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  • 2021 Fall

    Jason Newell — 

    Shame is a toxic and unhealthy emotion — or so goes the conventional wisdom that has proliferated across popular books and TED Talks in recent...

  • 2021 Fall

    Biola Magazine Staff — 

    Fountain of Salvation, by Fred Sanders (professor, Torrey Honors College), Eerdmans, September 2021. Sanders expounds a theological vision in...

  • 2021 Fall

    Timothy Muehlhoff — 

    Expectations play a key role in shaping our perspective. How do you expect a spouse or child to act toward you? What expectations do you have for...

  • 2021 Fall

    ‘It Matters’

    Biolans Create Theological Resource for Women

    Jenna Loumagne — 

    Young women are often not the face or voice of theology podcasts. Two alumnae are working to change that. Esther Followwill-Johnson (B.S. ’21) and...

  • 2021 Fall

    Stepping Up During the Lockdown

    Alumna Liz Stevahn created support centers for students forced into remote learning

    Sarah Dougher — 

    When the Covid-19 pandemic struck in spring 2020, many children and teens were suddenly forced out of the classroom and into remote learning — a...

  • 2021 Fall

    Ron Hafer, 1938-2021

    Longtime university chaplain served generations of Biolans

    Biola Magazine Staff — 

    Ron Hafer (’61, M.A. ’75), a jovial and ever-encouraging fixture in the Biola community who served generations of students as the university’s...

  • 2021 Fall

    David Talley — 

    ‘Comfort ye, comfort ye my people, saith your God. Speak ye comfortably to Jerusalem, and cry unto her, that her warfare is accomplished, that her...

  • 2021 Fall

    Think About It: Fall 2021

    A roundup of recent videos, podcasts and other resources on Christianity and culture

    Biola Magazine Staff — 

    Greg Laurie at Biola’s Ablaze Conference (YouTube) American author and evangelist Greg Laurie, senior pastor of Harvest Christian Fellowship,...

  • 2021 Fall

    Creative to the Core

    Explore the renovated Bardwell Hall – the impressive new home of the visual arts at Biola

    Jason Newell — 

    There has never been a better time to be an art student at Biola. This fall, the university dedicated a completely transformed and remodeled...

  • 2021 Spring

    More Than a Film School

    How Biola’s School of Cinema and Media Arts is expanding its impact in Hollywood — and beyond

    Biola Magazine Staff — 

    Biola’s School of Cinema and Media Arts is a rising star in the entertainment industry. So say a growing number of industry leaders and...

  • 2021 Spring

    Barry Corey — 

    When I read the Biola notice from 103 years ago, it seemed eerily familiar, at least in part. Posted in our periodic newsletter, The King’s...

  • 2021 Spring

    Sarah Dougher — 

    Biola received the national honor of being selected as a member of the 2021–22 First-gen Forward cohort by the Center for First-generation Student...

  • 2021 Spring

    Joe Conway — 

    Andrew van der Bijl — better known as “Brother Andrew” — was recognized this spring with Biola University’s 2020 Charles W. Colson Conviction and...

  • 2021 Spring

    Biola Magazine Staff — 

    Biola’s top campus safety official was recognized by several law enforcement organizations this spring for his exemplary leadership and dedication...

  • 2021 Spring

    A Leader on the Court: Spring 2021

    Senior Jazz Benn leads the women’s basketball team in the midst of a pandemic

    Zachariah Jimison — 

    Jazmin Benn is a role model on campus, a beauty care model off campus, and one of the most successful women’s basketball players in Biola history....

  • 2021 Spring

    Why We Gave: Spring 2021

    Business owners Vincent Huang and Jovy Cheng make seven-figure gift to Biola Fund

    Biola Magazine Staff — 

    Vincent Huang and Jovy Cheng recently gave a seven-figure gift to the Biola Fund — providing critical support to students during a particularly...

  • 2021 Spring

    Biola Introduces New Diversity Strategic Plan

    University roadmap identifies initiatives to build ‘unity amidst diversity’

    Jason Newell — 

    Biola marked a major milestone this spring in its ongoing efforts to embrace and embody biblical diversity, launching a long-awaited “...

  • 2021 Spring

    Dr. 1,000

    Basketball coach Dave Holmquist reaches historic milestone

    Biola Magazine Staff — 

    Dave Holmquist has become just the fifth head coach in four-year college men’s basketball history to earn 1,000 career coaching victories, reaching...

  • 2021 Spring

    Jenna Loumagne — 

    As society has increasingly become socially fragmented and polarized, more Christians are feeling disconnected and struggling to grow spiritually....

  • 2021 Spring

    Biola Magazine Staff — 

    Biola is now accepting applications for several new online programs launching this summer and fall — including options at both the graduate and...

  • 2021 Spring

    Softball Finishes as National Runner-Up

    Team makes impressive statement in first season of playoff eligibility

    Biola Magazine Staff — 

    The Biola softball team came within one win of capturing the NCAA Division II national championship this spring, falling just short in the final...

  • 2021 Spring

    30 to Watch (Literally)

    Meet some of the recent School of Cinema and Media Arts alumni whose work you’ll want to follow

    Biola Magazine Staff — 

    The rising reputation of Biola’s School of Cinema and Media Arts is a major credit to the many alumni who are making an impact through their craft...

  • 2021 Spring

    Think About It: Spring 2021

    A roundup of recent videos, podcasts and other resources on Christianity and culture

    Biola Magazine Staff — 

    Rocky Seto at Chapel (YOUTUBE) Rocky Seto, former assistant head coach for the NFL’s Seattle Seahawks, spoke at a recent Biola chapel. The now...

  • 2021 Spring

    Biola Magazine Staff — 

    Where Prayer Becomes Real, by Kyle Strobel (M.A. ’02, M.A. ’05, associate professor of spiritual theology) and John Coe (’79, M.A. ’83, professor...

  • 2021 Spring

    Biola Magazine Staff — 

    Questions of social justice have become highly combustible among Christians. Part of the problem stems from the triggering term “social justice.”...