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• Talbot Magazine

  Best of the Blog: Fall 2020

  Should We Take Communion Remotely?

  Uche Anizor, Darian Lockett, Charlie Trimm — December 08, 2020

  While seminary graduates frequently express gratitude for their education, most also have a list of items colloquially entitled “Things Seminary...

• Becoming Biola

  Marco's Holiday Recipe!

  Flan

  Marco Saldana — December 08, 2020

  Flan Ingredients 3/4 cup sugar. 1/4 cup water. 1 package (8 ounces) cream cheese, softened. 5 large eggs. 1 can (14 ounces) sweetened condensed...

• Biola News

  Professor Awarded Planning Grant for Mission Work Project

  Cook School of Intercultural Studies Professor Leanne Dzubinski will research how Christian ideas about family life were communicated as the gospel was spread

  Vanessa Morales — December 07, 2020

  Biola University Cook School of Intercultural Studies professor and associate dean Dr. Leanne Dzubinski was awarded a one-year $5,000 planning...

• The Good Book Blog

  Black Old Testament Scholarship: A Bibliography

  Charlie Trimm — December 07, 2020

  During the many conversations revolving around race during the summer of 2020, I began to think about the scholarship of Black scholars in my...

• The Good Book Blog

  Secular Humanism Once More

  Q & A with Dr. William Lane Craig

  William Lane Craig — December 04, 2020

  This is a Q & A blog post by our Visiting Scholar in Philosophy, William Lane Craig. Question Hello Dr Craig, I have two (related) questions...

• Think Biblically

  The Sexual Purity Movement

  Sean McDowell, Scott Rae — December 03, 2020

  What should a biblical sexual purity message look like for today? In this episode, Scott interviews Sean about his latest book: Chasing Love: Sex,...

• Becoming Biola

  Special Spots Around Marco's Hometown!

  Marco Saldana — December 02, 2020

  Sunny San Diego, California. Always shown in appreciation for its beautiful beaches and California burritos. I’ve been living in San Diego for the...

• Student Life Blog

  Redefining Academic Achievement

  As we approach finals week, let’s reevaluate what college is truly about.

  Clarissa Chan — December 02, 2020

  Let’s admit it: Many of us are stressed out. Finals week is coming up and you might feel like a heavy load of assignments and tests are on your...

• The Good Book Blog

  When Social Media is Antithetical to the Cross

  Kyle Strobel — December 02, 2020

  Imagine that you saw someone teaching one-thousand people in a field. “Wow,” you might think, “that person has quite a following.” Normally, we...

• Becoming Biola

  How to Network and Seek Mentorship

  Bailey Captain — December 01, 2020

  Hello friends, it's Bailey and I'm talking today about Seeking Mentorship and Networking. This has been a huge part of my life and why I have this...

• Becoming Biola

  Google Calendar Tips and Tricks!

  Bailey Captain — December 01, 2020

  Hi guys! I am so excited to be writing about Google Calendar! This platform has been a life-saver in college and has helped me stay on task, get...

• Winsome Conviction

  Episode 6: Choosing our News: Resisting Political Polarization

  Rick Langer, Tim Muehlhoff, Joy Qualls — November 30, 2020

  Dr. Joy Qualls, an expert in political and religious rhetoric, joins Tim and Rick to discuss how polarized news sources contribute to making us...

• Becoming Biola

  Thanksgiving as a Student

  Marco Saldana — November 30, 2020

  Hey everyone! It's Marco, and I'm back with you guys to talk about Thanksgiving as a student. So I'm going to kind of be jumping around all over...

• The Good Book Blog

  The Tongue is Like a Mosquito: James 3:1-12

  Kenneth Berding — November 30, 2020

  This morning I awoke to the sound of a mosquito in my room, a predator intent on sucking the blood out of my body. Mosquitos are evil creatures...

• Becoming Biola

  Study Spaces in La Mirada!

  Kristen Kim — November 30, 2020

  Some of you may know that I homeschooled for the last two years of high school, so the new distanced-learning format is nothing too new. I have...

• Think Biblically

  Born Again This Way

  with Rachel Gilson

  Sean McDowell, Scott Rae — November 26, 2020

  The journey of authentic Christian faith and sexuality is often a rocky and complicated one. Rachel Gilson, in her book, Born Again This Way, tells...

• Student Life Blog

  Lessons from a Creek

  Student learnings about life through interactions with nature

  Sarah Morgan — November 25, 2020

  Ever since I was young, I have lived near a creek with a stunning greenway trail. When my siblings and I were little, we would swim in the creek,...

• The Good Book Blog

  Thankfulness in Christ

  Kenneth Berding — November 25, 2020

  Thanksgiving in the United States is one of my favorite holidays. I used to view it as the only holiday still untainted by secularism and...

• The Good Book Blog

  A Tribute to Dr. James E. Rosscup (1934-2020)

  Clinton E. Arnold — November 24, 2020

  “To pray well is to study well.” This is one of the many memorable statements from Jim Rosscup in the Hermeneutics class I had with him forty...

• Becoming Biola

  Special Spots Around Ethan's Hometown

  Ethan de la Pena — November 24, 2020

  Hello everyone! It's Ethan and I'm coming on here to share a little bit about my small little hometown. Admittedly because of Covid-19 right now,...

• The Good Book Blog

  Christmas Gift Tip from Fall 2020 Pilgrim’s Progress Adaptation

  Andy Draycott — November 23, 2020

  My Pilgrim's Progress class this fallis a hybrid class, with recorded lectures and discussions fully online with a number of synchronous online...

• Becoming Biola

  Autumn Traditions

  Magdalene Segarra — November 23, 2020

  Hey all, It is feeling very Autumn like here in La Mirada, California. We had rain yesterday which was so needed after the fires that have been...

• Winsome Conviction

  Tim Muehlhoff on “How the Body of Christ Talks” in the Christian Scholars Review

  Tim Muehlhoff — November 20, 2020

  "How the Body of Christ Talks" Reviewed by Tim Muehlhoff, Professor of Communication, Biola University C. Christopher Smith, senior pastor of...

• Becoming Biola

  What Biola at Home Looks LIke

  Marco Saldana — November 20, 2020

  Hey everyone! So, I'm excited to take you through my life as a college student at my home environment. So now, I'm moving forward to logging into...

• Think Biblically

  Does God Command That We Curse Our Enemies?

  with Charlie Trimm

  Sean McDowell, Scott Rae, Charlie Trimm — November 19, 2020

  The imprecatory psalms--some of the most difficult parts of the Bible, are the places in which the psalmist asks God to bring judgment on one's...