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  • Jason Newell, Kristina Nishi — 

    As a teenager in the late 1940s, Loy Chiu figured he didn’t have the grades or the money to attend college. But he applied to Biola anyway, just...

  • Historic $12 Million Gift Supports New Science Building

    Alton Lim seeks to ‘return back to God what is originally his’ with largest cash gift in Biola’s history

    Jason Newell — 

    For much of his adulthood, Alton Lim sensed that something — or someone — was guiding his life. As a Chinese immigrant who started with little,...

  • Leading the Way

    Campaign cabinet helps to spearhead fundraising efforts

    Biola Magazine Staff — 

    How does a university like Biola even begin to raise $180 million? In addition to plenty of prayer and planning, it takes a whole lot of help from...

  • A Soul, A Voice and A Vision

    Reflections on the theme of Biola University’s largest ever fundraising campaign:
 “A Soul of Conviction, A Voice of Courage”

    Brett McCracken — 

    Our world isn’t lacking in voices. Every day we are bombarded by a chorus of opinions, tweets, texts, ads, blogs and more. But where are the voices...

  • A Historic Night

    Conviction and Courage Gala launches campaign, raises nearly $4 million in one evening

    Biola Magazine Staff — 

    With the message “Jesus Saves” glowing brightly in the skyline above, hundreds of Biola friends and supporters gathered on May 9 for one of the...

  • Making History by Shaping the Future

    How a $180 million campaign will transform Biola University and its students

    Jason Newell — 

    This is a historic moment for Biola University. It is, to hear university leaders tell it, a point in time that future generations of Biolans will...

  • A Soul of Conviction, A Voice of Courage

    President Barry H. Corey offers his perspective on the launch of The Campaign for Biola University

    Barry Corey — 

    B-I-O-L-A! B-I-O-L-A! B-I-O-L-A! The five-lettered chant — with a force on the O — is a common student refrain in our Chase Gymnasium as they...

  • Biola Magazine Staff — 

    Questioning the Bible: 11 Major Challenges to the Bible’s Authority, by Jonathan Morrow (M.A. ’07, M.Div. ’07, D.Min. ’11), Moody, August 2014....

  • Abstinence, Intensity and Love

    Two reflections on Lent and love, one from the perspective of abstinence, one from the perspective of intensification

    Bruce Hindmarsh — 

    This issue’s Last Word comes from the Biola University Center for Christian Thought’s blog, The Table.In this article, adapted from a post on...

  • Biola Magazine Staff — 

    The Biola University Alumni Association recognized 11 alumni for their outstanding accomplishments and service during a special awards chapel on...

  • Yearbook Archive Goes Digital

    Every volume of The Biolan since 1927 now accessible online

    Heather Leith — 

    Looking to reminisce on your glory days at Biola without having to crawl into the attic to find your dusty yearbooks? Every edition of The Biolan...

  • From the Alumni Office: Spring 2015

    What is God’s Definition of Success?

    Rick Bee — 

    In this issue of Biola Magazine, the alumni board is pleased to announce the recipients of this year’s Alumni of the Year Awards. These great...

  • Pipeline Preacher

    Daniel Felton (’98) shares the gospel as a missionary surfer

    Heather Leith — 

    Daniel Felton (’98) has a vocation that most people reserve for vacation — surfing. Felton works for the Christian Surfing Federation (CSF), a...

  • Dorm Stairwells to Skid Row

    Antquan Washington (’02) serves L.A.'s needy

    Heather Leith — 

    More than a decade ago, a conversation with a friend in the Hart Hall stairwell inspired Antquan Washington (’02) to get involved with ministry to...

  • We Won’t All Change the World … And That’s Okay

    An excerpt from "Ordinary: Sustainable Faith in a Radical, Restless World"

    Biola Magazine Staff — 

    In the church today, we like to raise the bar, up the ante and lay out radical calls that most people can’t possibly answer. Nor do we expect them...

  • The Extraordinary Beauty of Ordinary Faith

    An interview with author and theologian Michael Horton (’87)

    Biola Magazine Staff — 

    In his new book, Ordinary: Sustainable Faith in a Radical, Restless World, alumnus Michael Horton (’87) argues that evangelicals should tone down...

  • A History of Hardship

    Haiti’s people have shown resilience through poverty, natural disasters and political turbulence

    Tamara Welter — 

    Haitians are proud of the fact that their country was the first black republic; slaves overthrew Haiti’s French control. But Haiti’s history is...

  • The Viewfinders

    In a tragedy-stricken land, Biola journalists are equipping Haitians to share their stories

    Michael Longinow, Tamara Welter — 

    Nelson, a lanky young Haitian man, brought his camera up to professor Tamara Welter and showed her the screen on the back. He needed help with an...

  • Write Quick

    Q&A with alumnus and author Sean McDowell

    Biola Magazine Staff — 

    A brief interview with Sean McDowell (’98, M.A. ’03, assistant professor of Christian apologetics), co-author of Same-Sex Marriage: A Thoughtful...

  • Biola Magazine Staff — 

    When you visit a church in America, you can usually tell within a few minutes what really drives the congregation. The activity-driven church has...

  • Biola Magazine Staff — 

    On Jan. 30, three of the top minds in Christian apologetics were on stage together in Chase Gymnasium to discuss “God, Science and the Big...

  • Shepherds with Hammers

    How professor Albert Yee thinks biblically about engineering

    Brett McCracken — 

    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...

  • Can Multiethnic Churches Become the ‘New Normal’?

    Alumnus Bryan Loritts is leading a movement to build multiethnic unity in the body of Christ

    Biola Magazine Staff — 

    In late 2014, race became the conversation in America. A pair of controversial decisions not to prosecute police officers for the high-profile...

  • Captain America

    Amy Weststeyn named national volleyball player of the year

    Neil Morgan — 

    Amy Weststeyn is known for going vertical for Biola on the volleyball court, and in December she reached a new all-time high for the university’s...

  • Online Giving Made Easy

    With rise in philanthropy, Biola debuts new giving website

    Biola Magazine Staff — 

    Universities today produce some of the most compelling people and inspiring thoughts. Yet most universities have decidedly uninspiring giving...