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  Is God Made of Energy?

  William Lane Craig — February 28, 2014

  Dr. Craig, I read your excellent book "Creation out of Nothing" and I agree with it! However, doesn't God need tremendous (if not infinite) energy to create something out of nothing? Is God's energy something rather than nothing? What is God's Mind made of if it is immaterial?...

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  Reducing the Intrusion of Email

  Gary McIntosh — February 27, 2014

  You may have heard it said that email is dead. But, don’t believe it. According to a report in Harvard Business Review (June 2013), based on a survey of 2,600 workers in the USA, UK, and South Africa, people continue to spend four hours of every working day dealing with e-mail. The reason? They like it, trust it, and find it an effective collaboration tool.

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  La Comunicación en el Matrimonio

  Octavio Esqueda — February 24, 2014

  El valor, dignidad y propósito del ser humano tiene su base en el Dios trino. Tanto el hombre como la mujer son la corona de la obra divina al ser creados a la imagen y semejanza de Dios: “Y Dios creó al ser humano a su imagen; lo creó a imagen de Dios. Hombre y mujer los creó” (Gen. 1:27). Cada una de las personas de la Santa Trinidad vive en completa armonía con las demás. El Padre, el Hijo y el Espíritu Santo se afirman uno al otro y tienen una relación perfecta en todos los sentidos. Nosotros somos seres sociales porque reflejamos a nuestro creador y es en el matrimonio en el que podemos experimentar de alguna manera una perfecta relación al igual que nuestro Dios. El matrimonio es idea de Dios (Gen. 2:18-25) y a través de nuestro cónyuge podemos apreciar el favor de Dios cuando crecemos juntos en una relación de completa intimidad y aceptación.

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  Students and Administrators Engage in Conversations on Racial Reconciliation

  Fourteen colleges attend the annual SCORR conference to discuss diversity

  Camryn Hudson — February 24, 2014

  While many organizations dance around the conversation of diversity, 51���� approaches the complex topic of racial reconciliation...

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  How Can People Be So Morally Obtuse?

  William Lane Craig — February 21, 2014

  Hello Dr. Craig! I'm a follower of your work and a fan of yours. I study your books just about everyday so I can learn and prepare myself as a Christian for the rest of the world waiting to maul me where I stand! I have question for you today regarding the second premise of your moral argument. This argument is dear to me because I recognized that there truly is good and evil in our world and I came to Christianity because I truly believed in love, justice, and so forth. (Keep in mind this was also before I even knew about this argument!). So when I found out about this argument when I discovered your work I was astonished! So you can see why this argument is dear to me, because it's so close in how I came to Christ!

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  Alumni's Super Bowl Commercial Makes USA Today Ad Meter 2014

  From 51���� to the Super Bowl: Alumnus Kevin Willson talks about Doritos “Crash the Super Bowl” fame

  Camryn Hudson  — February 21, 2014

  51���� alumnus Kevin Willson (‘01) competed in the Super Bowl this year –– that is, his commercial “The Cowboy Kid” did in the Doritos “Crash the...

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  51���� Announces New Applied Psychology Completion Program

  New hybrid program for the adult learner

  Molly Magee — February 21, 2014

  In September of 2014, 51���� will begin classes as part of a newly structured program that is different from any other degree the university...

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  Is the Bible Wrong about Camels in Genesis?

  Kenneth Way — February 19, 2014

  Recent news reports[1] are claiming that the references to camels in the patriarchal narratives (Gen 12:16; etc.) of Genesis are “anachronistic,” or historically out of place, because there is allegedly no evidence for camel domestication before the tenth century BC. This claim is actually not new, since it was made by W. F. Albright over seventy years ago, but is it true?

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  The Parable of the Foolish Weightlifter

  Gary Manning Jr — February 18, 2014

  1The teacher said, “Hear now the parable of the foolish weightlifter. 2A certain man wished to become stronger and to run and not grow weary. So he went to the gymnasium, paying the gymnasium-master three obols.a 3The man began lifting bars with weights upon them, first one talent,b then two. But he was not able to lift three talents. 4So the man said to himself, “Soul, your arms are very sore. You are not able to lift so many talents.”

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  Abusing Philosophy

  William Lane Craig — February 14, 2014

  Dear Dr. Craig, I am currently studying for 2 University degrees (Philosophy and Biology) in Sydney, Australia. As I am sure your aware from your recent tour of Australia my country tends to lean toward a secular approach more so than your home country. While I am by no means a Christian, I do find, time and again, that even the teachers’ presupposition of an atheistic worldview bleeds through their approach to discourse and find myself consistently challenging the ‘authority’ as it were. In turn resulting in an un-intended theistic outcome. For this reason I have decided to first complete both disciplines and if my theistic outcome prevails then seriously consider deliberating upon the truths of different religions and see if I can hold any consistently without intellectual debt...

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  Singleness in the Church: A Q&A with Matt Jenson

  Professor Matt Jenson offers thoughts on Valentine's Day, romantic comedies and singleness

  Jenna Bartlo — February 14, 2014

  Valentine’s Day can be one of the most difficult days of the year for singles as it often evokes an awareness of loneliness rather than love....

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  Taste and See: Theology and Food, Part Three

  Andy Draycott — February 11, 2014

  So we eat. We are dependent on many and ultimately God for the grace of our continued diets. We say grace at mealtimes in recognition of that dependence. For all that, many of us don’t consider that theology has much to do with meals and eating.

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  Taste and See: Theology and Food, Part Two

  Andy Draycott — February 10, 2014

  Of course, if you are going to use a lens of food and hospitality to teach theology, you’d better be ready to feed your students. The beginning of semester means a marathon Welsh cake baking session in the Draycott home. In our January intensive Interterm, I get to welcome the whole class to our home for a session of teaching. In regular semester the larger classes don’t allow this. But hospitality then becomes an experiential learning project for the students. Throughout the semester, in groups they will have eaten a meal together and deliberately fasted and prayed together.

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  What Does the Fox Say? Who is the Fox Anyway?

  Kenneth Berding — February 05, 2014

  The Fox is Herod Antipas. Jesus says so. If you don’t believe me, look at Luke 13:32. But what does this arrogant, sensual, and power-hungry tyrant say?

• 51���� News

  Men's Basketball Player Earns High Academic Honor

  Andre Murillo named CoSIDA/Capital One Academic All-District.

  Neil Morgan — January 31, 2014

  Not only is he a triple-threat on the hardwood, but he is a triple-threat in the classroom as well. Andre Murillo proved that by becoming the...

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  Spring 2014 Convocation

  Hilary Larkins — January 28, 2014

  Students, faculty and staff gathered in 51����'s Chase Gymnasium on Monday, January 27 to kick off the first day of classes at the Spring 2014...

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  So You Want to Work From Home?

  Thomas Wilson — January 27, 2014

  As the digital revolution unfolded a number of years ago, the concept of working from home (“WFH”) became a commonplace practice. Many businesses...

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  The Story of Charles Lee Feinberg: Talbot’s First Dean

  Clinton E. Arnold — January 20, 2014

  It was the fall of 1930. Just a year had passed since the stock market crash that triggered the Great Depression. Adolf Hitler was on his meteoric rise to power in Germany. But God was powerfully at work in the Pennsylvania steel town of Pittsburgh. A 21-year-old Jewish man named Bezalel Feinberg had heard the Gospel and prayed to receive Christ. It sounds so simple, yet it was anything but.

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  Wright On, Part Two

  Joe Hellerman — January 16, 2014

  I am not particularly enthralled with the spiritual gifts debate that is currently undergoing a renaissance of sorts, via John MacArthur’s Strange Fire conference and publications. Been there. Done that. I was a new believer when the same debate was raging back in the late 1970s, and it is a bit discouraging to see the church divided, once again, over a topic that was beat into the ground a generation ago.

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  Ain’t That a Shame, Part One: Understanding An Older Concept In Today’s World

  Ben Shin — January 15, 2014

  The dynamics of shame are one of the greatest cultural dynamics of the New Testament. This paradigm is key in understanding other concepts and various texts accurately especially as it relates to topics such as approval, reputation, glory, and status. While these practices were prevalent in the 1st century of the Mediterranean, they also have current bearing to different segments of society today, specifically Asian-Americans in the 21st century. This blog will be the first in a series of blogs that will demonstrate the correlation of Paul’s use of shame in light of the framework of Roman cultural practices as well as how it relates to modern 21st century Asian-American spiritual tendencies.

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  Thoughts on the Old Testament and Economics

  Scott Rae — January 14, 2014

  From the beginning, we learn that God created the world and called it good, making the material world fundamentally good (Gen. 1:31). He further entrusted human beings with dominion over the earth—giving them both the privilege of enjoying the benefits of the material world, but also the responsibility for caring for the world. We also learn that, from the beginning, God has implanted His wisdom into the world and given human beings the necessary tools to uncover His wisdom and apply it for their benefit (Proverbs 8:22-31). God set human beings free to utilize their God-given intelligence, initiative and creativity in discerning and applying what the wisdom He embedded into the world—this is all a part of the responsible exercise of dominion over creation that brings innovation and productivity to benefit humankind.

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  Deo Volente o El Hombre Propone y Dios Dispone / Man Proposes and God Disposes

  Octavio Esqueda — January 13, 2014

  Los propósitos de año nuevo son parte de la costumbre anual de muchos de nosotros. La llegada del nuevo año nos da la oportunidad para detenernos por un momento y planificar un futuro mejor. Por ejemplo, los gimnasios aumentan sus membrecías considerablemente en enero con personas que desean bajar de peso o mejorar su condición física. También escuché que el índice de divorcios crece considerablemente las primeras semanas del año. Independientemente de la sabiduría de los propósitos, todos los deseos persiguen un mejor destino.

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  Baccalaureate Service features Spiritual Conferral of Graduates' Degrees

  Hilary Larkins — January 10, 2014

  On the evening ofThursday, December 19, twenty-four hours prior to the Fall 2013 Undergraduate Commencement Ceremony, close to 300 guests arrived...

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  A Commentary for the Hard Questions

  John McKinley — January 09, 2014

  When I was a research student holed up in a windowless office in the library for a year, the PhD student next to my office was Jeremy Howard. While I struggled through stacks of research trying to avoid drowning in the historical theology portion of my dissertation, Jeremy was blazing through the writing of his dissertation on the Copenhagen interpretation of quantum physics and its use for Christian apologetics. His research world couldn’t have been farther away from mine. Years later, he has recently piloted a work that fits a gap I didn’t know I was looking for. To pass on an introduction to this new series, I interviewed the general editor, Jeremy Howard with several questions here.

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  Wright On?, Part One

  Joe Hellerman — January 07, 2014

  One of my self-imposed projects over the January break is to read through N. T. Wright’s (most recent) magnum opus, Paul and the Faithfulness of God. The work is actually two separate books (@ 600 and 1200 pages, respectively!). Book I is primarily concerned with backgrounds, and Paul’s worldview vis-à-vis paganism and Judaism. Book II deals with Paul’s theology and more directly engages the text of his letters.