Dan grew up in a Christian home and attended church religiously every Sunday with his parents. In his words, “this was mainly due to being forced by my parents. In fact, my parents were quite strict, and made us read the Scriptures daily.” Dan shared that while this led to a great deal of head knowledge, he wouldn’t have said he was genuinely saved. As a teenager, he tried to...

I started studying the Moore College PTC course back in 2007, shortly after becoming a Christian at the age of 16. My large, suburban, Sydney Anglican Church offered the ‘Intro to the Bible’ subject to all new believers, and I loved it so much that I simply kept studying! I quickly completed all the PTC subjects and planned to move on to more study, but, my studies were put on...

Before coming to college Rebecca and I lived in Carcassonne (France). She was a nurse and I was working in an engineering firm. We were very involved in our local independent reformed evangelical church and I was being encouraged to consider further training. One of the things that tipped it for us was me having to take a funeral. The reality of death and the need to prepare people to...