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  • Biola Magazine

    Hollywood's Diversity Problem

    Excerpt of 'Reel Inequality' by Professor Nancy Wang Yuen

    Biola Magazine Staff — 

    Growing up as an immigrant kid in Southern California, just miles from the Hollywood industry, I watched hours of television for amusement. This...

  • Biola Magazine

    A Traveling Teacher of Teachers

    Professor Kitty Purgason receives her third Fulbright grant

    Kathryn Toombs — 

    From the beginning of her life, Kitty Purgason seemed to have been groomed for international relations. Growing up in India as the daughter of a...

  • Biola Magazine

    How Should Christians Think About Power?

    Biola Magazine Staff — 

    The 2016 U.S. election sparked new discussions about the political power and influence of American Christians. Should Christians seek power in...

  • Biola Magazine

    Fall Sports Roundup

    Eagles Finish Strong in Final Year of GSAC Competition

    Biola Magazine Staff — 

    Biola’s athletics teams enjoyed a strong fall season in their final year of membership in the NAIA and the Golden State Athletic Conference,...

  • Biola Magazine

    William Lane Craig Named in Biola’s First Endowed Chair

    Joanna Wu — 

    An endowed chair has been established in recognition of William Lane Craig, a world-renowned philosopher and theologian who has been teaching at...

  • Biola Magazine

    Strides in Speech

    Biola’s Speech-Language Clinic trains students while serving the local community

    Joanna Wu — 

    Just a few years ago, Whittier resident Luis Contreras noticed his elementary-aged son becoming more and more self-conscious about his speech. His...

  • Biola Magazine

    Called to Reach Every Nation

    Christian Gessner’s entrepreneurial spirit leads him from Brazil to Biola

    Joanna Wu — 

    As the founder of Airbnbin Latin America, Christian Gessner spent years helping millions of wanderlusts find homes while traveling. Now, the...

  • Biola Magazine

    Biola’s Campus, Like You’ve Never Seen it Before

    Virtual reality headsets give prospective students a 360-degree tour

    Jason Newell — 

    Do you ever wish you could transport yourself to Biola’s campus? Stand under the Bell Tower on a sunny day? Grab a quiet seat next to the Fluor...

  • Biola Magazine

    New Center Established to Focus on Work of the Holy Spirit

    Donor-funded initiative aims for more spiritual transformation and empowerment for evangelism

    Jason Newell — 

    What would happen if Biola was more intentional about understanding the work of the Holy Spirit and developing a greater passion to be led by the...

  • Biola Magazine

    God’s Need in God’s Time Will Not Lack God’s Supply

    President's Perspective

    Barry Corey — 

    The 60 months of our fundraising campaign, “A Soul of Conviction, A Voice of Courage: The Campaign for Biola University,” have been a journey for...

  • Biola Magazine

    The Backdrop of a Dawning Day

    Editor's Note

    Jason Newell — 

    I’ll admit, I was one of the skeptics. When university leaders announced the launch of an unprecedented $180 million fundraising campaign five...

  • Student Life Blog

    The Sound of Silence

    John Tuttle — 

    Is God's "still, small voice" being drowned out by the noise of your life?

  • Biola News

    Biola Startup Competition Winners Announced

    Entrepreneurial teams competed to win cash prizes for faith-inspired business ideas

    Peter Bradley — 

    Four teams of student and alumni entrepreneurs received more than $25,000 in cash prizes at the Crowell School of Business Second Annual Biola...

  • The Good Book Blog

    Excavating the Tomb of Jesus

    William Lane Craig — 

    Hello Dr. Craig, Today I stumbled upon a few online articles that reported that the stone the Jesus was laid upon after his burial was found. This stone was released from the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem. National Geographic reported that they can now uncover more information about Jesus' death and burial. Then I saw a linked article that said that they bible is "wrong" about Jesus' death and burial. How well established are the biblical facts of Jesus' death and burial? ...

  • Student Life Blog

    Three Things You Should Start Before You Graduate

    Carolyn Kim — 

    Like many others, my Biola undergraduate experience overflowed with all kinds of activities that fill the life of college students. I took 18...

  • Student Life Blog

    Feeling Inspired After Missions?

    Alex Bell — 

    Many of us leave Missions Conference feeling inspired, called, and convicted. But it can be so easy to say we’ll do something about it when we...

  • Student Life Blog

    Tenacity in Ambiguity

    Lisa Igram — 

    Monica Hopson shares one thing she wishes she could say to her former Biola self.

  • Biola News

    Track and Field Athletes Compete at Indoor Nationals Earning All American

    Team finish the indoor season and nationals well

    Clavel Candelaria — 

    From long distance to sprinters to field events, the strenuous work begins to prepare for indoor and outdoor season, but that hard work paid off...

  • The Good Book Blog

    What is a Christian Worldview of Aging?

    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! ...

  • GRIT

    Tenacity in Ambiguity

    an interview with Monica Hopson

    Lisa Igram — 

    A number of our GRIT community are eager to be graduating in just a few short months. Actually, “eager” may not be quite right... anxious?...

  • The Good Book Blog

    Last Days of Jesus: An Interview with Matt Williams

    Matthew Williams — 

    Up until about ten or fifteen years ago, Bible scholars mostly wrote for other Bible scholars, rather than for the church. In creating these Bible studies, I wanted to take the knowledge that we Bible scholars know and deliver it directly to the church in a creative and understandable way ...

  • Student Life Blog

    Take the Plunge

    Zachary Alsens — 

    Biola used to be located in the heart of Los Angeles. It was once rooted in the heart of a city with wonderfully diverse culture and ideology....

  • Student Life Blog

    An Unforgettable Interterm

    John Tuttle — 

    Biola's January term is going away, but it leaves lasting impressions.

  • The Good Book Blog

    The Executive Leaders Journey: Integrating Spiritual Practices into the World of Business, Part 5

    Joy Mosbarger — 

    This is the fifth part of a five-part series of blogs that chronicle the journey of a cohort of business leaders who together pursued deeper relationships with God and the integration of the resulting spiritual transformation in their personal lives into their roles as leaders in their businesses, and ultimately into the culture of their businesses as a whole ...

  • The Good Book Blog

    The Need for a Multi-Faceted Atonement Doctrine

    William Lane Craig — 

    Dr. Craig, Thank you for your work in philosophy and apologetics. I’ve learned much from you. I’m glad to know that you are currently studying the doctrine of the atonement! It seems to me that no single theory has yet been articulated which is sufficient to address all aspects of the atonement. For example, the Penal Substitution Theory (PST) seems necessary but not sufficient for a complete atonement theory. PST explains (1) Christ’s death in the place of sinful humans, and (2) the satisfaction of the demand for justice. But PST doesn’t sufficiently address the life, work, and teaching of Christ, nor does it sufficiently address the importance of sanctification as a part of atonement. Moreover, since PST holds that Christ bore the punishment we deserve for our sin, the punishment we would have suffered had Christ not volunteered in our place, PST seems to suggest that the justly deserved punishment for sin is not mere death; rather, it is death by crucifixion ...