Biola at Home Chapel: September 14-19

Norlan Hernández

Norlan Hernández is a proud Nica/Nicoya/Pinolero – terms used to describe someone with Nicaraguan roots. He is a father to Aella Mia and husband to Isabel. Norlan is a lover of theology, diversity, leadership, art and the general acquisition of knowledge. His role includes leading a team that is pioneering institutional efforts in creating infrastructures that support fully online students. He is also pursuing a Ph.D. in Intercultural Studies from Biola’s Cook School of Intercultural Studies. He holds a Master of Arts in Theology from Fuller Theological Seminary and a Bachelor of Arts in Liberal Studies with an emphasis on culture and society. His research interests include Latin American identity, theology, contextualization, leadership and diversity and inclusion.

Laurie Wilson

Laurie Wilson teaches in the Torrey Honors Institute. She received her master's degree in Greek and Latin and her doctoral degree in classics from the University of St. Andrews where she was an H.B. Earhart Foundation Fellow and a Postgraduate Fellow in the James Wilson Programme from Constitutional Studies. This background reflects her passion for classical reception studies and interdisciplinary research, which has focused on Augustine, Cicero and writings from the American founders.

Rick Langer

 Rick is a Professor of Biblical Studies and Theology at Biola University and the Director of the Office of Faith and Learning and co-director of the Winsome Conviction Project. He specializes in the integration of faith and learning, and has also published in the areas of bioethics, theology, and philosophy. His recent work has dealt with communicating Christian convictions in the midst of an increasingly polarized society. Prior to coming to Biola, he served for over twenty years as a pastor at Trinity Evangelical Free Church in Redlands, California. 

He lives in Fullerton with his wife Shari. They have two married children and four grandchildren!

Tim Muehlhoff

Tim Muehlhoff (Ph.D., University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill) is a professor of communication studies at Biola University in La Mirada, California where he teaches classes in family communication, interpersonal communication and gender. Dr. Muehlhoff's main interests lie in the study of interpersonal communication as applied to marital relationships, family dynamics, civil dialogue, social justice, and apologetics. He has authored several books on those topics including his newest, Winsome Persuasion - Christian Influence in a Post-Christian World, which received the 2018 Merit Award in Evangelism and Apolgetics from Christianity Today. 

He and his wife, Noreen, have three sons and are frequent speakers at FamilyLife Marriage Conferences.