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  • Business. Ministry. Life.

    Message From Dean Gary Lindblad

    Gary Lindblad — 

    The effectiveness of our crisis management will depend on our ability to identify and utilize the gifts and abilities of those uniquely prepared for such a time as this.

  • The Good Book Blog

    The Church is Bigger

    A post from Rolane Boersma

    Mick Boersma — 

    This blog was written by Mick Boersma's wife Rolane, who has served with him in pastoral ministry throughout their 46 years of marriage. She holds...

  • Think Biblically

    [Bonus Podcast] An Outreach Presentation at Berkeley

    by Sean McDowell

    Sean McDowell — 

    While leading a recent student trip to Berkeley, Sean gave a pre-evangelistic message on the UC Berkeley campus. His approach was to give four...

  • Becoming Biola

    Bible Classes 101

    Jessie Zangmeister — 

    Hi Everyone! I hope you are all staying safe and healthy and not going too crazy while being socially isolated. Biola is praying hard for all of...

  • The Good Book Blog

    Faithful Progress in Testing Times

    Andy Draycott — 

    Plague-like pandemics, fire destroying property, rumors of conspiracies by foreign religious agents, wide circulation of fake news and salacious...

  • GRIT

    To Our Beloved GRIT Community

    Danielle Brimmage — 

    To our beloved GRIT community, We know that many departments/organizations on and off Biola’s campus have released statements in response to...

  • Think Biblically

    Counterculture

    with David Platt

    Sean McDowell — 

    According to David Platt, we live in a culture with values in deep conflict with the gospel. What does it mean to live out the Christian faith in...

  • Becoming Biola

    My Time at Biola So Far

    Bailey Captain — 

    Hey guys! How do you blog? I am so excited to share my very first blog post with you guys. As our world seems so chaotic and lost right now in...

  • The Good Book Blog

    Principios y reflexiones en medio de la pandemia mundial por el COVID-19

    Octavio Esqueda — 

    Estos son tiempos inciertos. La pandemia mundial ocasionada por el COVID-19 ha estado transformado la vida de millones de personas de una manera...

  • Becoming Biola

    Waiting On God

    Anna Gustafson — 

    You know those times where your human ability has hit its limit and all you can do is sit and wait. Those times where your world has flipped...

  • Biola Magazine

    The Evangelists

    Meet the Biola alumni and students behind a bold national effort to share the gospel on public school campuses

    Joanna Wu — 

    Photo above:Biola alumni Rich Hung, KelleePopp and Ben Flemming help lead the National School Project from their office in Whittier, California....

  • Biola Magazine

    Are You on BiolaHub Yet?

    Discover the new online network for mentoring, finding jobs and connecting with fellow alumni

    Jason Newell — 

    From Jakarta to Germany, from Seattle to Seoul, Biolans around the world are discovering an innovative new service that promises to make it better...

  • Biola Magazine

    Editor’s Note

    For Spring 2020 Issue

    Biola Magazine Staff — 

    Dear Readers, As you read the online version of Biola Magazine’s Spring 2020 issue, please note that this issue was sent to print in early March,...

  • Biola Magazine

    What’s a Christian to do with Video Games?

    Q&A with game designer Michael Steffen

    Joanna Wu — 

    Last July, an audience gathered at the Arthur Ashe Stadium in New York for the Fortnite World Cup, one of the most anticipated esports events of...

  • Biola Magazine

    Killing Cancer

    Professor Richard Gunasekera uses motorized nanomolecules to drill into harmful cells

    Jason Newell — 

    Richard Gunasekera’s cancer research isn’t just cutting-edge; it’s drilling-edge. The Biola scientist is part of a team of researchers who are...

  • Biola Magazine

    When Tragedy Hit, So Did a Cascade of Grace

    'After Biola' with Cassidy Ray ('10)

    Biola Magazine Staff — 

    I can’t remember a time in my life when I felt more optimistic about my future than when I graduated from Biola in 2010. It was this absolute...

  • Biola Magazine

    Biola Through the Lens of President and Parent

    Book excerpt from 'Make the Most of It' by President Barry H. Corey

    Barry Corey — 

    Four years after starting my job as the university’s president, our oldest graduated from high school and decided to attend Biola. Given my role at...

  • Biola Magazine

    Books by Biolans

    Recent publications by our very own Biola faculty and alumni

    Biola Magazine Staff — 

    Faith for Exiles Faith for Exiles, by David Kinnaman (’96, Biola trustee) and Mark Matlock (’91), Baker Books, September 2019. It’s easy to get...

  • Biola Magazine

    The Priority of Love

    Book excerpt from 'Theology in the Democracy of the Dead' by Matt Jenson

    Biola Magazine Staff — 

    To be human is to be a lover. The most basic thing to say about humans, according to Augustine, is not that we are social animals (as in...

  • Biola Magazine

    Workplace Adversity Can Be Good for Your Soul

    Karin Stetina — 

    “Does time dedicated to working in the secular world endanger our souls?” Chris R. Armstrong asks this important question in Work: Theological...

  • Biola Magazine

    Sleep Week for the Sleep Weak

    Biola launches campuswide campaign to improve students’ mental health

    Zachariah Jimison — 

    “I only got three hours of sleep last night.” “It’s week two and I’ve already pulled three all-nighters.” “Sleep? What even is sleep?” These are...

  • Biola Magazine

    Statistical Experts

    Biola’s new Quantitative Consulting Center wants to help you with your data

    Kiana Karn, Joanna Wu — 

    Need help crunching those numbers? Look no further than Biola’s new Quantitative Consulting Center (QCC), which opened in fall 2019. Jason Wilson,...

  • Biola Magazine

    Student Magazine Wins Prestigious National Award

    Joanna Wu — 

    One of Biola’s student magazines, The Point, won a 2019 Pacemaker Award, a national honor for college campus publications For the second time in...

  • Biola Magazine

    Coming Attractions

    New this fall: degrees in marriage and family therapy, public relations and more

    Jason Newell — 

    Biola is now accepting applications for several new programs launching this fall — including on-campus and online options for both graduate and...

  • Biola Magazine

    Think About It

    A roundup of recent videos, podcasts and other resources on Christianity and culture

    Biola Magazine Staff — 

    Matt Redman at The Biola Hour — Biola’s YouTube channel Matt Redman, the singer and songwriter widely known for “10,000 Reasons (Bless the Lord),...