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Dr Peter Orr

New Testament

Qualifications: MEng (Nottingham), BD (Moore), PhD (Durham)

I am married to Emma, and we have four sons. I grew up in Northern Ireland and was converted through a combination of reading the NT and attending a Billy Graham meeting. My early, clear experience of the power of God’s word has given me a deep conviction of the importance of Bible teaching. After university in England, I was a missionary for two years in Galaţi in Romania in the early 1990s. I studied at Moore in the mid-2000s before returning to the UK to complete a PhD at Durham University. We then moved to Melbourne where I taught at a Bible college before returning to Moore in 2014. As a family, we enjoy serving together at All Saints Petersham as well as holidays at the beach. I enjoy reading biographies and fiction and listening to the music of the Gloaming.

Research interests: I am currently working on a commentary on Luke’s Gospel for Lexham Press (in their EEC series). I am also working on a biblical theology of faith.

Books and chapters in books
Journal articles

The Beginning of the Gospel: A Theology of Mark. NTT. Wheaton: Crossway, 2023.

Fight For your Pastor. Wheaton: Crossway, 2022.

The World Next Door: A Short Guide to the Christian Faith (co-authored with Rory Shiner); Sydney: Mathias Media, 2021.

“New Testament Clarity: The Presence of Christ in the Proclamation of the Word.” In Theology is For Preaching: Biblical Foundations, Method and Practice. Edited by Chase R Kuhn and Paul Grimmond. Bellingham, WA: Lexham Press, 2021.

“The Intercession of Christ in Romans 8:34.” In Romans and the Legacy of St Paul: Historical, Theological, and Social Perspectives. Edited by Peter G Bolt and James R Harrison. Sydney: SCD Press, 2019.

“Paul and Pastors in Ephesians: The Pastor as Teacher.” Chapter 7 in Paul as Pastor. Edited by Brian S. Rosner, Andrew S. Malone & Trevor J. Burke. London: T&T Clark, 2018.

Exalted Above the Heavens: The Risen and Ascended Christ, NSBT, 47, Nottingham: IVP, 2018.

“The Comfort of God and Pastoral Ministry: An Exegetical Study of 2 Corinthians 1:3–7.” Pages 61–78 in Tend My Sheep: The Word of God and Pastoral Ministry. Edited by Keith G. Condie. London: Latimer Trust, 2016.

Christ Absent and Present: A Study in Pauline Christology WUNT 2.354; Tübingen: Mohr Siebeck, 2014.

“Mark as the Backstory to the Gospel: Mark 1:1 as a Key to Mark’s Gospel”, Themelios 47.2 (2022): 249-260.

“Two Types of Work: Work for the Lord and Work for the Kingdom of God”, Themelios 47.1 (2022). 70-80.

“Abounding in the Work of the Lord (1 Cor 15:58): Everything We Do as Christians or Specific Gospel Work?” Themelios 38.2 (2013): 205–214.

“The Bodily Absence of Christ in Paul.” Journal for the Study of Paul and His Letters 3.1 (2013): 111–123.