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  • The Good Book Blog

    Two Questions to Ask Your Muslim Friend (Question #1)

    Kenneth Berding — 

    One of the hardest things Christians face when they step out to share their faith with Muslims is that the conversation almost inevitably veers toward a competitive discussion about which religion is better: “You think this, but I think this.” “I’m right and you’re wrong.” Often you’ll find yourself on the defensive: “Yes, Jesus did die on the cross…” “Yes, Jesus is the Son of God…” “No, the Bible hasn’t been changed…” Is there any way to keep your conversation from degrading into an “I’m right and you’re wrong” discussion?

  • Biola News

    Biola Graduates Travel to Unexpected Cities to Teach At-Risk Youth

    Biola students accepted into Teach for America program

    Cassandra Acosta — 

    Jonathan Nichols, a humanities major at Biola, will travel nearly 3,000 miles to Maryland after receiving his diploma on May 24. He will be...

  • Biola News

    Baseball Head Coach John Verhoeven Leaves Legacy

    Verhoeven retires as all-time winningest coach after 16 years

    Cassandra Acosta and Bethany Wilson — 

    After 16 years as Biola baseball’s head coach, John Verhoeven is retiring from his position this year. He will close his career with a .656 game...

  • Biola News

    Aspiring Filmmakers and Screenwriters Learn How to Make Meaningful Art in a Postmodern Culture

    Co-creator of Home Improvement receives the Biola Media Award at 18th Annual Biola Media Conference

    Carissa Lehmkuhl  — 

    Writer and editor Gregory Wolfe opened the 2013 Biola Media Conference Saturday, May 4, by pushing back on modern “monoculture” mentality - one...

  • Biola News

    Biola's Center for Christian Thought Hosts Event on Evidence of the Afterlife

    New York Times bestselling author and radiation oncologist Jeffrey Long speaks about why near death experiences point to an afterlife

    Rachel Snyder — 

    Biola University’s Center for Christian Thought recently hosted its first event on near-death experiences with New York Times bestselling author...

  • Biola News

    Senior Named to OC Metro’s “40 Under 40”

    Amanda Andrews recognized for her work against human trafficking

    Brenda Velasco  — 

    Graduating senior Amanda Andrews has been named to OC Metro Magazine’s “40 Under 40” list, published in the May issue. As the youngest woman...

  • Biola News

    Student’s Art Exhibit Recognizes Dignity of Homeless in Downtown L.A.

    Jason Leith’s temporary gallery will be featured during L.A. Art Walk

    Jessica Airey — 

    Biola art student Jason Leith will debut a poignant, innovative exhibit in Los Angeles in conjunction with the L.A. Art Walk on May 9, featuring...

  • Biola News

    Imagination Summit 2013

    Speaking Their Language: Tools to Capture Student Imaginations

    Hilary Larkins — 

    This year's Imagination Summit 2013 was focused on providing a “for-faculty, by-faculty” discussion about how Biola professors can use technology...

  • Biola News

    Students Devote Easter Break to Serving Others

    Students reflect on mission trips to Honduras and Utah

    Rachel Snyder — 

    While most college students relax or vacation over Easter break, 58 Biola students chose to devote their breaks to serving others. Two teams of...

  • Biola News

    Biola Women Make History, Win GSAC Track and Field Title

    Biola's women's track and field team won the GSAC Track and Field Championship — the first in program history — while the men finished a program-best third place

    Jeff Hoffman — 

    Biola's women's track and field team won its first-ever GSAC Track and Field Championship while the men finished a program-best third place...

  • Biola News

    Biola Tackles Topic of Forgiveness During Time of Tragedy

    Forgiveness Awareness Week features nationally-recognized speakers and offers resources for students

    Carissa Lehmkuhl — 

    In light of recent national tragedies such as the Sandy Hook shooting and Boston Marathon bombings, Biola’s “Forgiveness Awareness Week” addressed...

  • Biola News

    Women's Basketball Coach Bethany Miller Leads Team Into Next Year

    Coach Miller ('03) reflects on her time and team at Biola

    Rachel Snyder — 

    Bethany Miller (‘03) became the assistant coach for Biola’s women’s basketball team only a year after graduating. Since accepting the position of...

  • Biola News

    Public Relations Student to Serve on National Committee

    Jessica Airey elected 2013-2014 National Vice President of Advocacy for Public Relations Student Society of America

    Staff — 

    Journalism major Jessica Airey recently made Biola University history by becoming the first Biola student elected to serve on the Public Relations...

  • Biola News

    Forgiveness Awareness Week

    Biola welcomed students back from Easter Break with Forgiveness Awareness Week, April 8 through 12.

    Hilary Larkins — 

    Biola welcomed students back from Easter Break withForgiveness Awareness Week, April 8 through 12.The week gave studentsa variety ofopportunities...

  • Biola News

    Biola Named One of the Nation’s Greenest Colleges

    University featured in The Princeton Review's ‘Guide to 322 Green Colleges’

    Jenna Bartlo — 

    Biola is one of the 322 most environmentally responsible colleges in the United States and Canada, according to The Princeton Review’s newly...

  • The Good Book Blog

    Great Expectations

    Dave Keehn — 

    There is a pressure that is constantly battling around us to give people whatever they want. When you are younger it was labeled peer pressure. However, as we grow older the peer pressures continues throughout life, we just call them “Expectations”…

  • The Good Book Blog

    Origins Today Event with Dr. John Walton

    Kenneth Way — 

    Dr. John Walton, Professor of Old Testament at Wheaton College and Graduate School, will present “Origins Today: Genesis Through Ancient Eyes” at Biola University. John Walton’s work on Genesis 1-3 offers a fresh perspective on the complex issue of faith and science by seeking to understand the message of Scripture within its ancient context.

  • Biola News

    Jay Sullenger Tabbed to Head Biola Baseball Program

    Jay Sullenger has been selected to head the Biola University baseball team beginning next season

    Jeff Hoffman — 

    LA MIRADA, Calif. — Biola University Director of Athletics Dave Holmquist announced Monday that Jay Sullenger has been selected to head the Biola...

  • The Good Book Blog

    A Gospel Parable of the Kite

    Doug Huffman — 

    A search of the Internet will reveal several different kite parables, including one in support of the (un-Christian) idea that by holding tight to the string of God’s commandments people can fly themselves up into the heavens. I’d like to suggest a different kite parable, one that is more in keeping with Christian orthodoxy. My parable focuses on the kite itself (not the string) as the gospel of salvation through faith in Christ alone, but not a faith that is alone.

  • Business. Ministry. Life.

    Understanding Financial Ratios from a Management Perspective (part 1)

    Nick Sherwin — 

    Every semester in Strategic Management, the capstone course for our graduating seniors, I discuss the analysis of financial ratios. I’ve found very...

  • The Good Book Blog

    The Secret to Becoming Irrelevant: Spend All Your Time Trying to Be Relevant

    Thaddeus Williams — 

    Often times it seems that harder the church tries to be relevant, the more irrelevant we become. The Bible is full of this kind of upside down logic. The self-clingers lose themselves, the prideful end up humbled, those jostling to be first end last, and, now it seems, those trying the hardest to be relevant end up most irrelevant. Thaddeus Williams explores what happens when the church puts relevance to culture ahead of reverence to Christ.

  • Biola News

    New Online Credential to Meet Growing Need for Special Education Teachers

    Biola University is one of few Christian universities to offer special education credential online

    Jenna Bartlo — 

    Biola University’s School of Education is on the cutting edge of employment growth opportunities in education with the recent launch of a special...

  • The Good Book Blog

    An Ancient Word for "Righteousness"

    Joanne Jung — 

    Something to ponder about an ancient Chinese word...

  • The Good Book Blog

    Two wills in Jesus?

    John McKinley — 

    Dyothelitism means that Jesus possesses two wills, one divine and one human. God the Father and God the Son are distinct persons, but they share the same divine will. The difference of Jesus’ will from his Father’s will in Gethsemane is his human will. By incarnation, God the Son took up a second way of living as a man. He now possesses two natures. Each nature is complete, including a will for each. I define will as the spiritual capacity for desires and choice in the exercise of personal agency. A caution to remember is that these are mysterious operations (desiring, choosing) of mysterious realities (persons, wills, Trinity) that may leave us continuing to wonder even after thinking it all through as best we can. We will consider briefly Jesus’ divine will, his human will, the situation of Gethsemane, and how this affects our thinking about the Trinity.

  • The Good Book Blog

    La reflexión por el pecado y la celebración de la resurrección

    Octavio Esqueda — 

    Esta semana se conmemoran los días más importantes para el cristianismo y, por consiguiente, para todo el mundo. La muerte y resurrección de Jesucristo marcan el eje central de nuestra fe. Durante la semana santa recordamos la muerte de Jesús en la cruz por nuestros pecados y su victoria sobre la muerte a través de su gloriosa resurrección.