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Articles Cath Fisher
The (Devil of a) smell is in the detail

I arrived at my destination. My car had suitcases full of books and I had enough food (and chocolate) to last me five days....

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Articles Alex Prentice
A not so happily ever after

Everyone loves a happy ending. The good guy (or gal) wins. The hard work pays off. The mission is a success. Sure, it can...

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Articles Dr Derek Brotherson
Becoming all things to all people: How far is too far?

In 2010, my wife and I moved our family to a Muslim-majority context to serve as cross-cultural missionaries. We had just graduated from SMBC,...

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Articles Matt Vander Heiden
The sweet smell of success

Several years ago now, I was talking to a newly enrolled student at the Bible College I was working at in Portugal, when I...

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Articles Dr Janson Condren
Of gods, kings and kids’ church leaders

What image immediately pops into your head when you read “strong leader”? I picture someone who’s out front in the battle lines, poised with...

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Articles Dr Tim Silberman
Our churches’ untapped experts

My friend James* is constantly speaking to non-Christians about Jesus. He invites them to his house, tells them the gospel, and has seen many...

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Articles Rev Dr Karl Deenick
2 Corinthians always makes it onto my list

A few times over lunches or dinners at SMBC someone has asked a question like: “If you were trapped on a deserted island and...

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Articles Rev Dr Ian Maddock
John Wesley: Dignity in simplicity

Wesley’s natural habitats were the libraries and the lecture halls of Oxford, not the English coal mining towns of Bristol and Newcastle where he...

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Articles Anna Brotherson
Work: A chasing after the wind?

There’s a story about a young fisherman sitting on a beach on a sunny day, looking out over the rolling waves, listening to the...

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Articles Dr Alan Thompson
Is there more to thankfulness?

When I was studying at a seminary in Chicago, I got to know an overseas student who I seemed to cross paths with regularly...

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Articles Dr Mark Stephens
Don’t sip the Bible. Binge it.

The shuffle button. We’re all familiar with the shuffle button. When you open up Spotify, or whichever music app takes your fancy, there’s nearly...

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Stories SMBC
Georg Haemmerle: God is at work in Dornbirn Austria

SMBC graduate Georg Haemmerle reflects on how his theological training at SMBC gave him solid foundations for his children's and youth ministry in his...

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