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• Biola Magazine

  Biola Ranks No.1 for Putting Faith in Action

  New study measures universities’ commitment to Christian identity

  Biola Magazine Staff — July 02, 2025

  What makes a Christian University truly Christian? That's the question a team of researchers from Baylor University recently set out to help...

• Biola Magazine

  Calling all Coffee Lovers

  Alumni roasters brew up new partnership with custom ‘Biola Blend’

  Jason Newell — July 02, 2025

  School spirit may have never tasted so good. A pair of Biola alumni in the artisanal coffee roasting business have teamed up with the university to...

• Biola Magazine

  Coming Attraction

  A sneak peek inside Biola’s new film studio

  Jason Newell — July 02, 2025

  Construction is well underway on a film studio that university leaders say will rival the best educational facilities in the nation for media...

• Biola Magazine

  Athletics Shine With Championships, National Podium Finish

  Biola Magazine Staff — July 02, 2025

  Biola Athletics celebrated another banner year of NCAA competition in 2024–25, highlighted by three conference titles, an individual national...

• Biola Magazine

  A Great Recommission

  After nearly a century, Missions Conference gets meaningful new name

  Jason Newell — July 02, 2025

  This spring, Biolans did what they’ve done for 95 years: take a several-day pause from classes for the world’s largest student-organized conference...

• Biola Magazine

  A Hidden Plaque. A Forgotten Heroine. The Rediscovery of a Legacy of Faith.

  Marlo Kirkpatrick — July 02, 2025

  A work crew relocating a mural during the renovation of Sutherland Auditorium uncovered a window to Biola’s past and revived the memory of the...

• Biola Magazine

  After Decades of Decline, Can Christianity Make a Comeback?

  Ed Stetzer shares surprising ‘State of the Church’ research on his cross-country Lead the Way Tour

  Jason Newell — July 02, 2025

  For decades, churches across America have watched attendance shrink and spiritual affiliation decline. But new data shows signs of a recent rise in...

• Biola Magazine

  Books by Biolans: Spring 2025

  Biola Magazine Staff — July 02, 2025

  End the Stalemate: Move Past Cancel Culture to Meaningful Conversations Sean McDowell (associate professor of Christian apologetics, B.A. ’98,...

• Biola Magazine

  Stale Cheetos and What to Think When God Feels Distant

  Excerpt from Revering God: How to Marvel at Your Maker

  Thaddeus Williams — July 02, 2025

  Imagine the existence of a master chef who makes infinitely satisfying food. He is a culinary god in the kitchen. Chicken divan crepes, lobster...

• Biola Magazine

  Nacho Average Director

  Nate Norell crashes the Super Bowl with alien-themed Doritos ad

  Marlo Kirkpatrick — July 02, 2025

  “I love taking ideas and bringing them to reality,” Nate Norell (B.A ’18) says. “Those ideas can be anything — a documentary film, a commercial,...

• Biola Magazine

  Banana Bonanza

  Robert Anthony Cruz — known as ‘Coach RAC’ to millions of Savannah Bananas fans — brings flair and faith to the baseball diamond

  Tom Pfingsten — July 02, 2025

  On a balmy evening last year in Savannah, Georgia, Robert Anthony Cruz (’21) ran in to catch a high fly ball in left field. From the bleachers, it...

• Biola Magazine

  Changing Lives One Note at a Time

  Country Music Association Foundation Teacher of Excellence Nora Hernandez

  Marlo Kirkpatrick — July 02, 2025

  Dr. Nora Hernandez (B.M. ’15, B.S. ’15, M.A. ’18) has known she was called to teach music since she was a student singing in her high school choir....

• Biola Magazine

  Donald Hoffman (B.S. ’70) Remembered as Champion For Under-The-Radar Biolans

  Jason Newell — July 02, 2025

  In 1976, a young Don Hoffman — who had earned a business degree from Biola only six years earlier — felt called to do something that would bless...

• Biola Magazine

  What Being a Mentor Taught Me

  David Vazquez — July 02, 2025

  When I joined ���պ��� in June 2024, I arrived with great anticipation and a strong sense of calling — but also with limited familiarity. I...

• Think Biblically

  Engaging Controversial Issues Without Getting Too Emotional

  with Tim Pickavance

  Timothy Pickavance, Scott Rae — July 01, 2025

  How do we engage our friends, family and others around controversial issues, particularly those in science? Why do these controversial issues...

• The Good Book Blog

  Making Disciples

  Gary McIntosh — June 30, 2025

  Pastors seize an adventurous, daring enterprise — making disciples of all people! The last words of Jesus to his disciples included a command to “...

• The Good Book Blog

  Temptability: Not the Same for Everyone

  Kenneth Berding — June 27, 2025

  Everyone is not equally temptable. One person can be severely tempted by something that another person barely or is not-at-all tempted. Some...

• Think Biblically

  Cultural Update: Why Don't We Feel We're Thriving?; The End of Rainbow Capitalism; Democratic Socialism

  Scott Rae, Thaddeus Williams — June 27, 2025

  This week, Scott is joined by Talbot professor Thaddeus Williams to discuss: Why Don’t We Feel We're Thriving? — Despite living in the most...

• Talbot Magazine

  The Road to Renewal: New Insights on the State of the Church from Talbot’s Lead the Way Tour

  Ed Stetzer — June 25, 2025

  On his cross-country Lead the Way Tour, Ed Stetzer shares insights on the State of the Church, Gen Z and the future of the gospel. In the 18th...

• Talbot Magazine

  Update on Biblical Literacy: Are There Any Reasons to be Encouraged?

  Kenneth Berding — June 25, 2025

  Over the past few decades, Christian leaders have been issuing dire warnings about what they perceive to be a precipitous slide toward...

• Talbot Magazine

  Talbot Grows to World’s Third-Largest Multi-Denominational Seminary

  Sarah Dougher — June 25, 2025

  Talbot School of Theology is now the third-largest multi-denominational seminary in the world and one of the top 10 largest seminaries overall,...

• Talbot Magazine

  Dr. Wilfred Graves Jr. Named Director of Holy Spirit Center

  Talbot Magazine Staff — June 25, 2025

  Talbot is delighted to welcome Dr. Wilfred Graves Jr. as the new director of the Center for the Study of the Work and Ministry of the Holy Spirit...

• Talbot Magazine

  Talbot Launches New Korean-Language Master’s Programs

  Eddie Byun — June 25, 2025

  Talbot School of Theology has a long and cherished history of partnering with the Korean church. Over the past several decades, many Korean and...

• Talbot Magazine

  Retirement Tribute to Dr. Rick Langer

  David Turner — June 25, 2025

  After serving as a pastor for 20 years in Redlands, California, Dr. Rick Langer came to Biola in 2005 to serve as a professor in the Department of...

• Talbot Magazine

  Shelf Life: Summer 2025

  Talbot Magazine Staff — June 25, 2025

  Apologetics for an Ever-Changing Culture: A Biblical and Culturally Relevant Approach to Talking ���պ��� God Sean McDowell Associate Professor of...