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  • 2012 Winter

    Lessons Learned

    Editor's Note

    Jason Newell — 

    The summer before I arrived at Biola as an undergraduate, I attended a massive worship service at a local stadium. One of the speakers who got up...

  • 2012 Winter

    The Best Books of All Time

    Professors and alumni guide readers through the classics of Western thought

    Brett McCracken — 

    What can Christians learn from writers like Aquinas, Marx, Nietzsche and Erasmus? What about Chaucer, Locke, Dante and de Toqueville? A lot,...

  • 2012 Winter

    Calling All Homeschoolers!

    Biola Youth Academics launches online high school classes, goes global

    Brett McCracken — 

    Homeschool students from around the world have been coming to Biola University for years. Now, Biola University is coming to them. For over 15...

  • 2012 Winter

    Biola Magazine Staff — 

    Biola’s student athletes demonstrate outstanding character and leadership on and off the field, and it hasn’t gone unnoticed. In October, the...

  • 2012 Winter

    Biola Magazine Staff — 

    Chase Gymnasium was packed on Sept. 15 for the annual Nationball dorm competition, a student tradition that has exploded in popularity in recent...

  • 2012 Winter

    By the Numbers

    Biola ranked among 17 'up and coming' national universities

    Biola Magazine Staff — 

    Biola University was once again ranked in the top tier of the “Best National Universities” category of the annualU.S. News & World Report...

  • 2012 Winter

    Introducing the Biola University Center for Christian Thought

    What happens when some of the world's leading Christian minds gather on one campus?

    Jason Newell — 

    Back in October, professor Gregg Ten Elshof was sitting across from radio talk show host Frank Pastore, explaining his vision for the...

  • 2012 Winter

    Inside Talbot East

    A look at Biola's exciting new theology building

    Biola Magazine Staff — 

    Photography by Laurel Dailey ('05) Talbot East is more than just the eye-catching new structure next to Calvary Chapel; it’s a building that will...

  • 2012 Winter

    30 Units, 30 Lessons

    Biolans share the most important lessons learned from their 30 units of Bible classes

    Biola Magazine Staff — 

    As any Biola student or graduate can tell you, one of the things that makes Biola University distinct from other colleges is the requirement for...

  • 2012 Winter

    Biola Magazine Staff — 

    For this issue of Biola Magazine, we asked Biola alumni and current students to share the most memorable and important lessons they learned from...

  • 2011 Fall

    Rick Bee — 

    Several alumni surveys have been completed in recent months that have helped us gain significant insights on both our alumni services and your...

  • 2011 Fall

    Biola Magazine Staff — 

    Jenny Dayco (’01) has been designing and creating her own jewelry for the past six years. Her jewelry designs have been featured in magazines such...

  • 2011 Fall

    Kenneth Way — 

    The Last Word features posts from the Talbot School of Theology faculty blog, The Good Book Blog. An extended version of this post was first...

  • 2011 Fall

    Biolans Up Close: Fall 2011

    Ryan Callis ('02), artist, designer, assistant to Jim Carrey

    Biola Magazine Staff — 

    In the nine years since Ryan Callis (’02) graduated from Biola University, the Long Beach, Calif.-based painter has had his work shown in galleries...

  • 2011 Fall

    Get to Know: Fall 2011

    Li-shan Hung, world-class pianist

    Biola Magazine Staff — 

    How do you get to Carnegie Hall? Practice, practice, practice. It’s an old joke, and not a particularly funny one. But Biola professor Li-shan Hung...

  • 2011 Fall

    Biola Magazine Staff — 

    Earthen Vessels: Why Our Bodies Matter to our Faith, by Matthew Lee Anderson (’04), Bethany House, June 2011. Our bodies matter. Christians today...

  • 2011 Fall

    Space for Art

    Editor's Note

    Jason Newell — 

    About six months ago, art professor Barry Krammes popped into my office unannounced, looking eager to tell me about something (and ready to ask...

  • 2011 Fall

    2011-12: The Year of the Arts

    President's Perspective

    Barry Corey — 

    Biola University’s mural, "The Word," has for 20 years stretched from top to bottom of Bardwell Hall, our science building. Painted by renowned...

  • 2011 Fall

    John Bloom — 

    Theistic Evolution is a view held by Christians who believe that Darwinian evolution is true. Some theistic evolutionists believe that God guided...

  • 2011 Fall

    Biola Magazine Staff — 

    As part of Biola University’s Year of the Arts, philanthropist, art historian and collector Roberta Green Ahmanson was invited to be Biola’s 2011–...

  • 2011 Fall

    Biola Magazine Staff — 

    In recent years, Biola’s cinematic output has been prodigious. Here are three new films by Biola students, faculty and alumni that you should know...

  • 2011 Fall

    Art and Belief

    Christian artists converge on campus for CIVA conference

    Brett McCracken — 

    For a few days in June, 275 artists from around the world convened on Biola’s campus for the 2011 Christians in the Visual Arts (CIVA) conference....

  • 2011 Fall

    Student Filmmaker Wins YouTube Contest

    $35,000 the latest prize for oft-awarded Zach King (’12)

    Brett McCracken — 

    Biola senior Zach King made his first films at age 7, when he picked up the home video camera and pointed it at his three younger sisters. At 14,...

  • 2011 Fall

    Pardon Our Dust!

    New structures on campus, by the numbers

    Biola Magazine Staff — 

    Biola’s campus was full of construction workers over the summer, and not just for the long-anticipated new Talbot School of Theology building...

  • 2011 Fall

    Biola Magazine Staff — 

    Earlier this year, Biola launched an impressive new website designed to help you — alumni, parents, students, supporters and friends — stay up to...