Articles

Well, maybe articles is not the best name, assignments would be a little better. For the time being this will be a repository of assignments that I have written during my theology degree. I'm slowly trying to convert the more interesting ones over from MS Word into a suitable HTML format so this may take some time.
Unfortunately I can't publish all of my assignments because they involve confidential information about people you may or may not know but you could infer without too much difficulty. Some of these are pastoral care and counseling case studies that just are not appropriate to give to the interweb.

I have not as yet licenced this works. I intend to pick a Creative Commons licence in the near future that reflects my goal for these articles but until then, if you want to use them of quote them please drop me a line.

Missional Leadership

Being missional is about how we live our lives. It means taking on the role of reconciler in the world between God and man. Participating in the mission that he started with Jesus.

Becomming a Christian Leader examines what the character of a missional leader should be. (Written: May 2005, Words: 2197)

The leadership qualities of Moses examines the aspect of Christain leadership commonly known as "Servent Leadership" by examining the life of Moses. Written as a study for church leadership groups (Written: May 2007, Words: 1574)

History

Did Constantine help or hinder the mission of the Church? It's a complicated question with a complicated answer. In this article I explore the impact of Constantines conversion to Christianity, it's impact on the Christian faith and the Roman Empire. (Written: Oct 2002, Words: 2498)

What are the Christiological elements within the Nicene Creed? In this article I explore the Nicene creed, what heresies does the creed bebuke and what answers does the creed supply for us today?. (Written: Dec 2005, Words: 1857)

Old Testament

The holiness of God is demonstrated in the Pentateuch clearly in both the ethical and cultic demands of the law. In this article I explore how the theme of holiness is not exclusive to the New Testament but was in fact part of God's plan for the world from the begining. (Written: May 2007, Words: 1930)

New Testament

Why on earth did Paul write to the Romans? In this article (My very first one, be gentle) ask the question of Paul's purpose for writing to the Roman church as exploring what Paul's gospel is and if the letter expressed it. (Written: May 2002, Words: 2254)

Theology

What is God's response to suffering? This article is part of a case study I performed on a well known Christian welfare organization in Australia. The first part of the case study was to build a picture of how and why God responds to suffering in the world today then to perform a critical evaluation of that organization based on that study. I've extracted all of the theological response parts that I can and it is a facinating insight into how God works in our world today. (Words: 1296)

Just War, just isn't! On the surface, the doctrine of a Just War is a seminal work of ethical reasoning constructed to reduce the incidences of unrestrained aggression and war. War for instance that so horrifically scars the history books of the twentieth century. It was constructed with a noble aim to reduce from flood to trickle the cruelty visited upon our fellow man by narrowing the limits of acceptable aggression and response.
This article seeks to deconstruct the Just War doctrine and rebuke it in the light of Jesus' teachings (Written: May 2008, Words: 3084)