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• Student Life Blog

  If You're Stuck and Selfish, Try Solitude and Silence

  Celeste Scott — April 11, 2017

  Some wisdom from Ruth Haley Barton.

• The Good Book Blog

  Jesus’s Transfiguration, Last Days of Jesus DVD

  Matthew Williams — April 11, 2017

  ... The Old Testament background is very helpful for understanding the deeper meaning of the New Testament scriptures. In the transfiguration account, we read in Matthew 17 that Jesus “was transfigured before them. His face shone like the sun, and his clothes became as white as the light.” We remember that in the Old Testament, after Moses went up Mount Sinai to meet with God and receive the ten commandments, his face “was radiant,” and he wore a veil (Exodus 34:33-35). Matthew 17 is showing us that Jesus is the new (but better) Moses ...

• 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 — April 10, 2017

  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 — April 07, 2017

  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 — April 07, 2017

  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

  Jesus, the Immigrant

  Octavio Esqueda — April 06, 2017

  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

  Jesús, el Inmigrante

  Octavio Esqueda — April 06, 2017

  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

  How Do You Become Yourself by Mirroring the Greatest Person in History? An Interview with Thaddeus Williams

  Sean McDowell — April 05, 2017

  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  — April 05, 2017

  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

  Skills Worth Bragging About

  Zachary Alsens — April 04, 2017

  How courage and hard work refine natural talent.

• Student Life Blog

  Balancing Romantic Relationships and Friendships

  Alex Bell — April 04, 2017

  Don't make someone else a third wheel.

• The Good Book Blog

  2 Lessons from Living on Skid Row

  Sean McDowell — April 04, 2017

  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

  Sexual Violence Awareness & Prevention

  a chapel series

  Sarah Schwartz — April 03, 2017

  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 — April 03, 2017

  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 — April 03, 2017

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

• Student Life Blog

  True Love Dates, Part 2

  John Tuttle — April 03, 2017

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

• Student Life Blog

  Redefining Networking

  Tamra Malone, Carrie Stockton — March 31, 2017

  Why affinity organizations matter.

• Student Life Blog

  True Love...Dates?

  John Tuttle — March 31, 2017

  Or, why people at Biola don't.

• The Good Book Blog

  Is Reality One or Many?

  William Lane Craig — March 31, 2017

  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

  Book Review: Growing Young

  Sean McDowell — March 30, 2017

  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 — March 30, 2017

  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

  Resurrection of Jesus: Last Days of Jesus DVD

  Matthew Williams — March 28, 2017

  ... 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

  Would Finding Jesus’ Corpse Falsify Christianity?

  William Lane Craig — March 24, 2017

  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

  On Being White (And Talking About It)

  Sarah Schwartz — March 23, 2017

  A blog by Dr. Jamie Campbell about hard conversations.

• The Good Book Blog

  Jesús nos pide todo no solamente el diezmo / Jesus Demands All, Not Just Our Tithe

  Octavio Esqueda — March 23, 2017

  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.