Talbot Magazine: Fall 2020 Issue

Winsome Conviction: Negotiating Faithful Disagreements in the Church

Rick Langer — Tue, 08 Dec 2020 13:10:00 -0800

We live in what communication scholars call the “argument culture.” It a world where we refuse to listen to one another, demonize each other perspectives, and habitually oversimplify and distort competing views. The public square has become...

The Church is Your Family

Joe Hellerman — Tue, 08 Dec 2020 13:09:00 -0800

Folks at church often ask me what I do at Talbot School of Theology. My response usually goes something like this: “Well, I’m paid to teach Greek. But I’m called to turn our students’ view of the church right-side up. I want to help students see...

From the Dean: Fall 2020

Clinton E. Arnold — Tue, 08 Dec 2020 13:08:00 -0800

I am grateful that my earliest discipleship as a new believer was in a church that understood itself as a family. Being together and doing life together was common practice among our Mennonite Brethren churches. I heard one leader joke, “How many...

Faculty Retirement Tributes: Fall 2020

Biola Magazine Staff — Tue, 08 Dec 2020 13:07:00 -0800

John Hutchison, 32 Years of Service John Hutchison gave exemplary service to Biola University and the broader Christian community in a number of capacities over the 32 years of his tenure here. Though he has also served on several important...

The Chosen: Bringing Scripture to the Screen

David Merrill — Tue, 08 Dec 2020 13:06:00 -0800

Talbot very own Doug Huffman has been working as a consultant along with a Roman Catholic Priest and Messianic Jewish Rabbi on a new critically acclaimed and groundbreaking series titled The Chosen. The series is groundbreaking in a few ways. ...

Talbot's Five-Year B.A.-To-M.A. Programs Grow in Size and Impact

Matthew Williams — Tue, 08 Dec 2020 13:05:00 -0800

About six years ago, Talbot created an innovative program that gives students an accelerated path into ministry — allowing them to earn a bachelor's and master's in preaching and pastoral ministry in just five years. The main goal was to give our...

Faculty Profile: Joanne Jung

Biola Magazine Staff — Tue, 08 Dec 2020 13:04:00 -0800

Joanne Jung is Talbot associate dean of online education and faculty development, and a professor of biblical and theological studies. Her interests lie in hermeneutics and spiritual formation. Her research of the English Puritans, specifically...

Shelf Life: Fall 2020

Kenneth Berding, Rick Langer, Karen Quek, Karin Stetina — Tue, 08 Dec 2020 13:03:00 -0800

How to Live an 'In Christ' Life: 100 Devotional Readings on Union with Christ Ken Berding(M.A. ’96) Professor of New Testament Christian Focus, September 2020 Everywhere we look in the letters of Paul we encounter “in Christ.” But how many of us...

Book Excerpt: InChristness

Kenneth Berding — Tue, 08 Dec 2020 13:02:00 -0800

“Excuse me, where the canyon?” This may be the most embarrassing question I have ever asked. I had been serving as a student leader at a camp for Navajo children at a camp in southwest Colorado. Since our return journey took us through Arizona,...

Best of the Blog: Fall 2020

Darian Lockett, Uche Anizor, Charlie Trimm — Tue, 08 Dec 2020 13:00:00 -0800

While seminary graduates frequently express gratitude for their education, most also have a list of items colloquially entitled “Things Seminary Didn’t Teach Me!” The latest example we have seen is whether or not to celebrate the Lord Supper...