Posts by Brett McCracken

Brett McCracken

Brett McCracken is a writer and journalist based in Southern California. He is the senior editor for The Gospel Coalition, and author of Hipster Christianity: When Church & Cool Collide (Baker, 2010), Gray Matters: Navigating the Space Between Legalism & Liberty (Baker, 2013) and his most recent book Uncomfortable (Crossway, 2017). He has written for Huffington Post, CNN.com, The Princeton Theological Review, Mediascape, Books & Culture, Christianity Today, Relevant, IMAGE Journal, Converge, Mere Orthodoxy and Q Ideas.

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  Knitting to Help Educate Girls in India

  Cambria Aviles, Brett McCracken — June 14, 2015

  During her time at Biola, Sarah (Sjoberg ’14) Evans balanced several jobs during the school year and graduated a semester early to save money....

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  Serving the Battle-Scarred

  Brett McCracken — June 14, 2015

  Like many of his fellow servicemen, Matt Nethers came back from the Iraq War with physical scars. When an IED exploded next to his vehicle during...

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  Truth-Telling in Washington D.C.

  David Baxter, Brett McCracken — June 14, 2015

  As Katie Watson (’11) reflects on her Biola experience she remembers a professor who said, “Do you want to be a Christian journalist? Then be the...

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  Finding Family

  Cambria Aviles, Brett McCracken — June 14, 2015

  As he counted down the days to his graduation in May 2015, biochemistry major Marcus Olivares-Perez (’15) marveled at the many ways Biola had...

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  A New Era for the Sciences

  Why focusing on science, technology and health is a key priority of The Campaign for Biola University

  Brett McCracken — June 14, 2015

  Throughout history, the discoveries and applications of science — electricity, DNA, penicillin, the mapping of the human genome — have changed the...

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  Biola for the World

  Taking Biola’s biblically centered resources to the ends of the earth

  Brett McCracken — June 14, 2015

  For as long as Biola has existed, it has been an institution with an outward focus, looking for ways to bless people around the world with...

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  L.A. Stands for 'Locating Atonement'

  Biola hosts third annual Los Angeles Theology Conference

  Brett McCracken — March 26, 2015

  How should Christians understand the doctrine of the atonement in a broader systematic theological context? This was the question of the moment...

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  Shepherds with Hammers

  How professor Albert Yee thinks biblically about engineering

  Brett McCracken — March 26, 2015

  If you put an ichthys sticker on a hammer, does that make it a “Christian hammer”? That’s a question that helped Albert Yee, associate professor...

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  Athletic Booster Club Debuts

  Eagles Athletic Association seeks to raise support for Biola's student athletes

  Brett McCracken — December 07, 2014

  For the nearly 300 student athletes playing on Biola University’s 19 athletics teams, winning on the field is only half the battle. Affording to...

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  The Freedom to be a Christian College

  Brett McCracken — December 07, 2014

  As religious convictions are met with new legal challenges, what's at stake for schools like Biola? What happens when the Christian conscience...

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  At Secular Universities, How "Christian" Can Christian Clubs Be?

  Brett McCracken — December 07, 2014

  Nowhere is pluralism more frequently preached as a prized value than on today’s secular college campuses. And yet some Christian campus...

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  Quick View

  The Freedom to be a Christian College

  Brett McCracken — December 07, 2014

  The philosophical question Are Christian institutions free to practice their faith as they believe Scripture calls them to, without government...

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  Warrens Inspire Graduates, Receive Honorary Degrees

  Chuck Colson also honored posthumously at spring commencement ceremony

  Brett McCracken — September 02, 2014

  Biola celebrated the largest graduating class in university history in May, awarding nearly 1,000 degrees during a spring commencement that...

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  Back to the #ProtFuture

  ‘Future of Protestantism’ discussion draws crowd, sparks online discussion

  Brett McCracken — September 02, 2014

  La Mirada felt a little bit like Wittenberg or Geneva on April 29. The eyes of the evangelical theological world focused on Biola’s Calvary...

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  Biola’s First Feature Film Wins Top Prize at Festival

  Professor and filmmaker Dean Yamada talks about the success of Cicada

  Brett McCracken — September 02, 2014

  This spring, Biola University premiered its first-ever feature-length film, Cicada , produced by faculty, students and alumni of the cinema and...

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  Solidarity Against Secularism

  Ravi Zacharias and Dennis Prager speak to sold-out crowd

  Brett McCracken — May 29, 2014

  “Does God matter?” That was the question of the hour at Biola on Feb. 22, as well-known Christian apologist Ravi Zacharias and nationally...

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  Talbot Prayer Chapel Impresses Design Community

  Awards, acclaim pour in for Biola's unique sacred space

  Brett McCracken — November 04, 2013

  Hidden away in the lower level of the newest building on Biola’s campus, Talbot East, is a room you have to know you are looking for. But once you...

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  Biola Makes National 'Green' List

  Princeton Review includes Biola on list of most environmentally friendly colleges

  Brett McCracken — June 27, 2013

  Sprawling lawns, eternally leafy trees and hordes of wide-eyed freshman are not the only things “green” on campus these days. Increasing efforts...

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  School of Education Goes Global

  Faculty offer resources and training to schools in Burundi, Cambodia and Lebanon

  Brett McCracken — June 27, 2013

  At evangelical institutions like Biola, there’s a lot of passion to share the gospel and make disciples across the globe. But what if the people we...

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  Theologians on Deck

  Alumnus launches line of 'Theologian Trading Cards'

  Brett McCracken — December 31, 2012

  Looking for something to give a seminary student or theology buff this holiday season? Norman Jeune III (’05, M.A. ’07) may have conceived the...

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  There and Back Again

  After four decades, Doug Pennoyer returns to the jungle village where his anthropology career got its start

  Brett McCracken — December 31, 2012

  Chances are good that very few Biolans have ever heard of the Tawbuid — a small indigenous tribe in Mindoro, an island in the Philippines. But...

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  Spread the Good News

  The gospel must still be shared with words. Six ways to get the conversation started.

  Brett McCracken — October 31, 2012

  These days, the word “evangelical” is more likely to bring to mind images of political rallies and music festivals than it does images of preaching...

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  The Bus Stops Here

  Brett McCracken — June 18, 2012

  For a graduating senior at Biola, the walk across Metzger stage to receive one’s diploma can be a blur. It’s a journey packed with meaning, yet it...

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  A Gouda Thing

  Cheese club expands Biola’s palette

  Brett McCracken — April 22, 2012

  It’s not every day that you might expect to see 30 to 50 undergraduates sitting around tables, tasting the likes of Dubliner, Drunken goat,...

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  Soul and Stomach

  What it means to eat Christianly

  Brett McCracken — April 22, 2012

  “How does food relate to theology? What can it teach us about faith?” For students in Bible professor Andy Draycott’s Theology 2 class last year,...