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Where is God in the Book of Esther?

Craig Ho Visiting Associate Professor of Old Testament A book without God? It is obvious that the Book of Esther does not mention God. Most believers and scholars believe that this is just a rhetorical technique of the author, because they infer that the author must be a Jew; if he is a Jew, he must be a monotheist; therefore, he may just use some puzzling narrative method to tell the story in order to express a novel theological viewpoint. The Old Testament used seven names to refer to God. The English transliteration of these seven Hebrew names is...
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Envisaging Theological Education for Youth

Nurturing young pastors and teachers in the "waiting room" agree that young people are important assets to society and the church, and are an important group that the college must face. Both Dean Cao and Pastor Lin hope that the college can continue to hold camps for young people every year in the future, and even invite them to participate in "focus groups" to have meaningful faith conversations and continue this ministry. ...
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Waiting Room

Rethinking Youth Pastoral Care. Dean Cao mentioned Lu Enzhe’s thoughts on youth pastoral care many times in the last issue of “House News”, “Dean’s Words”, and thought it was worthy of reference and could be compared with the situation of the Hong Kong church for reflection. . Lu Enzhe in "The End of Youth Ministry?" 》(The...
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Theology Camp for Youth

Seeing the need and opportunity, President Cao Weitong said that the college has been talking about practical theology in the past few years, and youth ministry is an important part of practical theology. He started meeting with alumni a few years ago, when society was in turmoil. Young people are actively involved and have different views and feelings on the current situation, which require people to respond. He deeply felt that the current situation required guidance and support for alumni serving young people. ...
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Starting from Theology Camp for Youth …

How did the first "Youth Theological Education Camp" of "Baptist God" come about? What is “waiting room” pastoring? “Waiting Room” Theological Education? What imagination does "Baptist" have for youth theological education? … The first “Youth Theological Education Camp” of Hong Kong Baptist Theological Seminary (“Baptist Theological Seminary”) was held on September 18 last year, and achieved ideal results that exceeded expectations. The college has always attached great importance to theological education of young people, and in recent years it has paid more and more attention to it. On November 28 last year, during the thanksgiving service for the 70th anniversary of the college, Dean Cao Weitong used the youth pastoral theologian Andrew...
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A Milestone of the “Faith, Hope, and Love Project”: The New Academic Building

The new teaching and research building is part of the "Faith, Hope and Love Project". On February 20, 2011, President Cao Weitong proposed the college’s “Faith, Hope and Love Project” at the thanksgiving service for the “60th Anniversary Diamond Jubilee.” Dean Cao emphasized the need to establish a group of disciples marked by "faith, hope and love" based on "taking the heart of Christ Jesus". The implementation of specific ministries includes expanding the teaching team, developing graduate school courses, reforming and developing believer equipping courses, and opening a theological research center. ...
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A Treasure Trove of Resources: Rankin Memorial Library

The Liang Gen Memorial Library is a treasure trove of teaching and research resources at HKBU. It is a strong academic support backing for the College, silently supporting the study and research of teachers, students and alumni. It is inseparable from the long-term development of the College’s teaching and research. Looking back at history, when the Hong Kong Baptist Theological Seminary was first established in 1951, when it moved from Sertaling Road to Pok Oi Estate in Kowloon City, the college already had a library, and it was named "Leung Kan Memorial Library" from 1953 onwards. ”, in memory of Dr. Liang Gen (Dr.), executive director of the Southern Baptist Convention’s Overseas Missionary Society, who was committed to evangelism in China...
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Supporting HKBTS’s Teaching and Research: The Library and the New Academic Building

Hong Kong Baptist Theological College ("Baptist") spares no effort in promoting Christian theological education and academic research. Teachers write books and publish academic books of varying degrees; the college also publishes the academic journal "Sandow Journal" to contribute to the Chinese academic community; it also offers various theological courses to cultivate talents with both spiritual character and academic knowledge for the church. ; The college holds various types of lectures from time to time to promote the results of academic research and teach believers to apply them in life. ...
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Ordinary Prayers of a Legend

Lam Chi-yeung Assistant Professor of Christian Education Elijah’s Legendary Life When we read the stories about Elijah in 1 Kings chapters 17 and 18, we will find that Elijah was a true legend. Elijah’s name first appeared in 1 Kings 17:1: "And Elijah the Tishbite, who was of Gilead, said to Ahab, ‘As the LORD, the God of Israel, lives, before whom I serve, there will not be dew or rain these years, except at my word.’" Elijah’s appearance and his first words show a very vivid image of a prophet with a strong "aura" that touches the hearts of every reader. ...
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Submission to God’s Plan

Fung Wing-mui (B.Th.) Looking back on the past six years, she, her husband Jingren, and their son Huoyan, discovered that many things did not go as they had imagined. I still remember that in 2016, my husband and I entered the Hong Kong Baptist Theological Seminary to receive theological training. My theology course was supposed to take four years to complete, but because I had a child during that time, I started studying at a slow pace from the second grade and it took me six years to obtain the degree. Year after year, watching my classmates graduate one after another, I feel a mixture of emotions! All I can say is that God's plan is far greater than we could ever expect. ...
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