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Why does the Gospel of John begin Jesus’ public ministry with the cleansing of the temple, while the Synoptics place it at the end? Is this a historical variation—or is John inviting us to see something deeper? What if the structure of the Gospel itself is part of its message? This talk explores a compelling theological vision: that the Gospel of John is intentionally shaped as a literary and theological temple, with resurrection as its interpretive key. Far from being a loose collection of stories, John’s Gospel unfolds with striking coherence, artistry, and aesthetic intentionality.

Church is designed to be a beautiful community of Christ-centred love where those inside the church are helped to persevere and grow, and those outside are shown the goodness of God. But how do we help our churches become those communities of transformational love? Through praying, teaching, role-modelling, and serving, we each have a role to play. In this session, we encourage each other to be intentional about caring for one another well.

We are called to be involved in politics and the public square, but how should Christians do so in a way that is distinctive to the world? Our motivations, behaviours, and ambitions will be different to the world around us. Why is this important, and how do we get involved or stay in the game? Is there a difference between those called to front-line politics versus working as an official or advisor, and how do you decide what political party to get involved in?

What does it mean to be an evangelist? What are some common misconceptions about evangelism? In this talk, we consider what Scripture has to say about the crucial work of evangelists.

This two-part series provides a general understanding of the concepts, methods, and technologies underpinning artificial intelligence (AI), including recent innovations that have enabled entirely new capabilities. We provide examples of exciting applications as well as discuss the limitations and potential misuse of AI. A key objective is to equip ministry leaders to (a) harness new AI applications fully and appropriately and (b) bring a Christian perspective to discussions about the use of AI and its impacts on our communities and society at large.

Without knowing it, during a typical day, we all encounter many of the most important natural scientists from history. Surprisingly, the Christian faith meant something personal to many of them, as illustrated by their own words in this talk. Among them is Galileo about whose personal faith we don’t know much. But a persistent myth is that he had proven that the Earth revolves around the sun. Galileo himself knew very well that he had not. Scientifically Tycho Brahe's geoheliocentric model was held to be the correct one long after Galileo had passed away.