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• The Good Book Blog

  Principles and reflections in the midst of the Global Pandemic by COVID-19

  Octavio Esqueda — April 06, 2020

  This post is also available on The Good Book Blogin Spanish. These are uncertain times. The global pandemic caused by COVID-19 has been...

• Becoming 51����

  Sustainability in College

  Bailey Captain — April 06, 2020

  Hello friends, I am so excited to share with you something I am super passionate about...SUSTAINABILITY! Sustainability means maintaining...

• Becoming 51����

  Reflection On Coronavirus

  Magdalene Segarra — April 03, 2020

  Hey everyone, I hope you all are doing well and staying safe! I am currently back home in Florida and I have been reflecting on everything that's...

• The Good Book Blog

  A List of Psalms to Memorize

  Kenneth Berding — April 03, 2020

  Would you like to use some of the extra time you have right now to memorize Scripture? I have previously written about the importance of memorizing...

• Think Biblically

  God, Greed and the Prosperity Gospel

  with Costi Hinn

  Sean McDowell, Scott Rae — April 02, 2020

  One of the most destructive departures from biblical teaching spreading around the world today is what is known as the “prosperity gospel.” Scott...

• Business. Ministry. Life.

  Message From Dean Gary Lindblad

  Gary Lindblad — April 01, 2020

  The effectiveness of our crisis management will depend on our ability to identify and utilize the gifts and abilities of those uniquely prepared for such a time as this.

• The Good Book Blog

  The Church is Bigger

  A post from Rolane Boersma

  Mick Boersma — April 01, 2020

  This blog was written by Mick Boersma's wife Rolane, who has served with him in pastoral ministry throughout their 46 years of marriage. She holds...

• Think Biblically

  [Bonus Podcast] An Outreach Presentation at Berkeley

  by Sean McDowell

  Sean McDowell — March 31, 2020

  While leading a recent student trip to Berkeley, Sean gave a pre-evangelistic message on the UC Berkeley campus. His approach was to give four...

• Becoming 51����

  Bible Classes 101

  Jessie Zangmeister — March 31, 2020

  Hi Everyone! I hope you are all staying safe and healthy and not going too crazy while being socially isolated. 51���� is praying hard for all of...

• The Good Book Blog

  Faithful Progress in Testing Times

  Andy Draycott — March 30, 2020

  Plague-like pandemics, fire destroying property, rumors of conspiracies by foreign religious agents, wide circulation of fake news and salacious...

• GRIT

  To Our Beloved GRIT Community

  Danielle Brimmage — March 29, 2020

  To our beloved GRIT community, We know that many departments/organizations on and off 51����’s campus have released statements in response to...

• Think Biblically

  Counterculture

  with David Platt

  Sean McDowell — March 27, 2020

  According to David Platt, we live in a culture with values in deep conflict with the gospel. What does it mean to live out the Christian faith in...

• The Good Book Blog

  Principios y reflexiones en medio de la pandemia mundial por el COVID-19

  Octavio Esqueda — March 27, 2020

  Estos son tiempos inciertos. La pandemia mundial ocasionada por el COVID-19 ha estado transformado la vida de millones de personas de una manera...

• Becoming 51����

  My Time at 51���� So Far

  Bailey Captain — March 27, 2020

  Hey guys! How do you blog? I am so excited to share my very first blog post with you guys. As our world seems so chaotic and lost right now in...

• Becoming 51����

  Waiting On God

  Anna Messersmith — March 26, 2020

  You know those times where your human ability has hit its limit and all you can do is sit and wait. Those times where your world has flipped...

• 51���� Magazine

  The Evangelists

  Meet the 51���� alumni and students behind a bold national effort to share the gospel on public school campuses

  Joanna Wu — March 25, 2020

  Photo above:51���� alumni Rich Hung, KelleePopp and Ben Flemming help lead the National School Project from their office in Whittier, California....

• 51���� Magazine

  Are You on 51����Hub Yet?

  Discover the new online network for mentoring, finding jobs and connecting with fellow alumni

  Jason Newell — March 25, 2020

  From Jakarta to Germany, from Seattle to Seoul, 51����ns around the world are discovering an innovative new service that promises to make it better...

• 51���� Magazine

  Editor’s Note

  For Spring 2020 Issue

  51���� Magazine Staff — March 25, 2020

  Dear Readers, As you read the online version of 51���� Magazine’s Spring 2020 issue, please note that this issue was sent to print in early March,...

• 51���� Magazine

  What’s a Christian to do with Video Games?

  Q&A with game designer Michael Steffen

  Joanna Wu — March 25, 2020

  Last July, an audience gathered at the Arthur Ashe Stadium in New York for the Fortnite World Cup, one of the most anticipated esports events of...

• 51���� Magazine

  Killing Cancer

  Professor Richard Gunasekera uses motorized nanomolecules to drill into harmful cells

  Jason Newell — March 25, 2020

  Richard Gunasekera’s cancer research isn’t just cutting-edge; it’s drilling-edge. The 51���� scientist is part of a team of researchers who are...

• 51���� Magazine

  When Tragedy Hit, So Did a Cascade of Grace

  'After 51����' with Cassidy Ray ('10)

  51���� Magazine Staff — March 25, 2020

  I can’t remember a time in my life when I felt more optimistic about my future than when I graduated from 51���� in 2010. It was this absolute...

• 51���� Magazine

  51���� Through the Lens of President and Parent

  Book excerpt from 'Make the Most of It' by President Barry H. Corey

  Barry Corey — March 25, 2020

  Four years after starting my job as the university’s president, our oldest graduated from high school and decided to attend 51����. Given my role at...

• 51���� Magazine

  Books by 51����ns

  Recent publications by our very own 51���� faculty and alumni

  51���� Magazine Staff — March 25, 2020

  Faith for Exiles Faith for Exiles, by David Kinnaman (’96, 51���� trustee) and Mark Matlock (’91), Baker Books, September 2019. It’s easy to get...

• 51���� Magazine

  The Priority of Love

  Book excerpt from 'Theology in the Democracy of the Dead' by Matt Jenson

  51���� Magazine Staff — March 25, 2020

  To be human is to be a lover. The most basic thing to say about humans, according to Augustine, is not that we are social animals (as in...

• 51���� Magazine

  Workplace Adversity Can Be Good for Your Soul

  Karin Stetina — March 25, 2020

  “Does time dedicated to working in the secular world endanger our souls?” Chris R. Armstrong asks this important question in Work: Theological...