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  • 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...

  • 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...

  • 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...

  • 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...

  • 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,...

  • 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...

  • Barry Corey — 

    Oct. 14, 2011, was a historic day at Biola University. It was a day of remembrance, thanksgiving and reflection on the blessings God has bestowed...

  • Biola Magazine Staff — 

    For many Christians, Sunday mornings are about going to church, while Sunday afternoons are about watching pro football games, or basketball, or...

  • Kevin Lewis — 

    Jesus Christ proclaimed, “I am the Way, and the truth, and the Life; no one comes to the Father, but through Me” (John 14:6). The Apostles echoed...

  • Opting for Adoption

    Alumnus’ teaching program honored by congressman

    Amy Seed — 

    During 20-plus years in ministry, Jeff Slack (’98, M.A. ’02) came to believe that something important was missing from many youth groups: a strong...

  • 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...

  • 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...

  • 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...

  • 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...

  • 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...

  • 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...

  • Natasha Duquette — 

    “I am not ashamed to own that I believe that the whole universe, heaven and earth, air and seas, the divine constitution and history of the holy...

  • The Illusionist

    Artist Gregory Michael Hernandez (’99) bends reality with his imaginative, geometrical installations

    Betsi L. Freeman — 

    Visitors to the Emma Gray Headquarters art gallery this summer were immersed in a 3-D optical illusion: Flatland, an installation project by...

  • Kurt Simonson — 

    “Take my tired body, my confused mind, and my restless soul into your arms, and give me rest, simple quiet rest.” These words from Henri Nouwen’s...

  • John Coe — 

    When we think of the important subject of prayer and worship, it is interesting to notice that the Christian faith affirms that sacred spaces and...

  • Sanctuary & Sacred Space

    Making room for art in the life of faith

    Barry Krammes — 

    Editor's Introduction: What is sacred space? And how does it relate to art, theology and the life of faith? In the essays and features in this...

  • Still Building

    Hudd Saffell continues to make a mark on Biola’s campus

    Kira McCracken, Jason Newell — 

    Look around Biola’s campus, and you’ll find Hudd Saffell’s fingerprints everywhere. As far back as the mid-1970s, Saffell was playing a key role...

  • Golden Girl

    Runner Amy Atkinson (’11) wins international medals on a hopeful road to the Olympics

    Jason Newell — 

    Amy Atkinson has always loved to run long distances, but over the past couple of years her legs have taken her farther than she ever dreamed...

  • 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...

  • 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...