Cross-cultural training in a classroom can indeed seem dry, irrelevant, and even at times counterproductive or confusing, so why do it?
Students from Oak Hill are sent all over the world. As our class of 2024 graduate, we caught up with two students heading in very different directions about their time at college and prayers for the future.
An Oak Hill graduate with long experience of different cultures thinks through wise approaches to names when someone from a Muslim background comes to faith in Christ.
Our recent podcast episode considered the idea of characterisation in John’s Gospel – asking how does John invite us to consider the role different characters play in the Gospel and how is he forming us as readers through that?
In this post we’ll share some of the major works that can help dig deeper into these things.
Paul’s letter to the Galatians might not be the first place we turn for a model of pastoral ministry. It might even be the last place we’d think to go, given its dense theological arguments and Paul’s exasperated tone. And yet in many ways it is a shining example and defence of authentic ministry.
It's uncommon to hear Christian preaching or training on how to engage with shops and restaurants, but for many non-Westerners shops are an outflow of their communities. With this in mind, how can churches work together to reach these mission fields?
Matthew Sleeman reflects on an evening with clergy and bishops from the Diocese of London discussing changes surrounding marriage and same-sex-attracted relationships commended by the recent General Synod.
Can even the humblest believer in Christ
know more about God than the most profound philosopher without a faith in Christ?
Dr. Alden McCray reflects on this from a series of Lent addresses by Thomas Aquinas.
To follow on from the recent podcast on world mission and the local church, here is a guest blog from Chris Howles, who from his own experience, shares his personal ‘top ten tips’ for healthy links between missionaries and their sending church.
Following on from our recent Deep Roots Podcast episode on 1 and 2 Thessalonians, Dr Sydney Tooth showcases some of the pastoral insights these two letters offer us.
Chris Stead unpacks his list of significant books that have shaped his journey as a Christian, student, pastor, and theological educator, and explains why we might want to consider reading them too.
Church history traditionally sits alongside biblical studies, systematic theology, and practical theology as one of the four main areas for study and reflection. And yet, unlike the other three, which all have a fairly straightforward and obvious relevance for the training of future church leaders, the need for church history sometimes seems less obvious. So, why do we bother with it?
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