“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...

Black History Month has a familiar tune in the United States every year. Coming right on the heels of Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day, we tend to focus on other Black heroes like Malcolm X, Jackie Robinson, Harriet Tubman, Rosa Parks and Maya Angelou. These women and men were incredible and deserve...

As of Fall 2020, Christian ministries and biblical and theological studies will be joined into one major called Bible, theology, and ministry. This new and more comprehensive program will have three concentration options called Christian ministries; Bible, theology, and biblical languages; and bible...

Day two of Missions Conference commenced the morning of March 21 as students rubbed the sleep from their eyes, ready to take on another day. Groups of attendees formed a line that lead to Chase Gymnasium as discussions broke out in anticipation the full day of speakers and missionary events. RECIPROCAL...

For every age, and for every culture, there has been a name for the obscure. For Rousseau, it was “the general will,” for Kierkegaard it was “the crowd” and for common conversation it is “they said.” No one knows what a crowd does, but it makes us feel empowered. No one knows who “they”...

At the beginning of September, John MacArthur, president of The Master’s College, and several other Christian leaders released “The Statement on Social Justice and the Gospel”. MacArthur sought to address how Evangelical Christianity has frayed and fractured under the weight of secular social...

A drafting committee is writing a statement of biblical principles which will help Biola to holistically affirm its institutional beliefs concerning issues including abortion and sexuality, even after cultural and social values shift. STATEMENT EXPLAINS POSITIONS Biola’s doctrinal statement currently...

A number of Biola’s science departments hosted a conference called “Did God Need Darwin?” hoping to shed some light on the controversial topic of theistic evolution on March 6. THE CONFERENCE Theistic evolution theorizes that God guided the evolutionary process, rather than creating humanity...

Administration launched a new semesterly program in which two faculty members will have a public discussion regarding contentious issues to help students learn to disagree well, with the first discussion scheduled for April 9. TALKING IT OUT President Barry Corey, along with professor of communication...