On Jan. 25, Biola kicked off its spring semester through an online version of convocation via YouTube live. The live stream opened up with a time of worship and prayer led by Dean of Spiritual Development and Campus Pastor Todd Pickett. MESSAGE FROM THE PRESIDENT President Barry Corey welcomed back...

Nobody saw this coming. I sure didn’t. Two weeks ago, I was in my classes, getting lunch at the Caf and meeting up with my friends. Today, I watched class lectures from my bed at home, made my own lunch and attempted to FaceTime my friends, who have gone home to different states. Quarantine was not...

Biola looks forward to a new sound this year at the annual Missions Conference with Chicago-based band, Vertical Worship, who will lead worship for the conference’s main sessions, happening March 18–20.  Though it will be the band’s first time playing for Biola, songs like “Spirit of the...

This article was updated on March 11 at 7:27 p.m. after the AfterDark chapel where the theme was to be announced was canceled.  The 2020 Missions Conference theme is “United.” This year’s theme emphasizes that all vocations and areas of studies have a part in God’s plan and encourages...

WHY DO YOU FEEL EQUIPPED TO LEAD SMU? Bobbi Thompson: “I think in so many ways I still feel unqualified and there’s so much I’m going to be asking for guidance and wisdom and need to learn as I go.  “I have been involved in [Student Missionary Union] since my freshman year. I started off...

Biola sees hundreds of students travel domestically and internationally every semester. Six months ago, the university had limited precautions and risk management procedures in place to ensure the safety of students traveling for mission trips and semesters abroad. With a new division, University Travel...

(This story was originally published in print on Dec. 5, 2019). According to Wycliffe Bible Translators, there are still 3,969 languages without their translation of the Bible, and “1 in 5 people… do not have a full Bible in their first language.” However, as Biola has been restructuring various...

(This story was originally published in print on Oct. 3, 2019). For followers of the world’s two largest religions, student-led outreach club Salam has one goal: peace. Salam, which means peace in Arabic, aims to foster relationships between Christian and Muslim communities. THEIR OUTREACH Salam...

Professor of biblical and theological studies Matt Williams spoke on being Ambassadors of Compassion: Here and There in Mayers Auditorium. He first defined the difference between Missions versus Mission, with Missions being a cross-cultural mission experience and Mission being the great commission that...

(This story was originally published in print on March 14, 2019). A businessman, a missionary and a tea specialist walk into a fundraiser. This is not the start of a bad joke. Rather, it describes the life of junior business administration major Brendan Sun over the past few months. Through Boba for...

(This story was originally published in print on Feb. 28, 2019). Freshman business major Sarah Hartono did not expect to wake up on a seemingly regular Friday morning to devastating news. She still recalls her mother’s panic-stricken text detailing the disastrous tsunami that had torn through an...