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• Biola News

  Dr. Holmquist Transitions Out of Athletic Director Role

  After 27 years as the leader of the athletic department Dr. Dave Holmquist commits to coaching.

  Neil Morgan — June 07, 2016

  LA MIRADA, Calif. --- In preparation for Biola University’s application for acceptance into the NCAA Division II longtime basketball coach and...

• The Good Book Blog

  Choosing a Church

  William Lane Craig — June 03, 2016

  Hello, Dr. Craig. ... I've been researching Church history, denominational formations and doctrine and their founding leaders, in conjunction with reading the New Testament to see if I can determine what is the most Scripturally sound. Of course, "picking" a denomination is only the first step, I think; then, one has to wisely choose a local church body to commit to. In short, what lies beneath my central question to you, as is probably clear, is wanting to know how you decided -- and how you would recommend others educate themselves to decide -- on a denomination (if that's even a proper way of thinking of the decision) and, more specifically, a church, or local body, to commit yourself to. One would want to be properly yoked in this relationship, just as in a marriage, it seems ...

• Biola News

  Women's Track & Field/Cross Country Named Program of the Year

  In its first season under Head Coach Sean Henning Biola Women's Track & Field and Cross Country has soared to new heights.

  Neil Morgan — June 02, 2016

  NEW ORLEANS, La. --- Biola University was honored on Wednesday as for the first time ever the United States Track & Field and Cross Country...

• Biola Magazine

  In Print: Summer 2016

  Biola Magazine Staff — June 02, 2016

  Answering Jihad: A Better Way Forward, by Nabeel Qureshi (M.A. ’08), Zondervan, March 2016. San Bernardino was the most lethal terror attack on...

• Biola Magazine

  From the Alumni Office: Summer 2016

  Big Thanks for a Big Check

  Rick Bee — June 02, 2016

  Every year, I watch with joy as the Alumni Board presents a “big check” to the student body at our annual Alumni Awards and Golden Eagles chapel....

• Biola Magazine

  Updates from the Campaign Trail

  Biola Magazine Staff — June 02, 2016

  In May 2015, the university publicly launched “A Soul of Conviction, A Voice of Courage: The Campaign for Biola University.” The $180 million...

• Biola Magazine

  Combating Cynicism

  Four words for cynics: ‘affirm before you criticize’

  Greg Ganssle — June 01, 2016

  This issue’s Last Word comes from The Good Book Blog, the faculty blog of Biola’s Talbot School of Theology. This article is adapted from a post...

• Biola Magazine

  Meet the 2016 Alumni Award Winners

  Biola Magazine Staff — June 01, 2016

  The Office of Alumni Relations and Biola’s Alumni Board recognized four alumni for their outstanding accomplishments and service during a special...

• Biola Magazine

  No Fear in the ‘Force’

  Rob Bredow (’94) heads technology at Lucasfilm

  Brett McCracken — June 01, 2016

  With the release of The Force Awakens this past December, the building of Star Wars lands at Disney theme parks and the development of at least...

• Biola Magazine

  Christianity Under a Microscope

  Molecular biologist Anjeanette ‘AJ’ Roberts (M.A. ’15) explores hard questions about faith and science

  Laurie Bullock — June 01, 2016

  As a college student, Anjeanette “AJ” Roberts wanted to dig deeper into the unknown. At the time, that meant viruses. While studying chemistry...

• Biola Magazine

  Leader of the Band

  Music instructor Mitch Bahr (’96) earns title of ‘California Teacher of the Year'

  Laurie Bullock — June 01, 2016

  Fourteen years ago Mitch Bahr (’96) stepped up to the podium to become music director at a rural Northern California high school and brought...

• Biola Magazine

  One SCORR and 20 Years Ago

  For 20 years, Biola’s annual Student Congress on Racial Reconciliation has celebrated the beauty and engaged the challenges of diversity on Christian college campuses

  Brett McCracken — June 01, 2016

  “Evangelical Colleges’ Diversity Problem.” That was the headline of a January 2016 feature article in The Chronicle of Higher Education, which...

• Biola Magazine

  Offering Refuge

  Amid a worldwide refugee crisis, Biolans are taking bold action to care for those in need

  Charlene Choi — June 01, 2016

  The people of God have always been refugees. The instant we were banished from Eden, we became wanderers. The minute we fled Egypt, we were...

• Biola Magazine

  The Radical Call of Kindness

  Why the church must recover Christian compassion in an age of incivility

  Barry Corey — June 01, 2016

  I held the hand of the kindest man I everknew, sitting by his bedside in silent reverence while he lay shrouded in sheets bleached white. We were...

• Biola Magazine

  Is it Intolerant to Claim Christianity Alone is True?

  Five responses to objections about Christianity’s exclusive claims

  Kenneth R. Samples — June 01, 2016

  A couple of years ago I visited Canada to record television interviews about my book Christian Endgame. Prior to the recording, some of the...

• Biola Magazine

  Truth Must be Wedded to Grace

  Faculty/Alumni Book Excerpt

  Biola Magazine Staff — June 01, 2016

  During a trip to Breckenridge, a beautiful ski town in the mountains of Colorado, a friend and I decided to get our hair cut at one of the little...

• Biola Magazine

  How Should Evangelicals Engage in the 2016 Presidential Election?

  Biola Magazine Staff — June 01, 2016

  With the 2016 U.S. presidential election well underway and political rhetoric heating up, perennial discussions about evangelicals and politics...

• Biola Magazine

  Teaching the Write Way

  Professor Christie Curtis’ grammar textbooks are used in classrooms across the U.S.

  Laurie Bullock — June 01, 2016

  Christie Curtis (M.A. ’06) loves language. And as the co-author of a widely popular series of grammar textbooks, the Biola education professor...

• Biola Magazine

  A Precedential President

  Taylor Stribbling serves as Biola’s first Student Government Association president

  Laurie Bullock — June 01, 2016

  Taylor Stribbling’s final year at Biola also marked a big first. The 2015–16 school year marked the debut of the Student Government Association,...

• Biola Magazine

  Religious Freedom Scholar Receives 2016 Colson Award

  Paul Marshall is the third recipient of Biola’s ‘Conviction and Courage’ award

  Brett McCracken — June 01, 2016

  On May 27, Biola University awarded its third Charles W. Colson Conviction and Courage Award to Paul Marshall, a religious freedom scholar and...

• Biola Magazine

  Deborah Taylor Appointed as Provost

  Biola Magazine Staff — June 01, 2016

  Deborah L. Taylor (’93, M.A. ’01), a longtime Biola University administrator and faculty member, was appointed in May as the university’s new...

• Biola Magazine

  A Big Year for Biola Athletics

  Five teams win conference championships

  Biola Magazine Staff — June 01, 2016

  Biola’s student-athletes competed their way to one of the most successful years in university history in 2015–16, with five separate teams winning...

• Biola Magazine

  A Groundbreaking Day for the Sciences

  Construction begins on ambitious new science facility

  Jason Newell — June 01, 2016

  Biola broke ground in February on the most ambitious building project in its history, an expansive new science facility that will serve as a home...

• Biola Magazine

  Conviction, Courage and Civility: Three Virtues for a Vitriolic Age

  Barry Corey — June 01, 2016

  This spring, Biola University's Center for Christian Thought (CCT) and Center for Marriage and Relationships (CMR) hosted a one-day symposium on...

• Biola Magazine

  Dirt-Filled Trucks and Spirit-Filled Believers

  Editor's Note

  Jason Newell — June 01, 2016

  From my window in Metzger Hall, I’ve got a front-and-center view of a massive pit opening up in the ground near Biola’s main entrance. Don’t worry,...