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  • Patty Houser — 

    Sharing our faith is both exhilarating and frustrating. It is exhilarating because when we talk about the reasons why Jesus is the only name by...

  • Scott Rae — 

    This January marks the 40th anniversary of Roe v. Wade, one of the most polarizing rulings in U.S. Supreme Court history. Handed down on Jan. 22,...

  • There and Back Again

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

    Brett McCracken — 

    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...

  • Fred Sanders — 

    At Biola, free goes all the way back: In fact, Biola has been giving things away since before there was a Biola. The school officially came into...

  • Free!

    How Biola is Leading a Movement to Give Away Thousands of Educational Resources

    Jason Newell — 

    On a Wednesday back in August, professor Joanne Jung paced across a computer screen in Indonesia, leading a class discussion on personality types...

  • Biola to Launch Center for Christianity, Culture and the Arts

    $750K grant from Fieldstead and Company will establish new center next year

    Jason Newell — 

    Biola University has received a $750,000 grant to establish a new Center for Christianity, Culture and the Arts, a significant initiative that...

  • Grub on the Go

    Biola adds new dining option with launch of food truck

    Biola Magazine Staff — 

    In cities across America, food trucks have been all the rage in recent years. Specializing in ethnic, artisan and fusion cuisine (Mexican-Korean...

  • Theology Comes West

    First annual Los Angeles Theology Conference to debut at Biola

    Amber Amaya — 

    On the list of things Los Angeles is known for, theology isn’t exactly near the top. But with the launch of a new conference at Biola in January,...

  • Theologians on Deck

    Alumnus launches line of 'Theologian Trading Cards'

    Brett McCracken — 

    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...

  • Biola Magazine Staff — 

    For the third year in a row, U.S. News and World Report in September named Biola to its list of “up and coming” schools — a recognition given to...

  • Barry Corey — 

    My journey began in a blue-collar hard-scrabble community south of Boston. There my father was a preacher in a local church where people came to...

  • Free For All

    Editor's Note

    Jason Newell — 

    On a weeknight about four years ago, I walked down the pathway that runs past Biola’s Bell Tower, climbed into my car and let out an audible, “...

  • Biola Magazine Staff — 

    Accidental Pharisees: Avoiding Pride, Exclusivity, and the Other Dangers of Overzealous Faith, by Larry Osborne (’74, M.A. ’78, D.Min. ’86),...

  • Michelle Barnewall — 

    In The Spirit of the Disciplines, Dallas Willard identifies what he calls “disciplines of engagement” and “disciplines of abstinence.” Examples of...

  • Biolans Up Close: Fall 2012

    Mike Erre (M.A. '04), Pastor and author

    Biola Magazine Staff — 

    Since graduating from Biola’s Talbot School of Theology in 2004 with an M.A. in philosophy of religion and ethics, Mike Erre has become an...

  • Biola Magazine Staff — 

    Alan Hamilton’s (’83, M.Div. ’87) love for engaging the local community has led him to “great and exciting work” as the executive director of the...

  • Alumni Files: Fall 2012

    What I Love About Send-Offs

    Rick Bee — 

    For the alumni and parent relations departments, the summer months were filled with alumni chapter meetings, Student Send-Offs and numerous other...

  • Get to Know: Fall 2012

    Doretha O'Quinn, world-traveling culture-crosser

    Biola Magazine Staff — 

    Doretha O’Quinn is here to help burst the so-called “Biola bubble.” As vice provost of multi-ethnic and cross-cultural engagement, part of O’Quinn’...

  • Biola Magazine Staff — 

    To honor Biola’s evangelistic heritage and renew our commitment to the Great Commission, Biola has dedicated the 2012–13 school year to the theme...

  • William Lane Craig — 

    In July, scientists announced the long-awaited discovery of what appears to be the Higgs boson, a subatomic particle The New York Times called “...

  • Scott Waller — 

    With the 2012 U.S. presidential election mere days away, many Americans are being bombarded by campaign mailings, attack ads, social me- dia...

  • Spread the Good News

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

    Brett McCracken — 

    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...

  • What Ken Built

    In June, Biola lost Ken Bascom, a Biola fixture who played a central role in the development of the campus over the past 40 years

    Jason Newell — 

    One of the most recognizable architectural features on Biola University’s campus is the large circular beacon that glows brightlyatop the library...

  • Jason Newell — 

    From the moment the email invitation landed in Christine Fuchs’ inbox last fall, she knew she was in for something special. Would she, it asked,...

  • Biola Magazine Staff — 

    Life can be rough for a vehicle-deprived student. If you were among the carless crowd in college, you may remember the drill: walking to the...