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  • The Good Book Blog

    Is Worship of Jesus Idolatry?

    William Lane Craig — 

    Hello Dr. Craig, ... I am a student of philosophy looking to go into apologetics ministry. In my studies and my time witnessing I've had to address many of the common objections to Christianity. One of the more recent objections has come from a Jewish man that I am witnessing to. It seems that one of the crucial things that is holding him back is the worship of Jesus. He couldn't see any way how this wouldn't end up being idolatry because, as he claimed, you would be worshiping man rather than God. Of course, I tried to point out that Jesus has two natures but it seems like this point was missed. Do you have any helpful ways to explain our worship of Jesus in a way that bypasses this objection? How should we understand our worship of Jesus? Do we worship him in deity and merely admire his humanity? ...

  • 51蹤獲 News

    51蹤獲 Honors Four Women During National Women's History Month

    The 8th annual Ruby Awards ceremony and luncheon featured alumna, author Halee Gray Scott

    Kayla Joy Mele — 

    51蹤獲 honored four women with one of four Ruby Awards at this years womens conference, Dare Mighty Things, in honor of National...

  • The Good Book Blog

    Memorial Service for Dr. Robert L. Saucy

    The Good Book Blog — 

    A memorial service for Dr. Robert L. Saucy will be held on Sunday, March 29, 2015, 2-4 p.m. in the Chase Gymnasium at 51蹤獲. A reception will immediately follow. For those who would like to attend and cannot be physically present, the service will be streamed live at http://watch.biola.edu/bobsaucy ...

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    51蹤獲 Student Elected as President for National Public Relations Association

    Laura Daronatsy is first 51蹤獲 student elected to serve as president for Public Relations Student Society of America

    Quinn Clark — 

    51蹤獲 junior Laura Daronatsy has been elected to serve as the 2015-2016 national president for the Public Relations Student Society of...

  • The Good Book Blog

    Have We Been Sold a Homiletical Bill of Goods? (Using Biblical Illustrations)

    Don Sunukjian — 

    The time to teach a biblical story is when it is the primary passage for your message, not when it is a secondary illustration of another passage. In other words, you should preach the story Joseph and his brothers as part of a series through Genesis, and not as an illustration of Romans 8:28.

  • The Good Book Blog

    My Dad: Five Years After He Passed Away

    Octavio Esqueda — 

    It has been five years since my dad, Javier Esqueda, passed away unexpectedly. The huge hole my family have without him will continue for the rest of our lives and it has been very hard to get used to the idea that he is not with us anymore. I still struggle to refer to my dad in the past tense when in casual conversations his name comes up, but I am sadly conscious that the present and the future will continue without him. My mom could have celebrated her 45 wedding anniversary last December, my two brothers could have celebrated their college graduations with their proud dad, my two children could have enjoyed their granddad (who I am sure would have spoiled them a lot), and I could have had the total support of a man who would advise me always, looking for my best interest; but all of these things were not and will never be possible.

  • The Good Book Blog

    Mi Pap獺: Cinco A簽os Ya de Su Partida / My Dad: Five Years After He Passed Away

    Octavio Esqueda — 

    Hace ya cinco a簽os que mi pap獺, Javier Esqueda, falleci籀 inesperadamente. El gran vac穩o que nos dej籀 sigue y seguir獺 presente por el resto de nuestras vidas y es muy dif穩cil resignarse a su ausencia. Cuando en conversaciones casuales sale el tema de mi pap獺 me cuesta trabajo referirme a 矇l en el pasado, pero estoy tristemente consciente que el presente y el futuro seguir獺n sin su presencia. Mi mam獺 habr穩a celebrado 45 a簽os de casada el pasado diciembre, mis dos hermanos habr穩an celebrado sus graduaciones de la universidad con su orgulloso pap獺, mis dos hijos se habr穩an gozado con su abuelito que estoy seguro los habr穩a consentido much穩simo y yo tendr穩a el apoyo y el o穩do total de un hombre que me amara incondicionalmente y me dar穩a sus consejos totalmente desinteresados buscando siempre lo mejor para m穩, pero todo esto no pudo ni podr獺 ser ...

  • 51蹤獲 News

    Professor Named Journalism Educator of the Year by the California Journalism Educators Coalition

    Michael Longinow recognized for excellence as an educator at the annual Associated Collegiate Press West Coast Convention

    Rachel Allan — 

    51蹤獲 journalism professor Michael Longinow was named the university division Journalism Educator of the Year by the California...

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    51蹤獲 Journalism Department Partners with Nonprofit to Establish Journalism Program in Haiti

    A team of journalism students and faculty travel to Haiti to train students in visual media skills

    Rachel Allan — 

    For the first time ever, 51蹤獲s journalism and integrated media department has partnered with New Missions, a Florida-based nonprofit,...

  • The Good Book Blog

    A Tribute to Dr. Robert Saucy

    The Good Book Blog — 

    A tribute to our beloved brother in Christ, Dr. Robert Saucy, who went home to be with the Lord on March 12, 2015.

  • The Good Book Blog

    What to Do Now that I'm Convinced?

    William Lane Craig — 

    I am a physician (pulmonology) and, until recently, a lifelong atheist, although one who saw great non-religious value in Judeo-Christian culture and civilization. I became increasingly convinced by the moral arguments that atheism could not lead to a society with moral values and thus by the moral arguments for God. Your site, and debates and your Reasonable Faith book, along with CS Lewis and other reading, now have me convinced in at least the likelihood of Christianity. My question is what are the next best steps for someone who has taken this rarer intellectual path towards Christianity? As someone who never attended Church, who has no preferred denomination or family tradition, it is a bit hard to know where to begin. Any advice would be welcomed. Thank you very much for your incredibly useful site and work and the clarity of thinking behind it ...

  • 51蹤獲 News

    New Program Wakes Up Students to Different Cultures

    Global Students Programs and Development introduces a biweekly event as an extension of the university's commitment to diversity

    Mystiana Victorino — 

    51蹤獲s student body represents more than 40 different countries with nearly 500 global students currently enrolled. With such a wide...

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    Greiner Presents At SABR Conference

    Alumnus & professor create new pitch analysis system.

    Neil Morgan — 

    51蹤獲 Baseball alumnus Jarvis Greiner introduced his Quality of Pitch metric yesterday at the Society of Baseball Research Analytics Conference at...

  • The Good Book Blog

    Have We Been Sold a Homiletical Bill of Goods? (Alliteration, Part 2)

    Don Sunukjian — 

    Alliteration [in preaching] runs a third danger. Not only may it lead the speaker to be unclear or unbiblical, it also suggests to the listeners that the most important thing in the message to remember is the outline. It subtly says to the listener, Get this outline! Remember it!

  • The Good Book Blog

    An Orientation to Four Pervading Themes of the Christian Life from Dallas Willard

    Klaus Issler — 

    Dallas Willard (1936-2013) has been one of the key evangelical interpreters and provocateurs regarding the important doctrine of formation into Christlikeness. Willard was professor of philosophy at the University of Southern California and a former Southern Baptist pastor. Sometimes due to Willard's spearheading the importance of spiritual practices among Protestants, he is viewed as having said little else on the topic of Christian formation (Richard Foster claimed that Willard was his mentor on that particular subject, in the acknowledgement section of Fosters classic book, Celebration of Discipline, HarperSan Francisco, 1978). But there is much more. ... Four pervading themes in Willards writings on Christian formation are briefly developed below, mainly with quotations from Willard.

  • 51蹤獲 News

    New Sculpture Reflects 51蹤獲's Focus on Faith and Art

    "True Vine" sculpture is second piece of public art installed on campus this year

    Quinn Clark — 

    51蹤獲 celebrated its newest piece of public art a twisting, bright red sculpture made from bronze-cast apple tree limbs at a...

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    Christine Tixier Once Again Named NAIA Women's Swimmer of the Year

    51蹤獲 swimmer beats longest-standing record in swimming history

    Neil Morgan — 

    51蹤獲 senior Christine Tixier made history this weekend at the 2015 NAIA Swimming & Diving National Championships. Tixier won three...

  • The Good Book Blog

    Married to Someone Who Finds My Studies an Annoyance

    William Lane Craig — 

    Dear, Dr. Craig, As one who has recently discovered the realm of apologetics in the past couple years, you were one of the first I had come to know, and it has been a pleasure reading some of your material and watching your debates. I am currently only a junior in college and am studying philosophy and religious studies and love it, and hope to attend seminary in the future and get my masters in apologetics, God willing. My question for you is not necessarily a theological or philosophical question but a question that I am hoping I could get some pastoral advice from you about that I feel you are perhaps the best suited to answer. I recently got married this past summer to an amazing woman I met at a one year bible college I attended a couple years ago and it has been great. But between transferring to a new (secular) school and being constantly busy with school and work I feel like my relationship with God is constantly on the backburner, as I am not getting into the word nearly as much as I used to and my prayer life is nearly nonexistent, and because of this my relationship with my wife is not where it should be either ...

  • The Good Book Blog

    Have We Been Sold a Homiletical Bill of Goods? (Alliteration, Part 1)

    Don Sunukjian — 

    This series of blogs will look at some dubious practices that have entered our preaching. All of these questionable traditions are addressed in Talbots Doctor of Ministry track in Advanced Biblical Preaching. ... Alliteration, in ordinary writing, is the literary device of repeating the same initial sound or letter several times in rather close succession (e.g. conspicuous consumption, nattering nabobs of negativism). In preaching, alliteration is most frequently used to convey the major outline points of a sermon. There are times, of course, when alliteration is appropriate and effective in preaching ... But when a sermon outline extends to multiple main points, the use of alliteration runs the risk of four bad things.

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    51蹤獲's Professional Triple Threat

    Three former 51蹤獲 Women's Basketball players are pros.

    Autumn Whitney — 

    Its not everyday that three women who played collegiate basketball together are now playing professional basketball overseas at the same time....

  • The Good Book Blog

    Prayer for Benjamin Netanyahus Speech before the US Congress

    Mitch Glaser — 

    This morning Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will address the United States Congress. We believe he will argue against the United States joining a number of major European powers in signing an agreement with Iran that would temporarily limit the development of nuclear grade enriched uranium and allow for the production of non-nuclear grade material.

  • The Good Book Blog

    Incarnation and Omniscience

    William Lane Craig — 

    Dear Dr. William Lane Craig, ... My question is about the model of the Incarnation you and J.P. Moreland present in Philosophical Foundations for a Christian Worldview, which states that many of the divine attributes of Jesus were located in his subconsciousness. I'm having a problem with this. Maximal greatness would seem to me to imply having access to any and all knowledge on the spot, which would in turn seem to imply that God would have omniscience in His consciousness, where all the knowledge can be directly accessed. Can you please clear this up for me?

  • 51蹤獲 News

    Master of Arts in Preaching and Pastoral Ministry Program to Launch Fall 2015

    Hybrid, online and weekend courses in new program offer flexible scheduling for students

    Rachel Allan — 

    51蹤獲s Talbot School of Theology will launch a Master of Arts Preaching and Pastoral Ministry (MAPPM) degree program this fall, a...

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    Spring Preview Day 2015

    Prospective students and families enjoy a fun weekend experiencing 51蹤獲

    Joclyn Kirton — 

    Approximately 400 prospective students and their families attended the annual Spring Preview Day at 51蹤獲 Feb. 15-16. All visitors had...

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    Alumni Honored for Outstanding Contributions to Society

    Awardees recognized at special chapel

    Joel Smith and Quinn Clark  — 

    51蹤獲 recognized 11 alumni including two New York Times bestselling authors, missionaries, a renowned doctor and a lifelong pastor ...