another (1,592 words; 8 minute read)
Personal witness and new Christian life — Sharing the good news of Jesus with others (1,600 words; 8 minute read)

Evil

Spiritual conflict and prayer — How to face the reality of evil (1,587 words; 8 minute read)
Spiritual conflict and prayer — Praying when evil is near (1,697 words; 9 minute read)

F

Feminism

Power and human dignity — Feminism, power and the politics of human dignity (4,104 words; 21 minute read)
Public debate and representation — Girl-time at the High Court, but not in the church (1,067 words; 6 minute read)
Public debate and representation — Melinda Tankard Reist and the feminism debate (283 words; 2 minute read)

Film

Classification and censorship — Human Centipede crushed (171 words; 1 minute read)
Lent and Easter themes — Films with Lenten and Easter themes (186 words; 1 minute read)

Fletcher, Joseph

Situation ethics — Joseph Fletcher and situation ethics (3,057 words; 16 minute read)

Food and cooking

Biscuits and sweets — Best ever rum balls (279 words; 2 minute read)
Biscuits and sweets — Choc coconut biscuits (325 words; 2 minute read)
Cheesecake — Classic New York cheesecake (1,005 words; 6 minute read)
Cheesecake — How to make baked espresso cheesecake (572 words; 3 minute read)
Fish and pasta — Barramundi with charred fennel and turmeric (483 words; 3 minute read)
Fish and pasta — Linguini with mackerel and sage (665 words; 4 minute read)
Fish and pasta — Pecan-crumbed basa with apple and rhubarb-braised cabbage (573 words; 3 minute read)
Mushrooms — Mushrooms with thyme and onions (352 words; 2 minute read)
Recipes — collection page — Food (106 words; 1 minute read)
Soups — Cuban potato and peanut soup (353 words; 2 minute read)
Soups — Smoky Spanish tomato soup (497 words; 3 minute read)
Vegetables and starters — Tomatoes filled with goat’s cheese (494 words; 3 minute read)

Forgiveness

Reasons, reconciliation and limits — How to restore a damaged relationship (1,601 words; 9 minute read)
Reasons, reconciliation and limits — On the limits of forgiveness (1,331 words; 7 minute read)
Reasons, reconciliation and limits — Why forgive? (1,575 words; 8 minute read)

Francis, Pope

Scripture, social teaching and devotion — The Sacred Heart and the social miracle (1,517 words; 8 minute read)
Scripture, social teaching and devotion — The use of Scripture in Laudato Si (1,686 words; 9 minute read)
Scripture, social teaching and devotion — The use of Scripture in Dilexit nos (1,338 words; 7 minute read)

Freedom of expression

Art, religion and the sacred — Artistic freedom, religious freedom, and the sacred (1,093 words; 6 minute read)
Artists and politics — Should artists stay out of politics? (2,208 words; 12 minute read)
Nonconformity and independent thought — Dare to think differently (105 words; 1 minute read)
Press freedom and censorship — Freedom of the press and Australian democracy (1,362 words; 7 minute read)
Press freedom and censorship — Human Centipede crushed (171 words; 1 minute read)
Press freedom and censorship — Orwellian media inquiry recommendations (169 words; 1 minute read)
Press freedom and censorship — Why press freedom matters more than ever (1,402 words; 8 minute read)

Fundamentalism

Comparative religion — Fundamentalism in world religions (951 words; 5 minute read)

G

Gambling

Biblical interpretation and moral judgement — Is casting lots a justification for gambling? (928 words; 5 minute read)
Poker machines and reform — Action needed on alcohol and gambling (209 words; 2 minute read)
Poker machines and reform — Bill Crews supports pokies reform (176 words; 1 minute read)
Poker machines and reform — Doctors support poker machine reform (172 words; 1 minute read)
Poker machines and reform — Father Chris Riley sells out (164 words; 1 minute read)
Poker machines and reform — Gambling ads are un-Australian (170 words; 1 minute read)
Poker machines and reform — Gambling reform in NSW (172 words; 1 minute read)
Poker machines and reform — Pressure for gambling reform (185 words; 1 minute read)
Poker machines and reform — States are addicted to pokies revenue (193 words; 1 minute read)
Poker machines and reform — The facts about poker machines (177 words; 1 minute read)
Poker machines and reform — Time to force action on gambling (163 words; 1 minute read)
Poker machines and reform — Wilkie’s pokie breakthrough (170 words; 1 minute read)
Poker machines and reform — Will the PM keep her word? (168 words; 1 minute read)

Gender and church leadership

See Women in ministry.

Gillard, Julia

Faith, leadership and public policy — Julia Gillard a “cultural traditionalist” (192 words; 1 minute read)
Faith, leadership and public policy — Our first woman Prime Minister (178 words; 1 minute read)
Faith, leadership and public policy — The faith of the Prime Minister (175 words; 1 minute read)
Faith, leadership and public policy — Will the PM keep her word? (168 words; 1 minute read)

Girard, René

Philosophy, theology and reception — Reception of René Girard’s intriguing ideas (903 words; 5 minute read)
Philosophy, theology and reception — The philosophy and theology of René Girard (1,034 words; 6 minute read)

Global warming

See Climate change.

God

Knowing and speaking about God — What does God do? (1,676 words; 9 minute read)
Knowing and speaking about God — What is God anyway? (256 words; 2 minute read)
Knowing and speaking about God — Who is God? (1,930 words; 10 minute read)

Gospels

Genre, origins and distinctive features — Basic features of the four Gospels (525 words; 3 minute read)
Genre, origins and distinctive features — The origins of the Gospels (538 words; 3 minute read)
Genre, origins and distinctive features — What is a Gospel? (457 words; 3 minute read)
Genre, origins and distinctive features — Why four Gospels? (543 words; 3 minute read)

Grace and mercy

Receiving and expressing grace — Carried by grace (1,526 words; 8 minute read)
Receiving and expressing grace — Experiencing God’s mercy and grace (1,661 words; 9 minute read)
Receiving and expressing grace — The richness of God’s grace (1,551 words; 8 minute read)
Receiving and expressing grace — The wideness of God’s mercy (1,872 words; 10 minute read)
Receiving and expressing grace — Why justice without mercy fails (1,716 words; 9 minute read)

Grenz, Stanley J.

Theological method — Why theological method matters (1,813 words; 10 minute read)

Grief

Loss, literature and spiritual consolation — From grief to tender joy (455 words; 3 minute read)
Morling and spiritual formation — What would George do? (Part 1) (2,373 words; 12 minute read)
Morling and spiritual formation — What would George do? (Part 2) (2,256 words; 12 minute read)
Morling and spiritual formation — What would George do? (Part 3) (3,010 words; 16 minute read)
Morling and spiritual formation — What would George do? (Part 4) (1,804 words; 10 minute read)
Morling and spiritual formation — What would George do? (Part 5) (2,506 words; 13 minute read)
Morling and spiritual formation — What would George do? (Part 6) (2,202 words; 12 minute read)
Morling and spiritual formation — What would George do? (part 7) (2,847 words; 15 minute read)
Morling and spiritual formation — What would George do? (part 8) (2,135 words; 11 minute read)
Morling and spiritual formation — What would George do? (part 9) (2,535 words; 13 minute read)

Gun control

Australian policy — Gun buy-back keeps on saving lives (168 words; 1 minute read)

H

Habel, Norman

Earth Bible project — Norman Habel and the Earth Bible hermeneutic (1,780 words; 9 minute read)

Happiness

Philosophical and theological perspectives — Christian and Buddhist perspectives on happiness (1,337 words; 7 minute read)
Philosophical and theological perspectives — Theologies of happiness (1,699 words; 9 minute read)

Hermeneutics

See Biblical interpretation.

History

Learning from the past — Knowledge of the past (143 words; 1 minute read)

Holocaust

Yad Vashem and remembrance — Visit to Yad Vashem (805 words; 5 minute read)

Holy Spirit

Christian life and spiritual gifts — Getting to know the Holy Spirit (1,774 words; 9 minute read)
Christian life and spiritual gifts — If only we were all prophets! (1,694 words; 9 minute read)
Christian life and spiritual gifts — In step with the Spirit (584 words; 3 minute read)
Christian life and spiritual gifts — Who is the Holy Spirit and what does he do? (1,843 words; 10 minute read)

Hope

Pastoral comfort and restoration — The display of God’s splendour (1,900 words; 10 minute read)

Hospitality

Radical welcome — Skills for radical hospitality (944 words; 5 minute read)
Truth, love and Christian belonging — Life beyond the tribal reflex (1,505 words; 8 minute read)

Human flourishing

Faith and wellbeing — Foundations for human flourishing (1,311 words; 7 minute read)
Faith and wellbeing — Theologies of happiness (1,699 words; 9 minute read)

Human rights

Capital punishment and religious liberty — A Christian view on capital punishment (855 words; 5 minute read)
Capital punishment and religious liberty — Free Pastor Yousef Nadarkhani (185 words; 1 minute read)
Capital punishment and religious liberty — Iranian pastor faces execution (168 words; 1 minute read)
Capital punishment and religious liberty — Should Christians support the death penalty? (2,944 words; 15 minute read)
Failures and challenges — When human rights fail us (1,543 words; 8 minute read)
Israel and Palestine — Israeli Committee Against House Demolitions (293 words; 2 minute read)
Israel and Palestine — Meeting with Israeli human rights activists (501 words; 3 minute read)
Israel and Palestine — Palestinian humanitarian briefing (UNOCHA) (252 words; 2 minute read)
Refugees, trafficking and vulnerability — Help end human trafficking (159 words; 1 minute read)
Refugees, trafficking and vulnerability — Immigration and asylum and Baptists (5,534 words; 28 minute read)
Refugees, trafficking and vulnerability — Justice, compassion and asylum seekers (166 words; 1 minute read)
Refugees, trafficking and vulnerability — Reflections for the World Day against Trafficking in Persons (1,045 words; 6 minute read)
Refugees, trafficking and vulnerability — Today is Abolitionist Sunday (167 words; 1 minute read)
Religious exceptionalism — Election is not exemption: Human rights, Scripture and sacred exceptionalism (1,683 words; 9 minute read)

Human trafficking

Awareness and action — Help end human trafficking (159 words; 1 minute read)
Awareness and action — Reflections for the World Day against Trafficking in Persons (1,045 words; 6 minute read)
Awareness and action — Today is Abolitionist Sunday (167 words; 1 minute read)

Humanitarian aid

See Poverty and international aid.

Humour

Quotations and playful arguments — Famous quotes on the Eyjafjallajökull eruption (270 words; 2 minute read)
Quotations and playful arguments — People should live in tents (232 words; 2 minute read)

Hymns

O the Deep, Deep Love of Jesus — Held in the current of Christ’s love (1,101 words; 6 minute read)
O the Deep, Deep Love of Jesus — Loved, kept and defended by Jesus (1,203 words; 7 minute read)
O the Deep, Deep Love of Jesus — The love that lifts us to glory (1,458 words; 8 minute read)

I

Identity

Cultural heritage and religious belonging — Scotland calling: The enduring appeal of cultural heritage (2,169 words; 11 minute read)
Cultural heritage and religious belonging — Social cohesion as the new zeitgeist (1,578 words; 8 minute read)
Selfhood, faith and contemporary culture — Becoming ourselves with God (2,005 words; 11 minute read)

Indigenous Australians

Frontier conflict and remembrance — Whose wars? The Australian War Memorial and the colonial frontier conflicts (1,723 words; 9 minute read)
Reconciliation and recognition — National Reconciliation Week (187 words; 1 minute read)
Reconciliation and recognition — Racism and reconciliation (2,117 words; 11 minute read)
Reconciliation and recognition — Reconciliation requires action (172 words; 1 minute read)
Reconciliation and recognition — Reflecting on 25 years since the Bridge Walk (468 words; 3 minute read)
Reconciliation and recognition — Statement on Aboriginal reconciliation (719 words; 4 minute read)
Reconciliation and recognition — The long road to Indigenous reconciliation (942 words; 5 minute read)

Interfaith relations

Cooperation and public witness — Cooperation and cobelligerence between NSW Baptists and other faith communities (3,762 words; 19 minute read)
Cooperation and public witness — Ecumenical perspectives: World Religion Day (730 words; 4 minute read)
Israel and Palestine — American Jews meet Bethlehem Arabs (1,079 words; 6 minute read)
Israel and Palestine — Christians and Muslims weep together (1,413 words; 8 minute read)
Israel and Palestine — Interreligious conflict in Israel-Palestine (774 words; 4 minute read)
Israel and Palestine — Meeting with the American Jewish Committee (419 words; 3 minute read)
Israel and Palestine — Meeting with the Mufti of Jerusalem (480 words; 3 minute read)

Intifada

See Israel and Palestine.

Iona

Sacred place and Christian spirituality — What makes Iona such a “holy” island? (2,051 words; 11 minute read)

Islam

Dress, identity and religious freedom — Why we should not ban the burqa (173 words; 1 minute read)

Israel and Palestine

Accompaniment and peacebuilding — Christian Peacemaker Teams in Hebron (830 words; 5 minute read)
Accompaniment and peacebuilding — Meeting with Quakers at Ramallah (238 words; 2 minute read)
Accompaniment and peacebuilding — Meeting with Sabeel (171 words; 1 minute read)
Accompaniment and peacebuilding — The Ecumenical Accompaniment Programme (898 words; 5 minute read)
Christian Zionism and antisemitism — Christian Zionism, antisemitism and theology (1,340 words; 7 minute read)
Church leaders and Christian communities — Dinner with Heads of Jerusalem Churches (158 words; 1 minute read)
Church leaders and Christian communities — Dr Bernard Sabella’s 2006 Sydney address (4,013 words; 21 minute read)
Church leaders and Christian communities — Meeting Father Pierbattista Pizzaballa (262 words; 2 minute read)
Church leaders and Christian communities — Meeting the Orthodox Patriarch of Jerusalem (375 words; 2 minute read)
Church leaders and Christian communities — Meeting with Bishop Fouad Twal (488 words; 3 minute read)
Church leaders and Christian communities — Meeting with Bishop Suheil Dawani (233 words; 2 minute read)
Church leaders and Christian communities — Meeting with Lutheran Bishop Munib Younan (352 words; 2 minute read)
Church leaders and Christian communities — Meeting with the Apostolic Delegate (650 words; 4 minute read)
Church leaders and Christian communities — The Jerusalem Inter-Church Centre (496 words; 3 minute read)
Conflict and civilian suffering — In a war such things happen (751 words; 4 minute read)
Conflict and civilian suffering — Palestinian humanitarian briefing (UNOCHA) (252 words; 2 minute read)
Diplomacy and public information — Dinner with Australian diplomats in Jerusalem (256 words; 2 minute read)
Diplomacy and public information — Meeting with Israeli Government Press Office (491 words; 3 minute read)
Ecumenical accompaniment — Accompaniment as Christian witness (1,153 words; 6 minute read)
First Intifada — The history and politics of the First Intifada (1,675 words; 9 minute read)
Hamas, Israel and moral judgement — On my ambivalence toward Israel (1,246 words; 7 minute read)
Hamas, Israel and moral judgement — Why I do not support Hamas (1,216 words; 7 minute read)
Hebron, Jenin and refugee camps — Hebron and the Al Ibrahimi Mosque (495 words; 3 minute read)
Hebron, Jenin and refugee camps — Jenin Refugee Camp and Faqqu’a Village (545 words; 3 minute read)
Hebron, Jenin and refugee camps — Visit to Jenin in the West Bank (722 words; 4 minute read)
Hebron, Jenin and refugee camps — Visit to the al-Arroub Refugee Camp (513 words; 3 minute read)
Human rights and house demolitions — Israeli Committee Against House Demolitions (293 words; 2 minute read)
Human rights and house demolitions — Meeting with Israeli human rights activists (501 words; 3 minute read)
Interreligious relations — American Jews meet Bethlehem Arabs (1,079 words; 6 minute read)
Interreligious relations — Christians and Muslims weep together (1,413 words; 8 minute read)
Interreligious relations — Interreligious conflict in Israel-Palestine (774 words; 4 minute read)
Interreligious relations — Meeting with the American Jewish Committee (419 words; 3 minute read)
Interreligious relations — Meeting with the Mufti of Jerusalem (480 words; 3 minute read)
Justice and Christian engagement — Australian Christian leaders to visit Palestine (246 words; 2 minute read)
Justice and Christian engagement — Seeking justice in Israel-Palestine (856 words; 5 minute read)
Justice and Christian engagement — Statement by Australian Church leaders on Israel (930 words; 5 minute read)
Peace negotiations and public documents — Lutheran World Federation urges peace in Palestine (525 words; 3 minute read)
Peace negotiations and public documents — Meeting with the Palestinian National Authority (297 words; 2 minute read)
Peace negotiations and public documents — Peace talks to begin Dec 12 (635 words; 4 minute read)
Peace negotiations and public documents — Six documents on Israeli-Palestinian issues (1,378 words; 7 minute read)
Peace negotiations and public documents — World Council of Churches policy on Palestine/Israel 1948-2007 (580 words; 3 minute read)
Protest and public language — On the power and fragility of public protest (926 words; 5 minute read)
Protest and public language — Should we “globalise the Intifada”? (1,281 words; 7 minute read)
Religious exceptionalism — Election is not exemption: Human rights, Scripture and sacred exceptionalism (1,683 words; 9 minute read)
Second Intifada — The history and politics of the Second Intifada (1,669 words; 9 minute read)
Separation barrier and divided cities — “I know what it’s like” (331 words; 2 minute read)
Separation barrier and divided cities — Weeping for the divided cities (255 words; 2 minute read)
Travel and reading resources — Books on the Arab-Israeli conflict (600 words; 3 minute read)
Travel and reading resources — The journey to Israel (498 words; 3 minute read)
War, memory and public responsibility — Must have a short memory (1,531 words; 8 minute read)

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Jerusalem

Church leaders and ecumenical encounters — Dinner with Heads of Jerusalem Churches (158 words; 1 minute read)
Church leaders and ecumenical encounters — Meeting Father Pierbattista Pizzaballa (262 words; 2 minute read)
Church leaders and ecumenical encounters — Meeting the Orthodox Patriarch of Jerusalem (375 words; 2 minute read)
Church leaders and ecumenical encounters — Meeting with Bishop Fouad Twal (488 words; 3 minute read)
Church leaders and ecumenical encounters — Meeting with Bishop Suheil Dawani (233 words; 2 minute read)
Church leaders and ecumenical encounters — Meeting with Lutheran Bishop Munib Younan (352 words; 2 minute read)
Church leaders and ecumenical encounters — Meeting with the Apostolic Delegate (650 words; 4 minute read)
Church leaders and ecumenical encounters — The Jerusalem Inter-Church Centre (496 words; 3 minute read)
Old City, holy places and shared space — A leisurely morning in the Old City (618 words; 4 minute read)
Old City, holy places and shared space — Images of the Old City (1 of 2) (139 words; 1 minute read)
Old City, holy places and shared space — Images of the Old City (2 of 2) (145 words; 1 minute read)
Old City, holy places and shared space — Visit to the al-Aqsa Mosque (90 words; 1 minute read)
Old City, holy places and shared space — Visit to the Dome of the Rock (330 words; 2 minute read)
Old City, holy places and shared space — Visit to the Mount of Olives (360 words; 2 minute read)
Old City, holy places and shared space — Worship at St George’s Cathedral, Jerusalem (342 words; 2 minute read)

Jesus

See Jesus Christ.

Jesus Christ

Emotional life — book review — Passions of the Christ: The Emotional Life of Jesus in the Gospels (633 words; 4 minute read)
Light and the kingdom of God — The light of the kingdom (1,656 words; 9 minute read)
Light and the kingdom of God — The light of the world (1,596 words; 8 minute read)
Mediation and prayer — The very hungry mediator (744 words; 4 minute read)
Person, work and authority — Three audacious claims of Jesus (749 words; 4 minute read)
Person, work and authority — Who is Jesus Christ and what does he do? (2,052 words; 11 minute read)
Prophetic ministry and Palm Sunday — Jesus the prophet (1,731 words; 9 minute read)
Sacred Heart and divine love — The Sacred Heart and the social miracle (1,517 words; 8 minute read)
Sacred Heart and divine love — The use of Scripture in Dilexit nos (1,338 words; 7 minute read)

Journaling

Reflection, benefits and writing prompts — 10 benefits of recalling the year’s meaningful events (193 words; 1 minute read)
Reflection, benefits and writing prompts — 30 amazing writing prompts for journaling (1,009 words; 6 minute read)
Reflection, benefits and writing prompts — How to start writing a personal journal (864 words; 5 minute read)
Reflection, benefits and writing prompts — Ten compelling reasons why you should journal (994 words; 5 minute read)

Judeo-Christian values

History and political use — The problem with Judeo-Christian values (2,237 words; 12 minute read)

Justice

Social justice and public witness — Feb 20 – World Day of Social Justice (783 words; 4 minute read)
Social justice and public witness — Justice (sermon) (1,454 words; 8 minute read)
Social justice and public witness — What it takes to act with justice (1,339 words; 7 minute read)

Justification

Faith, grace and salvation — The benefits of justification (1,792 words; 9 minute read)
Faith, grace and salvation — The process of justification (1,713 words; 9 minute read)
Faith, grace and salvation — What is justification? (1,476 words; 8 minute read)

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Lent

Spiritual practice and renewal — Regeneration, retreat, or decluttering? The many faces of Lent (1,194 words; 6 minute read)
Spiritual practice and renewal — Time to catch your breath after Easter (934 words; 5 minute read)

Lewis, C. S.

Poetry and the theology of love — Love’s as warm as tears (144 words; 1 minute read)
Poetry and the theology of love — The Art of Faithful Love (Part 1) (2,100 words; 11 minute read)

Libraries

Book cataloguing and personal collections — 15 great book cataloguing apps (726 words; 4 minute read)
Book cataloguing and personal collections — How to catalogue your home library (907 words; 5 minute read)
Theological libraries and Christmas reflection — If Christ came to the Library (1,147 words; 6 minute read)

Literature

Creative fiction — Five go out of this world (4,144 words; 21 minute read)
Creative fiction — The turn of the screw (1,946 words; 10 minute read)
Fairy tales and nursery rhymes — Some fairy tales may be 6,000 years old (144 words; 1 minute read)
Fairy tales and nursery rhymes — Who is Mother Goose? (1,010 words; 6 minute read)
Faith and fiction — Tolkien’s Faith: A Spiritual Biography (715 words; 4 minute read)
Harry Potter and Christian interpretation — Reading Harry Potter with Christian eyes (2,999 words; 15 minute read)
Long-form writing and personal essays — collection page — Essays (66 words; 1 minute read)
Musil and theological imagination — Theology and imagination in Robert Musil’s works (925 words; 5 minute read)
Opening lines of novels — 50 best first lines from novels (1,644 words; 9 minute read)
Opening lines of novels — 50 more best first lines from novels (2,418 words; 13 minute read)
Orwell and authoritarianism — What 1984 teaches us in 2026 (3,278 words; 17 minute read)
Tolkien, theology and political thought — Gandalf, Galadriel and God (2,076 words; 11 minute read)
Tolkien, theology and political thought — J.R.R. Tolkien on anarchism (216 words; 2 minute read)
Tolkien, theology and political thought — J.R.R. Tolkien on anarchism (18 words; 1 minute read)
Writers and reading — Charles Dickens and Jesus Christ (169 words; 1 minute read)
Writers and reading — Who’d be on your literary dinner list? (277 words; 2 minute read)

See also Poetry; Reading; Writing; Tolkien, J. R. R..

Local history

North Rocks and surrounding district — North Rocks Road: From ancient Indigenous landscape to contemporary suburban sprawl (5,479 words; 28 minute read)
Sydney railway history — Sydney’s forgotten zig-zag railway (526 words; 3 minute read)

Love

Enemies and the ethics of retaliation — Bin Laden killing a symbolic victory (214 words; 2 minute read)
Enemies and the ethics of retaliation — Does Jesus love Osama? (1,069 words; 6 minute read)
Enemies and the ethics of retaliation — Knee-jerk responses to Osama’s death (192 words; 1 minute read)
Enemies and the ethics of retaliation — Religious responses to Osama’s death (198 words; 1 minute read)
Enemies and the ethics of retaliation — Vengeance is not justice (194 words; 1 minute read)
Kinds of love and faithful relationships — The Art of Faithful Love (Part 1) (2,100 words; 11 minute read)
Kinds of love and faithful relationships — The Art of Faithful Love (Part 2) (1,627 words; 9 minute read)
Poetry and Christian reflection — Held in the current of Christ’s love (1,101 words; 6 minute read)
Poetry and Christian reflection — Loved, kept and defended by Jesus (1,203 words; 7 minute read)
Poetry and Christian reflection — Love’s as warm as tears (144 words; 1 minute read)
Poetry and Christian reflection — The love that lifts us to glory (1,458 words; 8 minute read)

Luther, Martin

Reading list — 25 books and articles on Martin Luther’s theology (612 words; 4 minute read)

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MacArthur, John

Legacy and criticism — On the cessation of John MacArthur (864 words; 5 minute read)

MacCulloch, Diarmaid

Writing Christian history — A candid friend of historiography (1,113 words; 6 minute read)

MacIntyre, Alasdair

Virtue, community and compassion — On contrition and compassion (1,584 words; 8 minute read)
Virtue, community and compassion — The iconic end of Alasdair MacIntyre’s most famous book (321 words; 2 minute read)

Marriage

Adultery, divorce and remarriage — On divorce and remarriage (1,624 words; 9 minute read)
Adultery, divorce and remarriage — What causes adultery? (212 words; 2 minute read)
Christian ideals, practices and challenges — The Art of Faithful Love (Part 3) (1,868 words; 10 minute read)
Christian ideals, practices and challenges — The Art of Faithful Love (Part 4) (2,103 words; 11 minute read)
Christian ideals, practices and challenges — The Art of Faithful Love (Part 5) (1,950 words; 10 minute read)
Marriage equality and pastoral responses — A pastoral response to same sex marriage (1,647 words; 9 minute read)
Public significance and Christian understanding — Marriage as the gold standard (166 words; 1 minute read)
Public significance and Christian understanding — Marriage is a public good (180 words; 1 minute read)
Public significance and Christian understanding — Royal wedding sermon (836 words; 5 minute read)
Public significance and Christian understanding — Sex, marriage and social change (1,876 words; 10 minute read)
Public significance and Christian understanding — Six quick thoughts on marriage (299 words; 2 minute read)
Public significance and Christian understanding — The benefits of marriage (174 words; 1 minute read)
Public significance and Christian understanding — Thoughts on the Royal Wedding (193 words; 1 minute read)

Marriage equality

Baptist debate — Marriage equality and the cleaving of Baptists in NSW (3,139 words; 16 minute read)
Pastoral and denominational responses — A pastoral response to same sex marriage (1,647 words; 9 minute read)

Marriage, same-sex

See Marriage equality.

Media and journalism

Regulation and freedom — Freedom of the press and Australian democracy (1,362 words; 7 minute read)
Regulation and freedom — Orwellian media inquiry recommendations (169 words; 1 minute read)
Regulation and freedom — Why press freedom matters more than ever (1,402 words; 8 minute read)

Medical ethics

See Bioethics.

Mental health

Faith and reading resources — 75 books on faith and mental health (1,385 words; 7 minute read)

Mindfulness

Social criticism — Mindfulness as a symptom (124 words; 1 minute read)

Ministry

Denominational transitions and belonging — 12 reasons not to transition to Uniting Church ministry (1,339 words; 7 minute read)
Denominational transitions and belonging — 12 signs God may be calling you to the Uniting Church (1,476 words; 8 minute read)
Denominational transitions and belonging — Advice for newly ordained Uniting Church clergy (1,629 words; 9 minute read)
Denominational transitions and belonging — Being at home in Uniting Church ministry (1,558 words; 8 minute read)
Denominational transitions and belonging — Choosing a congregation: Service not strategy (1,375 words; 7 minute read)
Denominational transitions and belonging — FAQ for Baptists transitioning to Uniting Church ministry (2,250 words; 12 minute read)
Denominational transitions and belonging — From Baptist to Uniting: A guide for ministers (1,704 words; 9 minute read)
Denominational transitions and belonging — Ten reasons why ministers leave ordained UCA ministry (1,719 words; 9 minute read)
Denominational transitions and belonging — The emotional and spiritual experience of transition (2,094 words; 11 minute read)
Denominational transitions and belonging — Understanding the ministry transition process (1,853 words; 10 minute read)
Leadership and shared service — A passion for shared ministry (1,699 words; 9 minute read)
Leadership and shared service — Discovering my gifts and serving others (1,571 words; 8 minute read)
Leadership and shared service — Interview with Steve Cooper (4,174 words; 21 minute read)
Leadership and shared service — Reflections on ordination (1,835 words; 10 minute read)
Leadership and shared service — Standards for deacons (1,171 words; 6 minute read)
Leadership and shared service — Standards for pastors and elders (1,713 words; 9 minute read)
Leadership and shared service — Take a long view (3,424 words; 18 minute read)
Leadership — 3 John — A tale of two leaders (1,688 words; 9 minute read)
Pastoral formation — G H Morling and pastoral theology (Part 1) (1,045 words; 6 minute read)
Supervision and pastoral support — The distinctive contribution of ministry supervision (2,240 words; 12 minute read)
Technology and formation — Pastoral formation and generative AI: A critical response to Daniel Nealon (3,016 words; 16 minute read)

Mohler, Albert

Religion and national identity — Albert Mohler and the flawed rhetoric of Christian nationalism (2,839 words; 15 minute read)

Money and possessions

Consumerism, generosity and contentment — Away from the manger (sermon) (1,419 words; 8 minute read)
Consumerism, generosity and contentment — Generosity (sermon) (1,552 words; 8 minute read)
Consumerism, generosity and contentment — Investment advice you can trust (1,410 words; 8 minute read)
Consumerism, generosity and contentment — Joy to the mall (sermon) (1,544 words; 8 minute read)
Consumerism, generosity and contentment — Land of the spree (sermon) (1,606 words; 9 minute read)

Moral philosophy

See Ethics.

Morling, George Henry

Pastoral theology — G H Morling and pastoral theology (Part 1) (1,045 words; 6 minute read)
Pastoral theology — G H Morling and pastoral theology (Part 2) (1,283 words; 7 minute read)
Prayer and theological method — Constructing the theology of G. H. Morling (868 words; 5 minute read)
Prayer and theological method — “The vital breath of the church”: Prayer, personalism and spiritual power in the thought of G. H. Morling (2,302 words; 12 minute read)
Spirituality — The quest for serenity and union with Christ (part 1) (2,627 words; 14 minute read)
Suffering, grief and spiritual formation — What would George do? (Part 1) (2,373 words; 12 minute read)
Suffering, grief and spiritual formation — What would George do? (Part 2) (2,256 words; 12 minute read)
Suffering, grief and spiritual formation — What would George do? (Part 3) (3,010 words; 16 minute read)
Suffering, grief and spiritual formation — What would George do? (Part 4) (1,804 words; 10 minute read)
Suffering, grief and spiritual formation — What would George do? (Part 5) (2,506 words; 13 minute read)
Suffering, grief and spiritual formation — What would George do? (Part 6) (2,202 words; 12 minute read)
Suffering, grief and spiritual formation — What would George do? (part 7) (2,847 words; 15 minute read)
Suffering, grief and spiritual formation — What would George do? (part 8) (2,135 words; 11 minute read)
Suffering, grief and spiritual formation — What would George do? (part 9) (2,535 words; 13 minute read)

Multiculturalism

Diversity and social belonging — Faith, cultural diversity and the common good (2,232 words; 12 minute read)
Diversity and social belonging — Multiculturalism not past its use-by date (180 words; 1 minute read)

Music

Brandi Carlile and artistic identity — On Brandi Carlile returning to herself (3,684 words; 19 minute read)
Hymns and congregational singing — Held in the current of Christ’s love (1,101 words; 6 minute read)
Hymns and congregational singing — John Wesley’s ‘Directions for singing.’ (429 words; 3 minute read)
Hymns and congregational singing — Loved, kept and defended by Jesus (1,203 words; 7 minute read)
Hymns and congregational singing — The love that lifts us to glory (1,458 words; 8 minute read)

Musil, Robert

Theology and literary imagination — Theology and imagination in Robert Musil’s works (925 words; 5 minute read)

Mysticism

Christian mystics and spiritual traditions — 20 Christian mystics often regarded as “Great Souls” (105 words; 1 minute read)
Christian mystics and spiritual traditions — Christian mystics as “great souls” (882 words; 5 minute read)

Mystics

See Mysticism.

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New Guinea

Early human settlement — Before Lapita: The earliest human settlement of New Guinea (3,711 words; 19 minute read)

New Testament

Origins and authorship — Did Luke write Hebrews? (933 words; 5 minute read)
Origins and authorship — Origins of the New Testament (812 words; 5 minute read)

North Rocks

North Rocks Road — North Rocks Road: From ancient Indigenous landscape to contemporary suburban sprawl (5,479 words; 28 minute read)

Nouwen, Henri

Belovedness and spiritual attention — The voice that calls you (65 words; 1 minute read)

O

Old age

See Ageing.

Orwell, George

1984 and political responsibility — What 1984 teaches us in 2026 (3,278 words; 17 minute read)

P

Papua New Guinea

Church cooperation — A history of ecumenism in Papua New Guinea (1,568 words; 8 minute read)
Lae Technical College — A history of Lae Technical College (5,073 words; 26 minute read)
Lae Technical College — Tok Pisin — Histori bilong Lae Technical College (Tok Pisin) (6,080 words; 31 minute read)
Liturgy and worship — Liturgy and worship in Papua New Guinea (Part 1) (1,914 words; 10 minute read)
Liturgy and worship — Liturgy and worship in Papua New Guinea (Part 2) (2,228 words; 12 minute read)

Peacemaking

Accompaniment — Accompaniment as Christian witness (1,153 words; 6 minute read)
Accompaniment and nonviolent witness — Christian Peacemaker Teams in Hebron (830 words; 5 minute read)
Accompaniment and nonviolent witness — Meeting with Quakers at Ramallah (238 words; 2 minute read)
Accompaniment and nonviolent witness — Meeting with Sabeel (171 words; 1 minute read)
Accompaniment and nonviolent witness — The Ecumenical Accompaniment Programme (898 words; 5 minute read)
Anarchism, nonviolence and Christian ethics — A critical defence of Christian anarchism (2,082 words; 11 minute read)
Anarchism, nonviolence and Christian ethics — Review of Seven Stories by Anthony W. Bartlett (1,045 words; 6 minute read)
Christian witness — There can be no “holy war” (1,067 words; 6 minute read)
The church and the city — Seeking the peace of the city (1,564 words; 8 minute read)

Philosophy

Alasdair MacIntyre and virtue ethics — On contrition and compassion (1,584 words; 8 minute read)
Alasdair MacIntyre and virtue ethics — The iconic end of Alasdair MacIntyre’s most famous book (321 words; 2 minute read)
Christian anarchism — A critical defence of Christian anarchism (2,082 words; 11 minute read)
Practice and traditions — Ancient philosophical traditions on living well (1,324 words; 7 minute read)
Practice and traditions — How to be a philosopher (378 words; 2 minute read)
René Girard and mimetic theory — Reception of René Girard’s intriguing ideas (903 words; 5 minute read)
René Girard and mimetic theory — The philosophy and theology of René Girard (1,034 words; 6 minute read)

PNG

See Papua New Guinea.

Poetry

Easter — John Updike — Seven stanzas for Easter (273 words; 2 minute read)
Online resources — 10 poetry websites you must visit before you die (456 words; 3 minute read)
Online resources — 12 Australian poetry websites you must visit before you die (413 words; 3 minute read)
Poems by other writers — A dead man’s dream (143 words; 1 minute read)
Poems by other writers — An Easter poem by Steve Turner (178 words; 1 minute read)
Poems by other writers — Love’s as warm as tears (144 words; 1 minute read)
Poems by other writers — One kneeling, one looking down (333 words; 2 minute read)
Poems by other writers — The Dream of the Rood (1,416 words; 8 minute read)
Poems by Rod Benson — In a cupboard (117 words; 1 minute read)
Poems by Rod Benson — We haunt our aisles (62 words; 1 minute read)
Poems by Rod Benson — collection page — Poetry (14 words; 1 minute read)

Pokies

See Gambling.

Population

Growth and sustainability — Population set to hit ten billion (207 words; 2 minute read)

Poverty and international aid

Advocacy and public policy — Churches welcome aid budget increase (184 words; 1 minute read)
Advocacy and public policy — Compassion can show the way (172 words; 1 minute read)
Advocacy and public policy — Don’t steal from our aid budget (170 words; 1 minute read)
Advocacy and public policy — Remember the world’s poor (188 words; 1 minute read)
Advocacy and public policy — Support the Micah Challenge (188 words; 1 minute read)

Prayer

Before preaching and teaching — John Stott’s prayer before preaching (62 words; 1 minute read)
Before preaching and teaching — Prayer for preaching and teaching Scripture (59 words; 1 minute read)
Before preaching and teaching — Psalm 19:14 (30 words; 1 minute read)
Ethics and spiritual formation — Ethics and prayer (part 1 of 2) (850 words; 5 minute read)
Ethics and spiritual formation — Ethics and prayer (part 2 of 2) (835 words; 5 minute read)
Ethics and spiritual formation — “The vital breath of the church”: Prayer, personalism and spiritual power in the thought of G. H. Morling (2,302 words; 12 minute read)
Intercession and the prayers of Jesus — Praying the prayers of Jesus (1,737 words; 9 minute read)
Intercession and the prayers of Jesus — The Lord’s Prayer (70 words; 1 minute read)
Intercession and the prayers of Jesus — The path to peace and tranquility (1,665 words; 9 minute read)
New Year prayer — Billy Graham — Happy New Year! (163 words; 1 minute read)
Prayer chains and shared intercession — What is a prayer chain? (908 words; 5 minute read)
Prayers and liturgies — collection page — Prayers (111 words; 1 minute read)
Refugees and asylum seekers — Prayer for a service for those lost at sea (232 words; 2 minute read)
Silence, suffering and persistence — Help when I feel abandoned by God (1,594 words; 8 minute read)
Silence, suffering and persistence — Praying when church is boring (1,765 words; 9 minute read)
Silence, suffering and persistence — Praying when God is silent (1,720 words; 9 minute read)
Silence, suffering and persistence — Praying when life is unfair (1,706 words; 9 minute read)
Violence, fear and peacemaking — A prayer for Palm Sunday (324 words; 2 minute read)
Violence, fear and peacemaking — Prayer for confidence when we feel afraid (203 words; 2 minute read)
Violence, fear and peacemaking — Prayer for peace in our world (415 words; 3 minute read)
Violence, fear and peacemaking — Prayer in response to Bondi Beach massacre (579 words; 3 minute read)
Weekly morning prayer liturgies — Morning prayer for Wednesday 1 April 2026 (1,572 words; 8 minute read)
Weekly morning prayer liturgies — Morning prayer for Wednesday 1 July 2026 (1,306 words; 7 minute read)
Weekly morning prayer liturgies — Morning Prayer for Wednesday 10 December 2025 (1,522 words; 8 minute read)
Weekly morning prayer liturgies — Morning prayer for Wednesday 10 June 2026 (1,513 words; 8 minute read)
Weekly morning prayer liturgies — Morning prayer for Wednesday 10 September 2025 (1,675 words; 9 minute read)
Weekly morning prayer liturgies — Morning prayer for Wednesday 11 February 2026 (1,591 words; 8 minute read)
Weekly morning prayer liturgies — Morning prayer for Wednesday 11 June 2025 (1,436 words; 8 minute read)
Weekly morning prayer liturgies — Morning prayer for Wednesday 11 March 2026 (1,888 words; 10 minute read)
Weekly morning prayer liturgies — Morning prayer for Wednesday 12 August 2026 (1,512 words; 8 minute read)
Weekly morning prayer liturgies — Morning prayer for Wednesday 12 November 2025 (1,769 words; 9 minute read)
Weekly morning prayer liturgies — Morning prayer for Wednesday 13 May 2026 (1,588 words; 8 minute read)
Weekly morning prayer liturgies — Morning prayer for Wednesday 15 April 2026 (1,547 words; 8 minute read)
Weekly morning prayer liturgies — Morning prayer for Wednesday 15 July 2026 (1,439 words; 8 minute read)
Weekly morning prayer liturgies — Morning prayer for Wednesday 16 July 2025 (1,399 words; 7 minute read)
Weekly morning prayer liturgies — Morning prayer for Wednesday 17 December 2025 (1,472 words; 8 minute read)
Weekly morning prayer liturgies — Morning prayer for Wednesday 17 June 2026 (1,214 words; 7 minute read)
Weekly morning prayer liturgies — Morning prayer for Wednesday 17 September 2025 (1,519 words; 8 minute read)
Weekly morning prayer liturgies — Morning prayer for Wednesday 18 February 2026 (1,471 words; 8 minute read)
Weekly morning prayer liturgies — Morning prayer for Wednesday 18 June 2025 (1,391 words; 7 minute read)
Weekly morning prayer liturgies — Morning prayer for Wednesday 18 March 2025 (1,410 words; 8 minute read)
Weekly morning prayer liturgies — Morning prayer for Wednesday 19 August 2026 (1,722 words; 9 minute read)
Weekly morning prayer liturgies — Morning prayer for Wednesday 19 November 2025 (1,540 words; 8 minute read)
Weekly morning prayer liturgies — Morning prayer for Wednesday 2 September 2026 (1,712 words; 9 minute read)
Weekly morning prayer liturgies — Morning prayer for Wednesday 20 August 2025 (1,468 words; 8 minute read)
Weekly morning prayer liturgies — Morning prayer for Wednesday 20 May 2026 (1,513 words; 8 minute read)
Weekly morning prayer liturgies — Morning prayer for Wednesday 21 January 2026 (1,431 words; 8 minute read)
Weekly morning prayer liturgies — Morning prayer for Wednesday 22 July 2026 (1,320 words; 7 minute read)
Weekly morning prayer liturgies — Morning prayer for Wednesday 22 October 2025 (1,434 words; 8 minute read)
Weekly morning prayer liturgies — Morning prayer for Wednesday 23 July 2025 (1,472 words; 8 minute read)
Weekly morning prayer liturgies — Morning prayer for Wednesday 24 June 2026 (1,603 words; 9 minute read)
Weekly morning prayer liturgies — Morning prayer for Wednesday 24 September 2025 (1,568 words; 8 minute read)
Weekly morning prayer liturgies — Morning prayer for Wednesday 25 February 2026 (1,402 words; 8 minute read)
Weekly morning prayer liturgies — Morning prayer for Wednesday 25 June 2025 (1,516 words; 8 minute read)
Weekly morning prayer liturgies — Morning prayer for Wednesday 26 August 2026 (1,707 words; 9 minute read)
Weekly morning prayer liturgies — Morning prayer for Wednesday 26 November 2025 (1,419 words; 8 minute read)
Weekly morning prayer liturgies — Morning prayer for Wednesday 27 August 2025 (1,578 words; 8 minute read)
Weekly morning prayer liturgies — Morning prayer for Wednesday 27 May 2026 (1,318 words; 7 minute read)
Weekly morning prayer liturgies — Morning prayer for Wednesday 28 January 2026 (1,430 words; 8 minute read)
Weekly morning prayer liturgies — Morning prayer for Wednesday 28 May 2025 (1,530 words; 8 minute read)
Weekly morning prayer liturgies — Morning prayer for Wednesday 29 April 2026 (1,465 words; 8 minute read)
Weekly morning prayer liturgies — Morning prayer for Wednesday 29 July 2026 (1,259 words; 7 minute read)
Weekly morning prayer liturgies — Morning prayer for Wednesday 3 December 2025 (1,511 words; 8 minute read)
Weekly morning prayer liturgies — Morning prayer for Wednesday 3 June 2026 (1,343 words; 7 minute read)
Weekly morning prayer liturgies — Morning prayer for Wednesday 3 September 2025 (1,560 words; 8 minute read)
Weekly morning prayer liturgies — Morning prayer for Wednesday 30 July 2025 (1,492 words; 8 minute read)
Weekly morning prayer liturgies — Morning prayer for Wednesday 4 February 2026 (1,447 words; 8 minute read)
Weekly morning prayer liturgies — Morning prayer for Wednesday 4 June 2025 (1,378 words; 7 minute read)
Weekly morning prayer liturgies — Morning prayer for Wednesday 4 March 2026 (1,446 words; 8 minute read)
Weekly morning prayer liturgies — Morning prayer for Wednesday 5 August 2026 (1,264 words; 7 minute read)
Weekly morning prayer liturgies — Morning prayer for Wednesday 5 November 2025 (1,704 words; 9 minute read)
Weekly morning prayer liturgies — Morning prayer for Wednesday 6 August 2025 (1,600 words; 8 minute read)
Weekly morning prayer liturgies — Morning prayer for Wednesday 6 May 2026 (1,605 words; 9 minute read)
Weekly morning prayer liturgies — Morning prayer for Wednesday 8 April 2026 (1,798 words; 9 minute read)
Weekly morning prayer liturgies — Morning prayer for Wednesday 8 July 2026 (1,489 words; 8 minute read)
Weekly morning prayer liturgies — Morning prayer for Wednesday 9 July 2025 (1,543 words; 8 minute read)
Weekly morning prayer liturgies — Morning prayer for Wednesday 9 September 2026 (1,480 words; 8 minute read)
World Day of Prayer — Tinirau Soatini — Sermon for World Day of Prayer (739 words; 4 minute read)

Preaching

AI prompts — 25 AI prompts for sermon writing (1,886 words; 10 minute read)
Purpose and practice — Evangelical preaching in four voices (2,165 words; 11 minute read)
Purpose and practice — Peacemaking through preaching (749 words; 4 minute read)
Purpose and practice — The purpose of Christian preaching (1,658 words; 9 minute read)
Sermons and Bible studies — collection page — Faith (4,010 words; 21 minute read)

Productivity

Time management and study habits — 12 books on productivity and time management (798 words; 4 minute read)
Time management and study habits — Five more steps to better memory recall (408 words; 3 minute read)
Time management and study habits — Five steps to better memory recall (420 words; 3 minute read)
Time management and study habits — Five ways to improve focus while studying (459 words; 3 minute read)

Promises

Truthfulness and public responsibility — The truth about making and breaking promises (1,080 words; 6 minute read)

Prophecy

Prophetic speech and public responsibility — Listen to the prophets (129 words; 1 minute read)

Protest

Public witness and political responsibility — On the power and fragility of public protest (926 words; 5 minute read)
Public witness and political responsibility — Should we “globalise the Intifada”? (1,281 words; 7 minute read)

Public health

Tobacco regulation — Dear tobacco industry: Do no harm (187 words; 1 minute read)

Public theology

Churches and public advocacy — ACL unrepresentative, say Victorians (181 words; 1 minute read)
Churches and public advocacy — Australian Christian Lobby comes under fire (181 words; 1 minute read)
Churches and public advocacy — Christian faith and the common good (1,967 words; 10 minute read)
Churches and public advocacy — Churches and the public good (171 words; 1 minute read)
Churches and public advocacy — The common good (1,065 words; 6 minute read)
Churches and public advocacy — What is public theology? (548 words; 3 minute read)
Churches and public advocacy — Who speaks for the church on social issues? (322 words; 2 minute read)

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Quakers

George Fox and peacemaking — Ecumenical perspectives: George Fox (1,324 words; 7 minute read)
George Fox and peacemaking — Meeting with Quakers at Ramallah (238 words; 2 minute read)

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Reading

Audiobooks — Why listening counts as reading (1,927 words; 10 minute read)
Book reviews — collection page — Reviews (219 words; 2 minute read)
Habits, skills and attention — 12 tips for better academic reading (857 words; 5 minute read)
Habits, skills and attention — How to find your place on the page (486 words; 3 minute read)
Habits, skills and attention — How to grow as a reader (345 words; 2 minute read)
Habits, skills and attention — Reading theology well: Eight habits of effective academic reading (1,171 words; 6 minute read)

Reading groups

See Book clubs.

Reformed theology

Justification and grace — The benefits of justification (1,792 words; 9 minute read)
Justification and grace — The process of justification (1,713 words; 9 minute read)
Justification and grace — The richness of God’s grace (1,551 words; 8 minute read)
Justification and grace — What is justification? (1,476 words; 8 minute read)
Scottish divinity and the Marrow controversy — The Marrow of Theology and the Marrow Controversy (1,051 words; 6 minute read)
Scottish divinity and the Marrow controversy — The Marrowing of Scottish Presbyterian Divinity (1,015 words; 6 minute read)

Refugees and asylum seekers

Australian policy and Christian responses — Compassion, caution and asylum seekers (172 words; 1 minute read)
Australian policy and Christian responses — Free Seena from immigration detention (997 words; 5 minute read)
Australian policy and Christian responses — Good news for asylum seekers (170 words; 1 minute read)
Australian policy and Christian responses — Immigration and asylum and Baptists (5,534 words; 28 minute read)
Australian policy and Christian responses — Justice, compassion and asylum seekers (166 words; 1 minute read)
Australian policy and Christian responses — Palm Sunday Rally speech 2026 (808 words; 5 minute read)
Australian policy and Christian responses — Rock the boats (2,341 words; 12 minute read)
Australian policy and Christian responses — Sermon: What Jesus would say about immigration (1,357 words; 7 minute read)
Australian policy and Christian responses — Speech for Palm Sunday Rally 2025 (572 words; 3 minute read)
Australian policy and Christian responses — Stop the boat! (1,482 words; 8 minute read)
Australian policy and Christian responses — What to do about asylum seekers (2,210 words; 12 minute read)
Palestinian refugee camps — Jenin Refugee Camp and Faqqu’a Village (545 words; 3 minute read)
Palestinian refugee camps — Visit to the al-Arroub Refugee Camp (513 words; 3 minute read)
Prayer — Prayer for a service for those lost at sea (232 words; 2 minute read)

Relationships

Emotionally focused therapy — An assessment of emotionally focused therapy (1,854 words; 10 minute read)

Religion and politics

Australian identity and allegiance — Being Australian, being Christian (1,539 words; 8 minute read)
Australian identity and allegiance — If Jesus is Lord…. (1,898 words; 10 minute read)
Australian identity and allegiance — The politics of Jesus (2,017 words; 11 minute read)
Australian identity and allegiance — The problem with patriotism (1,316 words; 7 minute read)
Donald Trump and public symbolism — Trump’s foolish Bible stunt (106 words; 1 minute read)
Opinion articles and radio transcripts — collection page — Opinion (4,135 words; 21 minute read)
Political leaders and personal faith — Faith and federal politics (161 words; 1 minute read)
Political leaders and personal faith — Julia Gillard a “cultural traditionalist” (192 words; 1 minute read)
Political leaders and personal faith — Keneally and O’Farrell on politics and faith (161 words; 1 minute read)
Political leaders and personal faith — Kevin Rudd on his Christian faith (1,541 words; 8 minute read)
Political leaders and personal faith — Our first woman Prime Minister (178 words; 1 minute read)
Political leaders and personal faith — Politicians and the uses of faith (177 words; 1 minute read)
Political leaders and personal faith — The faith of the Prime Minister (175 words; 1 minute read)
Political leaders and personal faith — Tony Abbott’s moral compass (186 words; 1 minute read)
Political leaders and personal faith — Tony Blair on faith and progress (185 words; 1 minute read)
Political leaders and personal faith — We need more conviction politicians (196 words; 1 minute read)
Shared values and exclusion — The problem with Judeo-Christian values (2,237 words; 12 minute read)

Religion in Australia

Belief, society and cultural change — Australia a great place to live (179 words; 1 minute read)
Belief, society and cultural change — Australians rely on the Christian tradition (170 words; 1 minute read)
Belief, society and cultural change — Faith in Australian society (166 words; 1 minute read)
Belief, society and cultural change — Is Australia a Christian nation? (170 words; 1 minute read)
Belief, society and cultural change — Is religion set for extinction? (193 words; 1 minute read)
Belief, society and cultural change — What blocks Australians from faith commitment? (169 words; 1 minute read)
Belief, society and cultural change — Where is Australian society heading? (168 words; 1 minute read)
Historical studies — Attending to the national soul (47 words; 1 minute read)

Religious freedom

Desecration of sacred texts — Burning holy books is wrong (185 words; 1 minute read)
Liberty of conscience — What happens when Baptists disagree? (2,198 words; 11 minute read)
Religion and the secular state — Free Pastor Yousef Nadarkhani (185 words; 1 minute read)
Religion and the secular state — Freedom to talk about Jesus (181 words; 1 minute read)
Religion and the secular state — Iranian pastor faces execution (168 words; 1 minute read)
Religion and the secular state — Religious freedom and the secular state (1,512 words; 8 minute read)
Religion and the secular state — Religious liberty in the Middle East (203 words; 2 minute read)

Resurrection

Evidence and Easter hope — All over, red rover (252 words; 2 minute read)
Evidence and Easter hope — Easter message (521 words; 3 minute read)
Evidence and Easter hope — Easter offers life and hope (195 words; 1 minute read)
Evidence and Easter hope — Origin of the classic Easter greeting, “Christ is risen!” (824 words; 5 minute read)
Evidence and Easter hope — The crux of history (1,666 words; 9 minute read)
Evidence and Easter hope — The evidence of Easter (194 words; 1 minute read)
Poetry — Seven stanzas for Easter (273 words; 2 minute read)

Rodgers, Margaret

Ecumenical service — “Extracurricular activities”: The ecumenical service of Deaconess Margaret Rodgers AM (4,810 words; 25 minute read)

Rudd, Kevin

Faith, climate policy and public leadership — Kevin Rudd on his Christian faith (1,541 words; 8 minute read)
Faith, climate policy and public leadership — Mr Rudd’s great big moral issue (178 words; 1 minute read)

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Salvation

Lordship and allegiance — Lordship salvation or salvation by allegiance? (1,959 words; 10 minute read)

Sanctification

Purgatory and final transformation — Should Protestants reframe purgatory as final sanctification? (1,368 words; 7 minute read)

Saunders, John

Baptist pastor and social activist — John Saunders: Baptist pastor and activist (842 words; 5 minute read)

Scotland

Cultural heritage and identity — Scotland calling: The enduring appeal of cultural heritage (2,169 words; 11 minute read)

Sermons

See Preaching.

Sexuality

Christian responses and pastoral care — Christian homosexuals (192 words; 1 minute read)
Christian responses and pastoral care — On the demise of Exodus International (310 words; 2 minute read)
Marriage and social change — Sex, marriage and social change (1,876 words; 10 minute read)
Sex work and public policy — Selling sex in Sweden (180 words; 1 minute read)

Sin

Total depravity and biblical teaching — Does the Bible teach total depravity? (4,324 words; 22 minute read)

Singleness

Christian life and relationships — Being single, being Christian (1,682 words; 9 minute read)

Belonging and public life — Social cohesion as the new zeitgeist (1,578 words; 8 minute read)

Use and public responsibility — Why I will continue using Twitter (705 words; 4 minute read)

Spiritual disciplines

See Spiritual formation.

Spiritual formation

Discipleship models and practices — Screwtape’s advice on Comer’s Practicing the Way (1,024 words; 6 minute read)
Discipleship models and practices — Six critiques of John Mark Comer’s discipleship model (1,015 words; 6 minute read)
Discipleship models and practices — Six models of discipleship: Why I prefer Practicing the Way (1,291 words; 7 minute read)
Discipleship models and practices — Six strengths of John Mark Comer’s discipleship model (784 words; 4 minute read)
Discipleship models and practices — What would Jesus say about Practicing the Way? (1,217 words; 7 minute read)
Disciplines and practices — Growing deeper through spiritual practices (1,463 words; 8 minute read)
Disciplines and practices — Ten spiritual disciplines to grow deeper in faith (437 words; 3 minute read)
Theology and growth in grace — Growth in grace as a control belief for theological method (5,440 words; 28 minute read)
Theology and growth in grace — Reflections on theological formation (part 1) (915 words; 5 minute read)

Spirituality

Belovedness — Henri Nouwen — The voice that calls you (65 words; 1 minute read)
Comenius and Christian pilgrimage — The Labyrinth of the World (635 words; 4 minute read)
Friendship with God — The power of friendship with God (1,741 words; 9 minute read)

Stace, Arthur

Life and Christian witness — Who was Arthur Stace? Part 1 (848 words; 5 minute read)
Life and Christian witness — Who was Arthur Stace? Part 2 (846 words; 5 minute read)

Steinem, Gloria

Feminist legacy — Feminism, power and the politics of human dignity (4,104 words; 21 minute read)

Stott, John

Life, work and legacy — John Stott has died (197 words; 1 minute read)
Life, work and legacy — John Stott’s prayer before preaching (62 words; 1 minute read)
Life, work and legacy — John Stott’s profound legacy (183 words; 1 minute read)

Suffering

Faith and mercy — Faith, suffering, and the mercy of God (1,901 words; 10 minute read)
Job, consolation and pastoral care — A biblical view of death (2,522 words; 13 minute read)
Job, consolation and pastoral care — A young person’s wisdom (1,941 words; 10 minute read)
Job, consolation and pastoral care — The consolation of Job (1,375 words; 7 minute read)
Job, consolation and pastoral care — Thin red line (sermon – part 1) (1,590 words; 8 minute read)
Job, consolation and pastoral care — Thin red line (sermon – part 2) (1,211 words; 7 minute read)
Morling, grief and spiritual formation — What would George do? (Part 1) (2,373 words; 12 minute read)
Morling, grief and spiritual formation — What would George do? (Part 2) (2,256 words; 12 minute read)
Morling, grief and spiritual formation — What would George do? (Part 3) (3,010 words; 16 minute read)
Morling, grief and spiritual formation — What would George do? (Part 4) (1,804 words; 10 minute read)
Morling, grief and spiritual formation — What would George do? (Part 5) (2,506 words; 13 minute read)
Morling, grief and spiritual formation — What would George do? (Part 6) (2,202 words; 12 minute read)
Morling, grief and spiritual formation — What would George do? (part 7) (2,847 words; 15 minute read)
Morling, grief and spiritual formation — What would George do? (part 8) (2,135 words; 11 minute read)
Morling, grief and spiritual formation — What would George do? (part 9) (2,535 words; 13 minute read)
Prayer and divine absence — Help when I feel abandoned by God (1,594 words; 8 minute read)
Prayer and divine absence — How God rewards innocent suffering (1,973 words; 10 minute read)
Prayer and divine absence — Praying when God is silent (1,720 words; 9 minute read)
Prayer and divine absence — Praying when life is unfair (1,706 words; 9 minute read)
Redemption and transformation — Does redemptive suffering change us? (1,144 words; 6 minute read)

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Technology

Artificial intelligence and culture — AI and the flattening of civilisation (1,001 words; 6 minute read)
Artificial intelligence and culture — The Generative-AI Eruption (350 words; 2 minute read)
Ethics and social effects — Corrupting technology (6,223 words; 32 minute read)

The Lord’s Supper

See Communion.

Theological education

Critical thinking — What is critical thinking? (760 words; 4 minute read)
Purpose and experience — What is theological education? (609 words; 4 minute read)
Scholarship, study and formation — Everyone is a theologian (772 words; 4 minute read)
Scholarship, study and formation — Have faith, will think (704 words; 4 minute read)
Scholarship, study and formation — On Christian scholarship (80 words; 1 minute read)
Scholarship, study and formation — Six rewards of theological study (848 words; 5 minute read)
Scholarship, study and formation — Six risks of theological study (839 words; 5 minute read)
Scholarship, study and formation — The joy of theological learning (786 words; 4 minute read)

Theology

Descriptive, critical and constructive tasks — Isn’t theology supposed to be prescriptive? (835 words; 5 minute read)
Descriptive, critical and constructive tasks — The constructive task of theology (773 words; 4 minute read)
Descriptive, critical and constructive tasks — The constructive task of theology (cont.) (847 words; 5 minute read)
Descriptive, critical and constructive tasks — The critical task of theology (807 words; 5 minute read)
Descriptive, critical and constructive tasks — The descriptive task of theology (663 words; 4 minute read)
Method — Why theological method matters (1,813 words; 10 minute read)
Origins and distinctive character — Should theology make objective claims? (811 words; 5 minute read)
Origins and distinctive character — What makes Christian theology distinctive? (840 words; 5 minute read)
Origins and distinctive character — What we bring to theology (848 words; 5 minute read)
Origins and distinctive character — Who invented theology? (839 words; 5 minute read)
Purpose and practice — The purpose of theology (part 1) (835 words; 5 minute read)
Purpose and practice — The purpose of theology (part 2) (881 words; 5 minute read)
Purpose and practice — The purpose of theology (part 3) (834 words; 5 minute read)
Reformation — 25 books and articles on Martin Luther’s theology (612 words; 4 minute read)
Theological articles — collection page — Academic (1,473 words; 8 minute read)

Tolkien, J. R. R.

Anarchism and political authority — J.R.R. Tolkien on anarchism (216 words; 2 minute read)
Anarchism and political authority — J.R.R. Tolkien on anarchism (18 words; 1 minute read)
Faith and biography — Tolkien’s Faith: A Spiritual Biography (715 words; 4 minute read)
Theology and imagination — Gandalf, Galadriel and God (2,076 words; 11 minute read)

Travel

Anthony Bourdain and human encounters — The journey changes you (60 words; 1 minute read)

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UCA

See Uniting Church in Australia.

UCA ministry