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    ŷַ is Granted a 10-year Reaccreditation Term

    The Western Association of Schools and Colleges grants ŷַ the longest term possible for accreditation.

    Brenda Velasco — 

    ŷַ has been granted a 10-year reaccreditation term, the longest term possible, from the Western Association of Schools and Colleges...

  • The Good Book Blog

    What Does it Mean to Say God Is a Soul?

    William Lane Craig — 

    I would like to ask a clarifying question, and also ask you to consider some implications of your view on the Trinity. For reference sake, here is the view to which I'm referring: "Suppose, then, that God is a soul which is endowed with three complete sets of rational cognitive faculties, each sufficient for personhood. Then God, though one soul, would not be one person but three, for God would have three centers of self-consciousness, intentionality, and volition, as Social Trinitarians maintain. God would clearly not be three discrete souls because the cognitive faculties in question are all faculties belonging to just one soul, one immaterial substance. God would therefore be one being which supports three persons, just as our individual beings each support one person." ...

  • The Good Book Blog

    Are Christians in a Culture War? Interview with Josh McDowell

    Sean McDowell — 

    This goal of this blog is for me to soak up wisdom from my father and share it with you. I have been blessed to have an incredibly influential father, Josh McDowell. He has written over 150 books and spoken to more young people live than anyone in history. But what I appreciate most about my father is his love for my mom, for his kids, and now for his many grandkids. Enjoy! ...

  • ŷַ News

    Softball Takes Mission Trip To Cuba

    Eagles spread the Gospel through softball

    Lorie Coleman — 

    LA MIRADA, Calif. --- This summer ŷַ Softball partnered with Global Baseball, a missionary organization geared towards utilizing the popularity...

  • The Good Book Blog

    Lo Trágico del Racismo y la Gracia del Príncipe de Paz

    Octavio Esqueda — 

    ... Todos los seres humanos somos creados a la imagen y semejanza de Dios (Gen. 1:27). La imagen de Dios es la base fundamental de nuestro valor y dignidad. Por la gracia divina podemos representarlo y todos los hombres y mujeres somos la corona de la creación (Salmo 8). Nuestro color de piel es insignificante para determinar nuestro valor o esencia. Desgraciadamente lo que debería ser una muestra de la belleza de la diversidad de la creación divina para muchos se ha convertido en una forma de señalar y discriminar a otros que son diferentes a ellos ...

  • The Good Book Blog

    Much More Ado About Nothing

    William Lane Craig — 

    Beloved Dr. Craig, Atheists argue that you commit a Fallacy of Equivocation when you talk about Something and Nothing. When you say "if the universe could come into being from nothing, then why is it that only universes can pop into being out of nothing? Why not bicycles and Beethoven and root beer? What makes nothingness so discriminatory? If universes could pop into being out of nothing, then anything and everything should pop into being out of nothing. Since it doesn't, that suggests that things that come into being have causes." Here, when you talk about the origins of the universe you are referring to absolutely nothing (no space, no time, no vacuum, no voids). But when you ask "Why not bicycles and Beethoven and root beer?" you are referring to the space-time in which we live. This is a fallacy of equivocation! ...

  • The Good Book Blog

    What are the Top Books to Give a Non-Christian?

    Sean McDowell — 

    One of the most common questions I receive regards which books I would recommend Christians to give their non-Christian friends who they hope may become believers. While there are many excellent books, these six come from both my personal experience of hearing stories of how people have become believers, and also an assessment of the apologetic and evangelistic value of each book ...

  • The Good Book Blog

    How Do You Minister to Second Generation Christian Students?

    Sean McDowell — 

    Even though I grew up in a Christian home, with parents in professional Christian ministry, there was a time that I walked away from God. I was tired of the rules, authority, and simply wanted to live life my own way. And as you can imagine, I hit rock bottom. Feelings of loneliness, despair, and the weight of sin simply overwhelmed me and I hit the end of my rope … and so when I was four years old, I got down on my knees and decided I was going to follow Jesus ...

  • The Good Book Blog

    The Brits’ Brexit

    Freddy Cardoza — 

    It’s official. Or essentially official. Sure, it’ll be contested and the process and the unfurling of the never-before-used Article 50 (the document governing agreements to leave the European Union) will take a couple of years, but with 100% of the nation reporting, the people of Great Britain have decided “enough is enough.” With 52% favoring the move, Brits have formally voted to exit the European Union—hence the term “Br(itish)exit.” After two years of speculation and bitter fights that spanned the halls of Parliament, all the way to the shores of Washington D.C., the people have spoken: They want out. No, it wasn’t by a landslide, but that’s immaterial. The vote has been won. A simple majority is what is needed and that’s “democracy” folks! ...

  • The Good Book Blog

    What Did Jesus Suffer?

    William Lane Craig — 

    Dr. Craig, I am glad to hear that your next line of research is targeting the atonement. I have also been looking into this subject and am trying to find some answers concerning one aspect of the substitution theory, namely, Christ taking on our punishment or God's wrath. I have to believe this entails more than just physical death since our punishment without the covering of Jesus' righteousness is an eternity in the lake of fire. Does this mean that while Jesus suffered a horrific physical death on the cross that he also suffered this same eternity of God's wrath for each person that has ever lived or ever will live? Otherwise, there have been many martyrs that have suffered horrific deaths, so what would make Christ's death any more harder to handle than theirs, regarding God's wrath, if only the physical aspect was meant? ...

  • The Good Book Blog

    What are the Top Academic Books on the Bible and Homosexuality?

    Sean McDowell — 

    In my last post, I listed my top five popular books on the Bible and homosexuality. This post is designed for those who want to go deeper and explore the academic sources firsthand ...

  • ŷַ News

    Diomartich Joins Tampa Bay Rays

    ŷַ ace Eric Diomartich signs pro contract with Tampa Bay Rays.

    Neil Morgan — 

    PORT CHARLOTTE, Fla. --- Back in May of 2011 ESPN's Keith Law recognized ŷַ Baseball as one of the top-3 programs in the NAIA in terms of...

  • The Good Book Blog

    Divine Psychology

    William Lane Craig — 

    First of all I would like to say thanks for the great job you are doing and for the big influence you have upon people's lives both spiritually and intellectually. My question isn't really mine, actually I found it in one of the reasonable faith forums, and I think it's a very good question that intrigues me since it was raised in your debate with Kevin Scharp. I would like to look at your take on the divine psychology objection proposed by Scharp more closely. Here's the question as it was presented in the forum: “Dr. Craig recently debated Dr. Kevin Scharp on the Veritas Forum. One very interesting objection that Dr. Scharp raised to the fine tuning argument is that it appeals to divine psychology to support the premise that design is more probable than chance and necessity ...

  • The Good Book Blog

    Top Ten Verses to Defend Your Faith

    Sean McDowell — 

    For the past few days I have been trying to think of the top ten verses that would be most helpful to apologists and evangelists. I have reflected on my own experience and also gotten feedback from many of you on Facebook and Twitter. So, here are my top ten verses to defend your faith (in no particular order) ...

  • ŷַ News

    ŷַ Announces Founding Dean of the School of Science, Technology and Health

    Paul W. Ferguson brings diverse experience in higher education to the new role

    Brenda Velasco  — 

    After an extensive national search and interview process, ŷַ has selected Dr. Paul W. Ferguson to serve as the founding dean of the...

  • The Good Book Blog

    Animal Consciousness Once More

    William Lane Craig — 

    Dear Dr. Craig, Thank you for everything you do, in the philosophical and apologetic area for us. I'm writing to you because recently I was debating with a friend of mine about consciousness, and the implications of such concept in our life. I argued that from his line of thinking (which is evolutionism) consciousness isn't a trait that you can acquired through darwinian evolutive methods. (such as Descent with modifications, adaptive radiation etc.) But he went ahead and stood firm that animals do have states of consciousness and that really left me shocked, that he would go so far as to affirm such statement ...

  • The Good Book Blog

    How Do We Help Kids Who Have Left the Faith?

    Sean McDowell — 

    Perhaps the toughest question parents ask me is how they can help their wayward kids. The difficulty of this question stems not solely from the intellect, but from seeing the pain in the eyes of parents who are genuinely hurt and disappointed in the choices of their kids. What can we do? Here are some humble thoughts from my work with students ...

  • ŷַ News

    Dr. Holmquist Transitions Out of Athletic Director Role

    After 27 years as the leader of the athletic department Dr. Dave Holmquist commits to coaching.

    Neil Morgan — 

    LA MIRADA, Calif. --- In preparation for ŷַ’s application for acceptance into the NCAA Division II longtime basketball coach and...

  • The Good Book Blog

    Choosing a Church

    William Lane Craig — 

    Hello, Dr. Craig. ... I've been researching Church history, denominational formations and doctrine and their founding leaders, in conjunction with reading the New Testament to see if I can determine what is the most Scripturally sound. Of course, "picking" a denomination is only the first step, I think; then, one has to wisely choose a local church body to commit to. In short, what lies beneath my central question to you, as is probably clear, is wanting to know how you decided -- and how you would recommend others educate themselves to decide -- on a denomination (if that's even a proper way of thinking of the decision) and, more specifically, a church, or local body, to commit yourself to. One would want to be properly yoked in this relationship, just as in a marriage, it seems ...

  • ŷַ News

    Women's Track & Field/Cross Country Named Program of the Year

    In its first season under Head Coach Sean Henning ŷַ Women's Track & Field and Cross Country has soared to new heights.

    Neil Morgan — 

    NEW ORLEANS, La. --- ŷַ was honored on Wednesday as for the first time ever the United States Track & Field and Cross Country...

  • ŷַ Magazine

    In Print: Summer 2016

    ŷַ Magazine Staff — 

    Answering Jihad: A Better Way Forward, by Nabeel Qureshi (M.A. ’08), Zondervan, March 2016. San Bernardino was the most lethal terror attack on...

  • ŷַ Magazine

    From the Alumni Office: Summer 2016

    Big Thanks for a Big Check

    Rick Bee — 

    Every year, I watch with joy as the Alumni Board presents a “big check” to the student body at our annual Alumni Awards and Golden Eagles chapel....

  • ŷַ Magazine

    Updates from the Campaign Trail

    ŷַ Magazine Staff — 

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

  • ŷַ Magazine

    Combating Cynicism

    Four words for cynics: ‘affirm before you criticize’

    Greg Ganssle — 

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

  • ŷַ Magazine

    Meet the 2016 Alumni Award Winners

    ŷַ Magazine Staff — 

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