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  • Betsy Barber — 

    Now at this time Mary arose and went in a hurry to the hill country, to a city of Judah, and entered the house of Zacharias and greeted...

  • Biola Magazine Staff — 

    The Biola University Athletics Department inducted its third set of distinguished athletes into its Hall of Fame on Sept. 13, 2014. The newest...

  • Biola Magazine Staff — 

    Biola University has formed an alliance with Christian Community Credit Union to offer Biolans a new opportunity to help support scholarships....

  • Mikel Del Rosario — 

    Each Christmas, I hear the story of Jesus’ birth read publicly from the Gospel of Luke. And it often seems like the timing of Jesus’ birth and the...

  • Biola Magazine Staff — 

    It’s no secret that marriage is on the decline in America. But even for those who know the general trends, the statistics can be surprising....

  • Quick View

    The Freedom to be a Christian College

    Brett McCracken — 

    The philosophical question Are Christian institutions free to practice their faith as they believe Scripture calls them to, without government...

  • Brett McCracken — 

    Nowhere is pluralism more frequently preached as a prized value than on today’s secular college campuses. And yet some Christian campus...

  • Brett McCracken — 

    As religious convictions are met with new legal challenges, what's at stake for schools like Biola? What happens when the Christian conscience...

  • Athletic Booster Club Debuts

    Eagles Athletic Association seeks to raise support for Biola's student athletes

    Brett McCracken — 

    For the nearly 300 student athletes playing on Biola University’s 19 athletics teams, winning on the field is only half the battle. Affording to...

  • Biola Magazine Staff — 

    U.S. News and World Report has identified Biola University as one of America’s top 10 “up and coming” national universities — an honor given...

  • Sculpted Scripture

    New public sculpture offers an artistic call to action

    Heather Leith — 

    When Tom Tsuchiya was asked to submit an entry for a contest to create the first permanent public sculpture at Biola, he first looked at his...

  • Cook School of Intercultural Studies Welcomes New Dean

    Nine things to know about Bulus Galadima

    Heather Leith — 

    On July 15, Biola’s Cook School of Intercultural Studies welcomed Bulus Galadima as its new dean. A native Nigerian, Galadima brings four degrees...

  • Forming More Perfect Unions

    Biola launches new Center for Marriage and Relationships

    Lauren Frey — 

    This fall, Biola University launched the Center for Marriage and Relationships, a new endeavor that seeks to address one of the most pertinent...

  • A Receivable University

    President's Perspective

    Barry Corey — 

    It’s a story far longer than I have time to tell entirely, but one day when I was in my late 20s and trying to make sense of the world, my father...

  • Jason Newell — 

    In his important and influential 2010 book To Change the World, Christian sociologist James Davison Hunter cautions evangelicals against the...

  • Biola Magazine Staff — 

    Astonished: Recapturing the Wonder, Awe, and Mystery of Life with God, by Mike Erre (M.A. ’04), David C. Cook, April 2014. Jesus should get bigger...

  • Biolans Up Close: Summer 2014

    Brent Mason (’87), finance director for the city of Riverside, Calif.

    Biola Magazine Staff — 

    Much of Brent Mason’s day-to-day life is spent crunching numbers. As finance director for the city of Riverside, Calif., he’s responsible for...

  • Alumni Files: Summer 2014

    Inbox: Concerns About Costs

    Rick Bee — 

    I hit a nerve with many of you in the last issue of Biola Magazine when I mentioned the topic of debt and the cost of tuition. Thank you for the...

  • Amber Amaya — 

    On a good day, more than 4,000 vehicles cross through the Washington State Ferries terminal where Scott Iversen (’80) works. As a terminal...

  • Get to Know: Summer 2014

    Octavio Esqueda, country-crossing researcher and futbol fan

    Amber Amaya — 

    Octavio Esqueda doesn’t buy into the culture of busyness. “Tiempo es oro,” he says. “Time is gold.” Time is precious. The veteran professor values...

  • Diane Vincent — 

    This issue’s Last Word comes from the Torrey Honors Institute’s Scriptorium Daily blog (scriptoriumdaily.com), where it was originally published...

  • The Need for ‘Urban Apologetics’

    'To many of my urban pastor peers, apologetics seemed far too detached from the church work they were doing on a daily basis'

    Christopher Brooks — 

    When I first became active in apologetics — the art of commending and defending the Christian faith — I quickly realized that in the minds of most...

  • How Can We Be Better Disagree-ers?

    Professor Tim Muehlhoff, author of I Beg to Differ, shares how to tackle tough conversations

    Biola Magazine Staff — 

    Whether in the boardroom or the bedroom, on Twitter or TV, disagreement is a fact of life. And unfortunately, it’s often handled badly — resulting...

  • The Fundamentals vs. 'fundamentalism'

    The Fundamentals publishing project is a part of the history of fundamentalism in America, to be sure, yet the two words are also different in important ways

    Biola Magazine Staff — 

    When talking about The Fundamentals, it’s important to recognize a distinction from “fundamentalism” as it is understood both in history and in...

  • The Untold Story of The Fundamentals

    A century ago, Biola founder Lyman Stewart anonymously funded a hugely influential set of essays known as The Fundamentals. Archived letters and documents shed light on how Stewart and others helped to shape the face of evangelicalism today.

    Paul Rood — 

    A remarkable literary project of the early 20th century, The Fundamentals: A Testimony to the Truth, is soon approaching the 100th anniversary of...