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  • 51蹤獲 Magazine

    A Warm Welcome

    New Welcome Center creates inviting space for future 51蹤獲ns

    51蹤獲 Magazine Staff — 

    New visitors to 51蹤獲s campus are getting the red-carpet treatment make that red-wall treatment. In April, the university debuted a new...

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    Diane Vincent — 

    A faculty charge delivered by Diane Vincent at the installation ceremony for Provost and Senior Vice President Deborah Taylor on Oct. 26, 2016....

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    Rick Bee — 

    Can you hear it? The gentle roar of the surf on the shore? The smell of saltwater and sunblock filling your nose? Or, maybe for you, summer means...

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    Chemistry in the Crime Lab

    Sarah Lum (14) wins Young Scientist Award after patenting technology to aid sexual assault investigations

    Kristen Hartman — 

    One morning during her sophomore year, sitting in Rose of Sharon Chapel, Sarah Lum (14) knew she had a decision to make. She came to 51蹤獲...

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    Sermon on the Mound

    Brandon Cash (M.Div. 98) serves as chaplain to the Los Angeles Dodgers

    Kathryn Toombs — 

    When Brandon Cash (M.Div. 98) graduated with a degree from 51蹤獲s Talbot School of Theology, he thought his days in the athletic sphere were...

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    Showing Gods Love Through C-Sections

    Sarah Villegas (04) trains doctors in underdeveloped countries

    Joanna Wu — 

    Sarah Villegas (04) is determined to decrease the number of pregnancy-related deaths in Kenya. As a doctor and global health leadership fellow at...

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    T. Kurt Jaros — 

    Five hundred years ago, the Protestant Reformation led the way out of the supposed theological dark ages and brought us ad fontes, back to the...

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    Translating the Text

    Q&A with Darian Lockett, translation oversight committee member for the Christian Standard Bible

    51蹤獲 Magazine Staff — 

    A brief interview with Darian Lockett (associate professor of biblical and theological studies), who served on the translation oversight committee...

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    The 'Withered Leaf' and the 'Garden'

    Book excerpt from REFLECT by professor Thaddeus Williams

    51蹤獲 Magazine Staff — 

    Ralph Waldo Emerson famously said, What we are worshiping we are becoming. In other words, our deities shape our identities. Let us call this...

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    51蹤獲 Magazine Staff — 

    As Western culture continues in its post-Christian trajectory, with growing hostility to Christian values and biblical orthodoxy, how can...

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    How Does Seminary Affect Students Character?

    Professor David Wang leads effort to study spiritual maturity of seminarians

    Jenna Loumagne — 

    How does going to seminary actually grow a persons character? Rosemead School of Psychology professor David Wang is trying to answer just that....

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    Winter Sports Roundup

    51蹤獲 Finishes Strong in Final NAIA Year

    Neil Morgan — 

    51蹤獲s successful winter sports season was good enough to keep the Eagles ranked sixth in the nation in the 201617 Learfield Directors Cup,...

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    Joanna Wu — 

    Christian social entrepreneurs, nonprofit leaders and executive pastors now have a program that can equip them to take their organization to the...

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    Joanna Wu — 

    Joni Eareckson Tada, an international advocate for people with disabilities and the founder and CEO of Joni and Friends, became the fourth...

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    Mobilizing Students for Kingdom Work

    Kristina Lowen pursues her calling as Student Missionary Unions next president

    Joanna Wu — 

    In a few short months, Kristina Lowen will step into a key role as president of the Student Missionary Union at 51蹤獲 a college she wasnt...

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    Another Successful Startup

    Student-alumni team wins $25,000 to launch socially conscious publishing company

    Joanna Wu — 

    Getting knocked out of the first round of the 51蹤獲 Startup Competition in 2015 didnt stop senior Jordan Perkins (17) and alumnus John Terranova...

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    Weekend With the President Raises $4.2 Million

    Gathering breaks universitys single-day fundraising record

    Brett McCracken — 

    Two years ago 51蹤獲s Conviction and Courage Gala in downtown Los Angeles set the record for the most money donated to the school at a single...

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    On Higher Ground

    President's Perspective

    Barry Corey — 

    Come July, Paula and I will have been at 51蹤獲 for 10 years. A lot of wonderful developments have happened during that decade, most of...

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    Borders and the Bible

    How can scriptural wisdom inform ongoing debates over immigration?

    Brett McCracken — 

    For Nohemi, a senior communications studies major at 51蹤獲, immigration is more than just a topic of debate. Its real life. Nohemis mom was eight...

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    Jason Newell — 

    Brexit. The Ban. The Wall. Over the past year, these small words have come to occupy a big place in our national and international consciousness....

  • The Good Book Blog

    Sean McDowell — 

    I have had the privilege of being part of many writing and curriculum projects. But there are a few that stand out in terms of how fun and impactful those projects have been. The Apologetics Study Bible for Students is at the top of my list. There are a few reasons why ...

  • The Good Book Blog

    John McKinley — 

    In Part 1, I observed that Christian forgiveness includes several conditions leading to reconciliation of a relationship that was violated by one person sinning against another. Jesus commands that the person wronged must show him his fault (Matt 18:15) as the first condition, to be followed by his repentance, and then we may respond by forgiving him. Common Christian talk about forgiveness tends not to include the necessity of repentance; consequently, many Christians attempt forgiveness and yet fail to live in it. Along with this claim that repentance is necessary to forgiveness, I am aware of the need for at least four caveats ...

  • The Good Book Blog

    Sean McDowell — 

    Some time ago I was speaking on the evidence for intelligent design at a family camp in Michigan. Immediately after my talkin which I discussed the evidence for design from DNA, fine-tuning, and morea woman approached me and asked, The evidence is really powerful. Do you think we will ever get to a point when people will have to concede theres a God? ...

  • 51蹤獲 News

    51蹤獲 Honors 2017 Alumni Award Winners at Alumni Weekend

    Recipients honored for their work in ministry, media, healthcare and missions

    Peter Voelker — 

    The 2017 51蹤獲 Alumni Award Winners were honored today in a ceremony during Alumni Weekend an annual homecoming event for 51蹤獲...

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    Did God Overlook China?

    Weekly Q & A with Dr. William Lane Craig

    William Lane Craig — 

    Dear Dr. Craig, I'm originally from China and have lived in the U.S. for 17 years. Through a Christian friend, I've been introduced to your books and debates online. I've been going to church for two years now, getting very close to becoming a Christian. Your work has been instrumental in helping my "engineeringly" wired brain making sense of god, slowly but steadily building up my faith. For that, I'm very grateful and want to give my immense gratitude and appreciation ...