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• Becoming Biola

  Help your student navigate their college application

  Kaiden Tolkamp — August 18, 2025

  You can’t apply to college for your student, but you can be a helpful guide along the way. Below, we’ve laid out your steps to helping your student...

• Winsome Conviction

  Episode 129: The Psychology Of Myside Bias

  Liz Hall, Timothy Muehlhoff, Erin Smith — August 18, 2025

  Psychologists Liz Hall (Ph.D.) and Erin Smith (Ph.D.) are back on the podcast to speak with Tim about myside bias, a prevalent phenomenon that...

• Biola News

  Talbot School of Theology Professor Shares Expertise on Dead Sea Scrolls at Reagan Library

  Dr. Dominick Hernández has studied the historical findings and how they contribute to the understanding of biblical texts

  Sarah Dougher — August 15, 2025

  Dr. Dominick Hernández, associate professor of Old Testament and Semitics and director of Talbot en Español in the Talbot School of Theology,...

• The Good Book Blog

  The Beginning of Wisdom

  Kevin Lawson — August 15, 2025

  Hear, O sons, a father’s instruction, and be attentive, that you may gain insight, for I give you good precepts; do not forsake my teaching. When...

• The Good Book Blog

  El Principio de la Sabiduría

  Kevin Lawson — August 15, 2025

  Oíd, hijos, la enseñanza de un padre, Y estad atentos, para que conozcáis cordura. Porque os doy buena enseñanza; No desamparéis mi ley. Porque yo...

• Biola News

  Profesor de la Escuela de Teología Talbot comparte sus conocimientos sobre los Rollos del Mar Muerto en la Biblioteca Reagan

  El Dr. Dominick Hernández ha estudiado los hallazgos históricos y cómo contribuyen a la comprensión de los textos bíblicos.

  Sarah Dougher — August 15, 2025

  El Dr. Dominick Hernández, profesor asociado de Antiguo Testamento y Semítica y director de Talbot en Español en la Escuela de Teología Talbot,...

• Think Biblically

  Cultural Update: AI takeover of education; proposed law overturning same-sex marriage; increased demand for euthanasia

  Sean McDowell, Scott Rae — August 15, 2025

  This week's topics: AI's takeover of education leaves rising seniors as the last students to remember high school before ChatGPT, raising questions...

• The Good Book Blog

  The (Contextualized) Marks of a Biblical Church

  Ed Stetzer — August 13, 2025

  Church matters, and because church matters, what we mean by church matters. The New Testament presents the church as both universal and local, but...

• Think Biblically

  Economics and the Fertility Gap

  with Clara Piano

  Scott Rae — August 12, 2025

  Why is fertility in decline around the world? What is the long term social impact of this decline? And why is marriage so central to fertility...

• The Good Book Blog

  A Thousand Years is Like a Day: A Thought Experiment

  Kenneth Berding — August 11, 2025

  Here’s a thought experiment. Suppose that we were to take the statements in Psalm 90:4 and 2 Peter 3:8 about a thousand years being like a day...

• Biola News

  “The Hollywood Reporter” and “Filmmaker Magazine” Name the Snyder School of Cinema & Media Arts as a Top Film School

  The Snyder School has seen 51% growth in enrollment over the past five years

  Sarah Dougher — August 11, 2025

  The Hollywood Reporter has recognized the Biola University Snyder School of Cinema & Media Arts as a top film school for the third consecutive...

• The Good Book Blog

  Feeble Faith in Judges: Part 2

  Kenneth Way — August 08, 2025

  In our previous post, we discussed faith in Gideon’s story. Here in Part Two, we discuss the remaining three individuals from Judges who are...

• Think Biblically

  Cultural Update: Teen use of AI chatbots; Canada pushes to expand euthanasia; cash aid lacks results; designer babies fall short

  Sean McDowell, Scott Rae — August 08, 2025

  Teen reliance on AI chatbots, the limits of cash aid, and Canada’s expansion of euthanasia challenge how we think about human dignity, connection,...

• Biola News

  Professional Hockey Player and Alumnus Rocco Grimaldi (M.A. ’25) Lives Out His Faith On and Off the Rink

  Grimaldi earned a master of arts in Christian Apologetics to prove the truth to not only himself, but to his teammates and family

  Sarah Dougher — August 08, 2025

  Alumnus Rocco Grimaldi (M.A. ’25) would watch lectures, read books and write discussion posts when he returned from work. Balancing being a...

• The Good Book Blog

  Feeble Faith in Judges: Part 1

  Kenneth Way — August 06, 2025

  Hebrews 11:32-34 mentions four infamous individuals from the book of Judges (ordered Gideon, Barak, Samson, and Jephthah). [1] But these four are...

• Think Biblically

  The Pursuit of Safety — At What Cost?

  with Jeremy Lundgren

  Sean McDowell, Scott Rae — August 05, 2025

  Does God promise to always keep us safe? What does the Bible have to say about our pursuit of safety for ourselves and our kids? How can the...

• The Good Book Blog

  How Wrestling with Hard Bible Passages Expands our View of God

  Kenneth Berding — August 04, 2025

  My thoughts wandered this morning on my prayer walk. [1] I kept bringing my mind back to prayer, but my mind was wandering from my very first...

• Winsome Conviction

  Episode 128: Perspective-Taking With Critical Race Theory

  Timothy Muehlhoff, Ed Uszynski — August 04, 2025

  On today’s episode, we’re practicing perspective-taking on the topic of Critical Race Theory, and we’re getting some help from today’s guest Dr....

• Biola News

  The Pixar Plan: Alumna Hannah Chu’s (B.A. ’15) Road to the Animation Studio

  Chu credits the Snyder School of Cinema & Media Arts for teaching her both technical film and interpersonal skills

  Sarah Dougher — August 01, 2025

  Snyder School of Cinema & Media Arts and Torrey Honors College alumna Hannah Chu (B.A. ’15) knew that working for Pixar Animation Studios was...

• The Good Book Blog

  Becoming All Things to All People to Win Some

  Kevin Lawson — August 01, 2025

  For though I am free from all, I have made myself a servant to all, that I might win more of them. To the Jews I became as a Jew, in order to win...

• The Good Book Blog

  Me he Hecho de Todo, Para que de Todos Modos Salve a Algunos

  Kevin Lawson — August 01, 2025

  Por lo cual, siendo libre de todos, me he hecho siervo de todos para ganar a mayor número. Me he hecho a los judíos como judío, para ganar a los...

• Think Biblically

  [BONUS] An Ex-Abortion Doctor Shares Her Story

  with Catherine Wheeler

  Sean McDowell — August 01, 2025

  Why would an abortion doctor change her mind about the morality of abortion and become a Christian? On this bonus episode of the Think Biblically...

• Business. Ministry. Life.

  Can AI Really Innovate? Rethinking the Innovator’s DNA Through the Lens of Innovation Theology

  Rachel Bodell — July 31, 2025

  Artificial intelligence (AI) is reshaping business at a breathtaking pace. From generative design to predictive analytics, AI tools promise to...

• The Good Book Blog

  Jews do not “associate with” Samaritans? Or do not “share vessels with” Samaritans? Or something else? (John 4:9)

  Gary Manning Jr — July 30, 2025

  In John 4:9, the Samaritan woman is surprised that Jesus asked her for water from the well. The reason for her surprise is that “Jews do not ____...

• Think Biblically

  Scrolling Ourselves to Death

  with Brett McCracken

  Sean McDowell, Scott Rae — July 29, 2025

  Screens and social media have reshaped the world and our minds, bringing an appetite for distraction, loneliness, and increased rates of mental...