Talbot Magazine: Fall 2022 Issue

From the Dean: Fall 2022

Timothy Pickavance — Wed, 14 Dec 2022 10:37:43 -0800

One of the reasons — perhaps the reason — I love Biola is its commitment to infallible, perfect, written Word of God. Christ is our lodestar. And Christ is revealed most clearly and powerfully to the people of God in the Bible. Talbot School of...

Talbot Apologetics Faculty Lead “Reasonable Faith in an Uncertain World” Conference

Craig Hazen — Wed, 14 Dec 2022 10:37:40 -0800

Twelve hundred people gathered at Yorba Linda Friends Church in north Orange County, California, this October for a conference titled “Reasonable Faith in an Uncertain World,” featuring apologetics lectures from Talbot professors and their...

Tribute to Dr. Walt Russell

Ben Shin — Wed, 14 Dec 2022 10:37:37 -0800

Dr. Walter Bo Russell, a longtime professor of Biola exposition who influenced thousands of students through his teaching and mentorship, passed away on Sept. 3, 2022. Walt faithfully taught at 91��Ƭ�� and Talbot School of Theology for more than 30...

Faculty Profile: Timothy Pickavance

Ashish Naidu — Wed, 14 Dec 2022 10:37:34 -0800

Dr. Timothy Pickavance is broadly interested in the core areas of analytic philosophy, though he specializes in metaphysics. After completing his M.A. in Philosophy here at Talbot, he found himself in Austin at the University of Texas, where he...

L.A. Theology Conference Coming to Talbot in March

Fred Sanders — Wed, 14 Dec 2022 10:37:31 -0800

The Los Angeles Theology Conference will be meeting at 91��Ƭ�� in March 2023. This annual conference, which has been running for 10 years, brings together an international group of academic theologians to consider a major topic in systematic...

43rd Annual Biola Hispanic Conference Draws Hundreds of Spanish-Speaking Ministry Leaders

Talbot Magazine Staff — Wed, 14 Dec 2022 10:37:29 -0800

Nearly 700 Spanish-speaking pastors, leaders and church members gathered this fall for the 43rd annual Biola Hispanic Conference, hosted by Talbot Center for the Study of the Work and the Ministry of the Holy Spirit Today. The event, themed “The...

Triviality and the Problem of Apathy

Uche Anizor — Wed, 14 Dec 2022 10:37:26 -0800

Have you ever been through a long season when it seems your zeal for God has all but vanished? Have you ever experienced a stretch of time in which nothing motivates you to pray, God word is uninteresting, and very little excites you about the...

Book Excerpt: Is Truth Objective?

Timothy Pickavance — Wed, 14 Dec 2022 10:37:23 -0800

Since I devoted my life to Jesus in late December 1996, I’ve not wrestled significantly with whether Christianity is true. I have, though, wrestled with what it means to say that Christianity is true. What I mean is that I’ve sometimes struggled...

Shelf Life: Fall 2022

Talbot Magazine Staff — Wed, 14 Dec 2022 10:37:21 -0800

Overcoming Apathy: Gospel Hope for Those Who Struggle to Care Uche Anizor Associate Professor and Chair; Undergraduate Theology Crossway, April 2022 For many Christians, apathy can feel inescapable. They experience a lack of motivation and a...

Best of the Blog: Fall 2022

Gary Manning Jr — Wed, 14 Dec 2022 10:37:18 -0800

There are a lot of interesting claims about historical background to the New Testament that float around, especially on social media. I tell my students that they need to find actual ancient sources that verify such claims, because there are so...