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  • The Good Book Blog

    Mi Pap獺: Cinco A簽os Ya de Su Partida / My Dad: Five Years After He Passed Away

    Octavio Esqueda — 

    Hace ya cinco a簽os que mi pap獺, Javier Esqueda, falleci籀 inesperadamente. El gran vac穩o que nos dej籀 sigue y seguir獺 presente por el resto de nuestras vidas y es muy dif穩cil resignarse a su ausencia. Cuando en conversaciones casuales sale el tema de mi pap獺 me cuesta trabajo referirme a 矇l en el pasado, pero estoy tristemente consciente que el presente y el futuro seguir獺n sin su presencia. Mi mam獺 habr穩a celebrado 45 a簽os de casada el pasado diciembre, mis dos hermanos habr穩an celebrado sus graduaciones de la universidad con su orgulloso pap獺, mis dos hijos se habr穩an gozado con su abuelito que estoy seguro los habr穩a consentido much穩simo y yo tendr穩a el apoyo y el o穩do total de un hombre que me amara incondicionalmente y me dar穩a sus consejos totalmente desinteresados buscando siempre lo mejor para m穩, pero todo esto no pudo ni podr獺 ser ...

  • 51蹤獲 News

    Professor Named Journalism Educator of the Year by the California Journalism Educators Coalition

    Michael Longinow recognized for excellence as an educator at the annual Associated Collegiate Press West Coast Convention

    Rachel Allan — 

    51蹤獲 journalism professor Michael Longinow was named the university division Journalism Educator of the Year by the California...

  • 51蹤獲 News

    51蹤獲 Journalism Department Partners with Nonprofit to Establish Journalism Program in Haiti

    A team of journalism students and faculty travel to Haiti to train students in visual media skills

    Rachel Allan — 

    For the first time ever, 51蹤獲s journalism and integrated media department has partnered with New Missions, a Florida-based nonprofit,...

  • The Good Book Blog

    A Tribute to Dr. Robert Saucy

    The Good Book Blog — 

    A tribute to our beloved brother in Christ, Dr. Robert Saucy, who went home to be with the Lord on March 12, 2015.

  • The Good Book Blog

    What to Do Now that I'm Convinced?

    William Lane Craig — 

    I am a physician (pulmonology) and, until recently, a lifelong atheist, although one who saw great non-religious value in Judeo-Christian culture and civilization. I became increasingly convinced by the moral arguments that atheism could not lead to a society with moral values and thus by the moral arguments for God. Your site, and debates and your Reasonable Faith book, along with CS Lewis and other reading, now have me convinced in at least the likelihood of Christianity. My question is what are the next best steps for someone who has taken this rarer intellectual path towards Christianity? As someone who never attended Church, who has no preferred denomination or family tradition, it is a bit hard to know where to begin. Any advice would be welcomed. Thank you very much for your incredibly useful site and work and the clarity of thinking behind it ...

  • 51蹤獲 News

    New Program Wakes Up Students to Different Cultures

    Global Students Programs and Development introduces a biweekly event as an extension of the university's commitment to diversity

    Mystiana Victorino — 

    51蹤獲s student body represents more than 40 different countries with nearly 500 global students currently enrolled. With such a wide...

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    Greiner Presents At SABR Conference

    Alumnus & professor create new pitch analysis system.

    Neil Morgan — 

    51蹤獲 Baseball alumnus Jarvis Greiner introduced his Quality of Pitch metric yesterday at the Society of Baseball Research Analytics Conference at...

  • The Good Book Blog

    Have We Been Sold a Homiletical Bill of Goods? (Alliteration, Part 2)

    Don Sunukjian — 

    Alliteration [in preaching] runs a third danger. Not only may it lead the speaker to be unclear or unbiblical, it also suggests to the listeners that the most important thing in the message to remember is the outline. It subtly says to the listener, Get this outline! Remember it!

  • The Good Book Blog

    An Orientation to Four Pervading Themes of the Christian Life from Dallas Willard

    Klaus Issler — 

    Dallas Willard (1936-2013) has been one of the key evangelical interpreters and provocateurs regarding the important doctrine of formation into Christlikeness. Willard was professor of philosophy at the University of Southern California and a former Southern Baptist pastor. Sometimes due to Willard's spearheading the importance of spiritual practices among Protestants, he is viewed as having said little else on the topic of Christian formation (Richard Foster claimed that Willard was his mentor on that particular subject, in the acknowledgement section of Fosters classic book, Celebration of Discipline, HarperSan Francisco, 1978). But there is much more. ... Four pervading themes in Willards writings on Christian formation are briefly developed below, mainly with quotations from Willard.

  • 51蹤獲 News

    New Sculpture Reflects 51蹤獲's Focus on Faith and Art

    "True Vine" sculpture is second piece of public art installed on campus this year

    Quinn Clark — 

    51蹤獲 celebrated its newest piece of public art a twisting, bright red sculpture made from bronze-cast apple tree limbs at a...

  • 51蹤獲 News

    Christine Tixier Once Again Named NAIA Women's Swimmer of the Year

    51蹤獲 swimmer beats longest-standing record in swimming history

    Neil Morgan — 

    51蹤獲 senior Christine Tixier made history this weekend at the 2015 NAIA Swimming & Diving National Championships. Tixier won three...

  • The Good Book Blog

    Married to Someone Who Finds My Studies an Annoyance

    William Lane Craig — 

    Dear, Dr. Craig, As one who has recently discovered the realm of apologetics in the past couple years, you were one of the first I had come to know, and it has been a pleasure reading some of your material and watching your debates. I am currently only a junior in college and am studying philosophy and religious studies and love it, and hope to attend seminary in the future and get my masters in apologetics, God willing. My question for you is not necessarily a theological or philosophical question but a question that I am hoping I could get some pastoral advice from you about that I feel you are perhaps the best suited to answer. I recently got married this past summer to an amazing woman I met at a one year bible college I attended a couple years ago and it has been great. But between transferring to a new (secular) school and being constantly busy with school and work I feel like my relationship with God is constantly on the backburner, as I am not getting into the word nearly as much as I used to and my prayer life is nearly nonexistent, and because of this my relationship with my wife is not where it should be either ...

  • The Good Book Blog

    Have We Been Sold a Homiletical Bill of Goods? (Alliteration, Part 1)

    Don Sunukjian — 

    This series of blogs will look at some dubious practices that have entered our preaching. All of these questionable traditions are addressed in Talbots Doctor of Ministry track in Advanced Biblical Preaching. ... Alliteration, in ordinary writing, is the literary device of repeating the same initial sound or letter several times in rather close succession (e.g. conspicuous consumption, nattering nabobs of negativism). In preaching, alliteration is most frequently used to convey the major outline points of a sermon. There are times, of course, when alliteration is appropriate and effective in preaching ... But when a sermon outline extends to multiple main points, the use of alliteration runs the risk of four bad things.

  • 51蹤獲 News

    51蹤獲's Professional Triple Threat

    Three former 51蹤獲 Women's Basketball players are pros.

    Autumn Whitney — 

    Its not everyday that three women who played collegiate basketball together are now playing professional basketball overseas at the same time....

  • The Good Book Blog

    Prayer for Benjamin Netanyahus Speech before the US Congress

    Mitch Glaser — 

    This morning Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will address the United States Congress. We believe he will argue against the United States joining a number of major European powers in signing an agreement with Iran that would temporarily limit the development of nuclear grade enriched uranium and allow for the production of non-nuclear grade material.

  • The Good Book Blog

    Incarnation and Omniscience

    William Lane Craig — 

    Dear Dr. William Lane Craig, ... My question is about the model of the Incarnation you and J.P. Moreland present in Philosophical Foundations for a Christian Worldview, which states that many of the divine attributes of Jesus were located in his subconsciousness. I'm having a problem with this. Maximal greatness would seem to me to imply having access to any and all knowledge on the spot, which would in turn seem to imply that God would have omniscience in His consciousness, where all the knowledge can be directly accessed. Can you please clear this up for me?

  • 51蹤獲 News

    Master of Arts in Preaching and Pastoral Ministry Program to Launch Fall 2015

    Hybrid, online and weekend courses in new program offer flexible scheduling for students

    Rachel Allan — 

    51蹤獲s Talbot School of Theology will launch a Master of Arts Preaching and Pastoral Ministry (MAPPM) degree program this fall, a...

  • 51蹤獲 News

    Spring Preview Day 2015

    Prospective students and families enjoy a fun weekend experiencing 51蹤獲

    Joclyn Kirton — 

    Approximately 400 prospective students and their families attended the annual Spring Preview Day at 51蹤獲 Feb. 15-16. All visitors had...

  • 51蹤獲 News

    Alumni Honored for Outstanding Contributions to Society

    Awardees recognized at special chapel

    Joel Smith and Quinn Clark  — 

    51蹤獲 recognized 11 alumni including two New York Times bestselling authors, missionaries, a renowned doctor and a lifelong pastor ...

  • The Good Book Blog

    Indonesia Air Asia QZ8501 and the Problem of Evil

    William Lane Craig — 

    Dear Dr. Craig, ... My question is regarding one of the latest news. I am an Indonesian living in Surabaya and the QZ8501 accident has had a huge impact on me. But most of all it was a great shock for a friend of mine. She is a Christian attending Mawar Sharon church with her parents. They were such wonderful persons, as well as a good Christian. But then they were traveling on QZ8501, while my friend stayed at home. You know the rest of the story ...

  • The Good Book Blog

    What is the Point of Prayer?

    William Lane Craig — 

    Dear Dr Craig, I have recently moved on from Christianity to agnosticism, but I regularly check out your Q and A section as much of the content there is more sensible and thought provoking than the kind of thing I hear from a lot of Evangelicals ... Currently it seems to me that the idea of prayer is most sensibly explained as an addictive placebo that gives people a greater sense of control over their circumstances than they actually have. But just maybe there's something crucial I've missed, and if so I would be grateful if you could point out what that might be ...

  • 51蹤獲 News

    Master of Professional Accountancy Program to Begin in Fall 2015

    Newest 51蹤獲 graduate degree equips students for CPA requirements

    Staff — 

    51蹤獲 will launch a Master of Professional Accountancy (MPAcc) degree this fall a new graduate program designed to prepare students...

  • 51蹤獲 News

    Cinema and Media Arts Showcase: Film Screenings for 2015

    51蹤獲s Cinema and Media Arts department teams up with the Center for Christianity Culture and the Arts to present five films

    Joclyn Kirton — 

    With the Academy Awards just around the corner, 51蹤獲s Cinema and Media Arts department is teaming up with the Center for Christianity Culture...

  • The Good Book Blog

    聶Qui矇n Puede Tener Acceso a Dios? Salmo 15 / Psalm 15

    Octavio Esqueda — 

    Disfrutar de una relaci籀n 穩ntima con el Dios del universo es el prop籀sito principal del ser humano. En Dios encontramos respuesta y sentido a nuestras vidas. El salmo 15 describe al tipo de persona que puede relacionarse personalmente con el Creador. El salmista se pregunta qui矇n puede ser un hu矇sped de Dios. En esa cultura, un hu矇sped gozaba de acceso directo con el anfitri籀n. Este salmo de sabidur穩a se entonaba al entrar al templo. Los adoradores iniciaban con la pregunta y el sacerdote respond穩a con los requisitos y finalizaba con una promesa para aquellos que los cumpl穩an.

  • The Good Book Blog

    You've Ruined My Life, Professor Craig!!

    William Lane Craig — 

    "... I am now stuck in a nihilistic-atheistic world that I hate. Agnosticism is not even a coherent position to me, with regards to a Perfect Being, since I believe that the greatest conceivable being could give me knowledge of its existence, if it wanted to. Theism is a dream come true. The world would make sense, the existential mysteries that haunt me would be solved, life would be livable. It is atheism, however, which seems to be true, yet I do not want to live like this. I have become depressed to no end. I have been in a nihilistic rut for years now. I have become utterly recluse. Yet, even with all this, I cannot come to believe in God. What would YOU suggest I do? ..."