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  • Biolans Up Close: Summer 2008

    Jake Weidmann (’08), bodybuilding penman

    Biola Magazine Staff — 

    If it’s true that the pen is mightier than the sword, it’s especially true when Jake Weidmann (’08) is the one doing the writing. Not only is the...

  • God’s Word or Paul’s Personal Opinion?

    1 Corinthians 7:12 in Context

    Kenneth Berding — 

    In 1 Corinthians 7:10, Paul writes: “But to the married I give instructions, not I, but the Lord, that the wife should not leave her husband.” But...

  • Seeing Disabilities Through God’s Eyes

    Biola ‘Suffering’ Class is First of its Kind in the Nation

    Lisa Hill — 

    At night, when visiting hours were over, a paralyzed Joni Eareckson Tada wrenched her head back and forth against her pillow, hoping to break her...

  • June Hetzel — 

    When I was a young child, one of my favorite Old Testament stories was how God fed the Israelites with manna as they wandered in the wilderness...

  • Biola Magazine Staff — 

    For decades, universities across the nation have seen achieving greater campus diversity as a noble goal. But now — with a significant shift...

  • Jason Newell — 

    Clyde Cook could not stop preaching the gospel, even after he was gone. A week after his death, he was at it once more — this time in a taped...

  • Unknown — 

    Clyde Cook’s last message was delivered eight days after his death, in a recording made specifically for his memorial service. Here is the full...

  • Remembering a Man of God

    Clyde Cook touched countless lives with his wisdom, humor and love for the Lord. Here, Biola alumni, staff, faculty and friends share their memories.

    Biola Magazine Staff — 

    Lunch With a Stranger I was at the Café senior year and Dr. Cook was in line behind me. We made typical conversation and jokes. He then pointed...

  • Adam Pivec — 

    You might not think that something as colossal and as well known as Nehemiah’s wall would be hard to find. But this 15-foot thick stone wall...

  • Jason Newell — 

    Most soldiers who serve in Iraq are never injured by bullets or roadside bombs. But that doesn’t mean they return unscarred. For about one in five...

  • Joe Hellerman — 

    Next time you go to church try not to think about me and God. Think about us and God instead. Why? Because that’s how the early Christians...

  • Christianity's Image Problem

    David Kinnaman (’96), author of "unChristian," says Christianity has an image problem

    Biola Magazine Staff — 

    For a growing number of young Americans, Christianity is a dirty word. That’s the sobering reality painted by researcher and Biola alumnus David...

  • Worlds Apart

    Most Christians live outside the U.S. They share our beliefs, but the similarities end there.

    Holly Pivec — 

    If you think most evangelicals are Western, white and know who Rick Warren is, then think again. The new faces of evangelicalism are brown, black...

  • Race Against Time

    Alumnus leads effort to preserve deteriorating Scriptures

    Lisa Hill — 

    Ancient scribes painstakingly prepared the Scriptures by hand, preserving them for future generations. Daniel B. Wallace achieves the same goal by...

  • Steve Porter — 

    Have you ever noticed how discontentment with the circumstances of our lives spawns all kinds of problems? The other day I missed the freeway exit...

  • Biola Magazine Staff — 

    Have you ever wanted to write a book? The challenge of getting a publisher deters many would-be authors. But now your manuscript doesn’t have to...

  • Alumnus Produces First African Bible Commentary

    Theologian John Stott Hails ‘Publishing Landmark’

    Holly Pivec — 

    If you’re a Christian living in the West, you’ll never lack Bible commentaries to consult. But until a year and a half ago, not one complete...

  • Jason Newell — 

    With pomp and pageantry, Biola University formally installed Barry H. Corey as the eighth president in its 100-year history on Nov. 2. And with...

  • Holly Pivec — 

    The British Museum announced a rare find in July — a clay tablet naming an obscure Old Testament character, “Nebo-Sarsekim.” The find suggests...

  • Don Sunukjian — 

    About 10 percent of the people in the world are left-handed, and they live with frustration. The world was not made for them. Things do not work...

  • Biola Magazine Staff — 

    Garry DeWeese is a professor of philosophy. Although philosophers tend to be a feisty lot, reminiscent of the "Herding Cats" Super Bowl...

  • Biola Magazine Staff — 

    The beauty industry spends billions of dollars a year convincing women that they need to look thinner, younger and sexier. Biola Magazine asked...

  • New President, New Century

    Barry H. Corey’s presidency begins on the eve of Biola’s 100th birthday. Find out how an eBay purchase he made will play a key role in shaping the school’s future.

    Jason Newell — 

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  • Once Upon a Time in Los Angeles

    Biola’s origins could not be more the stuff of legend if we had been founded by John Henry, Paul Bunyan and a blue ox named Babe.

    Fred Sanders — 

    With giant steps, the founders of Biola walked out of the age of the Civil War, strode across the continent and laid deep foundations in a new city...