AQF: 6/7/8/9, hybrid
INTENSIVE
Lecture Week: Monday 4 – Friday 8 July 2022
NT016-612i/712i/812i + NT206-912i (Specialised Studies)
Ever wish you'd been there with Jesus, listening to him in action and even eavesdropping on his conversation with his Father? John was there and left us his eyewitness record. The Gospel of John is unique: simple and accessible, but also complex and profound. Its purpose, according to John, is ‘that you may believe Jesus is the Messiah, the Son of God, and by believing you may have life in His name’ (John 20:31)...
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AQF: 8/9 hybrid, Prerequisites apply
INTENSIVE
Lecture Week: Monday 4 - Friday 8 July 2022
PC070-812i/912i + PC205-912i (Capstone)
All churches and Christian organisations are at the same moment human entities which need to be well organised and wisely led, and spiritual entities which need to be guided and empowered by the Holy Spirit as they serve the Lord Jesus. This means they need both the best of leadership and management practice, and the unique insights into leadership that come from Scripture and the mission of God’s kingdom...
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AQF: 8, hybrid
SEMESTER 2 2022
Monday Daytime Unit
NT002-812
The church is far from perfect; whether we have in mind the early church or the church today. How did the church get started? What issues did those first Christians struggle with? How did God use his people to spread the light of the gospel from its beginnings in Judea and Jerusalem to the very heart of the Roman Empire?..
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AQF: 6/7/8/9, on-campus
SEMESTER 2 2022
Monday Daytime Unit
OT020-612/712/812 + OT205-912 (Capstone) + OT206-912 (Specialised Studies)
We live in beautiful but broken world, a world full of blessing and loss. In every circumstance, we are called to trust in a God who is sovereign and good, a God who has promised to save and protect his people. How do we respond when our prayers to God go unanswered? How do we live faithfully before God in times of blessing and in times of loss?..
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AQF: 6/7/8/9, on-campus
SEMESTER 2 2022
Monday Daytime Unit
OT021-612/712/812 + OT205-912 (Capstone) + OT206-912 (Specialised Studies)
We live in beautiful but broken world, a world full of blessing and loss. In every circumstance, we are called to trust in a God who is sovereign and good, a God who has promised to save and protect his people. How do we respond when our prayers to God go unanswered? How do we live faithfully before God in times of blessing and in times of loss?..
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AQF: 6/7/8, on-campus
SEMESTER 2 2022
Monday Evening Unit - Northern Beaches Centre
NT018-612/712/812
The apostle Paul was one of the most zealous evangelists and clearest thinkers in the early church. What we know about him comes from the Acts of the Apostles and from the letters that make up a large part of our New Testament. Our world is fast becoming as pagan as it was in Paul’s time. With individual Christians and churches exhibiting many of the problems that he addressed, his letters are of crucial importance to the modern church. They enable us to respond to those issues in a godly and courageous way, and remain faithful to Christ and his gospel in our own age...
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AQF: 6/8, off-campus
SEMESTER 2 2022
Monday Evening Unit
LA006-612/812
In this unit we continue our introduction and experience in reading the language in which the New Testament was written. This prepares you to read straightforward parts of the Greek New Testament for yourself, be equipped for consulting New Testament commentaries based on the Greek text and reading books which discuss or refer to Greek words and expressions...
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AQF: 6/7/8, on-campus
SEMESTER 2 2022
Tuesday Daytime Unit
PC003-612/712/812
Christian ministry is grounded in God’s love for people in the gospel of Jesus Christ. That means Christian ministry is necessarily about loving and caring for people, so that they love and trust Christ. Ministry to people can be challenging at the best of times, especially when people are faced with crises and tragedies...
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AQF: 6/7/8, on-campus
SEMESTER 2 2022
Tuesday Daytime Unit
TH002-612/712/812
Theology affects all of life. It is intensely practical. It answers the meaning of life questions such as, 'Who am I? What is my purpose? How can I live well?' – by stepping back to see the centrality of God himself to our lives and the universe. As Augustine said, 'You have made us for yourself, O Lord, and our heart is restless until it rests in you.'...
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AQF: 6/8, on-campus
SEMESTER 2 2022
Tuesday + Thursday Daytime Unit
LA006-612/812
In this unit we continue our introduction and experience in reading the language in which the New Testament was written. This prepares you to read straightforward parts of the Greek New Testament for yourself, be equipped for consulting New Testament commentaries based on the Greek text and reading books which discuss or refer to Greek words and expressions. New Testament Greek is a prerequisite for the study of degree New Testament units with Greek exegesis in the Bachelor of Theology and Master of Divinity...
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AQF: 6/7/8/9, on-campus
SEMESTER 2 2022
Tuesday Daytime Unit
EM014-612/712/812 + EM205-912 (Capstone) + EM206-912 (Specialised Studies)
Are you teaching, training, or discipling anyone from a different cultural background than your own? Or do you think you might be in the next few years? If so, this unit is designed to equip you to do this well...
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AQF: 5/6/8, hybrid
SEMESTER 2 2022
Tuesday Evening Unit
CH002-512/612/812
We can only properly make sense of our present if we understand our past. Our numerous Protestant denominations only make sense if we understand the Reformation of the 16th Century. Whether we identify ourselves as modern or post-modern, we are indebted to the Enlightenment of the 18th Century. Our ability to understand the American Presidential race depends in part on how well we have grasped the rise of fundamentalism in the 19th Century...
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AQF: 6/7/8/9, on-campus
SEMESTER 2 2022
Wednesday Daytime Unit
EM021-612/712/812 + EM205-912 (Capstone)
Over 4 billion people in the world follow traditional religions, Hinduism, Buddhism, or Islam. Perhaps God has given you an interest in helping people in these religions find Jesus? This unit will help you do that. In it, we explore the basic beliefs, practices, and some deeply held assumptions of Animists, Hindus, Buddhists, and Muslims...
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AQF: 5/6/8, hybrid
SEMESTER 2 2022
Wednesday Daytime Unit
OT002-512/612/812
'Get Wisdom. Though it cost all you have, get understanding.’ (Proverbs 4:7). Would you like to grow in your understanding of the Old Testament’s wisdom and prophecy books? Would you like to deepen your knowledge of God, as well as be equipped with tools for doing your own study and teaching of some of the least read books of the Bible?..
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AQF: 6/7/8/9, hybrid
SEMESTER 2 2022
Wednesday Daytime Unit
NT024-612/712/812 + NT205-912 (Capstone) + NT206-912 (Specialised Studies)
Want to explore in more depth the thorny issues raised in Paul's letter to the Corinthians and the theological depth of Hebrews? How did the values in 1st century Corinth impact the Corinthian church and their view of the Christian life and spiritual gifts? Why did the writer to the Hebrews warn them about falling away?..
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AQF: 6/7/8/9 hybrid
SEMESTER 2 2022
Wednesday Evening Unit
EM060-612/712/812 + EM205-912 (Capstone) + EM206-912 (Specialised Studies)
Our God is a God of mission. The gospel is for people of every nation, tribe and tongue, in Australia and to the ends of the earth. We all affirm it but how should it impact our lives and our churches here? Should we just focus on our own neighbourhood and let others work out the rest? What does it look like to faithfully serve God’s global mission at home? What is our role locally and further afield?...
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AQF: 6/7/8/9, hybrid
SEMESTER 2 2022
Thursday Daytime Unit
NT025-612/712/812 + NT205-912 (Capstone) + NT206-912 (Specialised Studies)
Want to explore in more depth the thorny issues raised in Paul's letter to the Corinthians and the theological depth of Hebrews? How did the values in 1st century Corinth impact the Corinthian church and their view of the Christian life and spiritual gifts? Why did the writer to the Hebrews warn them about falling away?..
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AQF: 6/7/8/9, hybrid
SEMESTER 2 2022
Thursday Daytime Unit
EM026-612/712/812 + EM205-912 (Capstone)
Are you interested in helping a church, or cluster of churches, come into being where they don’t yet exist, and especially where Christ is not known? This unit will help you develop a biblical framework for church planting. We’ll wrestle with the whys, whats, and hows of starting churches from scratch...
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AQF: 6/7/8, hybrid
SEMESTER 2 2022
Thursday Evening Unit
TH001-612/712/812
Can we know God? And if so, then how? Who wrote the Bible? Is it a divine book? Or a human book? How reliable and trustworthy is the Bible? Can we rely on it to tell us the truth about all things, or just some things? Does God foreknow the future? All of it, or just some of it? If everything happens according to God's will, why is there still suffering and evil in the world? What exactly does it mean to be created in God's image?...
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AQF: 5, off-campus
SEMESTER 2 2022
Thursday Evening Unit
DE022-512
These 12 interactive, online classes will help you develop a toolkit of fresh ideas, approaches and skills for ministering with children...
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AQF: 5/6, hybrid
SEMESTER 2 2022
Friday Daytime Unit
NT002-512/612
The church is far from perfect; whether we have in mind the early church or the church today. How did the church get started? What issues did those first Christians struggle with? How did God use his people to spread the light of the gospel from its beginnings in Judea and Jerusalem to the very heart of the Roman Empire?..
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AQF: 6/7/8/9, on-campus
SEMESTER 2 2022
Friday Daytime Unit
TH103-612/712/812 + TH205-912 (Capstone) + TH206-912 (Specialised Studies)
There is no more important question in life than, “What must I do to be saved?” The doctrines of grace are concerned with God’s plan of salvation from election through to glorification, through which he brings about his eternal purposes for his creation, and in particular, for those he has chosen by grace to be his people. They also describe how the finished work of Jesus Christ is applied by the regenerating and sanctifying work of the Holy Spirit to the believer, who by virtue of their union with Christ, is justified, adopted and perfected to share in his glory...
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AQF: 6/8, on-campus
SEMESTER 2 2022
Friday Daytime Unit
LA004-612/812
This unit continues building a solid framework for engaging with Biblical Hebrew texts in their original language. By completing both Biblical Hebrew A (Semester 1) and B, students will be in a position to work directly with the Hebrew scriptures, and to continue translation and exegesis of Old Testament texts. After these units, students will be able to take Old Testament exegesis units in the Hebrew stream...
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AQF:8/9 hybrid, Pre/Corequisites apply
INTENSIVE
Lecture Week: Monday 8 - Friday 12 August 2022
OT032-812i(English) + OT031-812i(Hebrew) + OT206-912i(Specialised Studies)
Why did God give us such a boring book? While many may have secretly asked that question when reading through Leviticus, in the end the problem lies more with us. Here is a part of Scripture that has a long history of being neglected, misunderstood, and misapplied. That is a great pity for Leviticus is a consummate work of literary artistry, it is theologically rich, and presents a vital word that God’s people need to hear today. In fact, it is impossible to fully grasp the significance of Jesus without understanding Leviticus...
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AQF: 8, hybrid
WORKSHOP
13 August 2022
PC116-803
Should I share my opinion on vaccination? Is TikTok OK? How should I care for ageing parents? How can I witness at work? We want our answers to be thoroughly biblical. Deepen your skills in making the connections...
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AQF: 6/7/8/9, hybrid
INTENSIVE
Lecture Week: Monday 26 – Friday 30 September 2022
EM025 -612i/712i/812i + EM205-912i(Capstone)
Jesus commissioned his disciples to ‘go and make disciples’ (Matthew 28:19); Peter exhorted, ‘Always be prepared to give an answer to everyone who asks you to give the reason for the hope that you have’ (1 Peter 3:15); and Paul lamented, ‘How can they believe in the one of whom they have not heard?’ (Romans 10:14)...
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AQF: 5/6/8, hybrid
INTENSIVE
Lecture Week: Monday 26 – Friday 30 September 2022
OT001-512i/612i/812i
As Christians, we want to affirm that the Old Testament is indeed the word of God and that it holds value for the contemporary church. Yet at times we struggle to know what to do with it. While some parts are familiar, there is much here that seems odd or strange. In fact, it can sometimes feel like we are travellers lost in a foreign country – and without a guidebook...
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AQF: 5/8, on-campus
SEMESTER 1 2023
Monday Evening Unit - Northern Beaches Centre
NT001-512/812
Being a Christian involves ‘following’ the Lord Jesus, not around Galilee and Judea, but in the course of our daily lives. The four Gospels provide four different records of what Jesus said and did. They are the foundation for knowing and understanding what he has done for us, as well as what he said about God and his will. If we really want to ‘follow’ Jesus, if we really want to be salt and light in our world, then the Gospels need to be our regular reading matter...
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AQF: 6/8, off-campus
SEMESTER 1 2023
Monday Evening Unit
LA005-612/812
Learning to read the New Testament in its original language opens up a richness of understanding of the text, providing fresh insights and nuances that can deepen your love of God's Word, and enhance the faithfulness of your teaching and preaching. In this unit you are introduced to and given experience in reading the language in which the New Testament was written. This prepares you to read straightforward parts of the Greek New Testament for yourself, and to be equipped to consult New Testament commentaries based on the Greek text, and to read books that discuss or refer to Greek words, expressions, grammar and their meanings...
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AQF: 5/6/8, hybrid
SEMESTER 1 2023
Tuesday Evening Unit
NT001-512/612/812
Being a Christian involves ‘following’ the Lord Jesus, not around Galilee and Judea, but in the course of our daily lives. The four Gospels provide four different records of what Jesus said and did. They are the foundation for knowing and understanding what he has done for us, as well as what he said about God and his will. If we really want to ‘follow’ Jesus, if we really want to be salt and light in our world, then the Gospels need to be our regular reading matter...
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AQF: 6/7/8/9 hybrid
SEMESTER 1 2023
Thursday Evening Unit
PC076-612/712/812 + PC206-912 (Specialised Studies)
Powerful cultural forces seek to form our desires and choices. A pivotal biblical text insists, “Do not be conformed … be transformed”. How are we formed? Counter-formed? Transformed … for faithful living, godly ministry, wise leadership?..
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AQF: 5/8, on-campus
SEMESTER 2 2023
Monday Evening Unit - Northern Beaches Centre
PE001-512/812
What does it mean to live a life worthy of the gospel? How can we properly discern what is ‘right’ and ‘good’ in our post-Christian world? How are we to apply our understanding of God’s will to the complex ethical questions facing Christians today? The aim of this unit is to engage with Scripture in order to develop a coherent ethical framework for thinking and acting, living and loving as faithful disciples of Christ in the 21st century. Our approach will be biblical, systematic and practical...
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AQF: 9 online
MICS
Postgraduate Unit
EM033-912
This unit will provide participants with an understanding of anthropological concepts and insights as tools for contemporary ministry, especially cross-cultural ministry. In light of this understanding, it will enable participants to exegete the cultural context in which they are serving...
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AQF: 9 online
MICS
Postgraduate Unit
EM049-912
This unit will enable participants to investigate the principles of healthy multicultural teamwork, to reflect on their own and others’ experiences of serving in multicultural teams, and to more effectively work as part of a team composed of people from diverse cultural backgrounds...
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AQF: 8/9 online
MICS
Postgraduate Unit
EM039-812/912
This unit will enable participants to understand the patterns and principles of disciple making and mentoring in the Scriptures and the ways these principles are expressed in various cultures. Building on this understanding, participants will be helped to develop contextually appropriate ways of discipling people in their particular ministry setting...
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AQF: 8 online
MICS
Postgraduate Unit
EM012-812
This unit will enable participants to discover a framework of biblical principles that can help guide the practice of church planting in any cultural context. A variety of models of and approaches to church planting will be evaluated for their appropriateness to specific contexts and cultural settings. Stages of pioneer church planting in cross-cultural contexts and ways to address challenges arising in each stage will be explored...
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AQF: 8 online
MICS
Postgraduate Unit
EM038-812
This unit will enable participants who are engaged in cross-cultural ministry to understand, reflect on, and think through the personal issues and challenges involved in this ministry. Building on these insights, it will explore principles and resources for responding to these issues and challenges in ways that nurture spiritual, emotional, psychological, and physical wellbeing in themselves, their families and their co-workers...
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AQF: 8 online
MICS
Postgraduate Unit
EM036-812
This unit will enable participants to enhance their ability to relate well to Muslims, to communicate the gospel and to help the church grow among them in ways that are biblically faithful and culturally relevant. It will do this by deepening participants’ understanding of key themes in Islam, Islamic attitudes towards Christianity, and approaches to evangelism, discipling and church planting among Muslims.
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AQF: 9 online
MICS
Postgraduate Unit
EM043-912
This unit explores the Bible’s teaching on the nature of poverty and the way that God’s people are called to love the poor. We will consider models of engagement and assess their appropriateness for a range of contexts...
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AQF: 9 online
MICS
Postgraduate Unit
EM052-912
This unit will enable participants to understand the principles of contextualisation in order to construct a framework for approaching contextualisation in any specific cultural context. It will help participants to develop contextualised ways to communicate the gospel in their context as well as contribute to the development of the church...
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AQF: 8 online
MICS
Postgraduate Unit
EM020-812
This unit will help participants investigate the theological, philosophical, anthropological, educational and developmental foundations of leadership and leadership development in order to enable participants to engage in the practical challenge of developing leaders in cultures that have different assumptions and worldviews. Models of education and curriculum design for leadership development will also be explored...
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AQF: 8 online
MICS
Postgraduate Unit
EM034-812
This unit will enable participants to research local cultural values and approaches to learning, plan responses, and develop curriculum to empathically serve the educational needs of various receptor cultures in which they are situated. The unit introduces postgraduate students to the current approaches to education across boundaries of culture and worldview difference. Students will critically reflect on various approaches and devise strategies that are appropriate to the design and delivery of educational materials allied to their ministry specialisation in cross-cultural contexts...
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AQF: 8/9 online
MICS
Postgraduate Unit
EM069-812/912
This unit enables students to develop a specialist understanding of the intercultural dynamics that are at play when people from multiple cultures interact and work with each other, wherever they are in the world. Theoretical viewpoints will be evaluated in the light of the authentic voice of interviewees and other data gathered from multicultural contexts. An integrative framework for multicultural engagement that creatively engages with the challenges of intercultural dynamics will be crafted as a guideline for future multicultural ministry...
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AQF: 9 online
MICS
Postgraduate Unit
EM205-912 Capstone
As part of the assessments in this unit, participants will work together to construct an integrative conceptual map of what they have learned about cross-cultural ministry throughout the SMBC Master of Intercultural Studies course. They will develop a personal professional development plan and prepare an item that communicates missiological ideas to others in practical ways...
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AQF: 9 online
MICS
Postgraduate Unit
AS001-912
This unit prepares participants to do a research project. Assessments are focused preparatory steps towards a research project...
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