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  • Biola News

    Biola University's National Campaign Tour Continues; Sean McDowell Speaks at Phoenix Event

    Biola reaches $167 million of $180 million goal for the university’s first-ever comprehensive campaign

    Cambria Hayashino — 

    On Friday, Jan. 15, Biola University’s Campaign National Tour hosted its fourth event, and the first stop outside of Southern California, at the...

  • Biola News

    When God Calls You to be a Chaplain for the Dodgers

    Alumnus and professor Brandon Cash shares about his role as chaplain for the Dodgers; he and Dodgers’ player Adrian Gonzales will speak at a Biola Athletics dinner in January

    Jenna Loumagne — 

    Some would call it chance, but Biola’s Talbot School of Theology alumnus Brandon Cash (M.Div. ’98) sees it as God’s will that he was invited to be...

  • The Good Book Blog

    Do the Apostles of Jesus Qualify as Martyrs?

    Sean McDowell — 

    Pastors, apologists, and other Christians love proclaiming the deaths of the apostles as evidence for the Christian faith. As I lay out in The Fate of the Apostles, the willingness of the apostles to be martyred for their faith is one critical piece of evidence for the reliability of the resurrection accounts. Despite the popularity of this claim, there are no early, reliable accounts that the apostles were given the opportunity to recant their beliefs before being killed. Does this undermine the claim that they were martyrs? ...

  • The Good Book Blog

    Scriptural Inerrancy and the Apologetic Task

    William Lane Craig — 

    Dr Craig I always enjoy hearing you speak, and I especially love the cross-examination and Q&A parts of your debates. It was a pleasure to meet you in person at the conference in Atlanta. ... I have noticed that many skilled apologists (yourself included) do NOT argue for the inspiration of scripture in debates, but rather their historical accuracy. My question is - do we really need to argue over inspiration or inerrancy? Wouldn't we be better served to make the argument that the scriptures are reliable? In doing so, we silence those (like Bart Ehrman or Shabir Ally) who quibble over minor discrepancies between accounts (most of which are easy to explain anyway) ...

  • The Good Book Blog

    Was Paul Beheaded in Rome?

    Sean McDowell — 

    The traditional view is that Paul was beheaded in Rome during the reign of Nero AD 64-67. In my recent book The Fate of the Apostles, I make the case that the apostles were all willing to suffer and die for their faith. While the evidence for individual apostles varies, there is very good historical reason to believe that Paul died as a martyr in the mid to late 60s ...

  • The Good Book Blog

    Hidden Sins, Part Two

    David Talley — 

    This article builds on “Hidden Sins, Part One,” which was written previously (August 24, 2012). I forgot to post Part Two, so here it is. The next question to be asked is: What are the results of “hidden sins”, and what can we do about it?

  • The Good Book Blog

    Does the Vastness of the Universe Support Naturalism?

    William Lane Craig — 

    I am a Christian theist and working towards a doctorate in philosophy. I have a question that I think is relevant for both laymen and academics, and I would really appreciate your thoughts. I often find myself "gestalt-shifting" between naturalistic and supernaturalistic (especially theistic) worldviews. When I consider certain things, the theism to which I assent seems eminently reasonable, but when I consider other things naturalism (or at least non-theism) also seems plausible, and it is understandable to me why so many philosophers and scientists are naturalists (or at least non-theists) ...

  • The Good Book Blog

    Were the Apostles Willing to Die for a Misguided Faith?

    Sean McDowell — 

    Could the apostles have been sincere but misguided in their convictions about Jesus? In my recent book The Fate of the Apostles, I make the case that all the apostles were willing to suffer and die for their faith, and some of them did. A common objection, however, is that they were sincere but misguided. In other words, the apostles were not liars—they just mistakenly died for something that was false ...

  • Biola Magazine

    Laboratory Labors

    Brett McCracken — 

    Faculty, students and young alumni are not just learning about science in the classroom. They’re doing science in the laboratory. As Biola...

  • The Good Book Blog

    Why is God to be Praised?

    William Lane Craig — 

    Hi Dr. Craig, I just finished watching your rematch with Austin Dacey at CSU ... One point he made seemed to me to be a good one and I was wondering how you might have responded to it if you had the time ...

  • Biola Magazine

    In Print: Winter 2016

    Biola Magazine Staff — 

    Confucius for Christians: What an Ancient Chinese Worldview Can Teach Us about Life in Christ, by Gregg Ten Elshof (professor of philosophy),...

  • Biola Magazine

    From the Alumni Office: Winter 2016

    How to help our students while honoring a professor

    Rick Bee — 

    As we close in on the $180 million goal of “A Soul of Conviction, A Voice of Courage: The Campaign for Biola University,” we are taking the “show...

  • Biola Magazine

    Write Quick: Winter 2016

    Q-and-A with professor Fred Sanders

    Biola Magazine Staff — 

    A brief interview with Fred Sanders (professor, Torrey Honors College), author of How God Used R.A. Torrey: A Short Biography as Told Through His...

  • Biola Magazine

    Growing in Gratitude

    Grateful marriages are happier marriages

    Chris Grace — 

    Like Paul did in his letter to the Colossians, many of the Old and New Testament writers connected love, peace and harmony with thankfulness. Not...

  • Biola Magazine

    Biola Inducts Three Alumni into Athletics Hall of Fame

    Biola Magazine Staff — 

    Biola added three standout athletes to its Athletics Hall of Fame on Sept. 12 during its fourth annual induction ceremony. Two dual-sport athletes...

  • Biola Magazine

    Faith and Finance

    Mark Linsz ('86)

    Laurie Bullock — 

    Mark Linsz ('86) believes in working with people. Throughout his career as an executive with Bank of America and in creating his own company, My...

  • Biola Magazine

    A Principled Principal

    Tabitha Hernandez-Blanton ('01, M.A. '04)

    Stephanie Kim — 

    Tabitha Hernandez-Blanton ('01, M.A. '04) began her career in education by teaching elementary school students in the very district she attended...

  • Biola Magazine

    Boldness in Medicine

    Jane Anderson ('71)

    Laurie Bullock — 

    Jane Anderson ('71) knew that Biola was the university God had for her underƹƵ years, even if the registrar’s office didn’t agree at first....

  • Biola Magazine

    How Good Science Makes Us Better Christians

    Biola Magazine Staff — 

    Say the words “science and faith,” and people’s minds tend to go straight to the supposed standoff between Genesis, geology and genomes. But there’...

  • Biola Magazine

    How to Make Evidence for God Disappear

    A tutorial for atheist magicians

    Paul Nelson — 

    For several years, I’ve interacted with the University of Chicago evolutionary biologist Jerry Coyne. Coyne doesn’t like me, and I can’t really...

  • Biola Magazine

    A New ‘Reformation’ That Many Don’t Realize They’ve Joined

    Faculty/Alumni Book Excerpt

    Biola Magazine Staff — 

    If you thought apostles and prophets only lived way back in Bible times and have long since disappeared, think again. Contemporary people calling...

  • Biola Magazine

    Pitching a New Statistic

    Professor Jason Wilson’s mathematical formula could forever change baseball

    Laurie Bullock — 

    Jason Wilson, associate professor of mathematics at Biola, finds God’s beauty in a place where few people think to look — statistics. Wilson has...

  • Biola Magazine

    How Should Christians Respond to Gay Friends or Family Members?

    Biola Magazine Staff — 

    Caleb Kaltenbach (M.A. ’07) is an alumnus of Biola’s Talbot School of Theology, lead pastor of a large church in Simi Valley, Calif., and a married...

  • Biola Magazine

    Victory Lap

    Christine Tixier ƹƵs as two-time national swimmer of the year.

    Laurie Bullock, Kristina Nishi — 

    For Christine Tixier ('15) competitive swimming was something that she had consistently performed well in, but her excitement and passion for the...

  • Biola Magazine

    Updates from the Campaign Trail

    Biola Magazine Staff — 

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