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• 51���� Magazine

  A Leader on the Court: Spring 2021

  Senior Jazz Benn leads the women’s basketball team in the midst of a pandemic

  Zachariah Jimison — June 30, 2021

  Jazmin Benn is a role model on campus, a beauty care model off campus, and one of the most successful women’s basketball players in 51���� history....

• 51���� Magazine

  Why We Gave: Spring 2021

  Business owners Vincent Huang and Jovy Cheng make seven-figure gift to 51���� Fund

  51���� Magazine Staff — June 30, 2021

  Vincent Huang and Jovy Cheng recently gave a seven-figure gift to the 51���� Fund — providing critical support to students during a particularly...

• 51���� Magazine

  51���� Introduces New Diversity Strategic Plan

  University roadmap identifies initiatives to build ‘unity amidst diversity’

  Jason Newell — June 30, 2021

  51���� marked a major milestone this spring in its ongoing efforts to embrace and embody biblical diversity, launching a long-awaited “...

• 51���� Magazine

  Dr. 1,000

  Basketball coach Dave Holmquist reaches historic milestone

  51���� Magazine Staff — June 30, 2021

  Dave Holmquist has become just the fifth head coach in four-year college men’s basketball history to earn 1,000 career coaching victories, reaching...

• 51���� Magazine

  Ask the Expert: What Keeps Christians from Experiencing Spiritual Growth?

  Jenna Loumagne — June 30, 2021

  As society has increasingly become socially fragmented and polarized, more Christians are feeling disconnected and struggling to grow spiritually....

• 51���� Magazine

  30 to Watch (Literally)

  Meet some of the recent Snyder School of Cinema and Media Arts alumni whose work you’ll want to follow

  51���� Magazine Staff — June 30, 2021

  The rising reputation of 51����’s Snyder's School of Cinema and Media Arts is a major credit to the many alumni who are making an impact through...

• 51���� Magazine

  Softball Finishes as National Runner-Up

  Team makes impressive statement in first season of playoff eligibility

  51���� Magazine Staff — June 30, 2021

  The 51���� softball team came within one win of capturing the NCAA Division II national championship this spring, falling just short in the final...

• 51���� Magazine

  51���� Launches Spate of New Online Programs

  51���� Magazine Staff — June 30, 2021

  51���� is now accepting applications for several new online programs launching this summer and fall — including options at both the graduate and...

• 51���� Magazine

  Think 51���� It: Spring 2021

  A roundup of recent videos, podcasts and other resources on Christianity and culture

  51���� Magazine Staff — June 30, 2021

  Rocky Seto at Chapel (YOUTUBE) Rocky Seto, former assistant head coach for the NFL’s Seattle Seahawks, spoke at a recent 51���� chapel. The now...

• 51���� Magazine

  Books by 51����ns: Spring 2021

  51���� Magazine Staff — June 30, 2021

  Where Prayer Becomes Real, by Kyle Strobel (M.A. ’02, M.A. ’05, associate professor of spiritual theology) and John Coe (’79, M.A. ’83, professor...

• 51���� Magazine

  Social Justice: A Christian Approach

  51���� Magazine Staff — June 30, 2021

  Questions of social justice have become highly combustible among Christians. Part of the problem stems from the triggering term “social justice.”...

• 51���� Magazine

  Hope in Community

  Nursing alumna Michelle Howe uses her skills to combat Covid-19

  Jenna Loumagne — June 30, 2021

  When the Covid-19 vaccine race kicked into gear, alumna Michelle Howe (‘08) joined the cause as a study nurse assisting in the Pfizer-BioNTech...

• 51���� Magazine

  Encountering God for the First Time Again

  Jeff White writes the first illustrated story Bible for adults

  Zachariah Jimison — June 30, 2021

  For those who have heard the stories of Abraham, David and Jesus their whole lives, it can be difficult to approach the Bible with a new set of...

• 51���� Magazine

  Serving Servicemembers

  Psychologist Katie Kopp has spent the past 13 years working with military veterans

  Sarah Dougher — June 30, 2021

  Capt. Katie Kopp (M.A. ’05, Ph.D. ’08) was drawn to the Southern California sun when applying for Rosemead School of Psychology in the middle of an...

• 51���� Magazine

  A Recipe for Trusting God

  51���� Magazine Staff — June 30, 2021

  In fall of 2018, I came to my friend with the idea of a dinner club. It had been two years since I moved to New York City to pursue a career as a...

• 51���� Magazine

  Suzy Crowell, 1939–2020

  Remembering the namesake of Crowell School of Business and descendant of 51���� founder

  Barry Corey — June 30, 2021

  On the last day of 2020, I received word that 51���� had lost a great friend, Suzanne “Suzy” Crowell. For Paula and me, it was a sad New Year’s Eve....

• 51���� Magazine

  Wordsmithing the Word

  51���� professors help update the New American Standard Bible (NASB) for 2020

  Zachariah Jimison — June 30, 2021

  51���� six years ago, New Testament professors Moyer Hubbard and Alan Hultberg received an email from the Lockman Foundation that went something...

• Think Biblically

  [Bonus] How Archaeology Supports the Bible

  with Joel Kramer

  Sean McDowell — June 29, 2021

  Is there actually good archaeological evidence supporting the Bible? Sean interviews archaeologist Joel Kramer about his recent book Where God Came...

• Business. Ministry. Life.

  Why Alumna Jasmine Mullally Transferred to 51���� Twice

  Character and Career: Stories of Transformation

  Jasmine Mullally, John Tuttle — June 28, 2021

  “When you learn to be okay with not knowing what the future holds because you know that God knows and you can trust him, you will never feel more free or more at peace.”

• The Good Book Blog

  What Does Greek Grammar Have to Do with Social Justice?

  Clinton E. Arnold — June 28, 2021

  I began teaching Greek at Talbot in the fall of 1987. Part of teaching Greek grammar is in helping students understand the nuances of the Greek...

• Think Biblically

  The Anatomy of Deconversion

  with John Marriott

  John Marriott, Sean McDowell, Scott Rae — June 27, 2021

  We hear an increasing number of stories — tragic ones — of recognizable Christian leaders abandoning their faith. What contributes to these...

• GRIT

  Thecla's Last Word

  Thecla Li — June 26, 2021

  When interviewing for GRIT in my sophomore year, I told the team that I didn’t know what it meant to be an empowered woman or what I could do to...

• The Good Book Blog

  Are You a People Pleaser?

  Kenneth Berding — June 23, 2021

  Are you a people pleaser? Do you do things for others so they will like you, thank you or just not get upset at you? The Urban Dictionary...

• Think Biblically

  Why You Matter

  with Mike Sherrard

  Sean McDowell — June 21, 2021

  Does life really have any meaning? Are all human beings actually equal? These are some of the big questions of life, which we wrestle with in this...

• Winsome Conviction

  Episode 21: Reports from The Front: Sean McDowell, Part 1

  Rick Langer, Sean McDowell, Timothy Muehlhoff — June 21, 2021

  It’s difficult to keep conversations on hot topics conversational and keep the back and forth from devolving into a debate. In this segment of...