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?
“Therefore I despise myself and repent in dust and ashes” is the very last thing Job says to God. It’s only when we take into account everything else Job has said up to this point that we can understand why it matters so much, and why we might find ourselves saying something similar, and similarly beautiful.
Following the news that former Oak Hill Principal Gordon Bridger went to be with the Lord just before Christmas, we asked one of his students, Mike Smith, now vicar of St John’s Hartford, to share some memories of him.
'Life is a minestrone' sang 10cc, ‘… a mixture of everything we pile in there.’ In this blog piece Oak Hill's Director of Global Mission David Baldwin evaluates globalisation, how it might complicate ministry, and how it could help us embrace new possibilities.
Eric Ortlund reviews Andrew Naselli's book: The Serpent and the Serpent Slayer, which traces that theme across the Bible's storyline, describing it as the reality to which every other dragon-slaying, evil-conquering epic points.
In the eighth part of our series, Alden McCray, Lecturer in Systematic Theology and Church History, reviews the significant role old books have in broadening modern theological education.
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