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How Stupid Do You Have to Be to Believe in God: A Matter of Worldview

22 Mar 2025 | Alexander Fink

"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.

The Bushes of Life Model and Human Ancestry in the Light of Genetics Data

27 May 2024 | Ola Hossjer

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 Gospel on the Big Screen: How Cinema Serves as a Cultural Touchpoint for the Gospel

26 May 2024 | Philip Miller

If we look carefully, we will find echoes of the Gospel embedded in many of the great stories and films of our culture. From Marvel’s Endgame, Disney’s Frozen, Pixar’s Toy Story, and Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice, the Gospel is woven into the fabric of these compelling storylines. How can we learn to recognize these Gospel moments? What are their main features? Why do they keep arising, even in secular storytelling? And what would it look like to leverage them in evangelism and apologetics?

Equipping for Missional Living

29 May 2024 | Ed Stetzer

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 Keep Going in the Face of Opposition: The Heart of the Evangelist

26 May 2024 | Avi Snyder

A compassionate and clear presentation of the Gospel message will always bring about three results. Some people will be drawn to God, others will be driven away, and some will rise up and oppose the Good News. We proclaim the message of salvation with love and compassion, but love is not a safeguard against opposition, as the life and ministry of Jesus Himself clearly show. Opposition of any kind always hurts, and we can be tempted to keep silent or to water down the message in order to avoid that hurt. How then can we share the Gospel despite the opposition without losing heart?

Why It’s Often Easier to Live Out the Gospel in Ministry than in Your Marriage

27 May 2024 | Bill Cavness

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.

Understanding the Images in Revelation in Their First Century Context

28 May 2024 | René Breuel

The book of Revelation depicts a compelling picture of God’s sovereign rule over heaven and earth. The author paints pictures with words, using symbols and images to carry and embody God’s message to suffering churches under Rome’s thumb. Yet John’s artistic style can feel obscure to us today. The first readers would have readily understood the significance and weight of John’s imagery because they shared a common cultural and political context. This talk explores many of Revelation’s images and allusions using the historical and cultural lenses of the Roman Empire in the first century.

Podcasting to a Post-Christian World

26 May 2024 | John Dickson

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.

Collective Trauma and Narrative

28 May 2024 | Snezana Andjelic

What is collective trauma? How do things like wars and natural catastrophes impact a whole community? In this talk, we explore what collective trauma is and how understanding it can help us support people in breaking the circle of violence and loyalty to a destructive community.