This new unit has been designed to provide clarity about the Gospel, to introduce some categories of systematic thinking around the Gospel, to set evangelism within a ministry of the Gospel more broadly, and to develop skills for evangelistic settings. I will also demonstrate how the Gospel serves as the coordinating centre of all theology and ministry, and especially evangelistic ministry, providing students with an opportunity to integrate personal, corporate and training dimensions of a their studies.

Be equipped to understand and articulate the Christian gospel and worldview, a biblical understanding of Christian ministry and leadership, and the centrality of the gospel in all of Christian life and ministry. This unit will provide you with an understanding of how gospel ministry and the Christian life is evangelistic, and be better equipped to share, commend, and proclaim the gospel.

This unit provides an introduction to some of the most significant tools for reading, interpreting and responding to select highlights of the New Testament, with particular exploration of the gospel of Mark, John’s Gospel, Acts, Romans, Corinthians, Hebrews and Revelation.

Journey through Israel’s history as God’s people face his inevitable judgment, are forced into exile from the promised land, cry out for his deliverance, and long for a time of peace and restoration. Imagine what it was like to be uprooted from the land God had given his people, or how it felt to be a prophet called to preach judgment to people who shunned God’s messengers. Marvel at the unparalleled beauty of the psalms, the deep insights of wisdom literature and the strange inventiveness of apocalyptic writing. While Israel despairs at its situation, see God set forth his promises, marry justice and mercy, and continue fulfilling his plan for the time when all people will call on his name. This foundational subject helps us to appreciate the richness and relevance of the Old Testament.

Leaders are made, not born. This unit will serve as a basis for your personal leadership development and effective organisational management. Whether you will be leading a Christian not-for-profit, a corporate organisation, or a church, you will learn theory, skills and tools to transform organisations, empower people, and manage yourself effectively. In the style of a mini-MBA, Principles of Leadership and Management will give you skills across a range of key leadership and management competencies. There is a particular focus on developing a transformational leadership style that embodies integrity, strategic focus and empowerment to promote growth and change.

This unit is designed to help students grow in confidence to use an Anglican Prayer Book effectively in pastoral and evangelistic settings.

This unit provides an introduction to some of the most significant tools for reading, interpreting and responding to select highlights of the New Testament, with particular exploration of the gospel of Mark, John’s Gospel, Acts, Romans, Corinthians, Hebrews and Revelation.

Journey through Israel’s history as God’s people face his inevitable judgment, are forced into exile from the promised land, cry out for his deliverance, and long for a time of peace and restoration. Imagine what it was like to be uprooted from the land God had given his people, or how it felt to be a prophet called to preach judgment to people who shunned God’s messengers. Marvel at the unparalleled beauty of the psalms, the deep insights of wisdom literature and the strange inventiveness of apocalyptic writing. While Israel despairs at its situation, see God set forth his promises, marry justice and mercy, and continue fulfilling his plan for the time when all people will call on his name. This foundational subject helps us to appreciate the richness and relevance of the Old Testament.

What are the core doctrines of the Christian faith? What does it mean to say God is Trinity or that Jesus is the Christ? How should we understand the role and nature of the Holy Spirit? The Church? Jesus himself? Through the lens of a number of historical Creeds, this unit gives students undertaking a one year course the opportunity to lay down some theological foundation stones for the rest of their lives and ministry.

In post-Christian Australia, Christians must become missionaries in their own nation, but how might our culture shape the way the gospel is told?

This unit pushes students to see, perhaps for the first time, the thick cultural lenses through which we view the world. It also challenges us to see the way our understanding of the gospel is framed by our history, background and socio-cultural environment. But far from posing a threat to the gospel we know and love, this new insight allows us to appreciate the richness of the gospel like never before and the capacity to bring it with new power to the Australian sub-cultures which we engage.

In this unit, students will seek to understand how the gospel speaks into and subverts different Australian sub-cultures, including suburban, battler, urban and first-generation immigrant cultures. Students will be given the opportunity to conduct ‘cultural exegesis’ in the field, to develop their skills in contextualisation.

This unit is about rethinking assumptions, developing greater cultural sensitivity and humility when approaching another culture, and forcing oneself to stop, look and listen: skills that will stay with you for life.

This unit provides an introduction to the sources, methods and conclusions of historical Jesus research, with a view to equipping us to better engage with contemporary society around those questions.

When studying the Bible, you can’t get more foundational than Genesis. Atheist naturalism, young-earth creationism, old-earth creationism… there are so many perspectives on the origins of the universe, some shaped by the Bible, others not. It’s a matter of contemporary debate between atheists and Christians, and even among Bible scholars, opinion differs greatly on how to understand the first few chapters of Genesis. This unit takes a look at the variety of views on offer, getting to the heart of what we can and can’t say about creation from the biblical text. It also looks at the Abraham and Joseph stories, giving students the opportunity to learn how to read Hebrew narrative, explore which theological ideas can be drawn from Genesis and how to preach and apply these ancient stories.