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  • Biola from A to Z

    Jason Newell — 

    What do you love most about Biola? We recently asked alumni to chime in for a special A-to-Z roundup of what sets our university apart and gives...

  • Is Revival Possible Today?

    Biola’s Inaugural Ablaze Conference Offers Lessons from the Jesus People Movement

    Jason Newell — 

    It was a turbulent and tumultuous year. A deadly virus swept the globe. Political unrest divided the nation. Racial tensions fueled demonstrations...

  • President’s Perspective: Hindsight in 2021

    Barry Corey — 

    Sheep have peripheral vision up to 320 degrees. This means they can graze on a patch of green grass, glimpse another patch and wander off. Their...

  • Biola’s YouTube Channel Crosses 100,000 Subscribers

    Jason Newell — 

    Biola has joined an exclusive group of colleges to achieve YouTube’s “Silver Creator Award” status, a designation given to accounts with 100,000 or...

  • ‘Celebration of Arts and Media’ Brings Campus to Life

    Year of events highlights community’s culture of creativity

    Jason Newell — 

    After the pandemic brought an extended pause to most campus activities over the past year and a half, Biola came bursting back to life this fall....

  • Athletics Roundup: Fall 2021

    Highlights from an exciting fall of Biola Eagles competition

    Jason Newell — 

    Baseball Two Biola baseball players signed with professional teams this past summer. The Texas Rangers drafted left-handed pitcher Larson...

  • A Time for Reflection

    Biola Magazine Staff — 

    Biola observed the 85th annual Torrey Memorial Bible Conference in October — three days during which students got a break from classes to learn...

  • Biola Again Ranks as a Top-Tier National University

    University also recognized for value, freshman experience and more

    Biola Magazine Staff — 

    Biola University has again been named one of America’s top-tier national universities by U.S. News and World Report, earning special recognition in...

  • A Reluctant Night Owl

    Isaac Peterson persisted as a remote international student during the pandemic

    Jenna Loumagne — 

    When Isaac Peterson applied to Biola, he didn’t expect to be taking classes from 5,000 miles away at strange hours of the night. But thanks to the...

  • On Display at the Olympics

    Professor Dan Callis’ art represents U.S. at exhibition during Tokyo Games

    Sarah Dougher — 

    At the height of the pandemic, three paintings were boarded onto a cargo ship to make their journey from Los Angeles to Tokyo, Japan. The paintings...

  • Ask the Expert: Do We Need to Recover a Healthy Sense of Shame?

    Jason Newell — 

    Shame is a toxic and unhealthy emotion — or so goes the conventional wisdom that has proliferated across popular books and TED Talks in recent...

  • Books by Biolans: Fall 2021

    Biola Magazine Staff — 

    Fountain of Salvation, by Fred Sanders (professor, Torrey Honors College), Eerdmans, September 2021. Sanders expounds a theological vision in...

  • Excerpt: What Does it Mean for God to Show Up?

    Tim Muehlhoff — 

    Expectations play a key role in shaping our perspective. How do you expect a spouse or child to act toward you? What expectations do you have for...

  • ‘It Matters’

    Biolans Create Theological Resource for Women

    Jenna Loumagne — 

    Young women are often not the face or voice of theology podcasts. Two alumnae are working to change that. Esther Followwill-Johnson (B.S. ’21) and...

  • Stepping Up During the Lockdown

    Alumna Liz Stevahn created support centers for students forced into remote learning

    Sarah Dougher — 

    When the Covid-19 pandemic struck in spring 2020, many children and teens were suddenly forced out of the classroom and into remote learning — a...

  • Ron Hafer, 1938-2021

    Longtime university chaplain served generations of Biolans

    Biola Magazine Staff — 

    Ron Hafer (’61, M.A. ’75), a jovial and ever-encouraging fixture in the Biola community who served generations of students as the university’s...

  • Comfort My People

    David Talley — 

    ‘Comfort ye, comfort ye my people, saith your God. Speak ye comfortably to Jerusalem, and cry unto her, that her warfare is accomplished, that her...

  • Think About It: Fall 2021

    A roundup of recent videos, podcasts and other resources on Christianity and culture

    Biola Magazine Staff — 

    Greg Laurie at Biola’s Ablaze Conference (YouTube) American author and evangelist Greg Laurie, senior pastor of Harvest Christian Fellowship,...

  • Creative to the Core

    Explore the renovated Bardwell Hall – the impressive new home of the visual arts at Biola

    Jason Newell — 

    There has never been a better time to be an art student at Biola. This fall, the university dedicated a completely transformed and remodeled...

  • More Than a Film School

    How Biola’s School of Cinema and Media Arts is expanding its impact in Hollywood — and beyond

    Biola Magazine Staff — 

    Biola’s School of Cinema and Media Arts is a rising star in the entertainment industry. So say a growing number of industry leaders and...

  • Pandemic Redux: Redeeming the Time

    Barry Corey — 

    When I read the Biola notice from 103 years ago, it seemed eerily familiar, at least in part. Posted in our periodic newsletter, The King’s...

  • Biola Recognized for Service to First Generation Students

    Sarah Dougher — 

    Biola received the national honor of being selected as a member of the 2021–22 First-gen Forward cohort by the Center for First-generation Student...

  • ‘God’s Smuggler’ Honored with Colson Award

    Joe Conway — 

    Andrew van der Bijl — better known as “Brother Andrew” — was recognized this spring with Biola University’s 2020 Charles W. Colson Conviction and...

  • Campus Safety Chief Honored for Leadership

    Biola Magazine Staff — 

    Biola’s top campus safety official was recognized by several law enforcement organizations this spring for his exemplary leadership and dedication...

  • A Leader on the Court: Spring 2021

    Senior Jazz Benn leads the women’s basketball team in the midst of a pandemic

    Zachariah Jimison — 

    Jazmin Benn is a role model on campus, a beauty care model off campus, and one of the most successful women’s basketball players in Biola history....