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• Biola Magazine

  Where Are They Now?: Summer 2011

  Biola Magazine Staff — July 01, 2011

  Mark Atteberry (’85) has worked in the entertainment industry since graduation as an author, photographer and actor, but he now plans to open his...

• Biola Magazine

  Biolans Up Close: Summer 2011

  Jim Brown ('78), California's top superintendent

  Biola Magazine Staff — July 01, 2011

  What does it take to be one of the top educators in California? Just ask Biola alumnus Jim Brown (’78), who was recently named the state’s “...

• Biola Magazine

  Alumni Files: Summer 2011

  Making Connections, Then and Now

  Rick Bee — July 01, 2011

  I remember it well. That first issue of Biola’s magazine we called Connections. The alumni program was new turf for me and we had just completed...

• Biola Magazine

  Can We Be Good Without God?

  Craig Hazen — June 30, 2011

  It’s been fascinating to watch the very vocal and prolific new atheists, such as Christopher Hitchens, Sam Harris, Daniel Dennett and Richard...

• Biola Magazine

  Polytheistic Christians?

  What the struggles of the Corinthian church can teach us about our own residual paganism

  Moyer Hubbard — June 30, 2011

  This is the first in what will be a regular column for Biola Magazine, featuring selected posts from the Talbot School of Theology faculty blog,...

• Biola Magazine

  The Top 25 Stories of the Past 25 Years

  Jason Newell — June 30, 2011

  Way back in 1986, the very first issue of Biola Magazine (called Connections back then) landed in mailboxes. On the cover, in dull gray and black,...

• Biola Magazine

  Contentment and the American Dream

  Contentment's wisdom is good news for all seasons of life

  Joseph Gorra — June 30, 2011

  “We’ve got to buy something now!” I remember thinking that to myself when we first went shopping for a condo near Biola. The thought rallied my...

• Biola Magazine

  Making the Grade

  Education symposium examines California’s public schools

  Jason Newell — June 30, 2011

  Are California’s public schools failing? Most Californians seem to think so, with 55 percent saying the quality of the state’s K-12 public schools...

• Biola Magazine

  At the Top of Her Game

  Jessilyn Conicelli earns national honors

  Amy Seed — June 30, 2011

  Jessilyn Conicelli made the right decision four years ago when she had to choose between basketball and volleyball. Now a Biola graduate,...

• Biola Magazine

  12 Ways to Win at Mock Rock

  Brett McCracken — June 30, 2011

  On March 25, eight teams competed in the annual AS-sponsored Mock Rock lip-syncing competition, performing elaborate song and dance routines in...

• Biola Magazine

  Is Hell a Vital Doctrine?

  Theology professor Ashish Naidu on the afterlife and why it's essential to believe that 'love warns'

  Biola Magazine Staff — June 30, 2011

  This spring, evangelical megachurch pastor Rob Bell caused a firestorm of controversy when he released his new book — Love Wins: A Book About...

• Biola Magazine

  TOMS Shoes Films Promo at Biola

  Amy Seed — June 30, 2011

  Blake Mycoskie, CEO of TOMS Shoes, visited Biola in April to include students in a milestone company announcement. With the help of about 50...

• Biola Magazine

  Higher Tech Education

  Second Imagination Summit ponders future of technology and education

  Brett McCracken — June 30, 2011

  La Mirada looked a bit like Palo Alto on April 15, when the second annual Imagination Summit brought top tech leaders and Silicon Valley...

• Biola Magazine

  Biola Supports Japan

  Biola Magazine Staff — June 30, 2011

  After the 8.9-magnitude quake and accompanying tsunami struck Japan on March 11, it didn’t take Biolans long to find ways to support the suffering...

• Biola Magazine

  A Dorm By Any Other Name

  Sigma Chi and Alpha Chi get 'new' names

  Biola Magazine Staff — June 30, 2011

  Two of Biola’s oldest and largest residence halls have lost their last names. As of this summer, the “Chi” has been dropped from both the Sigma...

• Biola Magazine

  The Soil of the Soul of our Students

  President's Perspective

  Barry Corey — June 30, 2011

  Paula and I have three children, and the oldest of them will be starting college in the fall. He looked at colleges from coast to coast and landed...

• Biola Magazine

  Freedom From Food

  Dave Milbrandt — June 30, 2011

  Editor’s Note: Obesity is an epidemic in America. According to the Centers for Disease Controland Prevention, more thanone-third of U.S. adults...

• Biola Magazine

  Back and Forward

  Editor's Note

  Jason Newell — June 30, 2011

  If you were to open our file cabinet and browse through the entire Biola Magazine archives — as we did for this, our 25th anniversary issue — you...

• Biola News

  An Interview with Fred Sanders and Jason Sexton

  Joseph Gorra — June 28, 2011

  Joseph Gorra, Christian Apologetics, sat down with Fred Sanders and Jason Sexton to discuss the new Theological Engagement with California Culture...

• Biola News

  Q&A: What Has Theology to do with California?

  Thoughts on the new Theological Engagement with California Culture Project

  Joseph Gorra — June 28, 2011

  Biola University faculty are often involved in scholarly collaborations with other faculty worldwide. TheTheological Engagement with California...

• Biola News

  An Interview with Gregg Ten Elshof

  Joseph Gorra — June 23, 2011

  Gregg Ten Elshof is the current Director of the Center for Christian Thought, Chairperson of the undergraduate philosophy department and Associate...

• Biola News

  Ethics for Everyone: Interview

  Joseph Gorra — June 21, 2011

  Joseph Gorra Interviews Mike Austi n Joseph Gorra is the Manager of Academic Programs and Research for Biola University’s graduate program in...

• Biola News

  Ethics for Everyone

  How a Christian Philosopher Communicates Beyond the Academy

  Joseph Gorra — June 21, 2011

  Professional Christian philosophers like Mike Austin continue to make waves not only in the academic arena but in non-academic environments, as...

• The Good Book Blog

  Lessons on Leadership from the Pastoral Epistles, Pt. 3-Choosing the Right Leaders

  Ben Shin — June 21, 2011

  Choosing the right leaders helps determine good leadership. This is true for every organization that requires leadership. Even the business world understands this important axiom. Jim Collins for example in his book Good to Great uses the analogy of getting the “right people on the bus” before any kind of leadership could move, develop, or flourish. This is not only a proven principle from experience but also something that the Pastoral Epistles certainly emphasizes. This is why following the prescription of what makes a good leader according to the Word of God is so crucial for the church. Without referring to the qualities mentioned in the Scripture, potentially wrong criteria could be imposed in choosing leaders for the church and this would be tragic!

• The Good Book Blog

  SHAME REMOVED; HONOR RECEIVED, PART 3

  Matthew Williams — June 17, 2011

  SHAME REMOVED; HONOR RECEIVED, PART 3 --Jesus' interactions with people in the Gospel of John...and today This is the third part of a series that looks at events in the Gospel of John in which we find Jesus interacting with various people who need help—physical help and spiritual help. In John 4, Jesus speaks with a Samaritan woman. It is interesting that John records this interaction right after his interaction with Nicodemus. The Samaritan woman could not be more different than Nicodemus. Nicodemus was a male Jew, a Pharisee, a member of the Jewish ruling council, and was Israel’s teacher (3:1, 10). He was the epitome of the best of the best that Israel had to offer.