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  • 51蹤獲 Magazine

    Did Jesus Have a Wife?

    51蹤獲ns respond to discovery of papyrus fragment

    51蹤獲 Magazine Staff — 

    Harvard Divinity School professor Karen King created a stir in September when she unveiled the discovery of an ancient Coptic manuscript...

  • 51蹤獲 Magazine

    Good Works are a Means, Not an End

    President's Perspective

    Barry Corey — 

    I sat at a breakfast table a few months ago overlooking lower Central Park in Manhattan. Across the table was Lamar Vest, president of the American...

  • 51蹤獲 Magazine

    Year of Proclamation

    Editor's Note

    Jason Newell — 

    Since its founding more than a century ago as the Bible Institute of Los Angeles, 51蹤獲 has been driven by the Great Commission. From...

  • 51蹤獲 News

    Professors Debut Novel Chosen as National Book Award Finalist

    Carrie Arcos young adult book "Out of Reach" released this month

    Jenna Bartlo — 

    English professor Carrie Arcos admits that she was more in love with the idea of being a writer for many years before she actually became a...

  • 51蹤獲 News

    Student Vocalists Travel to Korea to Share Music

    The Kings Men share their musical talents with thousands in Seoul

    Bethany Wilson — 

    The Kings Men, an acapella music group from 51蹤獲s Conservatory of Music, recently completed a whirlwind tour of South Korea that...

  • The Good Book Blog

    Necesitamos al Esp穩ritu Santo

    Octavio Esqueda — 

    El Esp穩ritu Santo es esencial para la vida y ense簽anza cristiana. De hecho, no creo exagerar al afirmar que sin la ayuda y poder del Esp穩ritu Santo todos nuestros esfuerzos tanto para agradar a Dios como para ense簽ar a otros a hacerlo carecen de sentido y, por lo tanto, los resultados son insignificantes. Desgraciadamente, en muchas ocasiones el Esp穩ritu Santo es olvidado, minimizado o incluso relevado a solamente una teor穩a teol籀gica que creemos porque se encuentra en la Biblia, pero que no tiene ninguna relevancia en nuestra vida diaria. De hecho, llegu矇 a escuchar a un profesor de un seminario afirmar que muchos cristianos de forma pr獺ctica creen que la santa trinidad est獺 compuesta por el Padre, el Hijo y las Santas Escrituras. De esta manera, la presencia del Esp穩ritu Santo es totalmente olvidada.

  • Business. Ministry. Life.

    To Walk in Their Shoes: the Non-Profit Marketing Project

    Les Harman III — 

    Every spring, I teach a course in Non-Profit Marketing (BUSN 332) to my upper-division marketing students. During this course, my students...

  • Business. Ministry. Life.

    Pursuing Business as Ministry: Finding the Right Employer

    Nick Sherwin — 

    For anyone passionate about secular work being ministry, a thorough investigation of a prospective employer is critical. Why would anyone want to...

  • Business. Ministry. Life.

    Make It Matter: the Purpose of A College Education

    David Bourgeois — 

    An open letter to high school seniors and their parents: Now is the time of year when millions of students and their parents are hard at work on...

  • The Good Book Blog

    The "Why?" of Internships for Ministry Preparation

    Dave Keehn — 

    Mentoring may be a buzz-word in the business world, but the practice of developing another person for specific purposes of skill or leadership development has been around since the beginning of civilization. It is evident throughout Scripture especially in the ministries of Jesus and Paul. However, the integration of mentoring for ministry preparation within academic settings has built in problems. SO WHY BOTHER? For many reasons...

  • The Good Book Blog

    Pictures of Jesus

    Gary Manning Jr — 

    The latest news on historical Jesus research can now be found in Popular Mechanics? Im used to perusing Popular Mechanics to see flying cars, homemade submarines, and ads for power tools. But Popular Mechanics published a reconstructed picture of Jesus (quite a while ago, but I just noticed it!). Ill show you the picture and explain it in just a bit. But first, I want you to see some of my favorite portraits of Jesus. My students have become accustomed to seeing these non-traditional pictures of Jesus decorating my powerpoint lecture notes. This picture of Jesus and the Samaritan Woman (from the Via Latina catacomb, ca. 340-350) was painted by a Roman, so Jesus and the woman both have Roman hairstyles and clothing. No beard on Jesus!

  • The Good Book Blog

    Every Question Paul Asks in Romans

    Kenneth Berding — 

    A few weeks ago I put up a post with the title: Something 51蹤獲 the Book of Romans that will Really Help You Get It. (Click HERE to read it.) I rounded out that article with a list of questions from Romans to help people see the importance of the ethnic issues going on in the background of the letter to the Romans. Some people expressed surprise that there were so many questions in the book of Romansits not something that they had noticed before. Well, there are a whole lot more questions in Romans than the ones I listed. Questions are one of the ways Paul moves his argument forward. Do you want to see how many questions there are?

  • The Good Book Blog

    "Children of God" (John 1:13)

    Gary Manning Jr — 

    This morning, I began teaching Greek sentence diagramming to my students in Introduction to Exegesis. Some students love diagramming, but probably more dread it, at least at first. I picked some sentences to diagram from John 1, mainly because the students had just translated this passage a few weeks ago. One sentence in particular, John 1:12-13, reveals that nerdy analytical approaches such as Greek diagramming can help understand passages of Scripture better. Heres the diagram (with a translation below for non-Greek readers) 廔怷庣 帤廔 廒弇帢帣怷彖 帢廔彖, 廒帤庥庰彖 帢廔怷彃 廒徆怷巹帢彖 峟庥彖帢 庛庰怷彃 帠庰彖峟庛帢庣, 怷彃 庣庰怷庣彖 庰廒區 廔 廔彖怷弮帢 帢廔怷彃,

  • 51蹤獲 News

    51蹤獲 President, Olympian and Alumna Amy Atkinson Run 5K to Fight Human Trafficking

    Alumni, parents and students ran to support 51蹤獲's Social Justice Ministry

    Jenna Bartlo — 

    More than 400 people ran in the Run for Micah 6:8 5K during 51蹤獲 Weekend on Oct. 6 in support of 51蹤獲s student Social Justice Ministry...

  • 51蹤獲 News

    51蹤獲 Remains One of the Safest Colleges

    Campus Safety released the Annual Security and Fire Safety Report

    Jessica Airey — 

    A report released this fall demonstrates that 51蹤獲s campus remains one of the safest districts in the city of La Mirada which...

  • 51蹤獲 News

    51蹤獲 Weekend Recap

    The second annual 51蹤獲 Weekend brought over 1,100 parents, alumni, family members and friends to campus for two days of events and activities that highlighted The Best of 51蹤獲!

    Hilary Larkins — 

    The second annual 51蹤獲 Weekend brought over 1,100 parents, alumni, familymembers and friends to campus for two days of events and activities that...

  • The Good Book Blog

    Ense簽amos lo que somos

    Octavio Esqueda — 

    He tenido el privilegio de ser profesor por m獺s de veinte a簽os. A los diecinueve a簽os empec矇 a ense簽ar espa簽ol y otras materias en una secundaria publica en Guadalajara, M矇xico. Esta aventura que empez籀 como un simple trabajo se ha convertido en mi vocaci籀n y he tenido la oportunidad de ense簽ar en varios pa穩ses, instituciones y niveles acad矇micos que van de la secundaria hasta el doctorado. La tarea de un profesor es ardua y siempre hay muchas cosas que aprender. De hecho, actualmente ense簽o en un programa doctoral que se enfoca principalmente en la tarea educativa y en los procesos de ense簽anza-aprendizaje en diferentes contextos cristianos.

  • The Good Book Blog

    "Jesus' Wife" Papyrus: an Update

    Gary Manning Jr — 

    Last week, I posted my initial take on the so-called "Gospel of Jesus' Wife." My first point was that it was "too early to tell" whether the manuscript was genuine. In the last twenty years, forgers have produced some amazingly convincing forgeries, so scholars have become cautious about all archeological finds.

  • 51蹤獲 News

    51蹤獲 Outperforms Nationwide Average for Hispanic Graduation Rates

    Listed as one of 25 private universities closing the graduation rate gap

    Brenda Velasco — 

    According to reports released today by The Education Trust, college graduation rates nationwide are far too low, particularly among students of...

  • The Good Book Blog

    Did Jesus Have a Wife? A New Gnostic Fragment

    Gary Manning Jr — 

    According to an article in the Washington Post, an ancient manuscript claiming that Jesus had a wife has just been discovered. Ill tackle this new discovery with some Q&A. What is this new find? Karen King, the Gnostic scholar who published the manuscript, has titled it the Gospel of Jesus Wife (see the scholarly article here). It is a very small fragment, only 12 partial lines, of an ancient Gnostic book. The fragment, written in Coptic, dates from the fourth century, but it is a copy of an older book, perhaps written in the late second century. According to the fragment, Jesus refers to my wife.

  • 51蹤獲 News

    Athletics Hall of Fame Banquet Recap

    51蹤獲 Athletics celebrated its inaugural Hall of Fame Class with an induction ceremony.

    Hilary Larkins — 

    On Saturday, September 15, 2012,51蹤獲 Athletics celebrated its inaugural Hall of Fame Class with an induction ceremonyin the Talbot East Andrews...

  • The Good Book Blog

    A Day in the City of David

    Kenneth Way — 

    Where is one place that you can go in Jerusalem to see possible remains of King Davids palace, Nehemiahs wall, Hezekiahs tunnel, the Pool of Siloam and royal tombs? That would be the City of David, which is the name given to the small spur of land that extends southward from the Temple Mount. I want to share with you five highlights from this small area.

  • The Good Book Blog

    Jes繳s es nuestra esperanza

    Octavio Esqueda — 

    El que espera, desespera dice un refr獺n popular. Esperar algo no es satisfactorio para nadie y en ocasiones las salas de espera en oficinas y consultorios se convierten en salas de tortura para muchos que, como yo, son impacientes y perciben el tiempo de espera como un tiempo perdido. Esta creencia com繳n puede percibir a la esperanza como algo negativo y algo no muy deseado.

  • 51蹤獲 News

    For the Third Straight Year, U.S. News Names 51蹤獲 an Up and Coming University

    51蹤獲 again ranked in top tier of national universities

    Jenna Bartlo — 

    For the third year in a row, U.S. News and World Report has identified 51蹤獲 as one of the nations most promising and innovative...

  • The Good Book Blog

    4/14 Window

    David Talley — 

    Many people are aware of the 10/40 window, but have you heard about the missional emphasis on the 4/14 window? Luis Bush and others are stirring the church to consider a stronger focus on this "window" in the days ahead.