Biola Magazine: 2016 Summer

In Print: Summer 2016

Biola Magazine Staff — Thu, 02 Jun 2016 00:00:00 -0700

Answering Jihad: A Better Way Forward, by Nabeel Qureshi (M.A. ’08), Zondervan, March 2016. San Bernardino was the most lethal terror attack on American soil since 9/11, and it came on the heels of a coordinated assault on Paris. There is no...

From the Alumni Office: Summer 2016

Rick Bee — Thu, 02 Jun 2016 00:00:00 -0700

Every year, I watch with joy as the Alumni Board presents a “big check” to the student body at our annual Alumni Awards and Golden Eagles chapel. This year “big check” — presented on Feb. 24 — was both figurative and literal as it totaled over...

Updates from the Campaign Trail

Biola Magazine Staff — Thu, 02 Jun 2016 00:00:00 -0700

In May 2015, the university publicly launched “A Soul of Conviction, A Voice of Courage: The Campaign for Biola University.” The $180 million fundraising effort seeks to make Biola more affordable for students, to provide new facilities that...

Combating Cynicism

Greg Ganssle — Wed, 01 Jun 2016 17:00:00 -0700

This issue Last Word comes from The Good Book Blog, the faculty blog of Biola Talbot School of Theology. This article is adapted from a post that first appeared on Feb. 1, 2016. One of the hazards of our age is cynicism. The cynic posture...

Meet the 2016 Alumni Award Winners

Biola Magazine Staff — Wed, 01 Jun 2016 17:00:00 -0700

The Office of Alumni Relations and Biola Alumni Board recognized four alumni for their outstanding accomplishments and service during a special awards chapel on Feb. 24. Cultural Impact Award Thomas McCarty Thomas McCarty (’96) has worked as a...

No Fear in the ‘Force’

Brett McCracken — Wed, 01 Jun 2016 17:00:00 -0700

With the release of The Force Awakens this past December, the building of Star Wars lands at Disney theme parks and the development of at least five more Star Wars-themed movies, the Star Wars galaxy has never been more expansive or interactive....

Christianity Under a Microscope

Laurie Bullock — Wed, 01 Jun 2016 17:00:00 -0700

As a college student, Anjeanette “AJ” Roberts wanted to dig deeper into the unknown. At the time, that meant viruses. While studying chemistry during her undergraduate years at the University of Tulsa, the mystery of viruses captured her...

Leader of the Band

Laurie Bullock — Wed, 01 Jun 2016 17:00:00 -0700

Fourteen years ago Mitch Bahr (’96) stepped up to the podium to become music director at a rural Northern California high school and brought harmony to what was deemed by school officials as a program in “complete disarray.” Now, after building a...

One SCORR and 20 Years Ago

Brett McCracken — Wed, 01 Jun 2016 17:00:00 -0700

“Evangelical Colleges’ Diversity Problem.” That was the headline of a January 2016 feature article in The Chronicle of Higher Education, which explored hardships for minority students on Christian college campuses and pondered whether “there is...

Offering Refuge

Charlene Choi — Wed, 01 Jun 2016 17:00:00 -0700

The people of God have always been refugees. The instant we were banished from Eden, we became wanderers. The minute we fled Egypt, we were displaced. The refugee is a familiar figure in our collective history. And never in history has the plight...