Brisbane School of Theology

Navigating Faith in a Hostile Culture: Insights from Darrell Bock

At our recent Public Lecture and Q&A session, renowned New Testament scholar Darrell Bock addressed a pressing question: How should we interact with a culture that is either indifferent or openly hostile to faith? In his talk, “Anchored Faith, Changing Culture: Christianity in a Diverse World,” Bock examined six New Testament passages, advocating for a relational approach to cultural engagement characterised by compassion, respect, and kindness. He emphasised that, unlike the divisive culture wars of recent times, this approach mirrors Jesus’ own method of addressing us—not as adversaries to defeat or problems to solve, but as lost sheep in need of a caring shepherd.

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Pastor Grace Lung

BSci (Comp Sci), GradDipDiv, MA (ChrStds)

DIRECTOR

Grace grew up in Sydney in a large Chinese church. Since then she has served at various Chinese churches over the years in youth, students, young workers and women. Her passion and interest is contextualizing the gospel to Asian Australians and developing Asian churches in Australia. Grace is a graduate of Sydney Missionary and Bible College and Fuller Theological Seminary. Her study focussed on Chinese Australian identity and ministry.

Her previous roles have included: Director for Asian Contextual Engagement for the RICE Movement, Team Member for Interserve Culture Connect and OMF QLD’s Ministry Team. She was an Anglican Deaconness Ministries Summer Fellow in 2019. Her writing has appeared on the SOLA Network, Gospel Coalition Australia, Centered: Resources for the Asian American Church, Common Grace and Ethos: EA Centre for Christianity and Society.

In addition to her role as Director of CAC, Grace is also serving as a pastor alongside her husband, Chris, at Rise Alliance Church – a new church plant servicing the Rochedale area.