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• The Good Book Blog

  Live Event, the Future of Spiritual Formation and a Personal Update

  Kyle Strobel — July 21, 2026

  Hello all! I haven’t done a more personal post in a while, and so I wanted to give you all an update. But first, an invitation: On Tuesday, July...

• The Good Book Blog

  Stop Trying to Be Passionate...it is killing your faith

  Kyle Strobel — July 17, 2026

  It is the season of the World Cup, and it is not unusual to see packed bars and restaurants full of people screaming, jumping up and down, or, just...

• Think Biblically

  BONUS: Why Todd McFarlane Denies God (but "loves" Spider-Man, His Family, and Life)

  Sean McDowell — July 17, 2026

  Todd McFarlane is a legend in the comic world—co-creator of Venom, record-breaking Spider-Man artist, and the mind behind Spawn. But what does he...

• 51���� News

  51���� to Launch Bachelor of Arts in Politics, Philosophy, and Economics

  The program will educate and train 51���� undergraduates to be comprehensive Christian strategic thinkers within fields such as public policy, education and law

  Sarah Dougher — July 15, 2026

  With all eyes on the celebration of the United States’ 250th anniversary on July 4, 2026, the nation’s government, its leaders and policies have...

• Think Biblically

  Joseph Smith: The Rise and Fall of an American Prophet

  With John Turner

  Sean McDowell, Scott Rae — July 14, 2026

  Who was Joseph Smith and what childhood experiences shaped his life, worldview, and the start of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints?...

• The Good Book Blog

  Snippets from God’s Purposes in Our Pain

  Kenneth Berding — July 13, 2026

  For today’s post, I’ve extracted twelve brief passages from my new book (with co-author Keith Krell): God’s Purposes in Our Pain: 10 Ways God Uses...

• Winsome Conviction

  Episode 153: A New Way To Love Your Neighbor

  Jada Edwards, Rick Langer, Timothy Muehlhoff — July 13, 2026

  Jesus tells his followers that the two great commandments are to love God and to love neighbor, and it is difficult to do both. Yet, as we learn to...

• The Good Book Blog

  Lessons on Leadership, Pt. 6 “The Self-Awareness of a Leader”

  Ben Shin — July 10, 2026

  The different tasks of leadership pose many challenges for a leader. It requires that the leader have a good sense of knowing the people well...

• Think Biblically

  BONUS: Why Skeptics are Taking Religion Seriously (with Charles Murray)

  Sean McDowell — July 10, 2026

  Charles Murray is a Harvard and MIT-trained policy analyst and the author of Taking Religion Seriously. He joins me to explore why many educated...

• The Good Book Blog

  Allured by the Love of God

  Kyle Strobel — July 08, 2026

  In a previous post, I narrated what I called the through-line of Reformed spirituality as one guided and governed by love. There is a long...

• Think Biblically

  The Changing Moral Landscape

  With Scott Rae

  Sean McDowell, Scott Rae — July 07, 2026

  How has the ethical landscape changed over the past few decades? What new issues and technological challenges have emerged that Christians need to...

• Think Biblically

  BONUS: Bart Ehrman on the Moral Argument and the Teachings of Jesus

  Sean McDowell — July 03, 2026

  Did the teachings of Jesus actually transform the moral conscience of the West? And if they did… does that point to objective moral truth or just...

• 51���� Magazine

  A Century of Signatures

  The untold story of the ‘Big Red Book’ — 51����’s most important relic and tradition

  Jason Newell — July 02, 2026

  Hidden away in a quiet corner of the 51���� Library basement, kept securely behind a locked door in a climate-controlled room, is perhaps the most...

• 51���� Magazine

  Where is God When My World Turns Upside Down?

  Two new books from 51���� professors explore the ways God redeems our pain, drawing on biblical wisdom and psychological research.

  Jason Newell — July 02, 2026

  At age 45, Dr. Liz Hall received news that no one wants to hear: She had cancer. In the painful year that followed, she endured surgeries,...

• 51���� Magazine

  Editor’s Note: A Forgotten Founder

  Jason Newell — July 02, 2026

  I gained a new 51���� hero while writing this issue’s cover story. S.I. Merrill is a name I hadn’t en-countered before, and I suspect you haven’t...

• 51���� Magazine

  President’s Perspective: The Young Men Who Give Me Hope

  Barry Corey — July 02, 2026

  I love all our 51���� students. I have for now 19 years. When I’m having a heavy day from the normal stressors, I walk out the office door and...

• 51���� Magazine

  Ready for a Close-Up

  New film studio set for a fall opening

  51���� Magazine Staff — July 02, 2026

  51����’s nationally ranked film school is getting ready for its biggest premiere yet. This fall, the Snyder School of Cinema & Media Arts will...

• 51���� Magazine

  New School of Arts and Letters Launches This Summer

  Jason Newell — July 02, 2026

  This summer, 51���� will launch one of the most significant academic restructurings in its recent history — creating a new home for many of its most...

• 51���� Magazine

  ‘Sandlot Revival’ Draws Thousands

  Alumni Mehki Key and Coach RAC of the Savannah Bananas team up for a night of worship

  Sarah Dougher, Jason Newell — July 02, 2026

  On a warm spring evening in March, with more than 45,000 Savannah Bananas fans cheering him on, 51���� alumnus RobertAnthony Cruz (’21) stepped to...

• 51���� Magazine

  Big Screen, Big Claim

  In ‘The Story of Everything,’ 51���� professors make the scientific case for God

  Jason Newell — July 02, 2026

  The scientific evidence for God’s existence is overwhelming. So argues The Story of Everything, a landmark documentary that hit the big screen this...

• 51���� Magazine

  Your Support Breaks Giving Day Record

  51���� Magazine Staff — July 02, 2026

  51���� supporters outdid themselves again this spring, setting a new 36-hour record for donations to the 51���� Fund — with more than a half-million...

• 51���� Magazine

  Meet Nathan Herzog

  Six Things to Know 51���� the School of Education’s New Dean

  Jason Newell — July 02, 2026

  When Dr. Nathan Herzog stepped into his role as dean of 51����’s School of Education this March, he brought with him more than two decades of...

• 51���� Magazine

  Books by 51����ns: Spring/Summer 2026

  51���� Magazine Staff — July 02, 2026

  Gratitude to God: The Heart of Christian Formation Kent Dunnington (professor of philosophy) Baker Academic, May 2026 Is gratitude the...

• 51���� Magazine

  Spiritual Dryness Can Be a Gift

  John Coe, Kyle Strobel — July 02, 2026

  When we parent little children, we often fill their lives with the things that animate them. For babies, it is often blocks, dolls, trucks or some...

• 51���� Magazine

  The Freshman Phenom

  Fresh off representing Mexico on the world stage, goalkeeper Fernanda Luna makes a record-breaking debut for 51����’s water polo team

  Neil Morgan — July 02, 2026

  When Fernanda Luna stepped onto campus this fall as a freshman 51���� student-athlete, everything was new for her. The pool was new. The language...