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  • Business. Ministry. Life.

    Steve Rundle — 

    These days the term “Business as Mission” (BAM) gets used a lot, and synonymously it seems, with many other terms such as “Marketplace Ministry,” “...

  • Biola News

    Something for Everyone: Blue Man Group at Hollywood Bowl

    Seventy-five alumni, families and friends were exposed to the hilarious antics of the world-famous Blue Man Group on Saturday, September 7, 2013 at the Hollywood Bowl.

    Patricia Folgar — 

    Seventy-five alumni, families and friends were exposed to the hilarious antics of the world-famous Blue Man Group on Saturday, September 7, 2013...

  • Biola News

    Biola Professor Opens Ministry-Based Café in Fullerton

    Scott Moffatt seeks to serve the community one cup of coffee at a time

    Taylor Durden — 

    Ordering a cup of locally roasted coffee and gourmet pastries, including the newest pastry trend — the doissant — means giving back to others at...

  • Biola News

    Biola Launches New Center for Christianity, Culture and the Arts

    Celebration encourages engagement with art and faith

    Jenna Bartlo — 

    Biola University’s Center for Christianity, Culture and the Arts officially launched Sept. 20 with the dedication of the newly renovated art...

  • The Good Book Blog

    Joe Hellerman — 

    Remember 7th grade, when your English teacher taught you how to diagram sentences? You know, “main clause,” “subordinate clause,” and all that other stuff you have likely forgotten long ago? I still diagram sentences. And I teach my students how to diagram sentences, too—Greek sentences!

  • Biola News

    Jenna Bartlo — 

    Professor Octavio Esqueda’s teaching career started at the age of 12 in Guadalajara, Mexico. His passion for teaching others hasn’t ceased. “I...

  • Biola News

    Former Soccer Player Battles Cancer

    Katie Cabuling serves as inspiration to all as she demonstrates true hope in God.

    Neil Morgan — 

    Athletes are supposed to dominate, they are meant to be a warrior on their playing fields, an invincible force, but every so often they can be...

  • Biola News

    Biola's 2nd Athletics Hall of Fame Banquet

    Biola Athletics celebrated three distinguished athletes as they were inducted into Biola's Hall of Fame on Saturday night.

    Hilary Larkins — 

    On Saturday, September 14, 2013, Biola Athletics celebrated its second Hall of Fame Class with an induction ceremony in the Talbot East Andrews...

  • The Good Book Blog

    The Good Book Blog — 

    The following is the first in a series of faculty book announcements that will appear on the Good Book Blog in the coming months.

  • Biola News

    U.S. News Ranks Biola as a Top-Tier National University

    Biola listed among the nation’s best universities

    Staff — 

    Biola University has again been named one of America’s best colleges, earning a spot in the top tier of the “best national universities” category...

  • Business. Ministry. Life.

    Laureen Mgrdichian — 

    I love August. Summer is in full swing, and the family and I have sufficiently adjusted to not having a school schedule. But more than anything,...

  • Biola News

    Jenna Bartlo — 

    New students officially started their story at Biola University on Wednesday as Biola President Barry H. Corey commissioned students at the 2013...

  • The Good Book Blog

    Kenneth Way — 

    By Thomas Finley and Kenneth Way From October 2 to December 8 of this year the Cyrus Cylinder will make a visit to The Getty Villa (in Malibu, CA) as part of a tour of the United States. This will be an amazing opportunity to see in person this artifact that gives significant background information for the Bible.

  • The Good Book Blog

    Thaddeus Williams — 

    “A mind is a terrible thing to waste.” This slogan, first broadcast by the United Negro College Fund in 1972, has become something of a John 3:16 for educators seeking to evangelistically rouse students out of intellectual slumber. If I could tailor this slogan for our Biola community as we embark on a new semester, it would become: “The mind of Christ is far too precious to not cultivate.” While lacking the elegant phrasing and bumper sticker quote-ability of the original, it does express something I hope we can pause to ponder as we enter our classrooms.

  • Biola News

    Sean McDowell Joins Biola’s Christian Apologetics Faculty

    Popular speaker and author will serve as a professor in graduate program

    Jason Newell — 

    Internationally known speaker and writer Sean McDowell will join the faculty of Biola University’s Master of Arts Program in Christian Apologetics...

  • Biola News

    Princeton Review Names Biola One of the "Best in the West"

    Biola featured in new "2014 Best Colleges: Region by Region" rankings

    Brenda Velasco — 

    Biola University is one of the best colleges in the West, according to newly released college rankings from The Princeton Review. Biola is one of...

  • The Good Book Blog

    Gary Manning Jr — 

    Reza Aslan’s new book, Zealot: The Life and Times of Jesus of Nazareth (Random House, 2013), is in most ways a typical attempt to paint a new picture of Jesus. Because so many hundreds of books of this type have been published, Aslan’s book would most likely not have received significant attention at all, except for two factors. First, a botched interview of the author on Fox News caused a huge surge of interest, making his book an overnight best seller. And second, Aslan is a very good writer. His primary teaching role, after all, is as a professor of creative writing at UC Riverside. Aslan is able to take a lot of important historical background and present it in a riveting manner, accessible to most readers.

  • Biola News

    Evacuated from Egypt

    Student Kylie Tyndall (’14) shares about a summer internship cut short by a coup

    Brett McCracken — 

    When sisters Kylie and Keaton Tyndall went to Cairo, Egypt, earlier this year to fulfill their internship requirement as intercultural studies...

  • The Good Book Blog

    Kenneth Way — 

    The Baker Illustrated Bible Dictionary, edited by Tremper Longman III (with Peter Enns and Mark Strauss), is now available for purchase as an E-Book or in hardcover. This one-volume dictionary offers 1767 full-color pages and more than 5,000 articles by 124 Bible scholars. You might ask, “Why should I care about this Bible dictionary?” You should care because many of the contributors are Talbot faculty.

  • The Good Book Blog

    Octavio Esqueda — 

    Hace ya varios años escuché una frase que me ha hecho pensar constantemente y que refleja uno de los mayores peligros que enfrentan los líderes cristianos. La frase dice así: “es importante no estar tan ocupado en la obra de Dios que nos olvidemos del Dios de la obra”. El problema no es el servicio a Dios sino el enfoque y, en muchos casos, la motivación que nos mueve al servicio. Estoy convencido que uno de los pecados principales de muchos líderes es el énfasis obsesivo por el trabajo y, por lo tanto, el descuido de lo esencial y verdaderamente importante como Dios, la familia y el cuidado personal.

  • Biola News

    Alumnus Co-Produces New Major Motion Picture "The Butler"

    Film becomes passion project for David Jacobson

    Jenna Bartlo — 

    With its all-star cast and award friendly story, The Butler is shaping up to be one of the biggest films of the summer. The film, which stars such...

  • Biola News

    Biola Named One of 97 “Great Colleges to Work For”

    The Chronicle of Higher Education recognizes Biola as a "Great College to Work For"

    Jenna Bartlo — 

    Biola University is one of the nation’s 97 best colleges to work for, according to a survey by The Chronicle of Higher Education . The results put...

  • Biola News

    Student Competes in World University Games in Russia

    Kaarel Lilleoja runs for Biola and his home country of Estonia in world’s second-largest sports event

    Jenna Bartlo — 

    Traversing the globe with running shoes in tow, student Kaarel Lilleoja competed in Russia at the World University Games July 10, representing...

  • Biola Magazine

    Biola Magazine Staff — 

    What Every Pastor Should Know: 101 Indispensable Rules of Thumb for Leading Your Church, coauthored by Gary L. McIntosh (professor of Christian...

  • Biola Magazine

    Biolans Up Close: Summer 2013

    Julie Sagatelian ('81), financial adviser and mother of triplets

    Biola Magazine Staff — 

    Since graduating from Biola in 1981 with a degree in intercultural studies and business, Julie Sagatelian has become a respected financial planner...