Biola Magazine: 2010 Fall

In Print: Fall 2010

Biola Magazine Staff — Fri, 01 Oct 2010 00:00:00 -0700

True Religion: Taking Pieces of Heaven to Places of Hell on Earth , Palmer Chinchen (’86), David C. Cook, June 2010; A rising voice in the missional movement, Chinchen challenges Christians to a new kind of spiritual formation — one focused on...

Alumni Files: Fall 2010

Rick Bee — Fri, 01 Oct 2010 00:00:00 -0700

Here at 91��Ƭ��, we have an annual tradition that you might not find at most other schools. Each year, about a week before the students start arriving on campus, Biola faculty gathers together for several days to worship, pray and discuss the...

31 Worship Songs to Download

Biola Magazine Staff — Thu, 30 Sep 2010 17:00:00 -0700

Biola Magazine asked a group of students, alumni and professors to select a handful of modern worship songs that they've found to be both lyrically and musically stirring. Here are 31 of their recommendations — including songs written by each of...

Worship, Creativity and a ‘Sloppy Wet Kiss’

Biola Magazine Staff — Thu, 30 Sep 2010 17:00:00 -0700

One of the rising voices in the contemporary worship music scene is John Mark McMillan, a North Carolina-based songwriter whose new hit album, The Medicine, came out this summer and spawned the singles “Skeleton Bones” and “Death in His Grave.”...

Weightier Worship

Brett McCracken — Thu, 30 Sep 2010 17:00:00 -0700

Last spring, evangelicals across America were abuzz when Atlanta North Point Community Church released “Sunday Coming,” a short film that parodied contemporary evangelical worship. The popularity of that video — which went viral across...

Gained in Translation

Jason Newell — Thu, 30 Sep 2010 17:00:00 -0700

About a decade ago, Matt Williams was preparing to teach an advanced class on Galatians at a Bible institute in Barcelona, when he ran into a big problem. After an extensive search for the right textbook, he realized there wasn’t a single...

Up Close

Biola Magazine Staff — Thu, 30 Sep 2010 17:00:00 -0700

When people ask author Jonalyn Fincher (M.A. ’03) what she and her husband, Dale (M.A. ’02), hope to achieve with their nonprofit, Soulation, she says, "We help people have healthy souls." She recently shared with Biola Magazine what this looks...

Where Are They Now?

Biola Magazine Staff — Thu, 30 Sep 2010 17:00:00 -0700

Serving With Wycliffe in Latin America Marty Lange (’89) has been serving with Wycliffe Bible Translators since 1990. After graduating from Biola, Marty spent a year in Ireland before joining Wycliffe. For the last eight years, he has served in...

Faith For All Generations

Michelle Anthony — Thu, 30 Sep 2010 17:00:00 -0700

If we want our faith to endure for all generations, we must become increasingly confident and focused about the kind of faith we are trying to pass on to our children and grandchildren. In Psalm 78 we find a blueprint of God grand method for...

How Is Technology Shaping Generation Y?

Biola Magazine Staff — Thu, 30 Sep 2010 17:00:00 -0700

Like most moms, Doreen Dodgen-Magee (Psy.D. ’92) doesn’t like her kids spending too many hours in front of the TV. But Doreen — a Rosemead School of Psychology-educated, licensed psychologist with more than 20 years of experience — has the...