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The Good Book Blog
New Book Announcement: Being God's Image: Why Creation Still Matters
Carmen Imes — April 05, 2023
Bearing God's Name: Why Sinai Still Matters has a prequel! Being God's Image: Why Creation Still Matters is my attempt to demonstrate what the...
Biola News
A Promotion Payoff Post-Graduation for Biola Alumna
Working mom, Biola alumna overcame challenges to complete her degree
Charlotte McKinley — April 05, 2023
Working mom of two, Juliana Solorio (B.S. ’22), aspired to move up in her career and earning a B.S. in business management from Biola afforded her...
The Good Book Blog
Do the Damned Receive their Just Desert?
William Lane Craig — April 03, 2023
This is a Q & A blog post by our Visiting Scholar in Philosophy, William Lane Craig. Question I have some questions about your 12 Dec 2022...
Winsome Conviction
Episode 67: A Blessing For An Insult
Rick Langer, Tim Muehlhoff — April 03, 2023
Trading an insult for an insult is tempting, at times fiendishly satisfying, and doing so will surely deepen division. It may be for this reason...
Biola News
A Biola Alumna’s Journey Overseas and Back Again
Dorothy Leal went from La Mirada to Nepal to Mexico and to Oklahoma to use her passions and skills in teaching.
Charlotte McKinley — March 31, 2023
After graduating from Biola University’s School of Education in 1967, Dorothy Leal did not anticipate the way that God would use her degree to help...
Think Biblically
Responding to Pro-Choice Arguments
Sean McDowell, Scott Rae — March 30, 2023
What are the toughest and most common arguments for pro-choice? And how can thoughtful Christians respond? In this podcast, Sean and Scott respond...
The Good Book Blog
How to Talk About Abortion in the Church
Sean McDowell — March 29, 2023
Vaccines. Race. Gun control. These are some of the hardest issues to discuss in church. While the evangelical church is far more united in its...
Biola News
Read the Bible in One Year With Biola Professor on a New Podcast
Podcast narrator and founder, Dr. Rachel Bodell launches a conversational-style reading and commentary of the Bible in one year
Noelle Courselle — March 29, 2023
The launch of a new podcast, Bible in a Year: The Story , is meeting a unique need in culture by delivering audible, bite-size Bible content and...
The Good Book Blog
Polycarp’s Final Days and Martyrdom
Kenneth Berding — March 27, 2023
One of the most famous Christians in history — and, truly, one of my historical heroes — was an early Christian named Polycarp. Polycarp ministered...
Student Life Blog
Together Through Accessibility
Biola Staff — March 27, 2023
What do you think of when you hear accessibility? Do you think of special parking spots? Braille signs and guide dogs? Do you think of...
Think Biblically
The Bible and Cultural Critique
Sean McDowell, Scott Rae — March 24, 2023
How does the Bible guide us in applying its truths to our culture? Of course the Bible applies to our individual lives, but the Bible is also a...
The Good Book Blog
Installation of Dr. Matthew J. Hall as Provost and Senior Vice President of Biola University
Timothy Pickavance — March 22, 2023
On February 24, Dr. Matthew J. Hall was installed as Biola's Provost and Senior Vice President. The leadership of Talbot thought readers of the...
Biola News
Alumna Helps Ukrainian Orphans During the Russia/Ukraine War
Dr. Sherri McClurg provides thousands of displaced children with hope
Charlotte McKinley — March 20, 2023
Amidst the wreckage and danger of the Ukrainian battlefield, Biola University graduate Dr. Sherri McClurg (Psy.D. ‘98) has had her boots on the...
The Good Book Blog
The Destruction of the Canaanites
Charlie Trimm — March 20, 2023
The Old Testament presents a variety of ethical problems for modern readers, but the major ethical problem there is God’s commanded destruction of...
Winsome Conviction
Episode 66: The Cost of Not Knowing a Different Point Of View
Rick Langer, Patrick Miller — March 20, 2023
How should Christians express a Christ-like posture in the public square? What expression should that posture take when political disagreements...
The Good Book Blog
Living in the Tension of Grace and Truth
Sean McDowell — March 17, 2023
Perhaps the most challenging questions I receive today are from people trying to balance truth and grace. Whether on issues of sexuality, race,...
Biola News
Alumnus’ Journey from Job Fair at Biola to Japan
Cook School of Intercultural Studies alumnus Erik Bentley teaches English in Narita City, Japan.
Charlotte McKinley — March 17, 2023
God was preparing Erik Bentley (B.A. ’96, M.A. ’20) for a life in Japan far before he met his wife and he moved to the Chiba Prefecture in east...
Think Biblically
Biblical Critical Theory— An Oxymoron??
with Christopher Watkin
Sean McDowell, Scott Rae — March 16, 2023
What is a critical theory? Aren’t various critical theories used widely in the academy and the culture to deconstruct Christian faith? Is there...
Business. Ministry. Life.
Male Allies Can Help Women in the Workplace
Crowell Celebrates Women’s History Month
John Tuttle — March 16, 2023
Even before the pandemic, we certainly weren’t on equal footing. The pandemic made that worse.
Biola News
“Generation Z and the COVID-19 Crisis” Book to Guide the Next Generation of Students in the Workplace
Crowell School of Business professor Jake Aguas’ research-based book is helping numerous universities and organizations with their Generational Intelligence
Noelle Courselle — March 15, 2023
Investing in the next generation of businessmen and women, Associate Professor of Management Jake Aguas started his research to help people...
The Good Book Blog
Dramatic Drop in Bible Reading: Why?
Kenneth Berding — March 15, 2023
In 2011, the percentage of Americans who “used the Bible at least 3-4 times on their own, outside of a church setting” was around 50%. Again in...
Student Life Blog
Are Your Thoughts Helpful or Unhelpful?
Understanding Cognitive Distortions
Cooper Mootz — March 15, 2023
Personally, I believe one’s undergraduate years are well spent learning to ask good questions, carrying a countenance of curiosity about the world....
The Good Book Blog
Rich Christians
William Lane Craig — March 13, 2023
This is a Q & A blog post by our Visiting Scholar in Philosophy, William Lane Craig. Question My question concerns Christian wealth. In a...
The Good Book Blog
Two Big Temptations of Artificial Intelligence (AI)
Sean McDowell — March 10, 2023
Artificial intelligence is here. Social media. Transportation. Surgery. Job application searches. AI is being used in all of these platforms and...
Biola News
Intercultural Studies Alumna Innovates her Degree Post Graduation
Eden DeLaVara (’22) uses both her intercultural studies bachelor’s degree and art minor to express herself and what she believes in
Ryan Wingert — March 10, 2023
Growing up, Intercultural Studies (ICS) alumna — Eden DeLaVara (’22) — felt as if life was clearly planned for her with clear next steps from...