🎙️ S3E14 — The Alf Stanway Lecture in Mission 2025
Australian Churches and Intercultural Communities: At Arms-length or Embraced?
Guest Speaker: Dr Enqi Weng & Revd Associate Professor Darrell Jackson
Episode Description
Are Australian churches part of, set apart from, or a form of resistance to their cultural context? What does multiculturalism mean in Australian churches today, given global polarisation and rising ethno-nationalism? This public lecture engages with these pressing questions as contemporary churches face multiple challenges, including building disciples and communities amidst cultural diversity.
Dr Enqi Weng will draw on her postdoctoral research findings to present key findings on the state of multiculturalism in Australia today to consider some of these opportunities and challenges. These findings are based on two Australian Research Council projects on which she worked as a Research Fellow, that examined social service provision to multicultural communities and how religiously and culturally diverse communities thrive across differences. Rev. Associate Professor Darrell Jackson will offer a missiological response, exploring how churches might reimagine their theological framing of, and pastoral engagement with, increasing cultural diversity.
We aim for this lecture to be dialogical, so that we may collectively propose ways to live well together across differences.
Speaker
Dr Enqi Weng
Dr Enqi Weng is a Teaching Fellow at the School of Communication and Creative Arts, and a Research Fellow at the Alfred Deakin Institute for Citizenship and Globalisation, Deakin University; and an Honorary Research Associate at Whitley College, University of Divinity. She has 12 years of research experience working on government- and industry-funded projects. Her research interest lies in intercultural relationships and communications, especially how discourses and narratives shape the way we perceive and relate to each other. Born in Singapore and prior to academia, she was a communications practitioner with experience in marketing communications, branding and stakeholder relations. She is the Managing Editor of the Journal of Religion, Media and Digital Culture, and was Vice President of the Australian Academic Association for the Study of Religion. More: www.enqiweng.com
Revd Associate Professor Darrell Jackson
Darrell has been the Principal of Whitley College, University of Divinity, since August 2024.
Darrell grew up in the Isle of Man, came to faith there in 1972, and was baptised in 1979. He gained a BA at London School of Theology, was ordained as a Baptist pastor in 1989, and graduated with a Th.D. from the University of Birmingham in 2009. A former pastor, denominational leader, and missionary, he has been a full-time missiological educator since 2007, moving to Australia in 2012 to take up a role at Morling College.
He has served on the Boards of various mission-related organisations including the Lausanne movement, the World Evangelical Alliance, and Missions Interlink. He is currently chair of the Baptist Doctrine and Christian Unity Commission of the Baptist World Alliance, and vice-chair of European Christian Mission International.
His most recent publications include chapters on ‘Theology’ in Edinburgh University Press’s Companions to Global Christianity Series, Christianity in Oceania, and ‘Diaspora and the Redefinition of European Christianity in the Twenty-First Century’ in Entangling Web: The Fractious Story of Christianity in Europe (2024).
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🎙️ S3E13— Paul, Papyri, and Prayer: A Conversation with Dr Gillian Asquith
Episode Description
In this episode of the Ridley College Podcast, Dr Gillian Asquith, Academic Dean at Melbourne School of Theology, joins Revd Dr Mike Bird, Deputy Principal, to explore the fascinating intersection of archaeology, ancient letters, and biblical language. Drawing from her recent Leon Morris Lecture and upcoming book Paul’s Letter Openings: An Analysis of High Register Language (Cambridge University Press), Gillian reveals how everyday papyri from Oxyrhynchus shed light on Paul’s pastoral heart and linguistic creativity. From solemn oaths to surprising word choices, this episode uncovers how Paul’s greetings were anything but routine—and why biblical languages still matter today.
Dr Gillian Asquith
Gillian Asquith grew up in England and studied Oriental Studies at the University of Oxford. She taught in schools in England and Australia before moving into theological studies. She has tutored at Ridley College, taught at the Presbyterian Theological College and lectured in Early Christianity at the Australian Catholic University (ACU). Gillian is now Academic Dean at Melbourne School of Theology (MST), lecturing in Greek and New Testament. Gillian developed MST’s archaeology study tour program and is at her happiest when hot and dirty with a trowel in her hand. Gillian’s doctoral thesis won the ACU Vice Chancellor’s Prize for Excellence in Doctoral Training and will be published later this year by Cambridge University Press.
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🎙️ S3E12— Unveiling the Song: Kamina Wüst on Love, Desire, and Divine Jealousy
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In this compelling episode of the Ridley College Podcast, faculty member Hannah Craven sits down with biblical scholar Kamina Wüst to explore the Song of Songs—one of Scripture’s most enigmatic and provocative books. Drawing from her PhD research and recent teaching at the Ridley Preachers Conference, Kamina unpacks the poetic, theological, and cultural layers of the text, challenging long-held assumptions about Solomon, sexuality, and spiritual fidelity. With insights into Hebrew language, ancient Near Eastern poetry, and the powerful voice of the female protagonist, this episode offers a fresh and faithful reading of a book often misunderstood—and rarely preached.
Dr Kamina Wüst
Kamina is an Old Testament scholar and teacher with a special interest in the Song of Songs and ‘Solomonic’ literature. After writing a college essay on the topic ‘What is the Song of Songs about?’ she couldn't stop thinking about it, so she completed a PhD (at Moore College). An accessible version of her findings has been published as a Matthias Bible Guide (for which she is also the OT series editor) and as a set of Bible studies, both available through Matthias Media.
Outside of academia, she works as a writer and as a business mentor to freelancers in the creative industries. She is married to another writer and they live in Brisbane with their little boy. She can be contacted through www.kaminawust.com
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🎙️ S3E11— Translating the Word: A Conversation with Dr Andrew Abernethy
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In this episode of the Ridley College Podcast, former principal, Dr Brian Rosner welcomes Dr Andrew Abernethy, Professor of Old Testament at Wheaton College and former Ridley faculty member, for a deep dive into the art and challenge of Bible translation. From revising the Christian Standard Bible to shaping the New Living Translation, Andrew and Brian share behind-the-scenes stories, theological insights, and the challenge of maintaining the delicate balance between faithfulness and readability when translating the Bible. Whether you're a scholar, student, or curious listener, this episode offers a rich and thoughtful look at how Scripture is brought to life in modern language.
Dr Andrew Abernethy, Ph.D.
Dr Abernethy's primary research areas are Isaiah, Psalms, the Latter Prophets, hermeneutics, and biblical theology. He is the President of the Institute for Biblical Research, a member of the New Living Translation translation committee, and a fellow of Every Voice Kingdom Diversity. He has written numerous articles and is also the author of several books: Eating in Isaiah (Brill, 2014), The Book of Isaiah and God’s Kingdom (IVP, 2016), God’s Messiah in the Old Testament (Baker, 2020), Discovering Isaiah (Eerdmans/SPCK, 2021), and Savoring Scripture: A Six-Step Guide to Studying the Bible (IVP Academic, 2022). His book The Prophets in the Baker Handbook on the Old Testament will be published in 2026. Up next for Dr. Abernethy will be an exegetical commentary on the Psalms. Dr. Abernethy is accepting applications for Ph.D. students in the area of Old Testament.
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The Leon Morris Lecture in New Testament Studies 2025
Theme: Paul and Papyri
Guest Speaker: Dr Gillian Asquith
Episode Description
Archaeological excavations in Egypt have unearthed thousands of ancient everyday papyrus documents written in the same kind of Greek as the New Testament. This lecture will demonstrate how these “voices from the sand” shed exciting new light on Paul’s letters.
Speaker
Dr Gillian Asquith grew up in England and studied Oriental Studies at the University of Oxford. She taught in schools in England and Australia before moving into theological studies. She has tutored at Ridley College, taught at the Presbyterian Theological College and lectured in Early Christianity at the Australian Catholic University (ACU). Gillian is now Academic Dean at Melbourne School of Theology (MST), lecturing in Greek and New Testament. Gillian developed MST’s archaeology study tour program and is at her happiest when hot and dirty with a trowel in her hand. Gillian’s doctoral thesis won the ACU Vice Chancellor’s Prize for Excellence in Doctoral Training and will be published later this year by Cambridge University Press.
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Peter Corney Lecture in Youth Ministry 2025
Theme: Can I Buy Myself Flowers? Speaking grace and truth to girls growing up in a complex and conflicting world.
Guest Speaker: Dr Fiona Isaacs
Episode Description
In as much as girls are told they are full of girl power, the experience of being a girl is often one of powerlessness, fraught with conflicting pressures and expectations placed upon them from home, the church, school, and social media. God loves girls far too much to let them be anything less than powerful agents in his plan for the redemption of all things. This lecture will explore the experience of being a young woman in Australia today, the pressing needs facing our girls, and practical ways in which those who want to help girls (in school or church) can assist them to confidently find and own a coherent story, grounded in the gospel, of who they are and are called to be.
Speaker
Fiona is the School Chaplain at Tara Anglican School for Girls in Parramatta. Her Doctor of Ministry thesis explored tensions between the formation of virtue and developing agency in teenage girls in Anglican Schools. In addition, she holds degrees in Theology, Education & Physics. She is the lead writer and editor for the School Ministry newsletter “Hope for the Hopeless” and a lay preacher at St Marks Darling Point, in Sydney.
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The Charles Perry Lecture in Melbourne Evangelical History 2025
Marvellous Melbourne: A Representative Denominational Society in the Nineteenth-Century Evangelical World
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This lecture highlights the distinctive evangelical character of “Marvellous Melbourne” in the nineteenth century. As the richest city in the world at the time, Melbourne’s denominations embodied a vision for church and society, which has had powerful and ongoing impact, and is most clearly represented in the design of the Melbourne General Cemetery.
Speaker
David Bebbington is Emeritus Professor of History at the University of Stirling in Scotland, and a leading historian of evangelical history, after whom the “Bebbington Quadrilateral” is named. An undergraduate and postgraduate at Jesus College, Cambridge (1968-73), he subsequently became a research fellow of Fitzwilliam College, Cambridge (1973-76). From 1976 he taught at the University of Stirling, where from 1999 to 2019 he was Professor of History. He now serves as Director of the Evangelical Studies Program at Baylor’s Institute for Studies of Religion. He is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh. His publications include Evangelicalism in Modern Britain (1989), The Mind of Gladstone: Religion, Homer and Politics (2004); Patterns in History: A Christian Perspective on Historical Thought (4th edn, 2018), Baptists through the Centuries: A History of a Global People (2nd edn, 2018) and The Evangelical Quadrilateral (2 vols, 2021).
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This episode features Sam Allberry, who preached on Gender, Sexuality, and the Church at Ridley Chapel on 20 May 2025.
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Pursuing a PhD for God’s Glory is a two part series where Dr. Mike Bird sat down with two recent Ridley PhD graduates – Dr. Joseph Byamukama (Fount Church and Team Leader at Veracity Fount, Kampala, Uganda) and Dr. Amber Dillon (Denver Seminary, Colorado, USA) – to discuss their experiences at Ridley College, their journeys into scholarship, and the life of faith.
In this episode, we hear from Dr. Amber Dillion, who shares her story of a happy accident that led to her starting her PhD journey and now teaching at Denver Seminary.
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Pursuing a PhD for God’s Glory is a two part series where Dr. Mike Bird sat down with two recent Ridley PhD graduates – Dr. Joseph Byamukama (Fount Church and Team Leader at Veracity Fount, Kampala, Uganda) and Dr. Amber Dillon (Denver Seminary, Colorado, USA) – to discuss their experiences at Ridley College, their journeys into scholarship, and the life of faith.
In this episode, Dr. Joseph shares his aspirations to plant churches in Uganda and to resource the Ugandan church.
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In today’s podcast, Kate Beer met with a panel of members from the 2023 Pastoral Supervision training cohort. The panelists share what led them to apply for supervision training, their experiences during the training and how the training has impacted their work in their respective ministries. The group also discuss the joys, benefits and challenges of undertaking supervision training, and their experiences and future plans regarding supervision in their respective ministries. The conversation ends with a reflection on the impact of pastoral supervision on their lives and the importance of noticing and responding to the needs of others in everyday life.
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Revd Dr Scott Harrower talks with Andy Judd about his new book, Trauma and Recovery in Early North African Christianity. While many see church history as a dry compulsory subject, Scott's trademark pastoral approach helps us see how God has worked in the lives of Christians like us across the ages, and how our own Christian communities can learn from martyrs like Perpetua and Felicity (AD 203) about the resources for dealing with traumatic events.
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What's next in ministry for children and young people in Australia? This episode reflects on the current state of ministry among children and young people in Australia today, some of the challenges we’re facing, and what could be done to overcome them. Graham Stanton, Director of the Ridley Centre for Children’s and Youth Ministry, is in conversation with Kristina Kettleton, the keynote speaker at the recent Children’s and Youth Ministry Training Day. Kristina has served in youth ministry development and camping ministry for the Anglican Diocese of Tasmania, and is currently a Project Officer in the Reimagining the Future team with the Anglican Diocese of Melbourne, and is the Lead Consultant (Children and Youth) with City to City Australia.
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Revd Canon Dr Rhys Bezzant begins this year as the tenth Principal of Ridley College. He sits down in this interview with Andy Judd to talk about how he went from a 14-year-old debating against the resurrection of Jesus to training men and women for Christian ministry. He also shares his insights into what makes a good theological college, and what studying theology can provide that you can't get on the internet.
Children's and Youth Ministry Training Day 2025
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Brian Rosner's Farewell as Principal Public Lecture
Strengthened By The Gospel: The Purpose of Romans and the Future of Ridley College
This is a recording of Brian Rosner's farewell as principal public lecture, held on the evening of Wednesday, 16 October 2024. His lecture theme was “Strengthened by the Gospel: The Purpose of Romans and the Future of Ridley College.”
About Brian Rosner
Brian is a New Testament scholar of international standing, having contributed to many of the major journals and supervised over a dozen PhDs. He is a member of the Studiorum Novi Testamenti Societas (the international society of New Testament scholars), a member the Holman Christian Standard Bible Translation Oversight Committee, a Humboldt fellow in Germany, and is the author or editor of numerous books.
Brian will finish up as Principal of Ridley College at the end of 2024, after twelve years of distinguished service. He will then take a year away from the college to focus on his writing and research and return as a faculty member in 2026.
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Dr Katherine Firth was a guest speaker at our 2024 Women's Writing Retreat and joins us on the podcast to share her new book "Writing Well and Being Well for Your PhD and Beyond: How to Cultivate a Strong and Sustainable Writing Practice for Life" (Routledge, 2023). Dr Firth is head of Lisa Bellear house, a residential hall at Melbourne University, and author or co-author of several books on academic writing, and a recent monograph Martin Luther and the Arts (Brill, 2023).
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Song of Songs: A metaphor for God and the church or a celebration of sexuality?
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One of the most beautiful parts of the Bible, Christians often do not know what to do with the Song of Songs. Is it a metaphor for God and the church? A celebration of human sexuality? Or something else? In this panel discussion, Dr Kamina Wüst and Dr Lindsay Wilson help us appreciate this precious piece of Scripture.
This webinar is part of the Ridley Online Old Testament Prophets and Writings Unit (OT002D).
About Dr Kamina Wüst
Kamina Wüst completed a PhD on the Song of Songs at Moore Theological College exploring previously under-recognised connections between the Song and other parts of the Hebrew Bible. She lectures by invitation at theological colleges, consults for churches on teaching the Song of Songs, and speaks for conferences and podcasts. She has worked as a freelance writer and editor since 2016 and is the Old Testament Series Editor for Matthias Bible Guides, in which she also wrote the volume on the Song of Songs. Kamina lives in Brisbane, Australia and can be contacted through kaminawust.com.
About Dr Lindsay Wilson
Lindsay grew up in Sydney and worked as a lawyer for five years before undertaking studies at Moore Theological College. He is strongly committed to the importance of theological education, good biblical preaching, and student ministry as strategic priorities in the spread of the gospel and the building up of God’s people. Lindsay has been at Ridley since 1991 and will retire in 2024 (33 Years!).
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Tamie Davis was at Ridley for this year's Alf Stanway lecture in mission. In this episode, Hannah Craven sits down with Tamie to learn a bit more about her research, to dig a bit deeper into the "Mafanikio" theology of Tanzanian Christian women, and to reflect on the value of missiological thinking in our Christian lives and ministry.
About Dr Tamie Davis:
Dr Tamie Davis is a missiologist who served in Tanzania for 10 years, partnering with the Tanzania Fellowship of Evangelical Students. She is a Mentor with the Angelina Noble Centre and Mobilisation Lead for CMS SANT. Her PhD explored the prosperity theology of a group of Tanzanian women.
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In this episode, Deputy Principal: Academic, Revd Dr Mike Bird, chatted with faculty member Dr Andrew Malone about his book, To Walk and to Please God: A Theology of 1 and 2 Thessalonians. This book explores 1 and 2 Thessalonians and highlights the life cycle of Christian discipleship—turning away from idols, trusting in the gospel message, having hope that the Lord will return, and continually pleasing the one true God until that return.
Check out Andrew's book.
To Walk and to Please God: A Theology of 1 and 2 Thessalonians
Andrew Malone
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Episode: 12
The Alf Stanway Lecture in Mission 2024
Pleasure, Pain.... And Prosperity: Advancing The Mission Conversation In Australia
Guest Speaker: Dr Tamie Davis
Description:
Majority World theology is growing as the Spirit of Christ grows God's people in both breadth and depth. What might Christianity in Australia stand to gain from it? This lecture will propose that a Tanzanian theology of prosperity points to a way for God to be known from within Australia’s secular pleasure/pain worldview.
About Dr Tamie Davis:
Dr Tamie Davis is a missiologist who served in Tanzania for 10 years, partnering with the Tanzania Fellowship of Evangelical Students. She is a Mentor with the Angelina Noble Centre and Mobilisation Lead for CMS SANT. Her PhD explored the prosperity theology of a group of Tanzanian women.
Ridley College X CMS Victoria
The Alf Stanway lecture was presented in partnership between Ridley College and CMS Victoria. Recognising long historical links and common gospel vision Ridley College and CMS Victoria are committed to sharing resources and to working together to see a world that knows Jesus.
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