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Conspiracy Theories

A few years ago I started doing a semi regular spot in Chapel called the “Four Minute Muse”.  In the 4MM I share resources, creative insights, illustrations or explanations that relate to the Bible passage being preached on that day.  Here’s one I shared back when we were in lockdown...

What stories will we hear?

Taking holiday pictures has never been as easy as it is today. But as a tour guide once commented about his tour members, “They have lots of pictures, but no stories.” To be fair to the tour members, perhaps their photos do say something, such as “I have been there”...

James Robertson’s journey to faith and the Felix Arnott Prize

At this year’s graduation ceremony, the Australian College of Theology (ACT) bestowed a special award, the Felix Arnott Prize, on one of our 2019 graduates. The Felix Arnott Prize is conferred upon the Bachelor of Theology student who achieved the highest overall marks (the best GPA) of every student in...

Mission Exposure Week

Coming to BST I knew that I would have to take part in Mission Exposure Week, and I had been dreading it since I first enrolled. I had never been on missions before, but knew the experience would involve a lot of things that would take me far out of...

Millennials and the future Asian church

In his provocative book, The Future is Asian (2019), Parag Khanna argues that while the nineteenth century could be characterised as the ‘European’ century, and the twentieth century the ‘American’ century, the twenty first century will be shown to have been the ‘Asian’ century. He notes that Asia represents half...

Fearless

“Pray . . . that I will fearlessly make known the mystery of the gospel”  (Ephesians 6:19) It is just a few days since the world was rocked by the news of bombings in Sri Lanka, detonated by religious extremists, killing hundreds. That same day I stood at the Mt Tambourine...

That time of year again: the cicadas are about to sing

He was speechless. I'd asked Mat what his four years at college had meant to him. He couldn't answer. He choked up. The tears formed. His grief at the prospect of leaving BST could not have been more eloquent. Somehow he managed to testify to the way his life had been...

God owes you no favours

C.T. Studd is a legend in cross-cultural evangelism. C.T. Studd is a superstar of mission. Born in England in 1860, into a family of wealth and privilege. Educated at Eton and Cambridge. A rising star of English cricket. In fact played in the 1882 match won by Australia, which was...

Refuge in the overwhelm

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...