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  • Biola News

    Student Journalists Capture Life on Skid Row

    Journalism class chronicles hopes and struggles of homeless in new book

    Jenna Bartlo — 

    “Ain’t nobody here to love me.” The words of Chera Williams echoed in Biola junior Katie Watson’s mind and heart. Tears welled in her eyes as she...

  • Biola News

    Jenna Bartlo — 

    Portland Area Alumni Chapter Leaders, Dave and Angela Toyer, put together a fun event on Saturday, November 6, 2010 . . . 70 Biolan turned out on...

  • Biola News

    Jenna Bartlo — 

    More than 100 Biola alumni and friends spent a stimulating evening at the Orange County Performing Arts Center on Thursday, November 18, 2010....

  • Biola News

    Professor to Translate Treatise on Hauntings

    411-year-old “Loca Infesta” to appear in English for the first time

    Jenna Bartlo — 

    To some, “haunted houses” might seem like nothing more than a scary superstition. But the phenomenon has actually been the source of serious...

  • Biola News

    Biola Strikes Olive Oil

    Students pitch in to produce olive oil from Biola’s olive grove

    Jenna Bartlo — 

    Biola’s olive grove may prove to be more purposeful than a place of rest for students. For the first time in 59 years, olives from the historic...

  • Biola News

    Jenna Bartlo — 

    Singing teapots, dancing flatware, scheming candlesticks, a beauty, a beast . . . and Biola. A perfect recipe for a great alumni evening at San...

  • Biola News

    Biola Graduate Serves Soldiers as Army Psychologist

    Rosemead School of Psychology recognized for contributions to military

    Jenna Bartlo — 

    Deployed in Afghanistan last year, alumna Katie Kopp (Ph.D. ’08) lived a life she never pictured herself in — one she has grown to love. After...

  • Biola News

    Jenna Bartlo — 

    If you missed the recent Alumni Office outing at the Orange County Performing Arts Center—a spectacular presentation of J.M. Barrie’s “Peter Pan”—...

  • Biola News

    Midnight Madness

    Thousands of fans came together for Biola's annual Athletics kick-off.

    Jenna Bartlo — 

    It was a night of record-breaking attendance as nearly 3,000 current students, prospective students and their parents filled Chase Gymnasium for...

  • Biola News

    Remembering Jim Mohler

    Professor passes away after battle with cancer

    Jenna Bartlo — 

    Jim Mohler had one stated mission in life: to present, and to equip others to present, the life-changing message of Jesus Christ. It was a mission...

  • Biola News

    Biola Welcomes New Provost and Senior Vice President

    Ceremony honors David Nystrom in his new role

    Jenna Bartlo — 

    The Biola University symphony orchestra played to “The Old Hundredth Psalm” as faculty, delegates and board members walked in the processional for...

  • Biola News

    Apologetics Goes Big in Texas

    More than 900 registered for event; Seats still available

    Jenna Bartlo — 

    Some of the finest Christian thinkers of this day will address questions, like “Can you trust your Bible?” and “Is evolution true?,” this weekend,...

  • Biola News

    Biola Participates in Global Evangelism Conference

    Attendees joins Lausanne conference in South Africa via simulcast

    Jenna Bartlo — 

    Biola University students, missionaries and others from the surrounding Biola community joined the Lausanne conference happening half a world away...

  • Biola News

    Tennis Clinic for Cancer Patients Gives Hope

    Women’s tennis team hosts CHOC patients for a day on the courts

    Jenna Bartlo — 

    Benjamin was a baseball player. The young teen ran and played hard, enjoying the game as much as the sweat. But when he had to have a limb salvage...

  • Biola News

    Biola Joins in Great California ShakeOut

    Emergency drill helps university and city prepare for earthquake

    Jenna Bartlo — 

    A corner of Biola’s campus was transformed into something straight out of a disaster movie on Oct. 21, as a small army of emergency responders...

  • Biola News

    You're Designed to Shine

    Girls, pearls and beach converge at weekend event and new song about Biola debuts

    Jenna Bartlo — 

    A weekend of self-reflection, support and surrender ended with a stunning sunset at Huntington Beach at the closing event of the “You’re Designed...

  • Biola News

    Jenna Bartlo — 

    Over 680 parents and guests visited campus during Parent & Family Weekend. Family members joined their Biola students to attend chapel,...

  • Biola News

    The Growth of Pentecostalism in Urban Communities

    Professor receives grant to research new Pentecostal movements

    Jenna Bartlo — 

    Pentecostalism is the fastest growing segment of the church in urban communities, attaining growth worldwide. On the outskirts of Los Angeles, an...

  • Biola Magazine

    Biola Magazine Staff — 

    True Religion: Taking Pieces of Heaven to Places of Hell on Earth , Palmer Chinchen (’86), David C. Cook, June 2010; A rising voice in the...

  • Biola Magazine

    Alumni Files: Fall 2010

    Fan Mail for the Faculty

    Rick Bee — 

    Here at Biola, we have an annual tradition that you might not find at most other schools. Each year, about a week before the students start...

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    Biola Welcomes New Provost and Senior Vice President

    “God's Glory, Neighbor's Good” (Luke 10:25-28)

    Jenna Bartlo — 

    The Biola community is cordially invited to attend the installation ceremony of Dr. David Nystrom as provost of Biola University on Friday, Nov....

  • Biola Magazine

    Biola Magazine Staff — 

    Biola Magazine asked a group of students, alumni and professors to select a handful of modern worship songs that they've found to be both...

  • Biola Magazine

    Worship, Creativity and a ‘Sloppy Wet Kiss’

    An interview with worship artist John Mark McMillan

    Biola Magazine Staff — 

    One of the rising voices in the contemporary worship music scene is John Mark McMillan, a North Carolina-based songwriter whose new hit album, The...

  • Biola Magazine

    Weightier Worship

    Does modern worship need a dose of doctrine (and imagination)?

    Brett McCracken — 

    Last spring, evangelicals across America were abuzz when Atlanta’s North Point Community Church released “Sunday’s Coming,” a short film that...

  • Biola Magazine

    Gained in Translation

    Professor fills theological void for Spanish speakers

    Jason Newell — 

    About a decade ago, Matt Williams was preparing to teach an advanced class on Galatians at a Bible institute in Barcelona, when he ran into a big...