Scott Morrison—our first Pentecostal prime minister—has said in the past that ‘the Bible is not a policy handbook’ and that ‘faith in Jesus Christ is not a political agenda’. He wanted to reassure secular Australians that there is no direct connection between his religious beliefs and his politics. Morrison no doubt genuinely believes this to be true, and we can only take him at his word.

Still, a deep faith, as Morrison clearly has, surely can’t live entirely in isolation, or what kind of faith is it, and it’s hard not to hear strains of Morrison’s brand of evangelical Christianity in the mantra he has become best known for—’A fair go for those who have a go’—with its implication that a positive attitude is all it takes to win in life.