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• Biola Magazine

  The Backdrop of a Dawning Day

  Editor's Note

  Jason Newell — March 20, 2017

  I’ll admit, I was one of the skeptics. When university leaders announced the launch of an unprecedented $180 million fundraising campaign five...

• Student Life Blog

  The Sound of Silence

  John Tuttle — March 20, 2017

  Is God's "still, small voice" being drowned out by the noise of your life?

• Biola News

  Biola Startup Competition Winners Announced

  Entrepreneurial teams competed to win cash prizes for faith-inspired business ideas

  Peter Bradley — March 20, 2017

  Four teams of student and alumni entrepreneurs received more than $25,000 in cash prizes at the Crowell School of Business Second Annual Biola...

• The Good Book Blog

  Excavating the Tomb of Jesus

  William Lane Craig — March 17, 2017

  Hello Dr. Craig, Today I stumbled upon a few online articles that reported that the stone the Jesus was laid upon after his burial was found. This stone was released from the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem. National Geographic reported that they can now uncover more information about Jesus' death and burial. Then I saw a linked article that said that they bible is "wrong" about Jesus' death and burial. How well established are the biblical facts of Jesus' death and burial? ...

• Student Life Blog

  Three Things You Should Start Before You Graduate

  Carolyn Kim — March 17, 2017

  Like many others, my Biola undergraduate experience overflowed with all kinds of activities that fill the life of college students. I took 18...

• Student Life Blog

  Feeling Inspired After Missions?

  Alex Bell — March 17, 2017

  Many of us leave Missions Conference feeling inspired, called, and convicted. But it can be so easy to say we’ll do something about it when we...

• Student Life Blog

  Tenacity in Ambiguity

  Lisa Igram — March 15, 2017

  Monica Hopson shares one thing she wishes she could say to her former Biola self.

• Biola News

  Track and Field Athletes Compete at Indoor Nationals Earning All American

  Team finish the indoor season and nationals well

  Clavel Candelaria — March 15, 2017

  From long distance to sprinters to field events, the strenuous work begins to prepare for indoor and outdoor season, but that hard work paid off...

• The Good Book Blog

  What is a Christian Worldview of Aging?

  Sean McDowell — March 15, 2017

  This goal of this blog is for me to soak up wisdom from my father and share it with you. I have been blessed to have an incredibly influential father, Josh McDowell. He has written over 150 books and spoken to more young people live than anyone in history. But what I appreciate most about my father is his love for my mom, for his kids, and now for his many grandkids. Enjoy! ...

• GRIT

  Tenacity in Ambiguity

  an interview with Monica Hopson

  Lisa Igram — March 15, 2017

  A number of our GRIT community are eager to be graduating in just a few short months. Actually, “eager” may not be quite right... anxious?...

• The Good Book Blog

  Last Days of Jesus: An Interview with Matt Williams

  Matthew Williams — March 14, 2017

  Up until about ten or fifteen years ago, Bible scholars mostly wrote for other Bible scholars, rather than for the church. In creating these Bible studies, I wanted to take the knowledge that we Bible scholars know and deliver it directly to the church in a creative and understandable way ...

• Student Life Blog

  Take the Plunge

  Zachary Alsens — March 13, 2017

  Biola used to be located in the heart of Los Angeles. It was once rooted in the heart of a city with wonderfully diverse culture and ideology....

• Student Life Blog

  An Unforgettable Interterm

  John Tuttle — March 13, 2017

  Biola's January term is going away, but it leaves lasting impressions.

• The Good Book Blog

  The Executive Leaders Journey: Integrating Spiritual Practices into the World of Business, Part 5

  Joy Mosbarger — March 13, 2017

  This is the fifth part of a five-part series of blogs that chronicle the journey of a cohort of business leaders who together pursued deeper relationships with God and the integration of the resulting spiritual transformation in their personal lives into their roles as leaders in their businesses, and ultimately into the culture of their businesses as a whole ...

• The Good Book Blog

  The Need for a Multi-Faceted Atonement Doctrine

  William Lane Craig — March 10, 2017

  Dr. Craig, Thank you for your work in philosophy and apologetics. I’ve learned much from you. I’m glad to know that you are currently studying the doctrine of the atonement! It seems to me that no single theory has yet been articulated which is sufficient to address all aspects of the atonement. For example, the Penal Substitution Theory (PST) seems necessary but not sufficient for a complete atonement theory. PST explains (1) Christ’s death in the place of sinful humans, and (2) the satisfaction of the demand for justice. But PST doesn’t sufficiently address the life, work, and teaching of Christ, nor does it sufficiently address the importance of sanctification as a part of atonement. Moreover, since PST holds that Christ bore the punishment we deserve for our sin, the punishment we would have suffered had Christ not volunteered in our place, PST seems to suggest that the justly deserved punishment for sin is not mere death; rather, it is death by crucifixion ...

• Student Life Blog

  An Interview with Nancy Yuen

  Nancy Yuen — March 10, 2017

  What I wish I knew as an Undergrad Student I wish I visited professors more during their office hours just to get to know them. Three things I...

• Student Life Blog

  Student Resources You Should Use More Often

  Alex Bell — March 09, 2017

  As a senior at Biola, I have recently noticed some of the amazing resources available to me on campus. I wish I would've utilized many of these...

• The Good Book Blog

  The Executive Leaders Journey: Integrating Spiritual Practices into the World of Business, Part 4

  Joy Mosbarger — March 08, 2017

  This is the fourth part of a five-part series of blogs that chronicle the journey of a cohort of business leaders who together pursued deeper relationships with God and the integration of the resulting spiritual transformation in their personal lives into their roles as leaders in their businesses, and ultimately into the culture of their businesses as a whole ...

• Student Life Blog

  Fred Sanders on The Trinity and "The Shack"

  John Tuttle — March 07, 2017

  Mike Ahn sits down with theology professor Fred Sanders to discuss the Trinity and how it is portrayed in the book and new movie, "The Shack."

• Biola News

  Empowering Women: Biola Celebrates National Women’s History Month

  Biola will host the 10th annual Ruby Awards, a women’s conference and launch publications to honor women in the community

  Brianna Miller — March 07, 2017

  Biola University is celebrating National Women’s History Month and hosting the 10th annual Ruby Awards this month. Biola will honor and empower...

• The Good Book Blog

  The Executive Leaders Journey: Integrating Spiritual Practices into the World of Business, Part 3

  Joy Mosbarger — March 06, 2017

  This is the third part of a five-part series of blogs that chronicle the journey of a cohort of business leaders who together pursued deeper relationships with God and the integration of the resulting spiritual transformation in their personal lives into their roles as leaders in their businesses, and ultimately into the culture of their businesses as a whole ...

• Student Life Blog

  Not Sleeping? Gotta Fix That.

  John Tuttle — March 05, 2017

  Awful sleep habits are just part of college life, right? No harm done? Best think again about that...

• The Good Book Blog

  Disney Introduces a Gay Character in Beauty and the Beast: Six Reflections

  Sean McDowell — March 04, 2017

  Although there have been rumors about supposedly gay characters in Disney films of the past, Disney is officially introducing a gay character in its upcoming live-action film, Beauty and the Beast. The issue is not the mere existence of a gay character, for gay people are obviously as much a part of our culture as anyone else. The question is whether Disney uses this character as a way of promoting a certain view of sex and relationships that Christians may find objectionable. Christians will be tempted to respond in a number of different ways. I don’t pretend to have the right answer for how Christians should respond. In fact, I am not sure there even is one right answer for Christians to embrace. Nevertheless, here are six thoughts for reflection ...

• The Good Book Blog

  Does God Cause People to Do Evil?

  William Lane Craig — March 03, 2017

  Dr. Craig, thank you for all that you do to help us understand the God of the Bible in face of the difficult issues we all face. As a follower of Christ, I am troubled by some passages in Scripture which seem to indicate that God not only allows evil (the treatment of which you have addressed many times) but even more troubling, that God actually CAUSES evil. I am referring to the accounts both in the OT and NT: from the hardening of Pharaoh's heart in Genesis, to John 13:27b when Jesus tells Judas "What you do, do quickly" (seems to be no choice in the matter for poor Judas), to the account in Revelation 17:15 - 17 - in particular, the first part of vs 16-17: "And the ten horns which you saw, and the beast, these will hate the harlot and will make her desolate and naked, and will eat her flesh and will burn her up with fire. FOR GOD HAS PUT IT IN THEIR HEARTS (my emphasis) to execute His purpose by having a common purpose, and by giving their kingdom to the beast, until the words of God are fulfilled." Does "it" in that verse refer to all the horrific things they do - hating, making desolate, eating flesh, burning with fire? ...

• Student Life Blog

  Faculty, Get Out More!

  Michael Longinow — March 03, 2017

  Offices are not the best places to gain perspective.