The heart of poet Dana Gioia’s work is being able to capture the beauty of God’s creation: “What beauty does is beauty draws us to the infinite number of perfections of creation. It calls forth things in ourselves. The same way it did to me as a kid not knowing this - it calls forth to us to achieve...

Picture this: a massive game of tug-of-war between two political parties. On one side, we have the liberal left; on the other, the conservative right. They each grab an end of the rope and begin pulling. In the center of that rope is a knot. Each side thinks if they can just pull hard enough, if they...

I once had someone tell me that I shouldn’t watch horror films because they would influence me and fill my head with evil. They asked me how I, as a lifelong horror fan, could possibly enjoy films that contained such dark content. I always found this way of thinking to be faulty; in all the horror...

In 2022, junior theology student Ethan Hardin traded a professional contract with the Inter Miami CF soccer team for a degree in theology at Biola University. Hardin has been kicking the soccer ball since before he could walk. “My whole life, I have always dreamed of playing professionally,”...

On Sept. 7, Biola hosted a sold out “WOR/TH Night of Worship,” in partnership with Transparent Productions. Grammy award-winning worship artist, Matt Redman, spoke to a crowd of Biola students and visitors in the newly renovated Ethel Lee Auditorium. The “10,000 Reasons” singer moderated a panel...

On Feb. 21, 2023 Biola announced the appointment of Dr. Ed Stetzer as Dean of the Talbot School of Theology. Stetzer will assume that role starting July 2, 2023. Then, the school recently announced that two online programs will be added to Talbot in fall 2023, the latest alterations in a string...

Every year in November, an estimated 1.6 million people in the U.S. who identify as transgender celebrate Transgender Awareness Week — a time to promote awareness of the social and legal history of being transgender in the U.S. as well as mark the accomplishments and resilience of transgender individuals.  Awareness...

On Sept. 15, “Breath of God,” an immersive exhibit, finally opened after over three years of planning. The event featured live musical performances hosted in Crowell Lansing recital hall projected onto three areas of the inside of the Bardwell exhibition space with some conceptual pieces. The most...

As college students who regularly study the Bible in-depth, students forget that Jesus chose ordinary people to share his message of repentance, forgiveness and grace. While it is tempting to turn to Wayne Grudem’s Systematic Theology and indulge in a myriad of theological tenets, students can better...

Daniel Pimentel graduated in 2014 with a degree in cinema and media arts with a focus on production. The next eight years of his life would be split between being a youth pastor in Salt Lake City, Utah then moving to Honduras, doing volunteer work and audio and video production for a bilingual school....

This article was originally published on March 5 at 6:33 p.m., but was updated on March 9 at 3:20 p.m. with new information. “Women were the last disciples at the cross and the first at the empty tomb,” writes Catherine Groeger of Christianity Today.  Women were also the first evangelists,...

“You will be a part of a small racial minority on campus—but we do have SCORR conference!” When I expressed concern about the lack of diversity at Biola during my application process, admissions counselors tried to reassure me that Biola was making efforts to be more intentionally diverse. I...