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  • Biola News

    Tenth Annual Ruby Awards Honor Three Influential Biola Women

    Nancy Yuen, Tamra Malone and Katie Powell receive awards during women’s history month

    Jenna Loumagne — 

    In celebration of National Women’s History Month, Biola University honored the 2017 Biola Ruby Award recipients on Friday, March 24 at the tenth...

  • The Good Book Blog

    Do the Laws of Logic Provide Evidence for God?

    Weekly Q & A with Dr. William Lane Craig

    William Lane Craig — 

    Dr. Craig, I cannot thank you enough for your philosophical and theological work. Your work and Reasonable Faith is a constant encouragement and motivation to me as a Christian. In a unit on German philosophy (in a specific section on Leipniz), I recently had my German 3 class translate, discuss and respond to your argument, "Gott ist die beste Erklärung warum überhaupt etwas existiert," from your debate with Ansgar Beckermann. Your argument provoked a reaction and interest I was not expecting. Here is my question: Why do you not employ the laws of logic as evidence for the existence of God? It seems to me that God (a necessarily existing mind) is the best explanation for the laws of logic in a similar way that he (a necessary personal being of moral perfection) is the best explanation for certain necessary moral truths. Am I mistaken about logic as evidence for the existence of God? Is there a reason the laws of logic should not be used in an argument similar to your argument from objective moral values and duties? ...

  • Biola News

    Rosemead Alumnus Creates Better Path for Autism Spectrum Disorder Patients

    Emilio Amigo ('86) saw a better life for his clients and created a way to help

    Jenna Loumagne — 

    When alumnus Emilio Amigo (’86) began to focus his practice on clients on the autism spectrum in the 1990s, he realized the treatment approaches...

  • The Good Book Blog

    Octavio Esqueda — 

    Jesus was an immigrant. All Christians are also immigrants. Therefore, Christ identifies himself with us and understands our situation. As his followers we should imitate his example and learn from him. We should have compassion for those foreigners who come from different regions and countries because we recognize that we all are also strangers and exiles on earth ...

  • The Good Book Blog

    Octavio Esqueda — 

    Jesús fue un inmigrante. Todos los cristianos también somos inmigrantes. Por lo tanto, Cristo se identifica con nosotros y nos entiende. Como sus seguidores debemos imitar su ejemplo y aprender de él. También debemos mostrar compasión por aquellos que son extranjeros al venir de otros países y regiones ya que reconocemos que todos nosotros somos también peregrinos y extranjeros ...

  • The Good Book Blog

    Sean McDowell — 

    Thaddeus Williams was a dorm mate of mine as an undergrad at Biola, and now we are both on faculty for our alma mater. Dr. Williams is also an author and frequent speaker at churches and conferences. He gave me the opportunity to endorse his most recent book Reflect: Becoming Yourself by Mirroring the Greatest Person in History, and I found it both insightful and enjoyable. He was kind enough to answer a few of my questions. Enjoy this interview and think about getting a copy of his excellent book.

  • Biola News

    New Nonprofit Management Degree Program to Launch in Fall 2017

    Unique program offers students a new opportunity to study business and theology together

    Clavel Candelaria  — 

    Biola University’s Crowell School of Business will offer a new Master of Management, Nonprofit degree in Fall 2017. The rare degree program is...

  • Student Life Blog

    Zachary Alsens — 

    How courage and hard work refine natural talent.

  • Student Life Blog

    Alex Bell — 

    Don't make someone else a third wheel.

  • The Good Book Blog

    Sean McDowell — 

    Last week I had the opportunity of co-leading a trip of 30+ high school students to stay at the Union Rescue Mission on Skid Row for three days. The students served meals in the kitchen, played Bingo with Mission residents, cleaned, played with children, served cold water to people living in the streets, shared meals with strangers, and much more. The trip was life changing for me, the students, and we hope maybe even some of the people at the URM ...

  • GRIT

    Sarah Schwartz — 

    Educational programming raising awareness about sexual violence response and prevention.

  • Biola News

    Graduate Students Help Middle Schoolers Plan for the Future

    Middle school students learn financial basics

    Peter Bradley — 

    Graduate students in the Master of Professional Accountancy (MPAcc) program completed a six-week intercultural service project mentoring students...

  • Biola News

    Crowell School of Business Launches Three New Concentrations

    Factors for concentrations include growing fields in analytics and finance

    Peter Bradley — 

    The Crowell School of Business will launch three new concentrations in the fall 2017 semester — business analytics, financial planning and...

  • Student Life Blog

    John Tuttle — 

    Emotional intimacy while dating is a good thing...but how much?

  • Student Life Blog

    Tamra Malone, Carrie Stockton — 

    Why affinity organizations matter.

  • Student Life Blog

    John Tuttle — 

    Or, why people at Biola don't.

  • The Good Book Blog

    William Lane Craig — 

    Hello sir, I'm pursuing MA in Philosophy (Mysore University, India) and have completed Bachelor of Divinity (Serampore University). I just got into trouble with Hindu Monistic views after attending some lectures, and I don't know who to enquire other than you. Is Christian a Dualist? For us, Creation and Creator are totally different and so the existence of evil. When we reach the pearly gates, we will still be human beings not Divine Being. But for Hindu, when a person is liberated, he/she becomes one with God. So their ultimate reality is One. What about us? Is our ultimate reality One or two? Or? ...

  • The Good Book Blog

    Sean McDowell — 

    We have all heard the grim news: Church attendance is declining across denominations and young people are disengaging the church.[1] In an effort to address this problem, the team at Fuller Youth Institute has released a new book: Growing Young: 6 Essential Strategies to Help Young People Discover and Love Your Church (Kara Powell, Jake Mulder, and Brad Griffin). What makes Growing Young unique is that it is based upon an in-depth study of scholars, national ministry leaders, youth ministry experts, as well as research and visits to 363 diverse congregations who have effective ministries to young people. Like their previous book Sticky Faith, this book is based on careful research and analysis ...

  • Biola News

    Biola’s Track and Field Teams Kick Off Season with Upgraded Facilities

    New turf, a lane addition and logo refurbish and add interest to Biola’s track and field

    Victoria Valdivia — 

    Biola University’s track and field teams kicked off the new season with renovated facilities. The campus track and field received a facelift with...

  • The Good Book Blog

    Matthew Williams — 

    ... Understanding the Jewish background of the first century helps us to understand the biblical story with a greater depth and appreciation. For example, most modern Christians mistakenly assume that the early followers of Jesus expected Jesus to resurrect from the dead. But that is far from the truth ...

  • The Good Book Blog

    William Lane Craig — 

    Dr. Craig, my question has two parts. First, would agree that if the body of Christ were to be found that this would give good reason to think Christianity is false? Assuming of course that we could know that the body was in fact Christ's body. This seems to be a reasonable proposition in my view. Now, the question I'm wrestling with is this: you examine and refute a number of natural explanations for resurrection of Christ and the facts surrounding this event. However, if it should so happen that archaeologists find Christ's body tomorrow morning, then one of those natural explanations for the resurrection of Christ would have to be true! Yet you have ardently maintained that they could not possibly be true. Is this at all problematic philosophically? ...

  • Student Life Blog

    Sarah Schwartz — 

    A blog by Dr. Jamie Campbell about hard conversations.

  • The Good Book Blog

    Octavio Esqueda — 

    Los cristianos son seguidores de Jesucristo. La palabra que se usaba en los tiempos de Jesús para designar a sus seguidores es discípulos. Por lo tanto, ser un cristiano es ser un discípulo de Cristo (Hechos 11:26). En Lucas 14:25-35, y en otros pasajes más, Jesús establece los requisitos para los que quieran ser sus discípulos. Grandes multitudes le seguían asombradas de su mensaje y autoridad. Sin embargo, Jesús no estaba complacido solamente con que mucha gente le siguiera sino que él deseaba que aquellos que tomaran la decisión de hacerlo, lo hicieran de acuerdo a unas normas específicas. Así que, Jesús se detuvo y delineó en esta ocasión cuatro características indispensables para sus seguidores. Para ser un buen cristiano o discípulo de Cristo es necesario cumplir con las condiciones que Jesucristo indica.

  • Student Life Blog

    Norlan Hernandez — 

    If your life is anything like mine, I struggle to find more time. Juggling family, work, ministry, and school can feel like a circus act...

  • The Good Book Blog

    Sean McDowell — 

    As a high school student, I went to a two-week worldview experience in the mountains of Colorado Springs called Summit Ministries. I had no idea what I was getting myself in to. Looking back now, over two decades later, I realize that it was one of the most formative faith experiences of my life. Although there were probably a couple dozen speakers at Summit (who addressed all sorts of worldview issues related to theology, economics, apologetics, science, and more), my favorite was Dr. Jeff Myers. He has since become a good friend of mine, and he is now the president of Summit Ministries, a vital worldview experience for students. Dr. Myers is a popular speaker, the author of many books (including one of my favorites, Handoff), and is one of the most important contemporary voices in the church ...