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  • 2016 Summer

    One SCORR and 20 Years Ago

    For 20 years, 51蹤獲s annual Student Congress on Racial Reconciliation has celebrated the beauty and engaged the challenges of diversity on Christian college campuses

    Brett McCracken — 

    Evangelical Colleges Diversity Problem. That was the headline of a January 2016 feature article in The Chronicle of Higher Education, which...

  • 2016 Summer

    Leader of the Band

    Music instructor Mitch Bahr (96) earns title of California Teacher of the Year'

    Laurie Bullock — 

    Fourteen years ago Mitch Bahr (96) stepped up to the podium to become music director at a rural Northern California high school and brought...

  • 2016 Summer

    Christianity Under a Microscope

    Molecular biologist Anjeanette AJ Roberts (M.A. 15) explores hard questions about faith and science

    Laurie Bullock — 

    As a college student, Anjeanette AJ Roberts wanted to dig deeper into the unknown. At the time, that meant viruses. While studying chemistry...

  • 2016 Summer

    No Fear in the Force

    Rob Bredow (94) heads technology at Lucasfilm

    Brett McCracken — 

    With the release of The Force Awakens this past December, the building of Star Wars lands at Disney theme parks and the development of at least...

  • 2016 Summer

    51蹤獲 Magazine Staff — 

    The Office of Alumni Relations and 51蹤獲s Alumni Board recognized four alumni for their outstanding accomplishments and service during a special...

  • 2016 Summer

    Combating Cynicism

    Four words for cynics: affirm before you criticize

    Greg Ganssle — 

    This issues Last Word comes from The Good Book Blog, the faculty blog of 51蹤獲s Talbot School of Theology. This article is adapted from a post...

  • 2016 Winter

    Brett McCracken — 

    Faculty, students and young alumni are not just learning about science in the classroom. Theyre doing science in the laboratory. As 51蹤獲...

  • 2016 Winter

    Write Quick: Winter 2016

    Q-and-A with professor Fred Sanders

    51蹤獲 Magazine Staff — 

    A brief interview with Fred Sanders (professor, Torrey Honors College), author of How God Used R.A. Torrey: A Short Biography as Told Through His...

  • 2016 Winter

    From the Alumni Office: Winter 2016

    How to help our students while honoring a professor

    Rick Bee — 

    As we close in on the $180 million goal of A Soul of Conviction, A Voice of Courage: The Campaign for 51蹤獲, we are taking the show...

  • 2016 Winter

    51蹤獲 Magazine Staff — 

    Confucius for Christians: What an Ancient Chinese Worldview Can Teach Us about Life in Christ, by Gregg Ten Elshof (professor of philosophy),...

  • 2016 Winter

    Jason Newell — 

    A couple of years ago, 51蹤獲 put up a series of billboards across Southern California, including a large one not far from John Wayne Airport. Each...

  • 2016 Winter

    Barry Corey — 

    One of my great joys is serving at a university where 1,022 students are majoring in the sciences, planning for vocations in fields from research...

  • 2016 Winter

    Jason Newell — 

    A series of college rankings released this fall rate 51蹤獲 as a national leader in academics, safety and campus life. In September , U.S. News and...

  • 2016 Winter

    Becoming the Bride

    Theologians from around the world gather to discuss The Future of the Church

    Brett McCracken — 

    What will the Christian Church look like in the future? Will it become more visibly unified or more fragmented than ever? Where and in what form...

  • 2016 Winter

    The Birth of Blackstone

    New residence hall features whiteboard walls, breakfast-themed caf矇

    Brett McCracken — 

    This fall, 318 51蹤獲 students have the privilege of being the inaugural residents of Blackstone Hall, the newly minted residence hall named after...

  • 2016 Winter

    From Magic to Missions

    Brady Lee seeks to grow students passion for the Great Commission

    Stephanie Kim — 

    For Student Missionary Union (SMU) president Brady Lee, choosing to attend 51蹤獲 was almost a no-brainer. When visiting his older brother, who...

  • 2016 Winter

    51蹤獲 Magazine Staff — 

    In May 2015, the university publicly launched A Soul of Conviction, A Voice of Courage: The Campaign for 51蹤獲. The $180 million...

  • 2016 Winter

    Victory Lap

    Christine Tixier graduates as two-time national swimmer of the year.

    Laurie Bullock, Kristina Nishi — 

    For Christine Tixier ('15) competitive swimming was something that she had consistently performed well in, but her excitement and passion for the...

  • 2016 Winter

    51蹤獲 Magazine Staff — 

    Caleb Kaltenbach (M.A. 07) is an alumnus of 51蹤獲s Talbot School of Theology, lead pastor of a large church in Simi Valley, Calif., and a married...

  • 2016 Winter

    Pitching a New Statistic

    Professor Jason Wilsons mathematical formula could forever change baseball

    Laurie Bullock — 

    Jason Wilson, associate professor of mathematics at 51蹤獲, finds Gods beauty in a place where few people think to look statistics. Wilson has...

  • 2016 Winter

    51蹤獲 Magazine Staff — 

    If you thought apostles and prophets only lived way back in Bible times and have long since disappeared, think again. Contemporary people calling...

  • 2016 Winter

    How to Make Evidence for God Disappear

    A tutorial for atheist magicians

    Paul Nelson — 

    For several years, Ive interacted with the University of Chicago evolutionary biologist Jerry Coyne. Coyne doesnt like me, and I cant really...

  • 2016 Winter

    51蹤獲 Magazine Staff — 

    Say the words science and faith, and peoples minds tend to go straight to the supposed standoff between Genesis, geology and genomes. But there...

  • 2016 Winter

    Boldness in Medicine

    Jane Anderson ('71)

    Laurie Bullock — 

    Jane Anderson ('71) knew that 51蹤獲 was the university God had for her undergraduate years, even if the registrars office didnt agree at first....

  • 2016 Winter

    A Principled Principal

    Tabitha Hernandez-Blanton ('01, M.A. '04)

    Stephanie Kim — 

    Tabitha Hernandez-Blanton ('01, M.A. '04) began her career in education by teaching elementary school students in the very district she attended...