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  • 2011 Winter

    An Apologetics Lucha Libre

    Professors tag team against Richard Dawkins in Mexican debate

    Brett McCracken — 

    E l universo tiene un propósit o? (Does the universe have a purpose?) This was the question at a Nov. 13 debate near Mexico City between some of...

  • 2011 Winter

    Think Bigger

    There’s not a ‘Trinity verse’ — and that’s a good thing

    Fred Sanders — 

    The Trinity is a biblical doctrine, but let’s admit it: There’s something annoying about how hard it is to put your finger on a verse that states...

  • 2011 Winter

    Get To Know

    David Nystrom, Biola’s new provost

    Biola Magazine Staff — 

    After a yearlong nationwide search, Biola has a new provost and senior vice president. David Nystrom, a respected scholar with an extensive record...

  • 2011 Winter

    Making it Matter

    Four professors talk with four students about making the most of a Biola education

    Biola Magazine Staff — 

    This fall, Biola launched a vibrant new series of billboards, advertisements and mailers, each bearing the tagline: “College is a...

  • 2010 Fall

    Alumni Files: Fall 2010

    Fan Mail for the Faculty

    Rick Bee — 

    Here at Biola, we have an annual tradition that you might not find at most other schools. Each year, about a week before the students start...

  • 2010 Fall

    Biola Magazine Staff — 

    True Religion: Taking Pieces of Heaven to Places of Hell on Earth , Palmer Chinchen (’86), David C. Cook, June 2010; A rising voice in the...

  • 2010 Fall

    In Memoriam

    Former President J. Richard Chase, 1930–2010

    Biola Magazine Staff — 

    For nearly three decades, J. Richard Chase was a towering figure on Biola’s campus — both in stature and influence. First as a student, then as a...

  • 2010 Fall

    In Your Hands

    Editor's Note

    Jason Newell — 

    The Summer 2010 edition of Biola Magazine generated more calls, letters and e-mails than any other issue in at least the past several years — which...

  • 2010 Fall

    The Miracle of May 2010

    President's Perspective

    Barry Corey — 

    The view from my office window is a complete mess. And I couldn’t be happier about it. From where I sit, I can see giant tractors tearing into the...

  • 2010 Fall

    In Our Own Backyard

    Student film exposes U.S. slave labor and sex trades

    Katelynn Camp — 

    For the almost 18,000 men, women and children trafficked into the United States yearly and sold as sex workers or forced laborers — in addition to...

  • 2010 Fall

    'Up and Comer'

    Biola makes top tier of U.S. News rankings

    Biola Magazine Staff — 

    Biola achieved its highest ranking ever in U.S. News & World Report’s annual college rankings this August, earning a spot in the top tier of...

  • 2010 Fall

    Soothing Sounds

    Students teach music to Haitian earthquake victims

    Jenna Loumagne — 

    Jeanette Wong sat in an outdoor worship service exhausted — emotionally and physically. One week remained in her three-week mission trip to Haiti,...

  • 2010 Fall

    Stephanie Brock — 

    “I shall not die, but live, And tell of the works of the Lord.” (Ps. 118:17) My husband chose this verse for our first son, Adam, shortly after...

  • 2010 Fall

    Spirituality at a Crossroads

    Professor's groundbreaking research examines the spiritual growth — and struggles — of the nation's Christian college students

    Todd Hall — 

    Editor's Note: Plenty of studies have been done on what happens to students during their four years of college: how their minds grow, how their...

  • 2010 Fall

    How Is Technology Shaping Generation Y?

    Psychologist Doreen Dodgen-Magee (Psy.D. '92) on what texting, video games and the Internet are doing to young people's brains

    Biola Magazine Staff — 

    Like most moms, Doreen Dodgen-Magee (Psy.D. ’92) doesn’t like her kids spending too many hours in front of the TV. But Doreen — a Rosemead School...

  • 2010 Fall

    Michelle Anthony — 

    If we want our faith to endure for all generations, we must become increasingly confident and focused about the kind of faith we are trying to...

  • 2010 Fall

    Biola Magazine Staff — 

    Serving With Wycliffe in Latin America Marty Lange (’89) has been serving with Wycliffe Bible Translators since 1990. After graduating from Biola,...

  • 2010 Fall

    Up Close

    Exploring apologetics, soul care and the 'White Woods'

    Biola Magazine Staff — 

    When people ask author Jonalyn Fincher (M.A. ’03) what she and her husband, Dale (M.A. ’02), hope to achieve with their nonprofit, Soulation, she...

  • 2010 Fall

    Gained in Translation

    Professor fills theological void for Spanish speakers

    Jason Newell — 

    ӣƵ a decade ago, Matt Williams was preparing to teach an advanced class on Galatians at a Bible institute in Barcelona, when he ran into a big...

  • 2010 Fall

    Weightier Worship

    Does modern worship need a dose of doctrine (and imagination)?

    Brett McCracken — 

    Last spring, evangelicals across America were abuzz when Atlanta’s North Point Community Church released “Sunday’s Coming,” a short film that...

  • 2010 Fall

    Worship, Creativity and a ‘Sloppy Wet Kiss’

    An interview with worship artist John Mark McMillan

    Biola Magazine Staff — 

    One of the rising voices in the contemporary worship music scene is John Mark McMillan, a North Carolina-based songwriter whose new hit album, The...

  • 2010 Fall

    Biola Magazine Staff — 

    Biola Magazine asked a group of students, alumni and professors to select a handful of modern worship songs that they've found to be both...

  • 2010 Summer

    Biola Magazine Staff — 

    Christianity in the Greco-Roman World: A Narrative Introduction, Moyer Hubbard (associate professor of New Testament language and literature at...

  • 2010 Summer

    The Ultimate Summer Reading List

    Nine Biola professors (and two Biola Magazine editors) recommend some of their favorites in a variety of genres and categories.

    Biola Magazine Staff — 

    Matthew Weathers Professor of Mathematics Photo by Mike Villa Favorite Book of the Past Few Years: Sway: The Irresistible Pull of Irrational...

  • 2010 Summer

    Biola Magazine Staff — 

    Let’s face it: Sometimes the “lazy days” of summer can seem a little too lazy. So why not spice up your summer by doing different things each day,...