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2026
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The Bible Doesn’t Actually Say That — A light-hearted but serious look at familiar Bible details, sayings and assumptions that are not actually in the biblical text.
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What Is Disability Theology? — A plain-language introduction to disability theology, its major scholarly voices, its gifts to the church and the gaps still needing attention, especially around physical disability.
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Inerrant, Infallible or Trustworthy? How Christians Describe the Bible — A clear guide to what Christians mean when they describe the Bible as inerrant, infallible, inspired, authoritative or trustworthy, including denominational and regional differences.
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Prayer: Speaking with God and Being Shaped by God — A practical and theological guide to prayer, including what prayer is, why it matters, praying to the Triune God, types of prayer, posture, journals and praise reports.
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AI, Christian Study and Ministry: A Tool, Not a Teacher — A Christian reflection on the benefits and dangers of AI in research, study, academia, sermon preparation, Bible studies, Christian resources and Logos Bible Software.
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Salvation, Rewards and Faithfulness in the Kingdom — A plain-language reflection on the difference between salvation by grace and the Bible’s teaching about reward, faithfulness and responsibility in God’s kingdom.
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Can a Christian Belong to Either Side of Politics? — A reflection on why no political party owns Christianity, why Christians should resist simplistic labels and how Australian politics contains both Christian and anti-Christian instincts across the spectrum.
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Christianity and the Environment: What Does Stewardship Look Like? — A Christian reflection on creation care, stewardship, fossil fuels, renewable energy, climate change and why moving toward renewables can be an act of wisdom and neighbour love.
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Creeds, Confessions and Statements of Faith: Am I Missing Out? — A plain-language guide to creeds, confessions and statements of faith, why some churches use them more explicitly than others and whether Christians miss out when their churches keep things simple.
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How Should Christians Read Old Testament Law? — A plain-language guide to reading Old Testament law as Christians, without either ignoring it or applying it woodenly.
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How to Interpret the Bible — A practical guide to reading the Bible carefully, with attention to genre, context, culture, hermeneutics, original audience and faithful application today.
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How We Got the Bible — A clear guide to how the biblical canon developed, why different Christian traditions have different Old Testaments, and why the popular myths about councils choosing the Bible do not really hold up.
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What Are the Essential Christian Beliefs? — A plain-language guide to the core Christian beliefs shared across historic Christianity, and how to distinguish essentials from important secondary disagreements.
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What Churches Need to Understand About Disability — A practical guide for churches on welcome, belonging, accessibility, pastoral care and moving beyond pity toward genuine participation.
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What Is the Gospel? — A plain-language explanation of the good news of Jesus, why it matters and what it means to respond.
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Arminian, Calvinist, Provisionist or Molinist? Where I Currently Lean — A humble attempt to explain why I lean away from Calvinism and toward either provisionism or Molinism, while still wanting to represent Calvinist brothers and sisters fairly.
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Christianity in Western Cultures: Australia, America and the Shape of Discipleship — A reflection on how Christianity is lived differently in Western developed countries, especially Australia and the United States.
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Disability and the Image of God — A theological reflection on disability, human dignity, embodiment and why every person bears God’s image before they achieve, contribute or appear whole.
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New Creation, Not Escape: Why Heaven Is Not the Final Destination — A reflection on the new creation hope taught by N. T. Wright, J. Richard Middleton and others: God’s future is not escape from earth, but the renewal of creation.
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Post-Trib, Premillennial and No Secret Rapture — A summary of my current end-times view: Christ returns after tribulation, reigns in victory and gathers his people without a separate secret rapture event.
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Science and Faith: Is There Really a Conflict? — A reflection on creation, Scripture, science and whether Christians need to fear honest inquiry into the world God made.
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Soft Complementarian, Drifting Egalitarian — A personal reflection on women, men, church leadership and why I am trying to move carefully rather than defensively.
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Soul Sleep and the Hope of Resurrection — Why I currently find soul sleep more coherent than the popular idea of a conscious intermediate state, while still holding the question humbly.
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What Do Christians Believe About Hell? — A fair introduction to the main Christian views of hell, including eternal conscious torment, annihilationism and universal reconciliation.
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Why I Currently Lean Toward Annihilationism — A personal and biblical explanation of why I currently find annihilationism, or conditional immortality, more persuasive than eternal conscious torment.
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Dispensationalism: What It Is and Why I Am Not Sure Where I Fit — A plain-language guide to dispensationalism, its history, distinctives, relationship to end-times views and why I am not sure which theological framework best describes where I currently stand.
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Christian Influence Without Theocracy: Are We a Christian Nation? — A reflective article on Christian influence, cultural change, public life and why persuasion is different from legislating people into faith.
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Post-Trib, Premillennial and No Secret Rapture — A summary of my current end-times view: Christ returns after tribulation, reigns in victory and gathers his people without a separate secret rapture event.
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Bible Translations: Why They Differ and How to Choose One — A plain-language guide to Bible translation philosophy, committees, paraphrases, inclusive language, KJV-onlyism and choosing a translation wisely.
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Learning, Loving and Living the Faith — A vision article for Humble Theologian on learning what is true, loving God and neighbour and living the faith in ordinary discipleship.
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Why I Started Humble Theologian — A personal reflection on why Humble Theologian exists, what kind of resource it aims to be and why theology should lead to humility, love and faithful discipleship.