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  Is Worship of Jesus Idolatry?

  William Lane Craig — March 20, 2015

  Hello Dr. Craig, ... I am a student of philosophy looking to go into apologetics ministry. In my studies and my time witnessing I've had to address many of the common objections to Christianity. One of the more recent objections has come from a Jewish man that I am witnessing to. It seems that one of the crucial things that is holding him back is the worship of Jesus. He couldn't see any way how this wouldn't end up being idolatry because, as he claimed, “you would be worshiping man rather than God”. Of course, I tried to point out that Jesus has two natures but it seems like this point was missed. Do you have any helpful ways to explain our worship of Jesus in a way that bypasses this objection? How should we understand our worship of Jesus? Do we worship him in deity and merely admire his humanity? ...

• Biola News

  Biola Honors Four Women During National Women's History Month

  The 8th annual Ruby Awards ceremony and luncheon featured alumna, author Halee Gray Scott

  Kayla Joy Mele — March 20, 2015

  Biola University honored four women with one of four Ruby Awards at this year’s women’s conference, “Dare Mighty Things,” in honor of National...

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  Memorial Service for Dr. Robert L. Saucy

  The Good Book Blog — March 19, 2015

  A memorial service for Dr. Robert L. Saucy will be held on Sunday, March 29, 2015, 2-4 p.m. in the Chase Gymnasium at Biola University. A reception will immediately follow. For those who would like to attend and cannot be physically present, the service will be streamed live at http://watch.biola.edu/bobsaucy ...

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  Biola Student Elected as President for National Public Relations Association

  Laura Daronatsy is first Biola student elected to serve as president for Public Relations Student Society of America

  Quinn Clark — March 19, 2015

  Biola University junior Laura Daronatsy has been elected to serve as the 2015-2016 national president for the Public Relations Student Society of...

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  Have We Been Sold a Homiletical Bill of Goods? (Using Biblical Illustrations)

  Don Sunukjian — March 17, 2015

  The time to teach a biblical story is when it is the primary passage for your message, not when it is a secondary illustration of another passage. In other words, you should preach the story Joseph and his brothers as part of a series through Genesis, and not as an illustration of Romans 8:28.

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  My Dad: Five Years After He Passed Away

  Octavio Esqueda — March 16, 2015

  It has been five years since my dad, Javier Esqueda, passed away unexpectedly. The huge hole my family have without him will continue for the rest of our lives and it has been very hard to get used to the idea that he is not with us anymore. I still struggle to refer to my dad in the past tense when in casual conversations his name comes up, but I am sadly conscious that the present and the future will continue without him. My mom could have celebrated her 45 wedding anniversary last December, my two brothers could have celebrated their college graduations with their proud dad, my two children could have enjoyed their granddad (who I am sure would have spoiled them a lot), and I could have had the total support of a man who would advise me always, looking for my best interest; but all of these things were not and will never be possible.

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  Mi Papá: Cinco Años Ya de Su Partida / My Dad: Five Years After He Passed Away

  Octavio Esqueda — March 16, 2015

  Hace ya cinco años que mi papá, Javier Esqueda, falleció inesperadamente. El gran vacío que nos dejó sigue y seguirá presente por el resto de nuestras vidas y es muy difícil resignarse a su ausencia. Cuando en conversaciones casuales sale el tema de mi papá me cuesta trabajo referirme a él en el pasado, pero estoy tristemente consciente que el presente y el futuro seguirán sin su presencia. Mi mamá habría celebrado 45 años de casada el pasado diciembre, mis dos hermanos habrían celebrado sus graduaciones de la universidad con su orgulloso papá, mis dos hijos se habrían gozado con su abuelito que estoy seguro los habría consentido muchísimo y yo tendría el apoyo y el oído total de un hombre que me amara incondicionalmente y me daría sus consejos totalmente desinteresados buscando siempre lo mejor para mí, pero todo esto no pudo ni podrá ser ...

• Biola News

  Professor Named Journalism Educator of the Year by the California Journalism Educators Coalition

  Michael Longinow recognized for excellence as an educator at the annual Associated Collegiate Press West Coast Convention

  Rachel Allan — March 16, 2015

  Biola University journalism professor Michael Longinow was named the university division Journalism Educator of the Year by the California...

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  Biola Journalism Department Partners with Nonprofit to Establish Journalism Program in Haiti

  A team of journalism students and faculty travel to Haiti to train students in visual media skills

  Rachel Allan — March 16, 2015

  For the first time ever, Biola University’s journalism and integrated media department has partnered with New Missions, a Florida-based nonprofit,...

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  A Tribute to Dr. Robert Saucy

  The Good Book Blog — March 13, 2015

  A tribute to our beloved brother in Christ, Dr. Robert Saucy, who went home to be with the Lord on March 12, 2015.

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  What to Do Now that I'm Convinced?

  William Lane Craig — March 13, 2015

  I am a physician (pulmonology) and, until recently, a lifelong atheist, although one who saw great non-religious value in Judeo-Christian culture and civilization. I became increasingly convinced by the moral arguments that atheism could not lead to a society with moral values and thus by the moral arguments for God. Your site, and debates and your Reasonable Faith book, along with CS Lewis and other reading, now have me convinced in at least the likelihood of Christianity. My question is what are the next best steps for someone who has taken this rarer intellectual path towards Christianity? As someone who never attended Church, who has no preferred denomination or family tradition, it is a bit hard to know where to begin. Any advice would be welcomed. Thank you very much for your incredibly useful site and work and the clarity of thinking behind it ...

• Biola News

  New Program Wakes Up Students to Different Cultures

  Global Students Programs and Development introduces a biweekly event as an extension of the university's commitment to diversity

  Mystiana Victorino — March 13, 2015

  Biola University’s student body represents more than 40 different countries with nearly 500 global students currently enrolled. With such a wide...

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  Greiner Presents At SABR Conference

  Alumnus & professor create new pitch analysis system.

  Neil Morgan — March 13, 2015

  Biola Baseball alumnus Jarvis Greiner introduced his Quality of Pitch metric yesterday at the Society of Baseball Research Analytics Conference at...

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  Have We Been Sold a Homiletical Bill of Goods? (Alliteration, Part 2)

  Don Sunukjian — March 11, 2015

  Alliteration [in preaching] runs a third danger. Not only may it lead the speaker to be unclear or unbiblical, it also suggests to the listeners that the most important thing in the message to remember is the outline. It subtly says to the listener, “Get this outline! Remember it!”

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  An Orientation to Four Pervading Themes of the Christian Life from Dallas Willard

  Klaus Issler — March 09, 2015

  Dallas Willard (1936-2013) has been one of the key evangelical interpreters and provocateurs regarding the important doctrine of formation into Christlikeness. Willard was professor of philosophy at the University of Southern California and a former Southern Baptist pastor. Sometimes due to Willard's spearheading the importance of spiritual practices among Protestants, he is viewed as having said little else on the topic of Christian formation (Richard Foster claimed that Willard was his mentor on that particular subject, in the acknowledgement section of Foster’s classic book, Celebration of Discipline, HarperSan Francisco, 1978). But there is much more. ... Four pervading themes in Willard’s writings on Christian formation are briefly developed below, mainly with quotations from Willard.

• Biola News

  New Sculpture Reflects Biola's Focus on Faith and Art

  "True Vine" sculpture is second piece of public art installed on campus this year

  Quinn Clark — March 09, 2015

  Biola University celebrated its newest piece of public art — a twisting, bright red sculpture made from bronze-cast apple tree limbs — at a...

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  Christine Tixier Once Again Named NAIA Women's Swimmer of the Year

  Biola swimmer beats longest-standing record in swimming history

  Neil Morgan — March 09, 2015

  Biola University senior Christine Tixier made history this weekend at the 2015 NAIA Swimming & Diving National Championships. Tixier won three...

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  Married to Someone Who Finds My Studies an Annoyance

  William Lane Craig — March 06, 2015

  Dear, Dr. Craig, As one who has recently discovered the realm of apologetics in the past couple years, you were one of the first I had come to know, and it has been a pleasure reading some of your material and watching your debates. I am currently only a junior in college and am studying philosophy and religious studies and love it, and hope to attend seminary in the future and get my masters in apologetics, God willing. My question for you is not necessarily a theological or philosophical question but a question that I am hoping I could get some pastoral advice from you about that I feel you are perhaps the best suited to answer. I recently got married this past summer to an amazing woman I met at a one year bible college I attended a couple years ago and it has been great. But between transferring to a new (secular) school and being constantly busy with school and work I feel like my relationship with God is constantly on the backburner, as I am not getting into the word nearly as much as I used to and my prayer life is nearly nonexistent, and because of this my relationship with my wife is not where it should be either ...

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  Have We Been Sold a Homiletical Bill of Goods? (Alliteration, Part 1)

  Don Sunukjian — March 05, 2015

  This series of blogs will look at some dubious practices that have entered our preaching. All of these questionable traditions are addressed in Talbot’s Doctor of Ministry track in “Advanced Biblical Preaching.” ... Alliteration, in ordinary writing, is the literary device of repeating the same initial sound or letter several times in rather close succession (e.g. “conspicuous consumption,” “nattering nabobs of negativism”). In preaching, alliteration is most frequently used to convey the major outline points of a sermon. There are times, of course, when alliteration is appropriate and effective in preaching ... But when a sermon outline extends to multiple main points, the use of alliteration runs the risk of “four bad things.”

• Biola News

  Biola's Professional Triple Threat

  Three former Biola Women's Basketball players are pros.

  Autumn Whitney — March 04, 2015

  It’s not everyday that three women who played collegiate basketball together are now playing professional basketball overseas at the same time....

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  Prayer for Benjamin Netanyahu’s Speech before the US Congress

  Mitch Glaser — March 03, 2015

  This morning Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will address the United States Congress. We believe he will argue against the United States joining a number of major European powers in signing an agreement with Iran that would temporarily limit the development of nuclear grade enriched uranium and allow for the production of non-nuclear grade material.

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  Incarnation and Omniscience

  William Lane Craig — February 27, 2015

  Dear Dr. William Lane Craig, ... My question is about the model of the Incarnation you and J.P. Moreland present in Philosophical Foundations for a Christian Worldview, which states that many of the divine attributes of Jesus were located in his subconsciousness. I'm having a problem with this. Maximal greatness would seem to me to imply having access to any and all knowledge on the spot, which would in turn seem to imply that God would have omniscience in His consciousness, where all the knowledge can be directly accessed. Can you please clear this up for me?

• Biola News

  Master of Arts in Preaching and Pastoral Ministry Program to Launch Fall 2015

  Hybrid, online and weekend courses in new program offer flexible scheduling for students

  Rachel Allan — February 27, 2015

  Biola University’s Talbot School of Theology will launch a Master of Arts Preaching and Pastoral Ministry (MAPPM) degree program this fall, a...

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  Spring Preview Day 2015

  Prospective students and families enjoy a fun weekend experiencing Biola

  Joclyn Kirton — February 27, 2015

  Approximately 400 prospective students and their families attended the annual Spring Preview Day at Biola University Feb. 15-16. All visitors had...

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  Alumni Honored for Outstanding Contributions to Society

  Awardees recognized at special chapel

  Joel Smith and Quinn Clark  — February 27, 2015

  Biola University recognized 11 alumni — including two New York Times bestselling authors, missionaries, a renowned doctor and a lifelong pastor —...