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• 51���� News

  51���� Alumni on Their Way to Crash the Super Bowl

  The Doritos “Crash the Super Bowl” commercial contest finalists have a chance to win $1 million and for their ad to air during the Super Bowl

  Sarah Dougher — January 16, 2025

  Alumni from the 51���� Snyder School of Cinema & Media Arts have a chance to steal the Super Bowl spotlight – during the commercial...

• Student Life Blog

  51���� Celebrates Black History Month

  51���� Staff — January 15, 2025

  OVERVIEW As part of our efforts to live out our shared biblical value of unity amidst diversity and to highlight and show appreciation for our...

• Think Biblically

  Engaging Jesus with Our Senses?

  with Jeannine Hanger

  Jeannine Hanger, Sean McDowell, Scott Rae — January 14, 2025

  What does it mean to engage Jesus with our senses? What is an embodied approach to studying the life of Jesus as opposed to the way we normally...

• The Good Book Blog

  Seven Favorite Christian Books of 2024

  Kenneth Berding — January 14, 2025

  Happy New Year to each of you! I hope that 2025 is a wonderful year for you, full of many moments when you experience God’s multifaceted grace. I...

• Becoming 51����

  How to Navigate the Spring Before College

  Rebecca Irwin, Kaiden Tolkamp — January 13, 2025

  The spring before your student starts college is full of deadlines and decisions — we know it can be tough to navigate!We've laid out what you...

• 51���� News

  Burgers and Business: Crowell School of Business Develops In-N-Out Leadership Academy

  A cohort of In-N-Out Burger® Associates attended six workshops taught by 51���� faculty on financial, operational and strategic concepts

  Sarah Dougher — January 10, 2025

  The 51���� Crowell School of Business and In-N-Out Burger have cooked up exciting opportunities: the In-N-Out Leadership Academy, a...

• Think Biblically

  Cultural Update: Atheist Says Christianity Is Key to Saving America; Right to Die for Mental Decline; AI Choosing Embryos

  Sean McDowell, Scott Rae — January 10, 2025

  For the first week of the new year, Sean & Scott discuss: Update on the wildfires in Southern California. Atheist author argues that true...

• The Good Book Blog

  Is the Exodus a Myth?

  Titus Kennedy — January 10, 2025

  The Israelites’ exodus from Egypt is a major narrative referenced throughout the Bible, and it’s known by millions around the world. But many...

• 51���� News

  51���� Carries the Legacy of World-Renowned Artist Peter Brandes

  The Danish artist and his wife are the visionaries behind the 2018 Calvary Chapel renovation

  Sarah Dougher — January 09, 2025

  World-renowned artist Peter Brandes, who died on January 4, 2025, left a profound legacy at 51���� through the stained glass windows he...

• Talbot Magazine

  From the Dean: Winter 2024

  Ed Stetzer — January 08, 2025

  As the Dean of Talbot School of Theology, I clearly love and appreciate theology and theological education. Studying, clarifying and training in...

• Talbot Magazine

  Update from Talbot’s Extension Site in Kyiv, Ukraine

  Mark Saucy — January 08, 2025

  Early last June, Dean Ed Stetzer and I were able to pay a visit to Talbot’s sister institution, Kyiv Theological Seminary in Kyiv, Ukraine. For the...

• Talbot Magazine

  Talbot Celebrates Largest Incoming Class in a Decade

  Doug Geringer — January 08, 2025

  The word is spreading about Talbot’s excellent degree programs! While 51����’s overall Fall 2024 enrollment is encouraging at 5,448 total...

• Talbot Magazine

  Retirement Tributes: Winter 2024

  Talbot Magazine Staff — January 08, 2025

  Several beloved Talbot School of Theology professors retired in 2024 after faithfully impacting thousands of students during their teaching...

• Talbot Magazine

  Faculty Profile: Winter 2024

  J.P. Moreland (Distinguished Professor of Philosophy)

  Ashish Naidu — January 08, 2025

  J.P. Moreland stands as one of today’s leading Christian philosophers, blending elite academic scholarship with a compelling ability to engage...

• Talbot Magazine

  Shelf Life: Winter 2024

  Talbot Magazine Staff — January 08, 2025

  Engaging the Old Testament: How to Read Biblical Narrative, Poetry, and Prophecy Well Dominick Hernández Associate Professor of Old Testament...

• Talbot Magazine

  Book Excerpt: Engaging Jesus with Our Senses: An Embodied Approach to the Gospels

  Talbot Magazine Staff — January 08, 2025

  Smells are potent, in part because they carry connections in our brains to memory and emotion. This is why a scent can immediately transport us to...

• Talbot Magazine

  Alumni Profile: Winter 2024

  Gary Osmundsen (M.A. ‘06), Philosophy Professor at GCU

  Ben Shin — January 08, 2025

  Dr. Gary Osmundsen (M.A. ’06) grew up in a loving home but felt spiritually empty, until a life-changing encounter with Christ that eventually led...

• Talbot Magazine

  Best of the Blog: Winter 2024

  The Problem with Imitating Jesus

  Kyle Strobel — January 08, 2025

  There are tension points all along the path of Christian spiritual formation, where Scripture seems to present opposing ideas to us. If I can...

• Talbot Magazine

  Talbot’s Role in Global Evangelism

  Ed Stetzer — January 08, 2025

  Trees frame key themes in the biblical storyline. In the opening chapters of Creation, God placed two trees in the garden: the tree of life and the...

• Talbot Magazine

  How to Navigate Conversations 51���� Sexual Identity

  What Every Pastor Needs to Know

  Ben Shin — January 08, 2025

  How can pastors better care for people in their churches who are wrestling with complex questions about sexuality and gender? Increasingly,...

• The Good Book Blog

  Was the Old Covenant Defective?

  Kenneth Way — January 08, 2025

  In Hebrews 8:7-8 we read: “For if that first covenant had been faultless, there would have been no occasion to look for a second. For He finds...

• Winsome Conviction

  WCP in the Veritas Forum's Best Of Clips for 2024

  Timothy Muehlhoff — January 07, 2025

  In the fall of 2024, Tim spoke at the Veritas Forum at Cal Poly San Luis Obispo. The clip from this moderated talk, "Should We Pick & Choose...

• Think Biblically

  Have We Lost Our Minds?

  with Stan Wallace

  Sean McDowell, Scott Rae — January 07, 2025

  What does it mean to say that we are body and soul both? Have the neurosciences done away with the soul? Are we little more than our physical stuff...

• 51���� News

  51���� Launches Chinese Theology Research Initiative

  The initiative was established alongside the Institute for Advanced Studies of Chinese Christianity (IASCC)

  Sarah Dougher — January 06, 2025

  51���� launched the 51���� Research Initiative for Advanced Studies of Chinese Theology in November 2024, an initiative established...

• 51���� News

  Nursing Students Serve Those in Need Across the World

  Five 51���� nursing students provided care to underserved communities in the Philippines and Indonesia in October

  Sarah Dougher — January 06, 2025

  Five nursing students took their skills abroad in October, with three traveling to the Philippines and two to Indonesia. For over 10 years, the...