/blogs/biola-magazine/articles/category/2020-spring Joanna Wu <em>Photo above:Biola alumni Rich Hung, KelleePopp and Ben Flemming help lead the National School Project from their office in Whittier, California. (Photo by Cassandra Ashlyn Tancinco).</em> It 2:20 p.m. at Fluor Fountain, a central area on Biola... Wed, 25 Mar 2020 13:46:00 -0700 /blogs/biola-magazine/2020/the-evangelists-feature /blogs/biola-magazine/2020/the-evangelists-feature Jason Newell From Jakarta to Germany, from Seattle to Seoul, Biolans around the world are discovering an innovative new service that promises to make it better than ever to be Biola alumni. BiolaHub, which debuted in January at biola.edu/biolahub, is a free... Wed, 25 Mar 2020 12:46:00 -0700 /blogs/biola-magazine/2020/are-you-on-biolahub-yet /blogs/biola-magazine/2020/are-you-on-biolahub-yet Joanna Wu Last July, an audience gathered at the Arthur Ashe Stadium in New York for the Fortnite World Cup, one of the most anticipated esports events of the year, where a 16-year-old took first prize in a video game competition, winning $3 million.... Wed, 25 Mar 2020 12:21:00 -0700 /blogs/biola-magazine/2020/what-s-a-christian-to-do-with-video-games /blogs/biola-magazine/2020/what-s-a-christian-to-do-with-video-games Jason Newell Richard Gunasekera cancer research isn’t just cutting-edge; it <em>drilling</em>-edge. The Biola scientist is part of a team of researchers who are making advances in using “nanomachines” to drill holes into cancer cells and drug-resistant bacteria.... Wed, 25 Mar 2020 12:20:00 -0700 /blogs/biola-magazine/2020/killing-cancer /blogs/biola-magazine/2020/killing-cancer Biola Magazine Staff I can’t remember a time in my life when I felt more optimistic about my future than when I graduated from Biola in 2010. It was this absolute feeling of confidence that my life was headed in the right direction. My boyfriend Jimmy and I dated... Wed, 25 Mar 2020 12:19:00 -0700 /blogs/biola-magazine/2020/when-tragedy-hit-so-did-a-cascade-of-grace /blogs/biola-magazine/2020/when-tragedy-hit-so-did-a-cascade-of-grace Barry Corey 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 91��Ƭ��, I knew it was going to be interesting — for him <em>and </em>for me. His challenge was to figure out... Wed, 25 Mar 2020 12:18:00 -0700 /blogs/biola-magazine/2020/biola-through-the-lens-of-president-and-parent /blogs/biola-magazine/2020/biola-through-the-lens-of-president-and-parent Biola Magazine Staff Faith for Exiles <strong> </strong> <strong>Faith for Exiles</strong>, by David Kinnaman (’96, Biola trustee) and Mark Matlock (’91), Baker Books, September 2019. It easy to get discouraged by all that going wrong when it comes to Christianity and the emerging generation. Yet... Wed, 25 Mar 2020 12:17:00 -0700 /blogs/biola-magazine/2020/books-by-biolans1 /blogs/biola-magazine/2020/books-by-biolans1 Biola Magazine Staff To be human is to be a lover. The most basic thing to say about humans, according to Augustine, is not that we are social animals (as in Aristotle), thinking things (as in Descartes), or language animals (as in Charles Taylor recent proposal);... Wed, 25 Mar 2020 12:16:00 -0700 /blogs/biola-magazine/2020/the-priority-of-love /blogs/biola-magazine/2020/the-priority-of-love Karin Stetina “Does time dedicated to working in the secular world endanger our souls?” Chris R. Armstrong asks this important question in <em>Work: Theological Foundations and Practical Implications</em>. Armstrong suggests that all too often American Christians have... Wed, 25 Mar 2020 12:15:00 -0700 /blogs/biola-magazine/2020/workplace-adversity-can-be-good-for-your-soul /blogs/biola-magazine/2020/workplace-adversity-can-be-good-for-your-soul Zachariah Jimison “I only got three hours of sleep last night.” “It week two and I’ve already pulled three all-nighters.” “Sleep? What even is sleep?” These are all things you might hear walking onto a college campus. It a known fact: Better sleep equals better... Wed, 25 Mar 2020 12:14:00 -0700 /blogs/biola-magazine/2020/sleep-week-for-the-sleep-weak /blogs/biola-magazine/2020/sleep-week-for-the-sleep-weak