Biola Magazine: 2013 Winter

In Print: Winter 2013

Biola Magazine Staff — Tue, 01 Jan 2013 00:00:00 -0800

Understanding Biblical Theology: A Comparison of Theory and Practice, by Edward W. Klink III (associate professor of biblical and theological studies) and Darian Lockett (associate professor of biblical and theological studies), Zondervan,...

Get to Know: Winter 2013

Amber Amaya — Tue, 01 Jan 2013 00:00:00 -0800

Cloning genes and studying worms comes naturally to Matt Cruzen, a man with a fascination for how life works, even at the molecular level. Cruzen, chair of Biola biological sciences department, is finishing up his 10th year of teaching at 91��Ƭ��...

Alumni Files: Winter 2013

Rick Bee — Tue, 01 Jan 2013 00:00:00 -0800

Last summer, Biola completed an extensive professional study of our alumni and parent programs that provided some key information and direction for our future. We were pleased to hear from the consultants that many of the things that we are doing...

God, the Master Craftsman: A Christmas Meditation

Ashish Naidu — Tue, 01 Jan 2013 00:00:00 -0800

Nestled deep in the heart of the Swiss Jura Mountains is the Vallée de Joux, home to several watchmaking companies since the 17th century, where master watchmakers continue to manufacture some of the world most coveted timepieces. These highly...

Where Are They Now?: Winter 2013

Biola Magazine Staff — Tue, 01 Jan 2013 00:00:00 -0800

Kristi Schliep (’00) recently partnered with Youth for Christ Asia to create and launch EMBARK Asia Pacific, a new cross-cultural youth ministry internship based in Thailand. EMBARK Asia Pacific is an effort by YFC to develop young leaders from...

Fall Sports Highlights

Biola Magazine Staff — Mon, 31 Dec 2012 16:00:00 -0800

Cross Country The women cross country team won its second Golden State Athletic Conference title in the past three years on Nov. 3 at the GSAC Championship Meet, while the men team placed fifth in the meet in an incredibly close race. The...

Biola Celebrates Inaugural Athletics Hall of Fame

Amber Amaya — Mon, 31 Dec 2012 16:00:00 -0800

Biola celebrated its inaugural Athletics Hall of Fame ceremony on Sept. 15, inducting three of the university most outstanding former student-athletes into its first-ever class. Former Major League Baseball all-star Todd Worrell (’82),...

The Art of Reasoning Well

Patty Houser — Mon, 31 Dec 2012 16:00:00 -0800

Sharing our faith is both exhilarating and frustrating. It is exhilarating because when we talk about the reasons why Jesus is the only name by which we are saved, we know lives can be changed and souls redeemed. However, it is frustrating...

Forty Years After Roe, How Should We Think About Abortion?

Scott Rae — Mon, 31 Dec 2012 16:00:00 -0800

This January marks the 40th anniversary of Roe v. Wade, one of the most polarizing rulings in U.S. Supreme Court history. Handed down on Jan. 22, 1973, the 7-2 decision effectively made abortion legal across the United States, deeming it to be a...

There and Back Again

Brett McCracken — Mon, 31 Dec 2012 16:00:00 -0800

Chances are good that very few Biolans have ever heard of the Tawbuid — a small indigenous tribe in Mindoro, an island in the Philippines. But among some Tawbuid, “Biola” is a word that is surprisingly familiar, thanks to the work of one...