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  • The Good Book Blog

    Questions on Time and the Origin of the Universe

    William Lane Craig — 

    Dr. Craig, My name is Tejas and I'm 13 years old. I admire you and have watched many of your debates. I sincerely request you to answer this question, and thank you for taking your time to read this. My question regards the Kalam Cosmological Argument, that I have seen you present in some debates. The first part is, is the initial premise on causation refuted if the zero-energy universe hypothesis is true, and what would be the flaws if the universe were a vacuum fluctuation? And regarding the second premise, could you please tell me why you think the presentism ontology of time is true? ...

  • ŷַ News

    ŷַ Leads NAIA In Scholar Teams

    For the second year in a row ŷַ has most teams with academic honors.

    Neil Morgan — 

    For the fourth time in six years ŷַ leads the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) in Scholar Teams. The Eagles...

  • The Good Book Blog

    The Great Dane—Remembering Kierkegaard

    Doug Geivett — 

    Søren Kierkegaard was born May 5, 1813, in Copenhagen, Denmark. He’s been called a Christian existentialist, a fideist, a satirist, and “the melancholy Dane.” He was concerned about the disconnect between Christian profession and the lived reality of true Christianity. He called his contemporaries to a deeper personal encounter with God. And he wrote with penetrating insight about the failure of the purely aesthetic life—what we today might call secularism—which seeks pleasure without discerning its natural and ultimate end, namely, despair. Kierkegaard’s contribution is considerable, even for the evidentialist. In fact, his sermonic style may be of value to the apologist who insists on the value of evidence. E. J. Carnell, mid-twentieth century, did the most to bring Kierkegaard’s insight into an overall “combinationalist” approach to apologetics. Carnell wrote: “There can be no question that Søren Kierkegaard gave a profoundly convincing defense of the third locus of truth.

  • The Good Book Blog

    Why Translators Shouldn’t Translate “Walk” as “Live” in Ephesians 4-5

    Kenneth Berding — 

    Recent English Bible translators have increasingly opted to translate the Greek word peripateo, whenever it is used metaphorically to describe one’s way of life, with the English word “live.” The other option at translators’ disposal is to retain the metaphor and translate it into English as “walk.” The motivation for the decision to translate with the word “live” instead of “walk,” apparently, is the fear that readers might not grasp the metaphor, and thus might either interpret verses that employ the metaphor literalistically (describing the manner in which you put one foot in front of the other), or, more likely, that readers might simply find themselves confused by the metaphor. Let me show you some verses from Ephesians 4-5 where this matters, comparing the English Standard Version and the New American Standard Bible, both of which tend to use “walk” in such contexts with the New International Version and New Living Translation, both of which tend to use “live” (or something similar). Then let me offer a critique.

  • The Good Book Blog

    An Interview with Adam Johnson: Atonement; A Guide for the Perplexed

    The Good Book Blog — 

    Adam Johnson (assistant professor at ŷַ’s Torrey Honors Institute (’01, M.A. ’07)) recently released Atonement: A Guide for the Perplexed. To learn more about this book, we asked Adam a few questions ...

  • The Good Book Blog

    Questions about Body-Soul Interaction

    William Lane Craig — 

    Hello Dr. Craig! First of all, I would like to thank you for your work in the Kingdom of God. It has literally changed my life. I recently rededicated my life to Jesus Christ because of the ministry and power that He has bestowed upon you. I was watching your debate with Paul Draper yesterday and have had nagging questions about consciousness since then. I believe myself to be a dualistic interactionist, and I believe the brain is an instrument with which the soul interacts with physical reality. However, I am struggling with a few things: Does someone afflicted with Alzheimer's disease in anyway disprove the existence of a soul? There personality can change as their brain begins to deteriorate. I had surgery as a teenager and when I was anesthetized all I remember was waking up. Did my soul linger around my body while I was knocked out? Why can't I remember anything during the time of being unconscious? Are we the only creatures on planet Earth with a soul? I have heard Hank Hanegraff mention that he believes in different types of souls that God may have imbued animals with ...

  • ŷַ News

    ŷַ to Host Special Olympics Athletes

    Nearly 400 athletes for the 2015 Special Olympics World Games will stay at ŷַ

    Staff — 

    ŷַ will host hundreds of Special Olympics delegates from Russia and Macau for the 2015 Special Olympics World Games coming to Los...

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    ŷַ's Six-Member Pole Vault Team Leaps to Greatness

    Teams place in first, second and third at April Golden State Athletic Conference

    Mystiana Victorino — 

    ŷַ’s six-member pole vault team took first and second place in the women’s vault and second and third place in the men’s vault at...

  • The Good Book Blog

    Melanchthon’s Message: Understanding Christian Fellowship

    Freddy Cardoza — 

    ... Because of the importance of Christian fellowship, it is important to distinguish biblical guidelines to guide and govern our interactions with other professing believers. This is especially true in a world such as ours, where there exists tremendous diversity in the beliefs and behaviors among those who call themselves Christians ...

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    Alan Nakamura Named Women's Basketball Coach

    Long-time Point Loma assistant coach named new WBB head coach.

    Neil Morgan — 

    Alan Nakamura has been named the newest ŷַ Women's Basketball head coach, taking over for Dr. Bethany Miller as she transitions into the new...

  • The Good Book Blog

    Subordination of God the Son to the Father

    William Lane Craig — 

    I have spent the last eight years attending a oneness church, however, after listening to your defenders class, as well as Dr. David Pawson's teachings on the trinity, I have been convinced that oneness theology is heresy. Most of my questions regarding Trinitarians have been answered and the theology is beginning to make a lot of sense as I listen to yours and Pawson's teachings. The one issue I have a hard time understanding is the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit being co-equal as you teach in your defenders class. If that is that case, what do Trinitarians do with 1 Corinthians 15:20-28? Is Jesus subordinate to the Father or co-equal? ...

  • The Good Book Blog

    En lo Esencial Unidad, En lo Dudoso Libertad, En Todo Caridad o Amor / Unity in Necessary Things; Liberty in Doubtful Things; Charity in All Things

    Octavio Esqueda — 

    Recientemente las palabras diversidad, tolerancia y racismo se han convertido en temas centrales de nuestra sociedad. Muchos sucesos a nivel nacional, local y personal me han hecho reflexionar acerca de la importancia que como seguidores de Cristo tenemos para aportar luz a una sociedad que enfrenta realidades a las que en ocasiones no sabe cómo responder. También he notado que algunos cristianos están confundidos acerca de lo que es realmente importante y esencial en nuestra fe y qué es lo secundario en lo que podemos aceptar diferencias con gracia y amor. Es necesario que en estos tiempos podamos claramente hablar la verdad en amor a todos los que nos rodean para poder ser buenos embajadores de Cristo ...

  • The Good Book Blog

    William Beauchamp—On the Urgency of Christian Apologetics for Our Time

    Doug Geivett — 

    Here are some words of exhortation that have special application to the events and conditions of our present tumultuous age: ... But whence, in this eventful day, can we draw the principles of caution, prudence and wisdom, if not from the Gospel of Jesus Christ? And can we with diligence seek these principles, and with confidence exercise them, unless we have firm faith in the truth of our Holy Religion?

  • The Good Book Blog

    The Dead Sea Scrolls in Los Angeles

    Kenneth Way — 

    The Dead Sea Scrolls exhibit at the California Science Center offers a historic opportunity to see artifacts and manuscripts from what is arguably the most significant archaeological discovery of the twentieth century. The Dead Sea Scrolls are precious to Jews and Christians of all backgrounds because of what they contribute to our understanding of textual criticism of the Hebrew Bible, the beliefs and practices of ancient Judaism and the cultural background of the New Testament.

  • The Good Book Blog

    Dealing with Physical Ailment

    William Lane Craig — 

    Dear Dr. Craig, thank you for your great work at Reasonable Faith. My question is one borne from a sense of sadness and resentment towards God for His seemingly indifferent attitude to my pain. I have struggled for years with bad eyesight and floaters in my eyes, (especially my left eye), and it really does affect my daily activities like reading and writing etc. I have been praying almost constantly for healing and restoration but have been met with a devastating silence. I happen to know that you yourself suffer from a muscular problem, and would like to hear your personal journey through that. Can you relate to my problems? Have you ever asked God to heal you? Did you feel bitter when He did not? How did you continue believing in His goodness and love? ...

  • ŷַ News

    ŷַ Baseball Signs on Five-year-old as Youngest Player

    Baseball team comes together to support local boy suffering from mitochondrial disease

    Joclyn Kirton — 

    History was made on April 18, 2015 when the ŷַ baseball team announced the signing of its youngest player, five-year-old Colton...

  • The Good Book Blog

    The Emotions of Jesus, Part 4: Joy

    Thaddeus Williams — 

    As we learn emotions from Jesus, not only does our blood start to boil (see Part 2) and our stomachs turn (see Part 3), he also shows our hearts how to beat with real joy. There is a stereotype floating around which says that Jesus and the faith he represents are about cold-hearted duty, doing the right thing at the expense of our happiness. There are enough grim-faced moralistic systems out that brandish the name of “Christianity” to keep the stereotype alive. But they have more in common with the philosophy of Immanuel Kant than with the kingdom of Jesus. The day after he stormed the Temple, Jesus returns to the same Temple courts to announce that his kingdom is like a big party, and everyone is invited; not a boarding school, not a boot camp, not a prison chain gang, but a party.

  • The Good Book Blog

    Crossing the Heath with William Paley (1743-1805)

    Doug Geivett — 

    On May 25, 1805 the Christian church lost one of its ablest and most-remembered defenders. William Paley—Anglican minister, professor, and author—is permanently associated with the analogy of a watchmaker and the God of personal theism. He wrote that “the contrivances of nature . . . are not less evidently mechanical, not less evidently contrivances, not less accommodated to their end or suited to their office, than are the most perfect productions of human ingenuity” (Natural Theology, 1802). Paley mined the riches of biology for samples of such contrivance. In his day, the state of scientific knowledge in the field of biology permitted comparatively easy inference to the appearance of teleology in the natural world. Critics today forget this. The “demise” of Paley’s design argument for the existence of God is credited especially to a development that was to happen some 60 years later—the emergence of the new theory of evolution, beginning with the publication of Charles Darwin’s On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection, or the Preservation of Favoured Races in the Struggle for Life (1859) ...

  • The Good Book Blog

    Work and Worship

    William Lane Craig — 

    Dr. Craig, I wanted to ask you a question as someone who is simply curious about Christianity. Can you explain what I consider to be the two "W"s of life under your God. These are work and worship ...

  • ŷַ News

    Dr. Bethany Miller Named Associate Athletic Director

    Head Women's Basketball coach becomes full-time athletic administrator.

    Neil Morgan — 

    ŷַ Head Women’s Basketball Coach Dr. Bethany Miller will transition roles within the athletic department this summer, necessitating her...

  • The Good Book Blog

    The Emotions of Jesus, Part 3: Compassion

    Thaddeus Williams — 

    If we peer underneath Jesus’ table-flipping rage at the Temple (explored in Part 2), we find a still deeper emotion to reflect. Matthew’s account tells us that immediately after protesting the poor-oppressing, God-mocking Temple system, “the blind and the lame came to him in the temple, and he healed them" (Matthew 21:14). What a beautiful moment. In it we see that Jesus was outraged not in spite of His care for people but precisely because of it. The very people marginalized and trampled under the religious power structure are brought into the spotlight and elevated by Jesus. (He has a way of doing that.) He didn’t take anything from them or treat them like chumps in a captive market. He gave them vision and sound bodies. He treated them like the intrinsically valuable human beings they each were—and all for free.

  • ŷַ Magazine

    ŷַ Changes Lives

    An investment in ŷַ can make a lifelong impact — just ask these students, alumni and supporters

    ŷַ Magazine Staff — 

    “ŷַ truly is unique. There is no other school that offers what it offers in the area of philosophy, apologetics, so many other...

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    The Shovels in my Office and the Excitement in my Heart

    Rick Bee — 

    Are you as excited as I am? I look through the amazing stories in this issue of ŷַ Magazine and I am overwhelmed by God’s provision and...

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    Called to Stewardship

    The biblical principles guiding ŷַ’s campaign

    Adam Morris — 

    God, Giving and Asking at ŷַ. That’s the title of a booklet we’ve been sharing with alumni, parents and friends who are considering...

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    How to Help

    Six ways to get involved in The Campaign for ŷַ

    Jason Newell — 

    ŷַ was built on the prayers, generosity and support of people like you, who saw the vision of a school endeavoring to carry out a...