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  • The Good Book Blog

    Gravitational Waves Detected!

    William Lane Craig — 

    Question A 17 year old Indian from the Middle East who's a big fan of your work for Christ. My question deals with recent discoveries in physics. How would the new discovery of gravitational waves affect Lorentzian relativity, the Kalaam argument and the A-theory of time? Xavi India

  • The Good Book Blog

    How do You Motivate People to Care about Apologetics?

    Sean McDowell — 

    Recently my newest book, A New Kind of Apologist, was released. One of the unique chapters, written by my friend Mark Mittelberg, is about how to motivate people in the church to care about apologetics. Enjoy the selections below in which Mark focuses on equipping church leaders and motivating church members ...

  • Biola News

    Biola Wins GSAC Tournament Championship

    Eagles earn automatic berth to NAIA National Championship Tournament with big win.

    Neil Morgan — 

    Biola Men's Basketball once again reigns in the Golden State Athletic Conference as Dave Holmquist's boys clinched the conference tournament title...

  • Biola News

    Six Time Emmy Winner Joins Biola Faculty as Studio Artist

    Gary Kuo brings Hollywood experience to Biola’s Conservatory of Music

    Drew Mattocks — 

    Studio Artist Gary Kuo began his music career at the age of seven when his mom began teaching him piano. Little did Kuo know that his humble...

  • Biola News

    Biola Basketball To Play For Championship On FOX Sports Prime Ticket

    Biola Men's Basketball vs. Hope International on Tuesday March 8 to be regionally televised.

    Neil Morgan — 

    DATE: March 8, 2016 TIME: 8:00 p.m. LOCATION: Darling Pavilion (Hope International University) TICKETS: General Bleacher - $10 Seat Back - $15...

  • The Good Book Blog

    Does the World Need a Theocracy?

    Mark Saucy — 

    This week’s conference, “Israel and the Church: A Troubled Past and Glorious Future,” hosted by Biola and Chosen People Ministries, provided yet another opportunity for me to think “big picture.” As most of us, I suppose, the cares of daily tasks—emails, news cycles, family, work-ministry, church-ministry—I can get so buried in the daily that I lose the plan! By plan I mean the narrative that God has written for the world. A narrative that first rescues a fallen creation and then restores it to the flourishing fullness God made it for ...

  • The Good Book Blog

    Do Theistic Arguments Prove God?

    William Lane Craig — 

    Dear Dr. Craig, The Moral Argument seems to have a flaw. Premise 1 has a semantic problem. 1. If God does not exist, objective moral values do not exist. What if we can imagine a supernatural, God-like entity, that is in some important respect distinct from God as such, which could also ground objective moral values? Perhaps omnibenevolent, but not omnipresent, say? ...

  • Business. Ministry. Life.

    How Can Design Thinking Help Organizations Become More Innovative?

    Jeff McHugh — 

    This is the second post in a two post series that examines the best practices of innovative companies and the factors that predict whether a...

  • Business. Ministry. Life.

    Building a Culture of Innovation

    Jeff McHugh — 

    This is the first post in a two post series that examines the best practices of innovative companies and the factors that predict whether a...

  • The Good Book Blog

    Character Formation in Online Education, Part 3: Video Conferencing

    Joanne Jung — 

    ... Learning Management Systems (LMS) continue to make video conference sessions more user friendly with clear, strong connections conducive to conversations without video or audio delays. Many LMSs have this feature built into them, thus eliminating the need to use a program outside of the learning platform that instructors and students would have to download and install separately on their computers ...

  • Biola News

    Biola Men's Basketball Wins GSAC Championship

    Eagles win the GSAC conference for the first time since 2002

    Neil Morgan — 

    After a 4-12 GSAC run in 2014-15, the Biola University men's basketball team smashed all preseason expectations and became the 2015-16 GSAC...

  • The Good Book Blog

    Questions about God and Abstract Objects

    William Lane Craig — 

    Hello, my name is Lana, and I took a course at Purdue called "Metaphysics." I saw you at your debate with Alex Rosenberg. Anyways, And I'm glad I took the course, but I didn't take nominalism, or as you dub it, anti-realism, very seriously. I came out of it being a very strict platonist, but then I re read the gospel of John and I realized I was in huge trouble, I came to all the same conclusions about platonism as you did, I was a platonist, until now. So I floundered about wondering what the truth could be. I didn't take divine conceptualism very seriously at first because it was introduced to me initially by Berkleyianists, and I really do loathe idealism. I don't think it's compatible with Christianity. But I gave it another look and realized divine conceptualism can work with a worldview rejecting Berkley and his type. I don't remember the course too well so if I make a mistake that's why, and maybe I don't understand the same jargon but you did answer my question somewhere out there, I need some guidance ...

  • Biola News

    Student Congress on Racial Reconciliation Celebrates 20 Years

    After passing a historic milestone, Glen Kinoshita, founder of SCORR, takes a look back at its legacy and impact over the years

    Kathryn Toombs — 

    This February marks the 20th anniversary of the creation of the Student Congress on Racial Reconciliation (SCORR), an initiative started by Biola’...

  • Biola News

    Biola Breaks Ground on $63 Million Center for Science, Technology and Health

    New hub for science, technology and health will champion Biola’s vision to equip the next generation of STEM majors

    Drew Mattocks — 

    Today, Biola University broke ground on the new Alton and Lydia Lim Center for Science, Technology and Health, which is slated to open in 2018....

  • The Good Book Blog

    Three Key Takeaways from "Risen"

    Sean McDowell — 

    Since the release of The Passion, faith-based films have been coming out from Hollywood at an increased rate. On the one hand, faith-based films are often cheesy and unrealistic. On the other hand, many lose the spirit of the original story and are utterly inaccurate (Noah, anyone?) With a bit of hesitancy, my wife and I went to see Risen last night. All things considered, we were both pleasantly surprised! ...

  • The Good Book Blog

    Did James, the Brother of Jesus, Die as a Martyr?

    Sean McDowell — 

    In my recent book The Fate of the Apostles, I examine the claim that the apostles died as martyrs for their faith. One apostle who often gets overlooked is James, the brother of Jesus. While James wasn’t one of the Twelve, there is good reason to believe he was not a believer of Jesus during his public ministry (Mark 3:20-35; John 7:5), he saw the risen Jesus (1 Cor. 15:7), and became the key leader in the Jerusalem church (Gal. 2:9; Acts 21:17-26) ...

  • Biola News

    Biola Announces 2016 Alumni Award Recipients

    Select alumni honored for their impact in culture, media, education and missions

    James O'Hearn — 

    Biola University has announced the 2016 Biola University Alumni Award recipients. The four awardees, all graduates of Biola who have distinguished...

  • Biola News

    Biola University Senior Wins New Car Sweepstakes

    $5,000 in art supplies gifted to Biola as part of sweepstakes

    Marissa Ray  — 

    Biola University senior art major Natalie Toyer is this year’s Blick Art Materials 2015 Blick Car Sweepstakes student winner. Toyer won not only a...

  • Biola News

    Biola’s Crowell School of Business to Partner with Praxis Academy

    Partnership provides new opportunities for students and Biola community

    Jenna Loumagne — 

    Biola University’s Crowell School of Business is pleased to announce a partnership with Praxis Academy for 2016. Praxis Academy, a venture group...

  • Business. Ministry. Life.

    The Pitfalls of Cost Control

    Nick Sherwin — 

    In today's blog post, Dr. Nick Sherwin, Associate Professor of Management, shares some personal experiences that demonstrate the impact that misguided cost control may have on a company's competitive advantage.

  • The Good Book Blog

    Character Formation in Online Education, Part 2: Discussion Forums & Collaborative Documents

    Joanne Jung — 

    ... Collaborative learning focuses on both content and the process of learning. C.S. Lewis stated, “It often happens that two schoolboys can solve difficulties in their work for one another better than the master can” (Lewis, 1958). Participation, dialogue, and reciprocity are key elements necessary for students to sense and know they are included in something greater than themselves. Meaningful dialogue in a variety of formats inspires critical thinking and reflection, combats mental inertia, and fosters transformation. Students may come curious, but they leave inspired ...

  • The Good Book Blog

    Do Muslims and Christians Worship the Same God?

    William Lane Craig — 

    Dr. Craig, Thank you for your diligent work for the kingdom of God. I hope you understand and appreciate how your work has impacted the faith of countless people across the world. My question has to do with the concept of God in Christianity, Islam, and Judaism. I am sure that you are aware of the current controversy over the "same God" comments of the professor at Wheaton College. As you can imagine this has caused a firestorm of debate between theologians, pastors and preachers. I understand from your work that you would say that while Muslims and Christians might worship the same God historically (the God of Abraham and Moses), their concept of God is fundamentally different (please correct me if I misunderstood your view). This refutes the "same God" idea because at the very core we worship a very different God even if the religions share a common background ...

  • The Good Book Blog

    Character Formation in Online Education, Part 1: Heart & Soul

    Joanne Jung — 

    ... Character formation begins with a proper understanding of the heart and soul. The heart is often misrepresented in American culture, for the heart has much more to do with how we live than what we might be led to believe. Perhaps the closest we can come to this idea is when we speak of doing something “whole-heartedly.” In Proverbs 4:23, believers are warned: “Guard your heart above all else, for it is the source of life” (HCSB). Mentioned nearly one thousand times in God’s word, it is clear that the heart is important to God. Three components make up the human heart: mind, emotion, and will (Coe, 2011). The mind, the thinking function of the heart, is where our thoughts are received, processed, and formed. Emotions are tied to thoughts as we have feelings about all thoughts. The will is an expression of what we actually do (or do not do) with our thoughts. Components of the heart—mind, emotion, and will—are often examined separately but were created to function together. They make up who we are. Our lives are our hearts in motion because the heart is the control center of the soul ...

  • The Good Book Blog

    Necessary but Dependent Beings?

    William Lane Craig — 

    Dear Dr Craig, In your work on abstract objects, you have mentioned that there could exist necessary beings which exist "ab alio", that is, dependent for their existence on other necessary beings. My question is this: Let's suppose for the argument's sake that such ab alio necessary beings exist, is their existence an exception (or somehow relevant) to the premise of the teleological argument according to which everything which exists exist in virtue of a necessity of its own nature or in virtue of an external cause? ...

  • The Good Book Blog

    Getting To Know My Body: Five Good Reasons To “Flee From Sexual Immorality”

    Joe Hellerman — 

    This year we are studying 1 Corinthians at Oceanside Christian Fellowship. I preached the message on 6:12-20, with the above title. I began by explaining Paul’s foundational principles in verse 12: (1) not all things are helpful, and (2) I will not be dominated by anything. The rest of the sermon outlined the “Five Good Reasons” (subtitle, above) as follows ...