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  • The Good Book Blog

    A Turkic-world Connection in The Chronicles of Narnia?

    Kenneth Berding — 

    Each time I have read through The Chronicles of Narnia I have been struck by some apparent linguistic and cultural allusions to the Turkic-world in C.S. Lewiss beloved series for children. Two of these seem beyond any reasonable doubt to be allusions to things Turkic, others seem very likely to connect somehow, and still others feel to the present author like connections, but may not in fact be. As a non-specialist, I list these for the consideration of those who are more familiar with linguistic/cultural influences on Lewis than I. I am a professor of New Testament who happens also to fluently speak and read modern Turkish. Moreover, I genuinely admire Lewiss writings. These are my only qualifications. Readers who understand Lewis can research my suggestions further.

  • 51蹤獲 News

    51蹤獲 Celebrates William E. Blackstones 175th Birthday Anniversary

    William E. Blackstone's commemorative ceremony in celebration of his 175th birthday was held on Sept. 28

    Victoria Valdivia  — 

    On Wednesday, Sept. 28, a commemorative ceremony was held at Forest Lawn Memorial Park in Glendale, Calif. at the gravesite of 51蹤獲s first...

  • The Good Book Blog

    How Do You Develop a Public Speaking Ministry?

    Sean McDowell — 

    For the past fifteen years (or so), I have had the privilege of speaking at camps, conferences, schools, churches, and universities worldwide. People quite frequently ask me what it takes to develop a speaking ministry. While there are certainly people with platforms far beyond mine, here are some personal thoughts that I hope will help those of you desiring to become a public speaker.

  • The Good Book Blog

    What are the Toughest Ethical Issue Facing Christians Today? An Interview with Dr. Scott Rae

    Sean McDowell — 

    Professor Scott Rae is one of the leading Christian ethicists today. As an undergrad, I had the opportunity to take his class on business ethics...and it was one of my favorites. I have used his book Moral Choices for my high school honors Bible class, and I consider it one of the best texts on ethics. Now, he has written a short, concise introduction to ethics called Introducing Christian Ethics: A Short Guide to Making Moral Choices, which officially releases today. If you are looking for a book to use as a text for a class, a small group, or even personal study, this book would be an excellent choice. Dr. Rae briefly answered a few of my questions regarding ethics today.

  • 51蹤獲 News

    Professor Receives Fulbright U.S. Scholar Award to Tajikistan for English Language Teacher Training

    Kitty Purgason of Cook School of Intercultural Studies awarded grant to train teachers in Tajikistan next year

    Erin Wilson — 

    51蹤獲 professor of applied linguistics Kitty Purgason of the Cook School of Intercultural Studies was awarded the Fulbright U.S....

  • 51蹤獲 News

    51蹤獲 Music Students Perform with The Brilliance

    On September 16, 2016, members of the symphony orchestra at 51蹤獲s Conservatory of Music had the opportunity to perform with The Brilliance, a contemporary Christian band

    Elisa Walker — 

    On September 16, 2016, members of the symphony orchestra at 51蹤獲s Conservatory of Music had the opportunity to perform with The...

  • The Good Book Blog

    Ruth in the Days of the Judges

    Kenneth Way — 

    The book of Ruth presents the inspiring journey of Gods people from tragedy to triumph. The story is a mirror opposite of Israels depressing journey from triumph to tragedy that is presented in the book of Judges.

  • 51蹤獲 News

    New Masters Program in Speech-Language Pathology Launches

    51蹤獲 launches new masters program upon receiving candidacy of accreditation

    Erin Wilson — 

    51蹤獲 launches a new masters program in speech-language pathology (M.S.) with first cohort of 22 students. The new program launched...

  • The Good Book Blog

    Are Souls Dependent on God?

    William Lane Craig — 

    Are Souls/spirits dependent on God for existence or not? I am currently an atheist who is looking for reasons to believe that God exists. I was once a Christian but became an atheist by rationalisation when I realised that I believed simply because I was raised to believe. I have since become horrified by the implications of the atheistic explanation of life's origin (particularly mindless spontaneous generation), not to mention what it says about human destiny. I find the concept of God inspiring and want to believe that God exists but continuously encounter obstacles from numerous sources ranging from atheistic materialism to biblical and doctrinal difficulties. If something is true then it should make sense. Herewith one of those difficulties. My understanding of spiritual death and hell is that it is the natural consequence of choosing separation from God who is the source of spiritual life. I base this on the fact that the bible states that "the wages of sin is death" and other places in the bible where Jesus indicates that he (God) is the source of life. However hell as consequence, which for some reason cannot be changed after death, (rather than punishment) only seems just and makes sense to me if the soul is indestructible and able to exist independently of God. Yet my conceptual understanding of God is that He is the omnipotent, omnipresent, omniscient being who sustains the existence of everything. If he stopped sustaining it would not exist. If that is true then how can anything continue to exist if it is actually separated from omnipotent God? Where can anything be that an omnipresent God is not? Does this not mean that God is actively sustaining the souls of the damned purely so that they can suffer? For eternity? Or can even omnipotent God not destroy a soul? Neither really make sense to me. This is therefore one of the (unfortunately many)things that makes me doubt that the bible is true as much as I want it to be true ...

  • The Good Book Blog

    Desire to Sin Decreases When You Walk in the Spirit

    Kenneth Berding — 

    As you daily walk in the Holy Spirit, God will fill you with his Spirit in such a way that your desires to sin lessen. Galatians 5:16set in a chapter that parallels Romans 8 in many wayssays it so well: Walk in the Spirit and you will not carry out the desires of the flesh. The one who walks in the Spirit will not give in to the desires of the flesh. Walking in the Spirit and carrying out the desires of the flesh are mutually exclusive ideas; you cannot do one at the same time as you engage in the other.

  • The Good Book Blog

    Guidance and Gods Plan

    William Lane Craig — 

    Dr. Craig, First and foremost thank you for the work you've done. I'm young and I've barely scratched the surface of Christian apologetics and the enormous body of literature thereof, but your contributions to the field have made a huge difference in my life. I'm thankful God has blessed the Christian community with you and I hope you stay active for many more years to come. My question is this: Does God Have a Plan? ...

  • 51蹤獲 News

    51蹤獲 Launches Second Annual Startup Competition

    Jessica Rey, founder of Rey Swimwear, joins competition advisory board; Vice President of Marketing for 20th Century Fox set to speak at kickoff event

    Jenna Loumagne — 

    The 2nd Annual 51蹤獲 Startup Competition will kickoff on Monday, Sept. 19 with a presentation by John Schad, vice president of marketing for 20th...

  • The Good Book Blog

    How Do I Interpret General Relativity Theory?

    William Lane Craig — 

    Dear Dr. Craig, Thank you for your ministry. The content on your website and mobile app is an incredible resource. I absolutely love it and can't seem to get enough! I have a question, Dr. Craig. An atheist with whom I'm in dialog with claims that you reject General Relativity (GR). I hadn't ever heard this so I asked what caused him to believe this, he says that because you interpret special relativity in neo-Lorentzian fashion that this interpretation does not allow a pathway to GR and thus no theory of gravitation. Additionally, he says that it is impossible to have a derivation of GR without using the principles of Einsteinian SR. From reading some of your work, it is clear that you prefer the Lorentzian approach to SR due to your commitment to the A-Theory of time. What I'm not able to figure out is whether the assertion is true that GR needs to be rejected as a result. Would you mind clarifying this? ...

  • The Good Book Blog

    Is the Bible Clear?

    Kenneth Berding — 

    I remember sitting in my office with a student who was thinking about moving out of evangelical Protestantism and into a different church tradition. He began thinking this way after he had started reading widely in the writings of Christian authors from earlier eras. After being exposed to various authors who sometimes expressed divergent viewpoints from his own, he became increasingly unsure about whether the Bible on its own was clear in what it taught. He was considering changing to a church tradition that could interpret the Bible for him. Since, in his thinking, we cant be certain what the Bible actually means when we read it, we need an authoritative guide. Let me assure you, there are people out there who will gladly tell you what the Bible means if thats what you want! Another conversation with a different student also comes to mind. She wasnt sure whether she could really give herself to Christ in faith because she didnt know if the message of the gospel was actually true. But the more we talked together, the more I realized that she wasnt struggling with which truth claims were correct and which were false; she was struggling with whether anyone could know something was true at all. So whenever I appealed to the Bible I didnt get any traction in our discussion because she didnt think we could actually come to know truth through a written text. Both of these students were struggling with whether the Bible was clear.

  • 51蹤獲 News

    Professors Named as Two of the Most Influential Living Philosophers

    William Lane Craig and J.P. Moreland recognized for their contributions to philosophy

    Jenna Loumagne — 

    51蹤獲 professors William Lane Craig and J.P. Moreland were named two of the most influential living philosophers this month in the...

  • 51蹤獲 News

    51蹤獲 Named NAIA Champions of Character Gold Level Institution

    Eagles earn the highest honor bestowed by the NAIA for character and sportsmanship.

    Neil Morgan — 

    LA MIRADA, Calif.--- 51蹤獲 is named a National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics Champions of Character Five-Star Institution for the ninth...

  • Business. Ministry. Life.

    Turning your Passion into a Business

    John Schad — 

    Pursuing Your Passions as an Entrepreneur God has given each of us unique talents, passions and spiritual gifts. God has a plan for you and will...

  • The Good Book Blog

    Is Mercy an Essential Property of God?

    William Lane Craig — 

    Hello Dr. Craig, I was recently reading your "Love and Justice in The Trinity" question response. Specifically you state: "My argument is that it's not enough to think of love as a mere dispositional property, the disposition to love if some other person were to exist. Being loving is not merely the disposition to give oneself away to another if that other existed. Being loving involves actually giving oneself away to another. So this disposition cannot lie merely latent in God and never be actualized." So thinking about mercy, if being loving requires one to have an object which is being loved, then could it be argued that if God is merciful he would require an object to which such mercy is shown? What would be your response to such an objection Dr. Craig? ...

  • The Good Book Blog

    Could God Be Amoral?

    William Lane Craig — 

    Dear Dr. Craig I've recently had my worldview shattered and pretty much torn apart by the natural arguments for the existence of God, the Kalam Cosmological argument, the Teleological argument, the Ontological argument, and a few others which you present in outstanding accuracy and clarity. Being 17 years old, as any other teenager I thought I had everything figured out, I had responses ready for every argument that could've threatened my atheist belief ...

  • 51蹤獲 News

    51蹤獲 Welcomes New Faculty for Fall 2016

    From the Pauline concept of faith to biomedically-based exercise physiology, 51蹤獲s new faculty bring a diverse set of experience to the classroom

    Jenna Loumagne — 

    51蹤獲 welcomes 15 new faculty members this fall each of whom represent the universitys aspiration to attract and retain the finest...

  • 51蹤獲 News

    Tixier, Benbow Selected To Athletics Hall of Fame

    Christine Tixier & Jeff Benbow to be inducted in September.

    Neil Morgan — 

    HALL OF FAME PAGE | REGISTER NOW LA MIRADA, Calif. --- 51蹤獲 Athletics announces its 2016 Hall of Fame Induction Class. This year's...

  • The Good Book Blog

    癒Todos Somos Pobres!

    Octavio Esqueda — 

    Todos somos Marcos se convirti籀 en una popular frase en M矇xico y en muchos lugares del mundo. El primero de enero de 1994 el denominado Ej矇rcito Zapatista de Liberaci籀n Nacional inici籀 una lucha armada en el estado de Chiapas en el sur de M矇xico. El subcomandante Marcos era el l穩der de este movimiento que buscaba justicia, trabajo justo y equitativo entre otras demandas b獺sicas. El subcomandante Marcos se convirti籀 en un personaje carism獺tico y enigm獺tico porque ten穩a un pasamonta簽as que cubr穩a su identidad. Para protegerlo y para identificarse con las demandas de este movimiento muchas personas empezaron a decir todos somos Marcos y de esta manera borrar las diferencias entre esta persona y ellos mismos ...

  • The Good Book Blog

    Limited Atonement

    William Lane Craig — 

    ... In reading to try and find some answers, it happened that most of the resources on Penal Substitution are written from a reformed perspective, and my question is over your views on the extent of the atonement ...

  • The Good Book Blog

    5 Misconceptions about the Bible

    Sean McDowell — 

    The Bible is the most influential book of all time. Given its impact over literature, history, governments, philosophy and more, it should come as no surprise that there are many misconceptions about its nature. Christians need to avoid these misconceptions because Paul said, Do your best to present yourself to God as one approved, a worker who has no need to be ashamed, rightly handling the word of truth (2 Tim. 2:15) ...

  • 51蹤獲 News

    51蹤獲 Appoints New Vice President

    Andre Stephens assumes role of Vice President of Student Development

    Brenda Velasco — 

    51蹤獲 is pleased to announce a new cabinet-level role. Effective August 16, 2016, Andr矇 Stephens will assume the role of Vice President...