Talbot Magazine: Summer 2025 Issue

The Road to Renewal: New Insights on the State of the Church from Talbot Lead the Way Tour

Ed Stetzer — Wed, 25 Jun 2025 10:37:00 -0700

On his cross-country Lead the Way Tour, Ed Stetzer shares insights on the State of the Church, Gen Z and the future of the gospel. In the 18th century Great Britain experienced a religious awakening called the Evangelical Revival, which...

Update on Biblical Literacy: Are There Any Reasons to be Encouraged?

Kenneth Berding — Wed, 25 Jun 2025 10:37:00 -0700

Over the past few decades, Christian leaders have been issuing dire warnings about what they perceive to be a precipitous slide toward biblical-illiteracy oblivion. I include myself among those who have sounded the alarm, including an article I...

Talbot Grows to World Third-Largest Multi-Denominational Seminary

Sarah Dougher — Wed, 25 Jun 2025 10:36:47 -0700

Talbot School of Theology is now the third-largest multi-denominational seminary in the world and one of the top 10 largest seminaries overall, according to this year annual report from the Association of Theological Schools (ATS). The...

Dr. Wilfred Graves Jr. Named Director of Holy Spirit Center

Talbot Magazine Staff — Wed, 25 Jun 2025 10:36:41 -0700

Talbot is delighted to welcome Dr. Wilfred Graves Jr. as the new director of the Center for the Study of the Work and Ministry of the Holy Spirit Today at 91��Ƭ�� University. A scholar, pastor and teacher with nearly three decades of ministry...

Talbot Launches New Korean-Language Master Programs

Eddie Byun — Wed, 25 Jun 2025 10:36:34 -0700

Talbot School of Theology has a long and cherished history of partnering with the Korean church. Over the past several decades, many Korean and Korean American pastors and leaders have been trained and sent out through Talbot programs, shaping...

Shelf Life: Summer 2025

Talbot Magazine Staff — Wed, 25 Jun 2025 10:36:14 -0700

Apologetics for an Ever-Changing Culture: A Biblical and Culturally Relevant Approach to Talking About God Sean McDowell Associate Professor of Christian Apologetics Harvest House, January 2025 Apologetics for an Ever-Changing Culture is a...

Book Excerpt: What it Means to “Set Your Mind on the Things Above” (Colossians 3:1-4)

Talbot Magazine Staff — Wed, 25 Jun 2025 10:36:06 -0700

In the Sermon on the Mount, Jesus called on his disciples to “seek first the kingdom of God and his righteousness” (Matt 6:33 ESV). In language reminiscent of that important injunction, Paul urges the Colossians to “seek the things above” and “set...

From the Dean: Summer 2025

Ed Stetzer — Wed, 25 Jun 2025 10:36:00 -0700

I love chats, graphics, statistics, and data. Good data gives us facts about the way things really are, and I’ve often emphasized that facts are our friends. Whether the facts point toward something we like or don’t like, we should recognize them...

Retirement Tribute to Dr. Rick Langer

David Turner — Wed, 25 Jun 2025 10:36:00 -0700

After serving as a pastor for 20 years in Redlands, California, Dr. Rick Langer came to Biola in 2005 to serve as a professor in the Department of Biblical Studies and in Talbot School of Theology and as the director of the Office for the...

Faculty Profile: Summer 2025

Ben Shin — Wed, 25 Jun 2025 10:36:00 -0700

Clint Arnold (B.A. ’80; M.Div. ’83) is the former dean of Talbot (2012–2022) and the past president of the Evangelical Theological Society (2011). He serves on the translation oversight committee for the English Standard Version (ESV). Arnold is...