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Our guest joins us today to give us a portrait of Jesus found in the earliest historical sources. What we will discover is not a tidy monolithic Jesus, but a complex, multi-layered and, at times, contradictory figure. Jesus cannot fit into a box. He is destined to stretch out imaginations, confront our beliefs, and challenge our lifestyle for years to come. Join us to learn how to introduce the Man from Nazareth to believers and skeptics.
Why would someone raised as a Muslim decide to follow Jesus? What cost would you be willing to pay to be publicly aligned with the Son of God in a hostile nation? Join us for a riveting conversation with a man who is passionate about sharing the Gospel with people living in the Middle East.
John Dickson is a writer, speaker, local church minister, historian, and media presenter. He is a public advocate of the Christian Faith. With a first-class honors degree in Theology from Moore Theological College, Sydney, and a PhD in ancient history from Macquarie University, John has been a Fellow of the Department of Ancient History at Macquarie University from 2004, and he teaches a course titled 'Historical Jesus to Written Gospels' at the University of Sydney (Department of Hebrew, Biblical and Jewish Studies). During 2017-18 he is a Visiting Academic in the Faculty of Classics at Oxford University in the UK. He is committed to delivering creative, engaging content grounded in careful thought. John’s first book appeared in 1993, and he has since produced over fifteen titles, including the award-winning Simply Christianity: Beyond Religion, and A Spectator’s Guide to World Religions, as well as various academic books and articles. In 2007, John founded the Centre for Public Christianity (CPX), an independent research and media company promoting the public understanding of the Christian Faith, described by the Prime Minister of Australia as “a welcome development in the spiritual and intellectual life of Australia.”
Brother Rachid is a Moroccan Christian convert from Islam whose father is a well-known respected Imam. He is one of the most outspoken converts in the world, he hosts a weekly live call-in show on Al Hayat TV where he compares Islam and Christianity as well as debates Islamic scholars.