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• The Good Book Blog

  Divine Concurrence

  William Lane Craig — January 23, 2015

  This is the weekly Q & A blog post by our Research Professor in Philosophy, Dr. William Lane Craig. Dr. Craig, I recently listened to your Podcast from the Defenders class on God's concurrence (Defenders 2, Doctrine of Creation: Part 8). At the outset, you explained that God is the cause of everything because he concurs in it. As an attorney, this made an abundant amount of sense to me. In the law (particularly in tort), an omission (or failure to act) can be the cause of something in the same way that an affirmative act can. Of course, we would only impose liability where the omission is accompanied by some legal duty to act, but that inquiry is wholly separate from the causation inquiry ...

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  Mensajeros de Paz y Reconciliación

  Octavio Esqueda — January 20, 2015

  Las noticias a nuestro alrededor pueden ser bastante desalentadoras. Por alguna razón las noticias que se publican y tienen promoción tienden a ser las negativas y las que reflejan algún conflicto social. Para los medios de comunicación y para la sociedad en general las buenas noticias parecieran no ser atractivas y solamente las negativas pueden salir de la sombra de lo cotidiano para llamar nuestra atención. Desgraciadamente, el estar rodeados de malas noticias origina un ambiente negativo en el que la vida pareciera una maraña de conflictos que crece cada vez más y a la que no se le encuentra solución por ningún lado. Si a esta situación le agregamos los actos de terrorismo de grupos radicales que se escudan en la religión para cometer atentados deleznables contra inocentes y las posturas tan radicales de políticos y grupos sociales que impiden una sana conversación para resolver sus diferencias, es fácil caer en la desesperanza y la impotencia.

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  Ockham’s Razor

  William Lane Craig — January 16, 2015

  This is the weekly Q & A blog post by our Research Professor in Philosophy, Dr. William Lane Craig: ... my question today refers to Lee Strobel book "The Case for a Creator". There was one part in the book where Strobel asked you "why does it have to be One Creator?" And you responded by saying "my opinion, Ockham's Razor would shave away any additional Creators." So my question today is in 3 questions: Define what is Ockham's Razor? How does this (scientific) principle or theory eliminate the need for extra gods? How does Ockham's Razor prove the existence of One God? ...

• Biola News

  Biola Grieves the Death of Student Hasiet Joy Negash

  Jason Newell — January 16, 2015

  The Biola University community is deeply saddened to learn of the sudden death of Hasiet Joy Negash, a communications studies major who passed...

• Biola News

  Crumley Named Interim Track Coach

  Experienced high school coach to lead team through spring.

  Neil Morgan — January 16, 2015

  With the recent retirement of Jonathan Zimmerman, it became imperative that Biola Track & Field find a new head coach with immediacy. Bill...

• Biola News

  Tixier Earns National Swimmer of the Month

  Lisa Tixier claims first national award.

  Neil Morgan — January 14, 2015

  NAIA RELEASE LA MIRADA, Calif.--- Freshman Lisa Tixier has the first of what could be many national honors under her belt. She was named the...

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  “Teaching Naked” in the Church, Idea #1

  Kevin Lawson — January 13, 2015

  A few months ago I wrote about José Bowen’s seminar and his book, Teaching Naked: How Moving Technology Out of Your College Classroom Will Improve Student Learning (Jossey-Bass, 2012). I shared that his main thrust was for teachers to use technology to deliver content outside of class sessions, and shift the use of class time to processing that information, promoting critical thinking and the application of knowledge to real life situations. There are three ideas from Bowen’s work that I think have the potential of deepening the impact of our teaching in the church. Over the next few months I’ll be writing a brief blog on each of the three ideas, beginning with ways of using technology to get students into the content of the Bible lesson/study before you meet, preparing them for a more active and deeper learning experience together.

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  Panentheism

  William Lane Craig — January 09, 2015

  This is the weekly Q & A blog post by our Research Professor in Philosophy, Dr. William Lane Craig: ... I have a few questions for you which I am hoping you can answer to help strengthen my arguments for Christianity. I have a friend who is a Panentheist; she believes that God literally is the universe and exists apart from the universe at the same time. She claims that God is eternal and there is no reason to believe that the universe began. She also believes that God can be both material and immaterial at the same time and she uses Christ as an example for this point. Finally, she believes that God is not a cause apart from nature, but literally is the force of nature (e.g. Genesis 1 - Elohim "becoming" light and so forth, teachings of Hasidic Judaism, Isaiah 6:3, Gods omniscience, being in all places at once); therefore she also believes that God does not hand down judgment to humanity but instead warns us of the inevitable results due to particular actions (e.g. Genesis 4) ...

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  Jarheads for Jesus?: 10 Reasons ‘Culture War’ is a Really Bad Metaphor (Part One)

  Thaddeus Williams — December 29, 2014

  I was raised in a church world in which “culture war” was a favorite metaphor of how the church relates to the nonchurch. We were God’s courageous moral infantry doing battle against those cunning cultists, those hateful homosexuals, those lying liberals, and those devilish Darwinists. If we listen with tuned ears to Christian radio, Christian literature, Christian blogs, and Christian conversations, it becomes clear: We Christians love the language of war. Over the last 30 years it has become our dominant metaphor for relating to culture; it saturates our vocabulary, shapes our politics, and soaks our worldview. But is culture war helpful? Is it biblical? Should we be jarheads for Jesus?

• Biola News

  Athletics, GSAC Donate To Operation Christmas Child

  Eight conference schools donate gift boxes.

  Neil Morgan — December 23, 2014

  LA MIRADA, Calif. --- All eight Golden State Athletic Conference schools, and the conference office, joined efforts to contribute over 300...

• Biola News

  Art Students Gift Operation Christmas Child with Mural

  Department of Art hopes to continue to serve volunteers through creativity

  Brieana Jordan — December 22, 2014

  Biola University’s Department of Art created a custom mural for Operation Christmas Child (OCC), a Christian non-profit organization that sends...

• Biola News

  Biola Celebrates December Graduates

  Focus on the Family President Jim Daly urges graduates to live boldly

  Jenna Bartlo — December 19, 2014

  On December 19, 246 undergraduate students and 142 graduate students received diplomas at Biola University's Fall commencement ceremonies. Family...

• The Good Book Blog

  Finding Meaning in Life

  William Lane Craig — December 19, 2014

  This is the weekly Q & A blog post by our Research Professor in Philosophy, Dr. William Lane Craig. Hello Dr. Craig I'm writing from Sweden so I hope you can understand the meaning of my questions even if it is not in perfectly good english. I should start by saying that I am a non-Christian ... Some months ago I started thinking about life, in a way that I had not done before. I started asking myself the big questions. What is the meaning of my life? What is the reason we are here? What makes me important? Sadly I couldn't find the answers to these questions and the more I thought about them, the harder it became to live my day to day life ... Is the only reason to live life as a Christian to tell others about God? Is that the meaning of life? And finally, why why why should people who believe in God but lives here on earth under terrible circumstances (poverty, depression, sickness, war) still continue there lives here? Wouldn't it be better to just die and go to heaven?

• Biola News

  Track & Cross Country Coach Retires

  Jonathan Zimmerman retires to be with family.

  Neil Morgan — December 18, 2014

  After eight and a half successful years of growth at the helm of the Biola Cross Country and Track and Field programs, Head Coach Jonathan...

• Biola News

  Biola 22nd In Learfield Sports Directors' Cup

  Biola ranked No. 22 athletic department in the NAIA.

  Neil Morgan — December 18, 2014

  CLEVELAND, Ohio --- The first edition of the 2014-15 Learfield Sports Directors’ Cup standings was released Thursday, with Biola ranked as the No....

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  What Are You Waiting For?

  Joy Mosbarger — December 15, 2014

  The season of Advent is one in which the Church anticipates, prepares for, and celebrates the coming of Jesus Christ into our midst. As I thought about waiting expectantly for the presence of Jesus, I started wondering what exactly I am waiting for. What is it I expect from his coming? Am I waiting for him to come and fix my circumstances or get me out of a tight place? Do I just want him to ease my suffering and pain, to bring comfort and solace?

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  Letter from a Grieving Father

  William Lane Craig — December 12, 2014

  This is the weekly Q & A blog post by our Research Professor in Philosophy, Dr. William Lane Craig. Dear, Dr. Craig, My daughter died a little over a month ago. She would of been three January 18th.I loved her more then anything. She was born with a rare neurological disease. My question is... How could an all loving God, who loves his children and who has such great "power" would allow this to happen. How come everything that happens good to a believer confirms faith and the bad is considered a test or a cliquiest " God is mysterious" explanation. If he is so great and so good, then why he take my daughter from me?! ...

• Biola News

  Student-Founded Nonprofit Aims to Break Cycles of Poverty in Developing Countries

  Environmental nonprofit organization “Harvest Craft” provides food and education in Haiti and Mexico

  Stephen Day — December 11, 2014

  After numerous short-term missions trips to developing nations, Biola University students Brendon Anthony and Craig Erickson discovered a...

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  Weststeyn, Mason Earn National Honors

  Two volleyball players named Academic All-Americans

  Neil Morgan — December 10, 2014

  CoSIDA Release Amy Weststeyn is one of just six volleyball players in the country to be named to the Capital One/CoSIDA Academic All-American...

• Biola News

  Weststeyn Named NAIA Player of the Year

  Amy Weststeyn finishes fabulous career with biggest honor.

  Neil Morgan — December 08, 2014

  Senior Amy Weststeyn is a double-threat. The volleyball player is one of the greatest student-athletes to ever play for Biola University....

• Biola News

  Parked In The Semifinals

  Biola finishes the season as the third-best team in the NAIA

  Neil Morgan  — December 08, 2014

  Biola's season came to an end on Saturday, Dec. 6, 2014, a few hours earlier than the team would have liked, but the Eagles went down swinging and...

• Biola News

  Volleyball Lands Four All-Americans

  Amy Weststeyn, Joclyn Kirton, Alyssa Mason and Lauren Hoenecke honored.

  Neil Morgan — December 08, 2014

  NAIA RELEASE Just a few days following the conclusion of a spectacular deep postseason run the postseason awards begin flowing for Biola...

• Biola Magazine

  Alumni Files: Fall 2014

  Inbox: A Weekend to Remember

  Rick Bee — December 08, 2014

  If you missed Biola Weekend on Oct. 24 and 25, you missed the best one yet. The schedule was full of fun, reminiscing and celebrating what God is...

• Biola Magazine

  In Print: Fall 2014

  Biola Magazine Staff — December 08, 2014

  Seeking Allah, Finding Jesus: A Devout Muslim Encounters Christianity, by Nabeel Qureshi (M.A. ’08), Zondervan, February 2014. Qureshi describes...

• Biola Magazine

  Where Are They Now?: Fall 2014

  Biola Magazine Staff — December 08, 2014

  In 1959, Rose ( Loukojarvi , ’60) Dane was one of the first students to attend Biola’s brand new campus in La Mirada, after having attended the...