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The Good Book Blog
Soldiers in the Gospels
Gary Manning Jr — March 14, 2011
When I teach or preach from the Gospels, I always bring in relevant aspects of the historical and cultural background. Including such details not only helps us in our interpretation of the scene, but also helps us retell the story well – an essential part of preaching from narrative passages. Several passages in the Gospels involve soldiers. Movies about Jesus, and most sermons about Jesus, portray all of these soldiers as Romans. We sometimes get the idea that there were centurions on every street corner. But is this the case? I have pulled together some of the information that we have about soldiers in Judea and Galilee in the first century, and included a few comments about each scene in the Gospels involving soldiers.
The Good Book Blog
Ideas: Not Without Consequence
Freddy Cardoza — March 13, 2011
Ideas are not neutral and irrelevant. They are constructs of language that can have helpful or hurtful cooresponding effects. All ideas are not equally valid and are not necessarily even true... but, true or not, ideas can have powerful effects and great care should be taken in our handling of them.
The Good Book Blog
Godly Wisdom for Christian Conversation
Ashish Naidu — March 09, 2011
A friend of mine has a coffee cup with the following words printed on the outside, “Presbyterian Coffee: Predestined to be brewed decently and in order.” I chuckled when I saw it for the first time several years ago. The humorous one-liner nicely captures a couple of representative ideas that are associated with a particular church denomination. An amusing tongue-in-cheek way to integrate the love of coffee, a distinctive theological perspective, and a related view of church polity, one might say! Funny sayings aside, the hallmark of church polity of things being done “decently and in order” actually derives from Paul’s remark in 1 Cor. 14:40, where he instructs believers to be orderly in their worship and to avoid discord and confusion. I suggest that this regulative principle of church polity can be of great service outside its walls, especially in conversational contexts that can be potentially explosive.
51�� News
Making Sense of Egyptian Uprising
Arabic professor shares insights on recent revolution
Jenna Bartlo — March 08, 2011
Victor Khalil, professor of Arabic at 51��, shed some light in an interview with 51��’s student newspaper, The Chimes, on the...
The Good Book Blog
Elder Leadership & Spirit-Led Decision Making
David Talley — March 04, 2011
In addition to my faculty responsibilities at 51��, I am a member of a pastoral team at a local church (www.graceevfree.org). We do not have a senior pastor. Our understanding of this is captured in two ministry values, namely “Elder Leadership” and “Spirit-led Decision Making.” It is my hope that the following summary of these ministry values might challenge you in your understanding of how the body of Christ is to function.
51�� News
Three 51�� Women Make Athletic History
Conicelli named basketball player of the year; Miller sets new pentathlon record; Smith sets swimming record
Jenna Bartlo — March 03, 2011
Three 51�� women athletes kicked off Women’s History Month during the first week of March by making some history of their own. Jessilyn...
The Good Book Blog
The Power of a Pure Life
Freddy Cardoza — February 27, 2011
Purity begets personal power. This personal power comes from integrity. Integrity creates inner strength, which manifests itself in strong character. This 'character' increasingly produces unmitigated power in the life of the person possessing it-- and such a person is fueled by nothing other than pure conviction.
51�� News
Tweet Hunt Adds Excitement to Founders Day
51�� celebrates 103rd birthday with scavenger hunt and burial of time capsule
Jenna Bartlo — February 24, 2011
Racing across campus, 51�� junior Ben Kopec skidded to a halt outside the Student Health Center. By finding vice president Chris Grace standing...
The Good Book Blog
The Fear Factor
Freddy Cardoza — February 23, 2011
Edvard Munch's ultimate work was his expressionist series The Frieze of Life. In that series Munch sought to illustrate some of the most fundamental themes of the human experience: life, love, death, melancholy, and fear.
51�� News
Alumni Young and Old Celebrated at 51�� Friday, February 18, 2011
Jenna Bartlo — February 17, 2011
The annual Alumni Awards were presented in chapel February 18 to four distinguished 51��ns (Dr. Larry Acosta, 2011 Lifetime Achievement Award;...
The Good Book Blog
Reading John
Gary Manning Jr — February 15, 2011
As a resident of Hawaii most of my life, one of the conversations that I have often had with visitors was about what to see when they came to Hawaii. I would tell them to get out of Waikiki, to be sure to visit Hanauma Bay early in the morning, and to try our local plate lunch, among other things. Hawaii is a great place to visit anyway, but hopefully my tips made the trip more enjoyable. I do something similar when I talk to people about the Gospel of John. John is a beautiful book that will bless and delight; but I have some tips that I hope will add to the reader’s enjoyment. Here they are – six questions that make up my traveler’s guide to the Gospel of John.
The Good Book Blog
Living Lake or Stagnant Pond?
Joe Hellerman — February 15, 2011
I recently spent an hour with a Talbot guy who is really ‘getting it.’ Not only is Peter a bright, disciplined student of the New Testament. He is also up-to-his-ears in local church ministry.
The Good Book Blog
John Calvin (1509-64)
Rob Price — February 14, 2011
Hey, if you can summarize Luther in 1,000 words, Calvin should be no problem. Not that Calvin’s any less interesting than Luther, just less open. In tens of thousands of pages of his surviving writings, including several thousand personal letters, Calvin gives only the rarest hints of what’s going on inside. It’s pretty obvious, though, that so profound an exegetical and theological legacy could only have come from a heart aflame for God.
The Good Book Blog
Grammatical Categories
Joe Hellerman — February 13, 2011
Third semester Greek is a challenging place to be for our seminary students. Many of these folks are doing well just to hang on to what they learned back in Greek 1-2. Learning intermediate grammar finds our students negotiating a sharp turn deep in the tunnel of language acquisition. The proverbial light at the end of this tunnel—where knowledge of Greek pays significant exegetical dividends—gets almost snuffed out for a season by Wallace’s thirty-some categories of the genitive case.
51�� News
51�� Supporters Traveled Into the Woods on Saturday, February 12
Jenna Bartlo — February 11, 2011
51�� donors assembled Saturday, February 12, 2011 for the Conservatory’s presentation of “Into the Woods”, the Tony Award-winning musical by...
The Good Book Blog
The Violence of Truth
Freddy Cardoza — February 11, 2011
A sage once said that "Truth-telling is an act of violence." Regarding violence, anyone who has ever been victimized and that has suffered the resultant trauma knows its resonant results. It is like the proverbial pebble which causes a disproportionate effect-- rows of ripples that circumnavigate far from the point of impact, long after the rock has settled in the silt below.
The Good Book Blog
Theotechnos: Some Reflections on the Intersection of Social Media and Theology
Jeffrey Volkmer — February 09, 2011
Along with speaking to one another in psalms, hymns, and spiritual songs, if one were to peruse the communication literature of most American, Evangelical churches, it would seem that Paul had somehow left off Twitter, Facebook, Wikipedia, and blogs of every sort. The ubiquity of “social media” in all its iterations has found quite the tender audience in Evangelicalism with seemingly no parachurch ministry, church (along with each respective ministry therein), pastor, youth minister, or seminary able forge ahead without intermittingly spreading communicative buckshot across the world wide web at a 140 character pace.
The Good Book Blog
The Dangerless Fear
Freddy Cardoza — February 04, 2011
Fear can be rational or irrational. That said, there's a 'sense' in which it doesn't always matter whether one's fear is rational or not. That's because even if a particular fear happens to be irrational, that doesn't necessarily make it any less troubling. In fact, irrationality doesn't "negate" fear in the least-- and, in some cases, it can even breed terror.
The Good Book Blog
Don’t Gimme No Theology!
Joe Hellerman — February 04, 2011
Don’t gimme no theology. Just gimme the Bible! Ever heard someone say that? Well, at times theology comes in handy. That might sound like a no-brainer coming from a pastor/seminary professor, but as a historian I much prefer interpreting a biblical passage in its historical and literary context (my task as a New Testament scholar) to systematizing various portions of Scripture around a single theological truth (the task of a theologian).
The Good Book Blog
Martin Luther (1483-1546)
Rob Price — February 04, 2011
How do you introduce the great Protestant reformer Martin Luther in under 1,000 words—plus a picture or two? His life, his works, his doctrines, his impact? One standard biography (Brecht) runs 1,300 pages. I might omit a few things, but here goes.
The Good Book Blog
Teaching Deeper, Part I
Kevin Lawson — February 04, 2011
Over the next several months, I will be addressing the problem of the shallow impact of many teaching ministries in our churches and ways that we might “Teach Deeper” for greater openness to God’s transforming work. In this first blog I pose some questions about why some of our teaching ministries seem to bear limited fruit and how we might better approach our teaching ministries.
51�� News
Alumni at BIOLA vs APU Game
Jenna Bartlo — February 02, 2011
With spirits higher than the scoreboard indicated, the annual 51��-APU men’s and women’s basketball showdown was full of energy, enthusiasm and...
51�� Magazine
In Print: Winter 2011
51�� Magazine Staff — January 20, 2011
The Virtues of Capitalism: A Moral Case for Free Markets, Scott Rae (chair and professor of philosophy of religion and ethics) and Austin Hill...
51�� Magazine
Where Are They Now?: Winter 2011
51�� Magazine Staff — January 20, 2011
Church-Planting in Thailand Leslie Nesbitt (M.A. ’02) and Debbie (Yarrall, ’96) Nesbitt have been missionaries with Grace Brethren...
51�� Magazine
Alumni Files: Winter 2011
How Can We Make 51�� More Affordable?
Rick Bee — January 20, 2011
The 51�� Alumni Board — a team of great volunteers who represent you — met recently to offer their wisdom and counsel on an important...