Canon Creed Christ and Church

Biblical and confessional theology, centred on Christ, for the Church and its mission, until he comes

About Me: I’m the Lecturer in Biblical Theology and Exegesis at Christ College, Sydney. I’m also an elder at Hornsby Presbyterian Church, and a cohost of the Down Under Theology podcast. I’ve spent most of my adult life studying the Bible and still feel I’m only scratching the surface. This website is a place to collect and share things I’ve written in the hope that they might be useful to others.

Church


Academic Studies

Bart J. Koet, Edwina Murphy, and Murray J. Smith, eds., Presbyters in Early Christianity and Its Contexts, WUNT II 662 (Tübingen: Mohr Siebeck, 2026).

Bart J. Koet, Edwina Murphy, and Murray J. Smith, “Presbyters, Not Priests: The Early Church and Its Contexts,” in Presbyters in Early Christianity and Its Contexts, ed. Bart J. Koet, E. Murphy and Murray J. Smith 662 (Tübingen: Mohr Siebeck, 2026), 3–8.

“Presbuteroi in Paul’s Letters to Timothy and Titus: God’s Stewards, Entrusted with the Gospel for the Church and Its Mission,” in Presbyters in Early Christianity and Its Contexts, ed. Bart J. Koet, E. Murphy and Murray J. Smith, WUNT II 662 (Tübingen: Mohr Siebeck, 2026), 189–217.

This chapter cannot be shared publicly online, but can be shared privately upon request.

“‘An overseer must be…able to teach’ (1 Tim 3:2): διδακτικός as the center of the character chiasm in 1 Timothy 3:1–7,” JETS 69.2 (2026): 301–20.

“Redemption,” in Read in the Light: The 1901 Declaratory Statement of the Presbyterian Church of Australia, ed. P. F. Cooper and D. A. Burke (Stanhope Gardens: Eider Books, 2019), 87–122.

“Shepherds and Servants: The Two Offices Christ Appointed in his Church,” Haddington House Journal  (2018): 179–200.


Resources

“Our Father in heaven,” in Teach us to Pray: The Lord’s Prayer and the Gospel of Jesus, ed. G. Goswell and G. Munro (Melbourne: Christian Education Publications, 2013), 37–43.

Family Devotions and Discipleship: Presbyterian Youth Video Training Course


Biblical and confessional theology, centred on Christ, for the Church and its mission, until he comes