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The Chimes

Acknowledging our Frailty and God’s Desire to Save us Despite

February 29, 2008

My interest in McManus has grown in recent years for a couple of reasons. First, when friends of mine moved to Beverly Hills, I joined them in the hunt for a church and one Sunday morning we landed at McManus’ church, Mosaic. Secondly, McManus has connections with Rock Harbor Church and a close friend...

Fighting for Religious Freedom: The War Against Liberalism

February 15, 2008

As our nation enters the 21st century, we have left behind two centuries of prosperity and dignity. According to many scholars, we are in the Age of the Church. But is this age passing away? As Christians of the new millennium, we are faced with the biggest struggle the church has seen since the Protestant...

Elementary Thoughts On Love

Candy hearts often serve as a reminder of paper valentines and shy crushes without the bitterness that some singles feel towards Valentine's Day.
February 15, 2008

With Valentine’s Day quickly approaching, I have two game plans. The first: to hang out with my housemates. The second: to hang out with my housemates. It’s not the fact that we haven’t had offers for Valentine’s Day dates, which were hard to turn down, or that we chide Valentine’s Day for...

Paul: An Apostle of Christ and Constitution

Republican presidential hopeful, Rep. Ron Paul, R-Texas, gestures during a speech to the Conservative Political Action Conference on Thursday, Feb. 7, 2008, in Washington.
February 15, 2008

A stagnant leader is as unpalatable as sipping a flat soda. Here at Biola, we spend hundreds of hours studying the New Testament, much of which was penned by a revolutionary named Paul. Paul was no stagnant leader. This Jewish Pharisee-turned-unlikely-missionary spent his life sharing an unpopular,...

Achey Breaky Heart: Part 1

February 10, 2008

As a collegiate journalist I am often forced to bury my emotions and feelings deep down inside in order to provide the necessary journalistic integrity and lack of bias that is characteristic of our prestigious school newspaper. Well, today’s article isn’t about the new bike racks that they added...

Why Men Ride Front-Saddle and Women Kill Babies (Or, how logic doesn’t tolerate injustice.)

February 8, 2008

“If the world were a logical place, men would ride sidesaddle.” We women may laugh, but guys – I see you grimacing from bad memories of painful rides – right now you really wish the world were a logical place, don’t you? You’ve got an unusual advocate. The quotation above comes from...

A Super Tuesday to Remember

February 7, 2008

While watching the Super Tuesday primary results on CNN, I was reminded of why I went into print journalism. “With one percent of precincts reporting, we're projecting that (some candidate) will take (some state).” Wow, thanks Wolf. Get back to me when you get two percent—I might believe...

Our Christmas celebrations can be as fake as our Christmas trees

Both Hart Hall and Horton Hall went big this year with their decorations. The Horton lobby features a large Christmas tree decorated with Biola 100 disks.
December 15, 2007

It’s Christmastime again. I know what you’re thinking -- we go through the same rituals every year. Thanksgiving ends, and everyone readies themselves for the coming holiday. My family bought our tree just days after we had consumed our turkey. But how can buying a Christmas tree put me into the...

OPINION: The procrastinator’s guide to surviving finals week

December 12, 2007

Ah yes, its the most wonderful time of the year -- finals week! Hooray! Hooray! Today, I drove around town just to watch the children dancing in the streets, mothers and fathers bustling along dressed up to catch the spirit, and birds that returned merely to bask in the warm glow of the festivities. Just...

The death of “Merry Christmas”

Santa Claus from Finland, gestures during a Christmas promotional event for a shopping center in downtown, Hong Kong Thursday, Nov. 29, 2007.
December 2, 2007

What ever happened to a good old “Merry Christmas?” To the times when our country was united “under God,” rather than trying to get rid of Him? Increasingly more in our society, the term “Merry Christmas” is being replaced with the barren phrase “Happy Holidays.” For example, in...

Thanksgiving with my boss: cultural character building

Stars, a turkey from Carthage, Mo., looks around the Rose Garden at the White House in Washington just before he was granted the traditional Thanksgiving season pardon by President Bush. AP File Photo: 11/24/03.
November 29, 2007

The last several Thanksgivings I survived have been “experiences.” Not necessarily in the same way that action movies are “the thrill-ride adrenaline-soaked experience of the summer.” They’re more like those internships where you don’t get paid but they are a “good experience for your resume.” Over...

Blog: Chimes columnist joins the picket lines

Browning refuses to write out a message on his "picket sign" because he is abstaining from writing.
November 26, 2007

Strike, Day 5: Michael Farr, Hair Cuts, and Whitney: A Strike in Review 11/22/07 6:38 p.m. Attention, I have an announcement to make; the strike is officially over. Actually it’s been over since Tuesday, although I’m afraid that this was too late for many of the writers who were joining...