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  • 2008 Summer

    Biola Magazine Staff — 

    For decades, universities across the nation have seen achieving greater campus diversity as a noble goal. But now — with a significant shift...

  • 2008 Summer

    June Hetzel — 

    When I was a young child, one of my favorite Old Testament stories was how God fed the Israelites with manna as they wandered in the wilderness...

  • 2008 Summer

    Seeing Disabilities Through God’s Eyes

    Biola ‘Suffering’ Class is First of its Kind in the Nation

    Lisa Hill — 

    At night, when visiting hours were over, a paralyzed Joni Eareckson Tada wrenched her head back and forth against her pillow, hoping to break her...

  • 2008 Summer

    God’s Word or Paul’s Personal Opinion?

    1 Corinthians 7:12 in Context

    Kenneth Berding — 

    In 1 Corinthians 7:10, Paul writes: “But to the married I give instructions, not I, but the Lord, that the wife should not leave her husband.” But...

  • 2008 Spring

    Worlds Apart

    Most Christians live outside the U.S. They share our beliefs, but the similarities end there.

    Holly Pivec — 

    If you think most evangelicals are Western, white and know who Rick Warren is, then think again. The new faces of evangelicalism are brown, black...

  • 2008 Spring

    Christianity's Image Problem

    David Kinnaman (’96), author of "unChristian," says Christianity has an image problem

    Biola Magazine Staff — 

    For a growing number of young Americans, Christianity is a dirty word. That’s the sobering reality painted by researcher and Biola alumnus David...

  • 2008 Spring

    Joe Hellerman — 

    Next time you go to church try not to think about me and God. Think about us and God instead. Why? Because that’s how the early Christians...

  • 2008 Spring

    Jason Newell — 

    Most soldiers who serve in Iraq are never injured by bullets or roadside bombs. But that doesn’t mean they return unscarred. For about one in five...

  • 2008 Spring

    Adam Pivec — 

    You might not think that something as colossal and as well known as Nehemiah’s wall would be hard to find. But this 15-foot thick stone wall...

  • 2008 Winter

    Jason Newell — 

    With pomp and pageantry, ݮƵ formally installed Barry H. Corey as the eighth president in its 100-year history on Nov. 2. And with...

  • 2008 Winter

    Alumnus Produces First African Bible Commentary

    Theologian John Stott Hails ‘Publishing Landmark’

    Holly Pivec — 

    If you’re a Christian living in the West, you’ll never lack Bible commentaries to consult. But until a year and a half ago, not one complete...

  • 2008 Winter

    Biola Magazine Staff — 

    Have you ever wanted to write a book? The challenge of getting a publisher deters many would-be authors. But now your manuscript doesn’t have to...

  • 2008 Winter

    Steve Porter — 

    Have you ever noticed how discontentment with the circumstances of our lives spawns all kinds of problems? The other day I missed the freeway exit...

  • 2008 Winter

    Race Against Time

    Alumnus leads effort to preserve deteriorating Scriptures

    Lisa Hill — 

    Ancient scribes painstakingly prepared the Scriptures by hand, preserving them for future generations. Daniel B. Wallace achieves the same goal by...

  • 2007 Fall

    New President, New Century

    Barry H. Corey’s presidency begins on the eve of Biola’s 100th birthday. Find out how an eBay purchase he made will play a key role in shaping the school’s future.

    Jason Newell — 

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  • 2007 Fall

    Biola Magazine Staff — 

    The beauty industry spends billions of dollars a year convincing women that they need to look thinner, younger and sexier. Biola Magazine asked...

  • 2007 Fall

    Biola Magazine Staff — 

    Garry DeWeese is a professor of philosophy. Although philosophers tend to be a feisty lot, reminiscent of the "Herding Cats" Super Bowl...

  • 2007 Fall

    Don Sunukjian — 

    About 10 percent of the people in the world are left-handed, and they live with frustration. The world was not made for them. Things do not work...

  • 2007 Fall

    Holly Pivec — 

    The British Museum announced a rare find in July — a clay tablet naming an obscure Old Testament character, “Nebo-Sarsekim.” The find suggests...

  • 2007 Summer

    What Should Christians Know About ‘Evangelicals & Catholics Together’?

    Dr. Robert Saucy shares his concerns about this growing movement.

    Biola Magazine Staff — 

    In 1994, 40 Roman Catholics and evangelical Protestants signed a controversial document titled, “Evangelicals & Catholics Together: The...

  • 2007 Summer

    Atheism’s New Bulldog

    Sam Harris thinks Christians are not only delusional, they’re dangerous. But is his bark worse than his bite?

    Holly Pivec — 

    Sam Harris thinks you’re nuts. And he wants to save the world from you — and those who share your “foolish” and “dangerous” belief in God. Armed...

  • 2007 Summer

    Once Upon a Time in Los Angeles

    Biola’s origins could not be more the stuff of legend if we had been founded by John Henry, Paul Bunyan and a blue ox named Babe.

    Fred Sanders — 

    With giant steps, the founders of Biola walked out of the age of the Civil War, strode across the continent and laid deep foundations in a new city...

  • 2007 Spring

    Who Do You Trust?

    With integrity in short supply, how can we choose trustworthy leaders?

    Holly Pivec — 

    Who do you trust, and why do you trust them? Most of us think we have reliable “trust detectors” — the built-in ability to sense trustworthy...

  • 2007 Spring

    Dan Radmacher — 

    “Let’s just bring down that glory cloud!” We were listening to a worship band play at a local coffeehouse. The leader was urging the people to...

  • 2007 Spring

    Biola Magazine Staff — 

    In The God Delusion (Houghton Mifflin, 2006), Oxford biologist Richard Dawkins argues that belief in God is delusional and deadly. The book...