Posts by Barry Corey

Barry Corey

Dr. Barry Corey (Ph.D.) is President of Biola University.

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Biola News
Remembering 9/11
A Reflection Twenty-Five Years Later
Barry Corey — September 09, 2026
White House Chief of Staff Andy Card whispered eleven words into President Bush ear at a Florida elementary school. “A second plane hit the...
Biola Magazine
President Perspective: The Young Men Who Give Me Hope
Barry Corey — July 02, 2026
I love all our Biola students. I have for now 19 years. When I’m having a heavy day from the normal stressors, I walk out the office door and...
Biola News
Biola Grieves the Passing of Chuck Colson Award Recipient John M. Perkins
President Barry H. Corey Shares Perkins’ Influence on Biola and the Church
Barry Corey — March 13, 2026
Biola University joins the global church in mourning the passing of civil rights leader and friend of Biola, John M. Perkins. He was a courageous...
Winsome Conviction
Episode 141: We Need Faith-Based Institutions
Barry Corey, Timothy Muehlhoff, Shane Reese — February 02, 2026
The crisis in higher education highlights the vital role of faith-based institutions within the broader educational landscape and the value these institutions provide to society at large. By integrating rigorous academics with religious identity, faith-based universities are poised to address a meaningful, purpose-driven education.
Biola Magazine
President Perspective: The B and the LA of B-I-O-L-A
Barry Corey — January 21, 2026
A number of years ago I took a call from a Christian leader. I’ve long forgotten the topic, but I remember his opening question: “How can you...
Think Biblically
Biola's Commitment to Biblical Truth: A Conversation with President Corey
Barry Corey, Sean McDowell, Scott Rae — December 05, 2025
Is Biola University staying true to its biblical mission? In this candid episode of the Think Biblically podcast, Biola University President Dr....
Biola News
Biola University's Unwavering Commitment to its Mission Fidelity
Barry Corey — October 27, 2025
Dear Biola Community, Every once in a while, it is prudent for us to take a look at the language of our Biola University Handbooks (Employee and...
Biola Magazine
President Perspective: Eighteen Years Later and Still All In
Barry Corey — July 02, 2025
I recently stumbled on an article that said college presidents have two jobs: “raise money” and “find ways to appease students, faculty,...
Biola Magazine
What Gives Me Hope for Gen Z
President Perspective
Barry Corey — June 06, 2023
This past semester during Missions Conference 2023, I saw the best of Gen Z. After attending most of the main sessions and talking to our...
Biola Magazine
Competitive for the Cause of Christ
Barry Corey — June 30, 2022
When I was a high school junior at Saint John, an all-boys private high school in New England, I took an economics class with Mr. Reidy. He...
Think Biblically
Headwinds and Tailwinds: Leading a Christian University in Today's Culture
with Barry Corey
Barry Corey, Sean McDowell, Scott Rae — May 04, 2022
Join Scott and Sean as they interview Biola's President, Dr. Barry Corey about leading a Christian university in these challenging times. You'll...
Biola News
Letter from the President about the Talbot Extension in Kyiv
Clinton E. Arnold, Barry Corey — February 28, 2022
Dear Brothers and Sisters at 91��Ƭ��, The situation remains serious for our Talbot extension center in Kyiv as well as Kyiv Theological Seminary...
Biola Magazine
President Perspective: Hindsight in 2021
Barry Corey — December 20, 2021
Sheep have peripheral vision up to 320 degrees. This means they can graze on a patch of green grass, glimpse another patch and wander off. Their...
Biola Magazine
Pandemic Redux: Redeeming the Time
Barry Corey — June 30, 2021
When I read the Biola notice from 103 years ago, it seemed eerily familiar, at least in part. Posted in our periodic newsletter, The King...
Biola Magazine
Suzy Crowell, 1939–2020
Remembering the namesake of Crowell School of Business and descendant of Biola founder
Barry Corey — June 30, 2021
On the last day of 2020, I received word that 91��Ƭ�� had lost a great friend, Suzanne “Suzy” Crowell. For Paula and me, it was a sad New Year Eve....
Biola Magazine
Biola Biblical Approach to Racial Justice
Amid racial pain and division, Scripture calls us to godly discernment and gospel faithfulness.
Barry Corey — December 14, 2020
On March 11, just a week before we began emptying the campus in response to Covid-19, about 100 of us sat in a circle at 91��Ƭ�� Calvary Chapel...
Biola Magazine
Biola Through the Lens of President and Parent
Book excerpt from 'Make the Most of It' by President Barry H. Corey
Barry Corey — March 25, 2020
Four years after starting my job as the university president, our oldest graduated from high school and decided to attend Biola. Given my role at...
Biola Magazine
A Mother Letter
President's Perspective
Barry Corey — December 09, 2019
Labor Day weekend brought the campus back to life. After a quiet summer, hundreds of jammed cars, SUVs and trailers hauled in the stuff of our...
Biola Magazine
The Virtue of Boredom
President's Perspective
Barry Corey — May 15, 2019
We need oxygen to live, not a phone. Some think it both. Paula and I were having dinner in Lower Manhattan when we were reminded of this. At one...
Biola Magazine
Unwavering ‘Wind Discerners’
Barry Corey — February 20, 2019
Jesus said in Luke 12, “When you see a cloud rising in the west, immediately you say, ‘It going to rain,’ and it does. And when the south wind...
Biola Magazine
The Rebirth of Biola's Calvary Chapel
Barry Corey — October 22, 2018
Biola students returning to campus this fall encountered a Calvary Chapel that has beenartistically transformed. This summer, the renowned Danish...
Biola Magazine
A Centered University
Barry Corey — June 20, 2018
In the Australian outback, cattle are kept on a ranch by either building a fence around the perimeter or building a well in the center. The first...
Biola Magazine
Anchored in the Word
President's Perspective
Barry Corey — December 31, 2017
Ten years ago, when I started at 91��Ƭ��, I could not have predicted so much of what has happened. More and more, I find myself pondering Biola...
Biola Magazine
On Higher Ground
President's Perspective
Barry Corey — June 29, 2017
Come July, Paula and I will have been at 91��Ƭ�� University for 10 years. A lot of wonderful developments have happened during that decade, most of...
Biola Magazine
A New Day
Empowered by a historic campaign that raised $214 million, Biola University is poised to begin a bold new chapter
Barry Corey — March 20, 2017
On a January day a little more than five years ago, the Biola Board of Trustees cast a vote that made me feel both exhilarated and daunted. By...