Biola Magazine: 2008 Spring

Nehemiah Wall Discovered

Adam Pivec — Fri, 29 Feb 2008 16:00:00 -0800

You might not think that something as colossal and as well known as Nehemiah wall would be hard to find. But this 15-foot thick stone wall eluded archaeologists for centuries — causing some scholars to suggest that it never existed. But, on...

Rosemead Graduates Care for Soldiers’ Mental Health

Fri, 29 Feb 2008 16:00:00 -0800

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 soldiers, the mental and emotional tolls of war require professional treatment — treatment that...

It Not Just About ‘Me and Jesus’

Joe Hellerman — Fri, 29 Feb 2008 16:00:00 -0800

Next time you go to church try not to think about me and God. Think about us and God instead. Why? Because that how the early Christians thought. And it may be the main reason that they triumphed over Greco-Roman paganism in the face of...

Christianity's Image Problem

Biola Magazine Staff — Fri, 29 Feb 2008 16:00:00 -0800

For a growing number of young Americans, Christianity is a dirty word. That the sobering reality painted by researcher and Biola alumnus David Kinnaman in unChristian, a new book that is raising eyebrows both within and outside of the church....

Worlds Apart

Holly Pivec — Fri, 29 Feb 2008 16:00:00 -0800

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 and speak a language other than English. Evangelicalism is shifting to the global South. Besides...