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The Chimes

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The Chimes

The Student News Site of Biola University

The Chimes

Kevin Browning’s love for stewardship in creation

Professor Kevin Browning shares his love for God's creation and how his career has led him to Biola.
Wood shop and art teacher and environmental science-advocate Kevin Browning shares history with Biola, his walk with the Lord and the calling with creation that has been put upon his heart.
Izzy Putney, Staff Writer February 22, 2026

Kevin Browning—known for his warm welcoming smile, his artsy style and his work in both the wood shop and environmental science—has had a relationship with Biola for a decade. Browning attended Biola University in 2012, focusing in Biblical studies and assumed that his  future would be in the...

The science behind creation

The science behind creation
The complexity of life suggests there must be intelligence behind it.
Kei-Lynn Wheaton, Staff Writer March 9, 2022

God is the orchestrator of creation. Everything from the dirt on the ground to the birds in the sky, God made it all with a purpose. Scripture reflects this in Colossians 1:16 ,“For in him all things were created: things in heaven and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or powers or rulers...

Young people should fight climate change

By participating in protests against climate change, youth are fulfilling God's call to be good stewards of creation.
Youth climate change protests remind people to take care of creation.
Hannah Dilanchyan, Opinions Editor October 4, 2019

(This story was originally published in print on Oct. 3, 2019). The Mont Blanc glacier is about to collapse. The sea levels are rising at an unprecedented and alarming rate. Coral reefs are dying in the ocean because of warming temperatures. These are a few of the events occurring around the world that...

All is fair in love and loyalty

All is fair in love and loyalty
Too often we mistake the effects of love and not its cause.
Logan Zeppieri, Opinions Editor April 30, 2019

Some time ago, I was sitting by a fire listening to a friend give a sermon on the importance of value. One of his more peculiar qualities is the ability to speak about every other topic and travel along every other rabbit trail except the very point he set out to explain. It is similar to calling an...

Out the door, into beauty

Photo courtesy of Justin Yun
Spending time outdoors improves health and reminds humanity of its place in God’s creation.
Justin Yun, Writer December 2, 2015
Spending time outdoors improves health and reminds humanity of its place in God’s creation.