As a pastor and a student of the New Testament I believe there are few matters more important than the mission of God in the world. My forthcoming book, the working title of which is Salvific Intentionality in 1 Corinthians: How Paul Nurtures the Missional Imagination of the Corinthian Community, is being published by Wipf & Stock. This is...Read More

I live in NSW Australia, in which the Voluntary Assisted Dying Act 2022 will come into effect by the end of 2023. This will legalise voluntary physician-assisted suicide for those with a terminal illness (it has various conditions and safeguards embedded within it). Despite this inevitable legal change, I believe there is value in ongoing moral reasoning,...Read More

I am reading a book by Dr Graeme McLean called Ethical Basics for the Caring Professions in which he devotes a chapter to the fact that there are different moral beliefs and attitudes across different groups of people and cultures. What are we to make of this? Is morality therefore relative? This question and Graeme’s treatment of...Read More

With the latest census data indicating that the number of Australians who identity as Christian has plummeted to an all-time low (from 61% in 2011 to 44% in 2021), the church is asking questions of itself and its place in the broader, and increasingly, secular community. This conversation, however, feels somewhat anxious – emerging from a sense...Read More