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  Billings on Adoption

  Rob Price — January 23, 2012

  I’m not the only one who’s been reading Billings. Uche Anizor has been at it, too, and he’ll soon be posting comments here on specific chapters of Billings’s book. Meanwhile, I’ll add a few of my own on Billings’s foundational first chapter on union with Christ as the ground of our adoption.

• 51���� Magazine

  In Print: Winter 2012

  51���� Magazine Staff — January 21, 2012

  You Lost Me: Why Young Christians Are Leaving Church … And Rethinking Faith , by David Kinnaman (’96), Baker Books, October 2011. More than 60...

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  51����ns Up Close: Winter 2012

  George Bell ('82), the tallest living American-born man

  Amy Seed — January 21, 2012

  George Bell is someone you can’t help looking up to. Standing at his full height of 7 feet 8 inches, Bell (’82) was named the “Tallest Man in the...

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  Get to Know: Winter 2012

  Freddy Cardoza, multifaceted minister

  51���� Magazine Staff — January 21, 2012

  What do you get when you combine a love for snakes, Native American folklore, opera and urban ministry? The answer is Freddy Cardoza, chair of...

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  The Trellises Out Back

  Mick Boersma — January 21, 2012

  When we moved into our house several years ago the backyard was a mess. The previous owners had large dogs, which had torn up whatever grass had...

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  Where Are They Now?: Winter 2012

  51���� Magazine Staff — January 21, 2012

  Sharon (Ramsey, ’84) Hansen has held a leadership position for 19 out of the 20 years she has worked with Southwest Airlines. She currently works...

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  Alumni Files: Winter 2012

  Join the Network!

  Rick Bee — January 21, 2012

  For all of the benefits of a 51���� education — the great Bible training, the lifelong relationships and the 51���� community that we all enjoyed as...

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  More '30 Units' Lessons

  51���� Magazine Staff — January 20, 2012

  For this issue of 51���� Magazine, we asked 51���� alumni and current students to share the most memorable and important lessons they learned from...

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  30 Units, 30 Lessons

  51����ns share the most important lessons learned from their 30 units of Bible classes

  51���� Magazine Staff — January 20, 2012

  As any 51���� student or graduate can tell you, one of the things that makes 51���� distinct from other colleges is the requirement for...

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  Inside Talbot East

  A look at 51����'s exciting new theology building

  51���� Magazine Staff — January 20, 2012

  Photography by Laurel Dailey ('05) Talbot East is more than just the eye-catching new structure next to Calvary Chapel; it’s a building that will...

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  Introducing the 51���� Center for Christian Thought

  What happens when some of the world's leading Christian minds gather on one campus?

  Jason Newell — January 20, 2012

  Back in October, professor Gregg Ten Elshof was sitting across from radio talk show host Frank Pastore, explaining his vision for the...

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  By the Numbers

  51���� ranked among 17 'up and coming' national universities

  51���� Magazine Staff — January 20, 2012

  51���� was once again ranked in the top tier of the “Best National Universities” category of the annualU.S. News & World Report...

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  Nine Fun Facts 51���� ‘Nationball’

  51���� Magazine Staff — January 20, 2012

  Chase Gymnasium was packed on Sept. 15 for the annual Nationball dorm competition, a student tradition that has exploded in popularity in recent...

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  51���� Athletes Earn High Marks for Character

  51���� Magazine Staff — January 20, 2012

  51����’s student athletes demonstrate outstanding character and leadership on and off the field, and it hasn’t gone unnoticed. In October, the...

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  Calling All Homeschoolers!

  51���� Youth Academics launches online high school classes, goes global

  Brett McCracken — January 20, 2012

  Homeschool students from around the world have been coming to 51���� for years. Now, 51���� is coming to them. For over 15...

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  The Best Books of All Time

  Professors and alumni guide readers through the classics of Western thought

  Brett McCracken — January 20, 2012

  What can Christians learn from writers like Aquinas, Marx, Nietzsche and Erasmus? What about Chaucer, Locke, Dante and de Toqueville? A lot,...

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  Lessons Learned

  Editor's Note

  Jason Newell — January 20, 2012

  The summer before I arrived at 51���� as an undergraduate, I attended a massive worship service at a local stadium. One of the speakers who got up...

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  Talbot’s New Building: Built on a Sure Foundation

  President's Perspective

  Barry Corey — January 20, 2012

  Oct. 14, 2011, was a historic day at 51����. It was a day of remembrance, thanksgiving and reflection on the blessings God has bestowed...

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  What Hath Football to do with Faith?

  51���� Magazine Staff — January 20, 2012

  For many Christians, Sunday mornings are about going to church, while Sunday afternoons are about watching pro football games, or basketball, or...

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  Why is Jesus Christ the Only Way of Salvation?

  Kevin Lewis — January 20, 2012

  Jesus Christ proclaimed, “I am the Way, and the truth, and the Life; no one comes to the Father, but through Me” (John 14:6). The Apostles echoed...

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  Opting for Adoption

  Alumnus’ teaching program honored by congressman

  Amy Seed — January 20, 2012

  During 20-plus years in ministry, Jeff Slack (’98, M.A. ’02) came to believe that something important was missing from many youth groups: a strong...

• The Good Book Blog

  Billings, Union with Christ

  Rob Price — January 17, 2012

  Todd Billings is one of evangelicalism’s brightest up-and-coming pastor-scholars. From missions work in Uganda, to a Harvard Ph.D., to an adopted daughter from Ethiopia, Billings is advancing many of the projects dear to evangelicalism. You may have seen his wonderful cover article for Christianity Today (October 2011) on the theological interpretation of Scripture. In November 2011 he published the distillation of nearly a decade’s sustained reflection on a theme that is central to the gospel: the believer’s union with Christ.

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  Ministry In Wood

  Mick Boersma — January 05, 2012

  It wasn’t long after starting my pastorate in Washington State that I realized a hobby would be a good thing. I needed an activity that was far removed from ministry – something that would divert my attention away from the stresses brought on by working with people – an escape, if you will.

• Business. Ministry. Life.

  Business Fundamentals: How to Read a Financial Statement

  James Webb — January 02, 2012

  This is the first post in a series we will presenting on this blog called "Business Fundamentals". In this series, we will be collecting lectures...

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  God, the Master Craftsman: A Christmas Meditation

  Ashish Naidu — December 23, 2011

  Wonderful is the word that encapsulates the world of horology. The more I read about the art and craft of watch making, the more I reflect on the infinite complexity of the divine mind, particularly the wondrous design and the meticulous plan of salvation—conceived in eternity—but executed in time and space.