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‘You believe in God? Even in the God of the Bible? Are you stupid?’ If you are in frequent contact with atheists at your workplace or in your neighbourhood, these questions might sound familiar to you. Many people claim that either you are a rational person or you can have blind faith in God. In this Master Class, we want to debunk this myth. We will argue why plausibility is worldview-dependent. We will have a look at how shortcut arguments usually get the whole thing wrong. And we will examine arguments for a personal God and for the Christian God especially.

‘You believe in God? Even in the God of the Bible? Are you stupid?’ If you are in frequent contact with atheists at your workplace or in your neighbourhood, these questions might sound familiar to you. Many people claim that either you are a rational person or you can have blind faith in God. In this Master Class, we want to debunk this myth. We will argue why plausibility is worldview-dependent. We will have a look at how shortcut arguments usually get the whole thing wrong. And we will examine arguments for a personal God and for the Christian God especially.

A literal reading of the first chapters of Genesis suggests that animal and plant species can be grouped into kinds, such that species within the same kind have a common ancestry, whereas species from different kinds do not. This is often referred to as baraminology. This talk reviews some recent genetics and other research on baraminology, the purpose of which is to identify Biblical kinds. Then, we zoom into human ancestry and give arguments for why humans are their own kind, with a unique ancestry from a first-created human pair.

The church is not merely an organization but a living organism. Churches must equip 'every member' ministry because the most fruitful evangelism and mission often happen as the church scatters into neighbourhoods and networks beyond the church’s organisational reach. 

How to lead in ministry and meet the needs of others is often a clearer and less exhausting path than being a good spouse and parent. Why can it be so much easier to be the person your ministry expects you to be than the one your spouse expects you to be? Gospel transformation is common to the lives of all believers. This talk aims to identify the barriers that sometimes keep us from living as our transformed selves at home to the same degree we do in our ministries.

Undeceptions is Australia’s most downloaded religion podcast, with nearly 3 million downloads and a growing audience across Asia, the US, and Europe. John Dickson (the founder and host of the show) is seeking to bring a big-hearted traditional Christianity to today’s thoughtful doubter. This talk is a conversation with Dr. Dickson about how podcasting provides the perfect platform for the Christian faith today.