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  • The Good Book Blog

    Beloved Dust: An Interview with Kyle Strobel

    The Good Book Blog — 

    Kyle Strobel (assistant professor at Talbot's Institute of Spirtual Formation) and Jamin Goggin ('03, M.A. '08) recently released Beloved Dust: Drawing Close to God by Discovering the Truth ӣƵ Yourself. We wanted to learn more about this book, so we put together some questions that Kyle graciously answered.

  • Biola News

    A Weekend of Wonder

    National composers conference draws composers from around the United States and Canada

    Staff — 

    Six weeks into the 2014 academic year, the Conservatory teamed together with the Christian Fellowship of Art Music Composers (CFAMC), Biola’s...

  • Biola News

    Biola Men’s Soccer Players Serve the Local Community

    Seven soccer players to coach high school students during their off-season

    Stephen Day — 

    As the 2014 men’s soccer season draws to a close, the team prepares not only for the playoffs and an opportunity to compete at nationals, but a...

  • Biola News

    Biola’s Student Public Relations Society to Host Regional Conference in 2015

    Public relations student group receives national awards and recognition

    Lauren Frey — 

    Biola University’s Public Relations Student Society of America (PRSSA) has won the bid to host the PRSSA 2015 Regional Conference on Biola’s...

  • The Good Book Blog

    Is the Universe Hostile to Life?

    William Lane Craig — 

    This is the weekly Q & A blog post by our Research Professor in Philosophy, Dr. William Lane Craig. " Greetings Dr. Craig ... It seems to me that the fact that life exists anywhere at all is miraculous. Your syllogism defending the fine-tuning argument is great but I would like to hear what you would personally say to Dr. Tyson ..."

  • Biola News

    Biola Alumnus’ Innovative iPhone App Helps Students Learn Greek

    Brent Wejrowski’s iPhone app almost ready for second release

    Stephen Day — 

    Former Greek-language student Brent Wejrowski (‘08) knows how difficult it is to learn the ancient language and to retain the linguistic skills...

  • The Good Book Blog

    Biola and Talbot at the Evangelical Theological Society and Society of Biblical Literature Conferences

    The Good Book Blog — 

    Every year Bible scholars from around the world gather for a series of conferences about the Bible and related topics. This year the conferences are being held in San Diego, making it convenient for many Biola faculty to attend the conferences, present papers, see friends, and wander the book tables. The following list (thanks to David Roberts for compiling it) includes the presentation titles by those associated with Biola. As you can read, our professors are engaged in research in many different and interesting areas!

  • Biola News

    Three Soccer Players Earn Academic Award

    Stephen Tanquary, Shea Davis and Miranda Starbeck honored.

    Neil Morgan — 

    COSIDA RELEASE Both of Biola’s soccer programs are in the thick of the Golden State Athletic Conference playoff races heading into the final...

  • The Good Book Blog

    Stewardship: Spiritual Formation Assignment, Part 2

    Charlie Trimm — 

    This series of posts presents several of my active assignments from the required freshman class Biblical Interpretation and Spiritual Formation. This one has the students examine their use of time and money, and usually students are surprised at the results. Here are the instructions ...

  • The Good Book Blog

    Does the Holy Spirit Exist?

    William Lane Craig — 

    This is the weekly Q & A blog post by our Research Professor in Philosophy, Dr. William Lane Craig. Q. ... Perhaps I haven't been looking hard enough but I have not been able to find any such support for the existence of or the work of the Holy Spirit. The Holy Spirit plays such a prominent role in Christian theology and worldview -- but how can someone believe in it other than blind faith? I find this especially troubling when statements like "The early church fathers were guided by the Holy Spirit." It just seems impossible to verify or dispute leading to a grey area where Christians are no longer convinced by the evidence but believing blindly ...

  • Biola News

    Biola Responds to California Drought with Conservation Tactics

    University continues water conservation efforts in preparation for possible 35-year ‘megadrought’

    Brieana Jordan — 

    Biola University has conserved 9.6 percent of water across campus in the 2013-14 school year through various measures to help save water during...

  • Biola News

    Biola University Launches Center for Marriage and Relationships

    New center to provide practical resources and wisdom to anyone seeking healthier relationships

    Lauren Frey — 

    Biola University launched the Center for Marriage and Relationships this semester to address one of the most pertinent issues in society: the...

  • The Good Book Blog

    Sharing the Material Resources of Home to Embody the Gospel

    Aaron Devine — 

    I often think about home in a specific way. For a long time, home has been a safe place to come back to at the end of the day. It has been a place to establish a comfortable niche in the world as a respite, a literal financial investment in emotional well being. Home has been about rest and nurture, as it can be a place of ministry to family and friends. It also has been a place to launch out into kingdom ministry more broadly.

  • The Good Book Blog

    God's Timelessness Sans Creation

    William Lane Craig — 

    Dr. Craig, I am a longtime admirer of your work. Although I am no longer a Christian, your work as a philosopher and theologian has played a significant role in the formation of my own views and I am fully persuaded of theism, although I still have lots of questions about it. I think your analysis of God's relationship to time is plausible, but I always get stuck on the idea that God is timeless apart from creation, but temporal since creation ...

  • The Good Book Blog

    Snatched Up For a Meeting

    Gary Manning Jr — 

    The release of the movie Left Behind has again drawn attention to the Christian belief in the rapture. The movie tries to portray the chaos in the world as millions of Christians suddenly disappear. This image has interested Christians for quite a while. I recall watching the Thief in the Night series of movies back in the 1970s (the Antichrist had sideburns!). But I am interested in a question that is often overlooked: what is the point of the rapture in the Bible?

  • Biola News

    Biola Shakes it Out with Full-Scale Earthquake Drill

    The State Office of Emergency selected Biola as this year's featured Great ShakeOut exercise

    Jenna Bartlo — 

    A 6.7 magnitude earthquake struck Biola University at 9:40 a.m. this morning — at least hypothetically. Biola hosted a full-scale mass casualty...

  • The Good Book Blog

    ¿Cómo Disentir Sin Ofender? / How Can We Kindly Disagree?

    Octavio Esqueda — 

    Recuerdo que mi padre solía decir con frecuencia “cada cabeza es un mundo” cuando se refería a las diferentes maneras de pensar y actuar entre las personas. Por esta razón, la comunicación es parte básica de las relaciones humanas. No se puede establecer ninguna relación importante y duradera sin que exista una comunicación fluida en la que se intercambien ideas y opiniones. La diversidad de percepciones nos abre la puerta a las relaciones saludables a través de la comunicación, pero al mismo tiempo crea la posibilidad de conflicto. Así que, es importante que todos en general, pero esencial para los líderes, que aprendamos a disentir sin ofender.

  • The Good Book Blog

    Teaching Bible Fluency: Using Classes and Videos

    Kenneth Berding — 

    Are you as concerned about the growing problem of biblical illiteracy as I am? We Christians have more Bible-focused resources available to us than has any generation of Christians in the history of the world. Despite this we are literally—from a spiritual standpoint—starving ourselves to death. Would you like your church, adult Bible class, youth group, or small group to reach Bible fluency by pursuing an Old Testament Fluency in 12 Weeks class or a New Testament Fluency in 12 Weeks class using the free resources at biblefluency.com? Here’s how.

  • The Good Book Blog

    Does the Atonement Imply Universalism?

    William Lane Craig — 

    Dr Craig, I'm growing more skeptical about Christianity and was wondering if you could answer a question about the gospel. When Jesus was on the cross He either paid for all sin or some sin. To pay for some sin would mean limited atonement which is not what scripture teaches. But if Jesus paid for all sin then why are some people who are in Hell paying for their sin? ...

  • Biola News

    Senior Becky Hartung’s Debut Novel to Publish this Winter

    Student to speak at the 79th Annual Torrey Conference.

    Stephen Day — 

    Senior communications major and Torrey Conference speaker, Becky Hartung, recently self-published her first novel “Running in the Dark” — an...

  • The Good Book Blog

    Efesios 4 y la Descripción Sobre Cómo Debe Funcionar la Iglesia de Dios / Ephesians 4 and How the Church Should Function

    Octavio Esqueda — 

    La carta del apóstol Pablo a los Efesios representa uno de los documentos doctrinales más importantes del cristianismo. En los primeros tres capítulos Pablo explica lo maravilloso del amor y la gracia divina que nos dio vida a través de Jesucristo cuando todos estábamos muertos en nuestros pecados. En Jesús también, el Dios de toda gracia nos ha bendecido con toda bendición espiritual. Los cristianos somos adoptados en la familia de Dios, encontramos aceptación, redención, perdón, sabiduría, una herencia eterna que está garantizada por el Espíritu Santo.

  • The Good Book Blog

    Achieving Bible Fluency: Using Music, Visuals, and a Workbook

    Kenneth Berding — 

    What does it take to achieve Bible Fluency? In my next two posts I will guide you through how to use a brand new free resource called Bible Fluency: Sing it, See it, Study it, found at biblefluency.com. This first post seeks to answer the question: How can I use music, visuals, and a workbook to help me learn to think my way through the Bible?

  • The Good Book Blog

    A Review on Left Behind

    Alan Hultberg — 

    I recently previewed the upcoming Nicholas Cage film, Left Behind, based on the books by Tim LaHaye and Jerry Jenkins. The film centers on the chaos that ensues after the instantaneous disappearance of millions of people worldwide due to the coming of Christ for his church, an event known as “the rapture.”

  • Biola News

    Biola University Ranked One of the Nation's Top 5 Safest Schools

    Nationwide Survey Ranks Biola Fourth Safest School in the Nation

    Daniel Batchman — 

    Biola University has been ranked the fourth-safest university in the United States by Niche, an organization that provides rankings and statistics...

  • The Good Book Blog

    Does Quantum Mechanics Indicate an Eternal Universe?

    William Lane Craig — 

    Q: I listened to your debate with Sean Carroll, read your post-debate threads, interacted with Aron Wall and Luke Barnes, and have determined that you haven't yet responded to Carroll's Quantum Eternity point against premise 2 of the kalam, "under conventional quantum mechanics, any universe with a non-zero energy and a time-independent Hamiltonian will necessarily last forever toward both the past and the future." Aron Wall confirmed that this point is independent of one's stance towards an A or B theory of time. Wall mentions on his blog that one could try to argue that the total energy of the universe is zero, but Barnes and others don't think this is the case. Do you have any response yet to Carroll on this? Even better would be a response that presupposes that the net energy of the universe is non-zero.