For a Muslim to convert to Christianity—especially in Muslim-majority countries—it comes with severe consequences including being ostracized from their family and community or at worst, being killed for their new-found confession in Christ.
Category: Podcasts
Making theological and missiological sense of Muhammad
Who is Muhammad and is he a prophet? In the Islamic faith, Muhammad is a highly revered holy figure. But how much do we really know about him?
Graduation 2017
Because of what God has done, we can rejoice and be hopeful. BST graduation guest speaker Rev Dr Bill Salier spoke on Romans 5:1-11 and reminded us of this. Bill encouraged our graduands and guests that as long as we remember God's love for us and his sacrifice, that we will surely...
A community ruled by Christ
As new people come to study at BST, it's an important question to ask, "What kind of community are we?". Richard Gibson reminded us that we are to be a community ruled by Christ. But what does that look like?
The life changing coming of the Spirit
In his book Becoming Global, Bruce Dipple made a provocative statement that if the Holy Spirit was removed from our churches, then 95 per cent of the activity would still go on. What place does the Holy Spirit have in your church? In your own life?
Five marks of mission (part two)
What is the mission of God? What are the implications for Christians in participating in God's mission, in serving the Church, society, and exercising dominion of and care for creation? Click here to listen to part two of Chris Wright's talk.
Five marks of mission (part one)
What is the mission of God? What are the implications for Christians in participating in God's mission, in serving the Church, society, and exercising dominion of and care for creation? Click here to listen to part one of Dr Chris Wright's talk.
Finding the heart of Jesus in his prayer
In John 17, just before Jesus was about to go to the cross, he prayed for a number of crucial things. One of them is for believers to be in unity.
Have a heart
Our world is in turmoil: the ongoing crisis in the Middle East; the starvation of children living in extreme poverty; the human trafficking of millions of men, women and children caught up in modern day slavery; and the rate of domestic violence here in Australia.