In my New Testament class a few weeks ago, we reached chapter 9 of Mark's Gospel, where Jesus gave an indication of the importance and value he placed on children. It was counter-cultural in his day and confronting for us today. 36 He took a little child whom he placed...
This month's opportunities include being a Pastor on the Sunshine Coast, General Handyman in Tanzania, Administrative Coordinator in London, and an Outdoor Educator in Burleigh.
To the onlooker, theological education might look like a season of sitting still, reading books, and long lunches - a time of relative ease. Beneath the surface though, deep and seismic changes are often afoot. This can also be a time of rapid growth, with all the joy and the...
In this Chapel message, Rev Dr Richard Gibson preaches on the theme "Raised" from John 20:1-18. In this passage, Richard describes the real dawning of the transformation of the universe. The unbearable absence of Jesus has ended and we have come into a new age; the age of adoption. It's...
In this chapel message, Buried, Richard Gibson preaches from the passage of John 19:28-42. He examines verse 30 when Jesus says, "It is finished", asking is such a declaration a little premature? Jesus hadn't died yet, he hasn't risen from the dead and there was no sign of victory over...
We caught up for a quick chat with Michael Beardsley, a current Master of Divinity student, after the recent Apologetics MA intensive with Mike Bird, to find out a little more about Michael and what he got out of the intensive. Michael previously completed a Bachelor of Psychological Science and...
This month's opportunities include being a Broadcast Engineer in Brisbane, a School Community Chaplain in Toowoomba and a Sports Camps Facilitator in Central Asia.
Richard continues our chapel series, preaching from John 19;12-27, on the theme, "Crucified". In these verses we see Pilate, who had declared Jesus not guilty, even seeking to release him, hand him over to the Jews to be crucified. We see the Jewish high priests rejecting, not only Jesus, but...
In this week's sermon series, Rev Dr Andrew Prince, Director of Centre for Asian Christianity, Lecturer in Ministry and Mission, looks at the passage from John 19:1-11. In this chapter, we see Jesus progessively mocked and how he responds to his treatment and provocation. It also raises questions as to...
