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  • The Good Book Blog

    Hunger for Sacred Community, Part 3: The Deepest Longings of Our Souls

    Joanne Jung — 

    We are made in the image of God, an image that is tarnished yet has survived the fall. Who we are is intrinsically connected to who God is. Our spiritual depth, our being able to know ourselves, is linked to knowing God and who He is. This is where God’s word comes into the equation, because the Bible is one of the primary ways God discloses himself—what He’s done, what He’s doing, and what He promises to do. Spiritual depth is far more than how much you know the Scriptures or even how well you know it. It is knowing the Word of God and the God of the Word, the book and its author. We come away with a better, more thought-filled understanding of what He is like, what He says, what He expects of those who bear His image, and why, and how He empowers those who follow His son Jesus ...

  • Student Life Blog

    The Third G

    a blog response to The Biola Hour on Calling in the Marketplace

    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...

  • GRIT

    Dressember Interview

    an interview with Alissa Shepardson

    Jasmyne Bell — 

    With human trafficking being such an issue in the United States and around the world, it is important that we don't ignore it and find ways to...

  • The Good Book Blog

    Is the Museum of the Bible Worth Visiting? Yes!

    Sean McDowell — 

    This past Tuesday I took my 13-year old son to visit the newly-opened Museum of the Bible in Washington D.C. If I had to pick one word to describe it, the word would be impressive. Sure, I am an apologetics professor at Talbot School of Theology and am naturally interested in the history and cultural impact of the Bible. But I went with high expectations, and the Museum exceeded them ...

  • Biola News

    Soccer Wins NCCAA Title

    Eagles End Season With Blue Banner

    Brandon Taylor — 

    KISSIMMEE, Fla.---On Saturday, the Eagles put an emphatic final stamp on their season, scoring four goals and recording an eighth-consecutive...

  • Biola News

    Volleyball Wins NCCAA National Title

    Biola Volleyball finished the 2017 season with NCCAA Championship

    Neil Morgan — 

    KISSIMMEE, Florida--- A nice new blue banner will make its way back to La Mirada as Biola Volleyball won the 2017 National Christian College...

  • Student Life Blog

    Leadership Redefined

    Lisa Igram — 

    I settled into my seat, surrounded by colleagues, wondering what we’d hear, as Shirley Hoogstra, president of the Council for Christian Colleges...

  • Student Life Blog

    With Family for the Holidays? A Survival Guide

    Todd Pickett — 

    Being “home for the holidays” has a nice ring to it, but for many college students emerging into adulthood, these returns to or extra time in our...

  • Student Life Blog

    The Trouble Tree: Developing Gratitude

    Louie Chong — 

    During the holidays, families, co-workers, ministers and friends often talk about being thankful. In many communities people are being more charitable and willing to serve their brothers, sisters and even strangers.

  • The Good Book Blog

    Finding a Confident Christian Faith

    Weekly Q & A with Dr. William Lane Craig

    William Lane Craig — 

    This is the weekly Q & A blog post by our Research Professor in Philosophy, Dr. William Lane Craig. You make a distinction, which I accept, between “knowing” and “showing” that something is true. But the thing is that I don’t know that the Resurrection is true, therefore, assuming it is, I need to be shown this. The problem is that, from the standpoint of the skeptical but open-minded seeker, as I consider myself to be, when looked at dispassionately the historical evidence is, while perhaps sufficient for corroboration of what one already believes, for the rest of us fragmentary and unconvincing ...

  • Business. Ministry. Life.

    ​Emotional Intelligence in a Knowledge Economy

    Jake Aguas — 

    “People don’t care how much you know until they know how much you care” – Theodore Roosevelt

  • Business. Ministry. Life.

    Faculty Spotlight: Phil Woodward

    Associate Professor of Accounting

    Philip Woodward — 

    What do you enjoy most about teaching?

  • Think Biblically

    Race and the Church – Part 1

    with Chris Brooks

    Sean McDowell, Scott Rae — 

    Issues around race continue to be front-page news both in the culture at large and in the church. In this episode and the one that follows, Scott...

  • The Good Book Blog

    What Does the Old Testament Say about Loans and Interest? Part 2

    Klaus Issler — 

    For most of the history of the church, church leaders understood that the Old Testament taught a complete ban on any interest on loans. As noted in Part 1, the subject of this study is the matter of loans to fellow Israelites who had the potential for paying the loan back, not the topic of charity to the poor. Three important passages in the Pentateuch or Torah guide the main teaching on loans and interest in the Old Testament ...

  • Business. Ministry. Life.

    The Power of Remittances on Poverty in Poor Countries

    “Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day; teach a man to fish and you feed him for a lifetime.”

    Juan Castro — 

    I still remember the first time I was able to send money to my mother back in Honduras.

  • The Good Book Blog

    Is Christian Intolerance a Good Reason to Reject the Faith?

    Sean McDowell — 

    Guilty as charged. Christianity has its fair share of judgmental and intolerant people. I have no interest in covering up the misbehavior of Christians. But before you are tempted to dismiss the evidence for the Christian faith because of Christian intolerance, keep something in mind ...

  • GRIT

    Women Need Iron: How Weightlifting Changed my Perspective on Beauty, Strength, and Body Image

    a guest post by Jordyn Cooley

    Celeste Scott — 

    As women we are constantly fed the narrative that our bodies must fit into the standards of beauty that society has cut out for us. Yet the truth...

  • The Good Book Blog

    The Future of the North American Church?

    Weekly Q & A with Dr. William Lane Craig

    William Lane Craig — 

    ... I take your question, Uli, not because I have much to say by way of answer to your desperate plea, but rather because your letter serves to warn Christian brothers and sisters of what awaits the church in North America if present trends continue unchecked ...

  • Think Biblically

    The Art of Christian Persuasion

    with Os Guinness

    Sean McDowell, Scott Rae — 

    In the midst of an alarming loss of civility in discussing debated and controversial issues, what’s needed is a restoration of the art of...

  • Student Life Blog

    Finding Purpose: Advice and Inspiration from Kyle Dendy

    Ashia Lee — 

    As human beings, one of the biggest struggles we face is understanding our purpose in life, whether or not you are a Christian. Sometimes our...

  • The Good Book Blog

    What does the Old Testament say about Loans and Interest? Part 1

    Klaus Issler — 

    For much of church history, pastoral leaders believed the Old Testament taught that no interest should be charged on any loans. The care and protection for the Israelite working poor was the main rationale for such a prohibition that no interest should be charged on such loans. “If you lend money to any of my people with you who is poor, you shall not be like a moneylender to him, and you shall not exact interest from him” (Exod 22:25). Before we go too much further, let me state the obvious. What we are discussing here is the matter of loans that were offered to fellow Israelites who had the potential for paying the loan back. One doesn’t offer a loan to someone who has no means of paying it back; in that case one offers charity. The subject of charity is a different one with which the Old Testament makes provision through other means (e.g., gleaning [Lev. 19:9-10], sabbatical year [Exod 23:10-11], and triennial tithes [Deut 14:28-29]). The topic of this blog series is about lending, not charity ...

  • GRIT

    Home for the Holidays

    a blogpost by Jasmyne Bell

    Jasmyne Bell — 

    You know how they say “there’s no place like home for the holidays?” There’s a certain warmth that we feel from being around our families and being...

  • The Good Book Blog

    New Critique of Theistic Evolution: Interview with Author J.P. Moreland

    Sean McDowell — 

    J.P. Moreland is one of the top 50 most influential living philosophers. He is a distinguished professor of Philosophy at Talbot School of Theology, and is one of my all-time favorite teachers. Today he is a colleague and a good friend. I recently had the opportunity to interview him about his soon-to-be-released book: Theistic Evolution: A Scientific, Philosophical and Theological Critique ...

  • The Good Book Blog

    Hunger for Sacred Community, Part 1: Assessing the Health of Our Souls

    Joanne Jung — 

    It is a sad but accurate appraisal that in our contemporary society we are held captive by television viewing, commercials, and the Internet. We are victims of a repertoire of fast-food menus, instant gratification, and overcrowded, conflicting, and unrelenting schedules. This entertainment-soaked culture, wrestling with boredom, thrills, and materialism, has contributed to the sensory overload common to urban life. Our addiction to and with information technology with its online connections, news and internet communication, websites, blogs, and streaming (to name a few) exacerbates the preexisting flood of intruding must-haves and must-dos that demand our time, attention, affections, and devotion ...

  • The Good Book Blog

    Vilenkin on the Universe’s Coming into Being without a Cause

    Weekly Q & A with Dr. William Lane Craig

    William Lane Craig — 

    ... While I do not wish for anyone to be a non-theist, I must confess that Alex Vilenkin’s being an agnostic about God is dialectically advantageous for the proponent of the kalām cosmological argument, since it pulls the rug from beneath anyone who claims that belief that the universe began to exist is due to one’s theological commitments or that dreaded disorder of “confirmation bias.” Vilenkin has no theological axe to grind concerning this scientific question and so can be ruthlessly objective ...