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  • Student Life Blog

    Fleshy Prison or Beautiful Vessel

    a blog response to the The Biola Hour on Spirituality & Embodiment

    Samantha Lyons — 

    As a way to continue the conversations in The Biola Hour, we've invited Sam Gassaway to blog her thoughts after each episode. This is a response...

  • The Good Book Blog

    Worshiping a God Who Might Damn Your Children

    Weekly Q & A with Dr. William Lane Craig

    William Lane Craig — 

    ... There are actually two different questions here which are being run together, the first a psychological question (“How can you love and worship a God who you believe would do that to your children?”) and the second a philosophical question (“How can you think that is a fair and reasonable thing for anyone or anything to do?”). The psychological question is nothing more than an emotionally loaded red herring. It is just an inquiry about one’s personal psychological state. It is a request for an autobiographical report about one’s subjective condition. As such, its answer will be person-relative and have nothing to do with objective truth ...

  • Business. Ministry. Life.

    Alumni Spotlight: Amanda Coox

    Amanda Coox — 

    What is your current position and role at Apple? What interests you about this industry? I am a DevOps Engineer and Technical Project Manager on...

  • The Good Book Blog

    “Cut and Paste” Biblical Living

    David Talley — 

    There is no end of opportunities to be blessed with the teaching and preaching of God’s word. Great preachers can be heard on the radio. Podcasts can be automatically downloaded to our phones or iPads. The teaching of God’s word is available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, on cable television networks. Christian bookstores are full of books by the greatest authors of our day. Electronic books can be carried with us everywhere with ease. Churches have program after program geared toward teaching God’s word, not to mention a worship service every week, which includes a Bible-based sermon. From the cradle to the grave, opportunities abound ...

  • Student Life Blog

    Building Confidence

    Louie Chong — 

    When you can't even...

  • The Good Book Blog

    Cordial Disagreement is the Highest Honor

    Sean McDowell — 

    We live in a time when impatience, personal attacks, and shallow criticism characterize much of the cultural dialogue. I can hardly ever post a blog without receiving personal criticism from someone to my left or my right ...

  • Biola News

    Biola’s Communication Sciences and Disorders Graduates Achieved High Acceptance Rate into Speech Language Pathology Programs

    Acceptance rate speaks to quality of Biola’s program and unique opportunities for hands-on experience

    Alisa Ohara — 

    Under»ĆąĎĘÓƵ students enrolled in Biola University’s Communication Sciences and Disorders program had an 86.4 percent acceptance rate into...

  • GRIT

    From Doubt to Depth

    a guest post by Leah Lu

    Celeste Scott — 

    When I think of Leah Lu, the first word that comes to mind is "feelings." Not only because of the overwhelming amount of love I have for her, but...

  • Student Life Blog

    Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA)

    Resources & FAQ for the Biola Community

    Brenda Velasco — 

    Find informative resources on immigration and how to process this sensitive subject from a biblical perspective.

  • The Good Book Blog

    Millennial Skepticism and Despair

    Weekly Q & A with Dr. William Lane Craig

    William Lane Craig — 

    Dear Dr. Craig, I am writing to you not as one academic to another, like most of the posters on Reasonable Faith, but as a concerned parent and Christ-follower seeking ways to reach disillusioned and disheartened millennials; my young adult son, in particular. Whatever one's political leanings, I think most thinking individuals can agree on the rampant corruption and degeneration of our modern civilization today, and I believe this is where much of the disillusionment and hopeless feeling of young adults comes in ...

  • The Good Book Blog

    Sophomore Syndrome

    Kenneth Berding — 

    About ten years ago, some of my fellow professors and I began to observe a trend among under»ĆąĎĘÓƵ Biblical & Theological Studies majors at Biola. We noticed that freshman students arrived on campus eager and ready to learn, but at some point during their sophomore year, these Biblical Studies majors became aware that on average they generally knew more theology than did the average Biola student ...

  • Biola News

    Biola-Azusa Pacific Announce "Cornerstone Cup"

    Eagles-Cougars launch new, yearlong rivalry.

    Neil Morgan — 

    Biola University and Azusa Pacific University are excited to announce the creation of a yearlong rivalry series between the two campuses. The...

  • The Good Book Blog

    A Simple Case for Religious Liberty

    Sean McDowell — 

    As John Stonestreet and I argue in our book Same-Sex Marriage, we are currently undergoing one of the most sweeping social revolutions in world history. Until the Obergefell v. Hodges SCOTUS decision in 2015, the definition of marriage as a union of a man and a woman was the understanding of virtually every civilization throughout history. But this has all changed ...

  • The Good Book Blog

    Thinking Economically

    Michael Thigpen — 

    This summer I had the privilege of attending Acton University. This week-long meeting is hosted by the Acton Institute, a think-tank “whose mission is to promote a free and virtuous society characterized by individual liberty and sustained by religious principles.” Common themes at Acton are religious liberty, economic liberty, and natural law. Much like C.S. Lewis’ “mere christianity,” Acton seeks to promote a civil society advanced on natural law reasoning. At Acton one encounters philosophers, economists, entrepreneurs, theologians, biblical scholars, ethicists, and aid workers from around the world ...

  • GRIT

    Suicide Prevention Week

    a blogpost by Jasmyne Bell

    Jasmyne Bell — 

    In a culture where 13 Reasons Why is glorified and mental illness is not always understood, it is difficult to grasp the seriousness of the causes...

  • Business. Ministry. Life.

    Faculty Spotlight: Dave Bourgeois

    David Bourgeois — 

    1. What do you enjoy most about teaching? To me, the best part of teaching occurs when the students are motivated to learn. As I have taught at...

  • The Good Book Blog

    What is the Core Reason Kids Leave the Faith?

    Sean McDowell — 

    There has been a lot of discussion recently about why kids leave the faith. People have rightly drawn attention to the role of poor theology, the importance of kids owning their faith, the significance of intellectual issues such as the apparent tension between science and religion, and more. But there seems to be a core issue that is often overlooked—to develop a lasting faith, kids need to grasp their need for God. Let me explain ...

  • Student Life Blog

    The Monarchs of Our Time

    a blog response to The Biola Hour on Immigration

    Samantha Lyons — 

    As a way to continue the conversations in The Biola Hour, we've invited Sam Gassaway to blog her thoughts after each episode. This is a response...

  • The Good Book Blog

    ​What Hurricane Harvey Reveals About Our Deepest Desires

    Sean McDowell — 

    By any measure, Hurricane Harvey has been a disaster. The financial damage is an estimated $180 billion. The destruction has spread over 300 miles and damaged about 200,000 homes. But the greatest damage is clearly the estimated 47 people who have died. The physical destruction is substantial, but the human loss is unmistakably the most significant ...

  • The Good Book Blog

    How Can Space Be Flat but Finite?

    Weekly Q & A with Dr. William Lane Craig

    William Lane Craig — 

    We have established using philosophical arguments the impossibility of an actual infinite (I'm referring to an infinite set of objects, not an Infinite God which is not impossible), but I have read again and again that "the majority and best supported by the data hypothesis in physics is that the universe is flat and spatially infinite". Does this mean our philosophy was wrong, or does it mean that physicists have got necessarily something wrong, since their conclusion is against clear and distinct philosophical facts? ...

  • Student Life Blog

    An Invitation from God: Pour Out Your Heart

    Lisa Igram — 

    “I don’t want to think about the hard things; I just need to trust God.”“I need to stop crying about it and just be strong.”“I feel dumb for...

  • The Good Book Blog

    La CompasiĂłn: Una Marca Central de JesĂşs y Sus Seguidores / Compassion: A Central Mark for Jesus and his Followers

    Octavio Esqueda — 

    La compasión debe ser sentimiento esencial de aquellos que se dicen seguidores de Jesucristo. La palabra compasión significa “sufrir juntos” y es un sentimiento que se manifiesta al percibir y comprender el sufrimiento de los demás y, por lo tanto, produce el deseo de aliviar, reducir o eliminar este sufrimiento. Al ver las noticias, caminar por las calles o simplemente al conversar con personas a nuestro alrededor es fácil darse cuenta que muchas personas están sufriendo por diferentes circunstancias. La tendencia natural y tristemente común incluso en muchos de aquellos que se dicen cristianos es juzgar a los demás y asumir que sus circunstancias negativas son consecuencia de sus malas decisiones. Es fácil amar a los que nos aman y preocuparnos por aquellos que son cercanos a nosotros, pero una marca central de Jesús y sus seguidores debe ser amar y tener compasión por todos sin importar quienes son o qué han hecho ...

  • The Good Book Blog

    Did God Use Evolution? Is the Earth Old? New Book Review

    Sean McDowell — 

    Questions related to origins are some of the most divisive in the church today: How old is the earth? Is there good evidence for intelligent design? Did God use evolution? Sadly, rather than discussing differences in a sober and gracious manner, conversations are often characterized by defensiveness, misunderstanding, and personal attacks. What a shame! But this need not be the case. The recent book Old-Earth or Evolutionary Creation? demonstrates that leading voices in the origins debate can come together and wrestle over big questions of faith and science with both “gentleness and respect” (1 Peter 3:15) ...

  • Biola News

    Top Courses Now Available to Lifelong Learners at Fraction of the Cost

    Biola LEARN widens Biola’s educational opportunities

    Jenna Loumagne — 

    Today, Biola University launched its new online platform — Biola LEARN — for personal and professional development. Offering a variety of...

  • The Good Book Blog

    Made in the Image of God, Made to Thrive

    Daniel Kim — 

    I had the occasion to watch a six-part DVD series called PovertyCure, produced by the Acton Institute. It is indeed an eye-opening series that I’d encourage you to watch. Each part is less than 30 minutes long and is available in the Biola Library (BV4647 .P6 P68 2012 DVD). It challenges the effectiveness of the traditional model of helping the poor through foreign aid in regions where there is wide-spread poverty and the economy is largely depressed. This aid can come in the form of government sponsored foreign aid, through global agencies such as the IMF or World Bank, and even from NGO’s (both secular and Christian). By the end of the series, I think most would at least pause to consider if “aid” (as a “handout”) helps to alleviate poverty, or whether it actually exacerbates the problem ...