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• The Good Book Blog

  #YoTambién, #NosotrosTambién

  Octavio Esqueda — October 30, 2017

  La frase o “hashtag” #metoo (yo también) se ha hecho viral en las redes sociales en los últimos días. No es una frase nueva porque desde hace 10 años la activista afroamericana Tarana Burke intentó hacerla pública, pero no ha sido sino hasta estos días que su uso se ha convertido en una tendencia social. La frase indica un reconocimiento público que una mujer, principalmente y en su gran mayoría aunque también incluye hombres, ha sido víctima de cualquier tipo de acoso sexual o incluso violación. Ha sido desgarrador leer los innumerables testimonios de personas que han tenido la valentía de contar sus historias y hablar de frente, en muchas ocasiones por primera vez, sobre el abuso que sufrieron ...

• The Good Book Blog

  Unbelievable? Interview with Justin Brierley about His New Book

  Sean McDowell — October 30, 2017

  Justin Brierley is the host of " Unbelievable?" the UK-based apologetics radio/podcast show (which is one of my personal favorites!). I have had the privilege of being on the program twice to discuss the martyrdom of the apostles and talk about why I am a Christian with Ryan Bell, the pastor-turned-atheist. For over ten years, Justin has been leading discussions between Christians and atheists, and yet he still believes in God. This Thursday he releases a new book Unbelievable? which I had the privilege to endorse. In the UK, it is available here: www.unbelievablebook.co.uk. Brierley offers some lessons from his conversations as well as the evidence he finds most compelling. Check out this interview and consider ordering a copy of his excellent book ...

• The Good Book Blog

  Is an All-Loving God Better?

  Weekly Q & A with Dr. William Lane Craig

  William Lane Craig — October 27, 2017

  ... Thanks for your question, Raef! I don’t think I’ve ever taken a question from Jordan before! In determining what sort of being a morally perfect being would be, we must consult our moral intuitions. Is it better to be fair rather than prejudiced? Is it better to be a caring person rather than indifferent? Is it better to regard other persons as ends in themselves rather than as mere means to be used for one’s own ends? Usually, we can answer such questions by thinking about how people ought to treat one another or how we think others ought to treat us ...

• Student Life Blog

  You Are Enough

  Ashia Lee — October 27, 2017

  Christian Ministries Major. Biola Ethnic Advancement Team. First-Gen Student. Peer Academic Advisor. These are just some of the words that describe...

• Think Biblically

  Faith at the World Series

  with Dodgers chaplain Brandon Cash

  Brandon Cash, Sean McDowell, Scott Rae — October 26, 2017

  Talbot School of Theology professor Brandon Cash has served as chaplain for the Los Angeles Dodgers for the past seven years. Listen in as Scott...

• Student Life Blog

  Love on the Wrong Side

  a blog response to The Biola Hour on Winsome Persuasion

  Samantha Lyons — October 23, 2017

  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

  Cross Gender Friendships

  a guest post by Grant Morgan

  Sarah Schwartz — October 23, 2017

  Alumni Grant Morgan examines the time old question,"Can men and women be friends?"

• The Good Book Blog

  Was Jesus An Apologist?

  Sean McDowell — October 23, 2017

  A few years ago, I had a discussion with an influential theologian who claimed that Jesus was not an apologist. He pointed out that, except for 1 Peter 3:15, the New Testament appearances of apologia (“defense”) all come from the writing or ministry of Paul. Does this mean Jesus was not an apologist? Was Jesus more interested in proclaiming and illustrating the faith than defending it? ...

• The Good Book Blog

  How to Cure Slow Thinking

  Weekly Q & A with Dr. William Lane Craig

  William Lane Craig — October 20, 2017

  ... I can really sympathize with your plight, Daniel! I’m sure that everyone one of us has come away from a conversation with an unbeliever feeling defeated and discouraged and thinking, “Why didn’t I say this?” We admire people who have a mind like a steel trap, ready to spring instantly. I well remember as a young philosopher the awe I felt of George Mavrodes, a professor at the University of Michigan, who, sitting in some session at a philosophy conference and hearing a paper read for the first time, would ask the most penetrating questions from the floor. How I wished to have a mind like his! Well, there is hope. Such a mind is the product of training and development. It need not come naturally, nor is God apt to heal your slow thinking with prayer apart from diligent study and exercise. But my experience has been that with practice one can improve one’s ability to think acutely and quickly ...

• Biola News

  Biola Alumna Creates System to Process Key Part of Sexual Assault Kits in Minutes

  Sarah Lum (’14) strives to increase accuracy and decrease processing time in identifying sexual assault predators through a new system

  Alisa Ohara — October 19, 2017

  Tens of thousands of rape kits remain untested across the nation, according to a USA Today investigative nationwide count. Alumna Sarah Lum (’14)...

• Think Biblically

  5 Decades of Faithful Apologetics

  with Josh McDowell

  Sean McDowell, Scott Rae — October 19, 2017

  Josh McDowell has long been one of the leading spokespersons and apologists for Christianity, having spoken to hundreds of thousands of students...

• The Good Book Blog

  People: the Cause of Cyclical Poverty or the Source of Prosperity?

  Dave Keehn — October 18, 2017

  A brief look back over the history over the world or turning on the nightly news will reveal the pain of people caused by the actions of others. It can be simply stated: People have caused the impoverished lifestyle experienced by so many in the world through harmful acts. Some cyclical poverty is the result of well-meaning assistance that has perpetuated dependency, unintentionally making things worse. Other people are trapped in communities of poverty through corrupt policies and a lack of rule of law. Worse, history is full of the evil of some to oppress, steal from and enslave people resulting in deadly poverty ...

• GRIT

  How to Maintain Long Distance Friendships

  an original blog

  Celeste Scott — October 16, 2017

  Celeste Scott & Shelby Baumgartner discuss the difficulties and rewards of long distance friendships.

• The Good Book Blog

  5 Earth-Shattering Events Linked to the Bible

  Sean McDowell — October 16, 2017

  In the recent update to my father’s classic book Evidence that Demands a Verdict, we begin with a chapter on the uniqueness of the Bible. Unquestionably, in comparison to every book ever written, the Bible stands out as unique in a number of areas including authorship, literary genres, translation, geographical production, circulation, survival, and impact. The Bible truly stands in a category of its own ...

• Business. Ministry. Life.

  What’s Driving Changes in Healthcare

  Insights from Crowell School of Business

  Jeff McHugh — October 15, 2017

  Amazon and Albertsons with their recent acquisitions

• The Good Book Blog

  Jesus’ God

  Weekly Q & A with Dr. William Lane Craig

  William Lane Craig — October 13, 2017

  ... A former Muslim (now Christian) friend once remarked to me, “Muslim evangelism is a crash course in Christian doctrine.” Your question, Abdullah, so well illustrates that remark. You have opened the door to discussion of some very profound doctrines about God and Christ. To begin with, you are quite right in inferring that if any human being regards someone as God, he must also regard that person as his Creator, since God is the Creator of all that exists apart from Himself. Since Christians regard Jesus as God, they also explicitly acknowledge him as the Creator (see Gospel of John 1.1-3; Colossians 1.15-17; Hebrews 1.1-3) ...

• Business. Ministry. Life.

  Alumni Spotlight Colby Gilmore

  Financial Planner

  Colby Gilmore — October 12, 2017

  Colby Gilmore is a Financial Planner for the Private Wealth division of Ronald Blue Trust.

• Business. Ministry. Life.

  Alumni Spotlight: Jordan (Perkins) Terranova

  Co-Founder, Illuminate International; 2017 Alumna, Crowell School of Business

  Jordan Terranova — October 12, 2017

  Our mission is to unite kids around the world through the power of story and education.

• The Good Book Blog

  Post-Postmodernism: Engaging the New Spirit of the Age with Clarity, Conviction, and Compassion

  Thaddeus Williams — October 11, 2017

  Fifteen years ago in Paris, I had a conversation with a young existentialist who said something as unflattering as it was memorable: “Whatever the world does the church does ten years later and worse.” My new friend was talking about Christian music, describing a decade lag factor, a slowness to recognize and adapt to cultural changes that, in his estimation, rendered the church musically irrelevant ...

• GRIT

  International Day of the Girl

  a day of celebration & awareness

  Sarah Schwartz — October 11, 2017

  GRIT discusses the International Day of the Girl.

• The Good Book Blog

  What is the Most Powerful Evidence for the Christian Faith?

  Sean McDowell — October 09, 2017

  For the past three years I have been helping my father update his classic book Evidence that Demands a Verdict. There is no doubt that the evidence for Christianity has grown substantially since the book first released in 1972 ...

• Student Life Blog

  A Herd of Scapegoats

  a blog response to The Biola Hour on technology

  Samantha Lyons — October 09, 2017

  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...

• Student Life Blog

  What is Business as Ministry?

  Christina Gramenz — October 09, 2017

  Therefore, my beloved brothers, be steadfast, immovable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, knowing that in the Lord your labor is not in vain. - 1 Corinthians 15:58

• The Good Book Blog

  Brute Facts and the Argument from Contingent Beings

  Weekly Q & A with Dr. William Lane Craig

  William Lane Craig — October 06, 2017

  ... Your question, Austin, is about (1), which I call “a modest version of the Principle of Sufficient Reason” which “circumvents the typical objections to strong versions of that principle.” Leibniz’s own formulation of the Principle of Sufficient Reason in his treatise The Monadology was very strong: "no fact can be real or existent, no statement true, unless there be a sufficient reason why it is so and not otherwise." Notice that for Leibniz every fact, every true statement, must have an explanation. That entails that there are no brute facts, that is, facts without explanation. By contrast, as I explain in Reasonable Faith, my more modest formulation of the Principle “merely requires any existing thing to have an explanation of its existence. This premiss is compatible with there being brute facts about the world” (p. 107). My version of the Principle denies that there are beings which exist without any explanation. That’s all I need for the argument to go through ...

• Student Life Blog

  Six Tips to Help You Reach Your Academic Goals

  Eyvette Min — October 05, 2017

  It’s hard to believe that we’re already starting the sixth week of this semester! Here are a few tips to ensure that you’re staying on the path towards reaching your academic goals.