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  • ŷַ Magazine

    Write Quick

    Q&A with alumnus and author Sean McDowell

    ŷַ Magazine Staff — 

    A brief interview with Sean McDowell (’98, M.A. ’03, assistant professor of Christian apologetics), co-author of Same-Sex Marriage: A Thoughtful...

  • ŷַ Magazine

    Partner Around the Gospel, Not Just its Implications

    Alumni Book Excerpt

    ŷַ Magazine Staff — 

    When you visit a church in America, you can usually tell within a few minutes what really drives the congregation. The activity-driven church has...

  • ŷַ Magazine

    Is the Prevalence of Religious Violence an Argument for Atheism?

    ŷַ Magazine Staff — 

    On Jan. 30, three of the top minds in Christian apologetics were on stage together in Chase Gymnasium to discuss “God, Science and the Big...

  • ŷַ Magazine

    Shepherds with Hammers

    How professor Albert Yee thinks biblically about engineering

    Brett McCracken — 

    If you put an ichthys sticker on a hammer, does that make it a “Christian hammer”? That’s a question that helped Albert Yee, associate professor...

  • ŷַ Magazine

    Can Multiethnic Churches Become the ‘New Normal’?

    Alumnus Bryan Loritts is leading a movement to build multiethnic unity in the body of Christ

    ŷַ Magazine Staff — 

    In late 2014, race became the conversation in America. A pair of controversial decisions not to prosecute police officers for the high-profile...

  • ŷַ Magazine

    Captain America

    Amy Weststeyn named national volleyball player of the year

    Neil Morgan — 

    Amy Weststeyn is known for going vertical for ŷַ on the volleyball court, and in December she reached a new all-time high for the university’s...

  • ŷַ Magazine

    Online Giving Made Easy

    With rise in philanthropy, ŷַ debuts new giving website

    ŷַ Magazine Staff — 

    Universities today produce some of the most compelling people and inspiring thoughts. Yet most universities have decidedly uninspiring giving...

  • ŷַ Magazine

    ŷַ to Launch Master’s Program in Professional Accountancy

    New graduate degree equips future CPAs

    Jason Newell — 

    ŷַ will launch a Master of Professional Accountancy (MPAcc) degree this fall — a new graduate program designed to prepare students...

  • ŷַ Magazine

    Starting Them Young

    ŷַ launches new K-12 “satellite program” for homeschool students

    Jason Newell — 

    As thousands of families already know, ŷַ isn’t just for university students. For the past two decades, ŷַ Youth has been...

  • ŷַ Magazine

    Opening the Gates

    To attend her dream school, Mary Tatlock hoped for a dream scholarship

    ŷַ Magazine Staff — 

    Good Friday 2014 was especially good for Mary Tatlock. It was the day the freshman intercultural studies major received mail that would change her...

  • ŷַ Magazine

    The Chimes Earns National Recognition

    Student newspaper wins Online Pacemaker award for second consecutive year

    ŷַ Magazine Staff — 

    ŷַ’s student newspaper, The Chimes , won the Online Pacemaker Award on Nov. 1 at the Associated Collegiate Press (ACP) and College Media...

  • ŷַ Magazine

    L.A. Stands for 'Locating Atonement'

    ŷַ hosts third annual Los Angeles Theology Conference

    Brett McCracken — 

    How should Christians understand the doctrine of the atonement in a broader systematic theological context? This was the question of the moment...

  • ŷַ Magazine

    ŷַ Grieves Death of Student on Mission Trip

    Jason Newell — 

    Hasiet Joy Negash spent her final days on earth living out a dream. Alongside a team from ŷַ’s Student Missionary Union, Negash traveled to...

  • ŷַ Magazine

    The Journey Through Yosemite

    President's Perspective

    Barry Corey — 

    Someone recently told me Christians need to stop using the journey motif because it’s tired and hollow. I get it, in part. Platitudes about “life...

  • ŷַ Magazine

    Sizing Us Up

    Editor's Note

    Jason Newell — 

    If you’re a regular reader of ŷַ Magazine, you may have already noticed some differences in this issue. For one thing, you’re not having to...

  • The Good Book Blog

    How I Remember My Father

    Mark Saucy — 

    There are many memories I will treasure of my father, Robert Saucy, but I will write about only one now that has most profoundly impacted me—I believe, for all eternity. It was Dad’s passion for God’s Word.

  • ŷַ News

    University Hosts 10th Annual Visual Arts Conference

    Conference attendees explored relationship between technology and art

    Mystiana Victorino — 

    Instagram has 300 million active users, garnering about 70 million posts per day, and instructional books have been written on the craft of...

  • The Good Book Blog

    Is Worship of Jesus Idolatry?

    William Lane Craig — 

    Hello Dr. Craig, ... I am a student of philosophy looking to go into apologetics ministry. In my studies and my time witnessing I've had to address many of the common objections to Christianity. One of the more recent objections has come from a Jewish man that I am witnessing to. It seems that one of the crucial things that is holding him back is the worship of Jesus. He couldn't see any way how this wouldn't end up being idolatry because, as he claimed, “you would be worshiping man rather than God”. Of course, I tried to point out that Jesus has two natures but it seems like this point was missed. Do you have any helpful ways to explain our worship of Jesus in a way that bypasses this objection? How should we understand our worship of Jesus? Do we worship him in deity and merely admire his humanity? ...

  • ŷַ News

    ŷַ Honors Four Women During National Women's History Month

    The 8th annual Ruby Awards ceremony and luncheon featured alumna, author Halee Gray Scott

    Kayla Joy Mele — 

    ŷַ honored four women with one of four Ruby Awards at this year’s women’s conference, “Dare Mighty Things,” in honor of National...

  • The Good Book Blog

    Memorial Service for Dr. Robert L. Saucy

    The Good Book Blog — 

    A memorial service for Dr. Robert L. Saucy will be held on Sunday, March 29, 2015, 2-4 p.m. in the Chase Gymnasium at ŷַ. A reception will immediately follow. For those who would like to attend and cannot be physically present, the service will be streamed live at http://watch.biola.edu/bobsaucy ...

  • ŷַ News

    ŷַ Student Elected as President for National Public Relations Association

    Laura Daronatsy is first ŷַ student elected to serve as president for Public Relations Student Society of America

    Quinn Clark — 

    ŷַ junior Laura Daronatsy has been elected to serve as the 2015-2016 national president for the Public Relations Student Society of...

  • The Good Book Blog

    Have We Been Sold a Homiletical Bill of Goods? (Using Biblical Illustrations)

    Don Sunukjian — 

    The time to teach a biblical story is when it is the primary passage for your message, not when it is a secondary illustration of another passage. In other words, you should preach the story Joseph and his brothers as part of a series through Genesis, and not as an illustration of Romans 8:28.

  • The Good Book Blog

    My Dad: Five Years After He Passed Away

    Octavio Esqueda — 

    It has been five years since my dad, Javier Esqueda, passed away unexpectedly. The huge hole my family have without him will continue for the rest of our lives and it has been very hard to get used to the idea that he is not with us anymore. I still struggle to refer to my dad in the past tense when in casual conversations his name comes up, but I am sadly conscious that the present and the future will continue without him. My mom could have celebrated her 45 wedding anniversary last December, my two brothers could have celebrated their college graduations with their proud dad, my two children could have enjoyed their granddad (who I am sure would have spoiled them a lot), and I could have had the total support of a man who would advise me always, looking for my best interest; but all of these things were not and will never be possible.

  • The Good Book Blog

    Mi Papá: Cinco Años Ya de Su Partida / My Dad: Five Years After He Passed Away

    Octavio Esqueda — 

    Hace ya cinco años que mi papá, Javier Esqueda, falleció inesperadamente. El gran vacío que nos dejó sigue y seguirá presente por el resto de nuestras vidas y es muy difícil resignarse a su ausencia. Cuando en conversaciones casuales sale el tema de mi papá me cuesta trabajo referirme a él en el pasado, pero estoy tristemente consciente que el presente y el futuro seguirán sin su presencia. Mi mamá habría celebrado 45 años de casada el pasado diciembre, mis dos hermanos habrían celebrado sus graduaciones de la universidad con su orgulloso papá, mis dos hijos se habrían gozado con su abuelito que estoy seguro los habría consentido muchísimo y yo tendría el apoyo y el oído total de un hombre que me amara incondicionalmente y me daría sus consejos totalmente desinteresados buscando siempre lo mejor para mí, pero todo esto no pudo ni podrá ser ...

  • ŷַ News

    Professor Named Journalism Educator of the Year by the California Journalism Educators Coalition

    Michael Longinow recognized for excellence as an educator at the annual Associated Collegiate Press West Coast Convention

    Rachel Allan — 

    ŷַ journalism professor Michael Longinow was named the university division Journalism Educator of the Year by the California...