Undergraduate Chapel: Spring 2014 [Video]

Noted author Randy Alcorn answers student questions about money, giving, stewardship, financial management from God's perspective. He dispels misunderstandings of certain Scriptures that hold many American Christians back from true biblical generosity.

Noted author Randy Alcorn answers student questions about money, giving, stewardship, and financial management from God's perspective. He dispels misunderstandings of certain Scriptures that hold many American Christians back from true biblical generosity.

Best selling author Randy Alcorn discusses a biblical model of stewardship in light of Jesus' extensive teachings on money and possessions. He casts the use of our personal finances in light of our mission to spread the Gospel and love the poor. He challenges students with the literal teaching on tithing in the Old Testament and contrasts American Christians lack of generosity.

Ray Bakke of Bakke Graduate University addresses college students on the importance of following Jesus in ministry to the poor, the immigrant, and the outcast. He reflects on Jesus' human experience as an international illegal immigrant, a homeless man, and a victim of imperial occupation. He inspires students to minister in urban cities, as they are representative of the peoples of the world.

Dr. Fred Sanders celebrates Biola's 104th birthday with a humorous and informative chapel address about Biola's founding in 1908 and the strategic and biblical thinking by T.C. Horton, Lyman Stewart, and R.A. Torrey that caused it to be successful.

Reverend Ricky Temple, Senior Pastor of Overcoming by Faith Church in Georgia, discusses the kind of unity that God calls us to as his people. He teaches out of Acts chapter 10 on the story of God sending Peter to the house of Cornelius, and challenges students to broaden their definition of unity as Peter had to.

President Barry H. Corey addresses the Biola student body and prospective freshmen on Hebrews 4:13. He asserts that God sees all, both cosmically and personally and we are held to account for our actions. He encourages students to trust in God to help them see how he sees the world.

The Biola Alumni Association presents Alumni Awards to exceptional alumni during the Living Legacy Chapel. They discuss alumni giving and leaving a legacy at Biola, and the 2011 Senior Gift Fireplace Pavilion is dedicated. Students hear from various alumni about their experiences leaving Biola and impacting the world for Jesus Christ.

Mark Whitlock speaks to Biola students during a Reconciliation Chapel about the history of racism in America and specifically its effects - both positive and negative - on African American Christians, primarily through the history of the African Methodist Episcopal Church. He asks the question if the black church is still relevant and necessary in a post racial America, and challenges students to "press on."

Kimberly Denu addresses Biola students in chapel about the importance of understanding the spiritual battles being waged around us, and the need to depend on the Lord in those battles. She advises that we choose our battles wisely and seek the Lord first through prayer in all things.

Biola University IRIS professors analyze and discuss the movie "The Boy in the Striped Pajamas" offering reflections on the nature of evil, social construction, propaganda, and the reality of evil acts in current culture. They discuss a Christian response to enculturation in society with a biblical worldview and the lens of Scripture.

Noted Christian philosopher and Yale professor Nicholas Wolterstorff speaks on 1 Peter where readers are commanded to obey and honor authority. He makes note that the authorities have an obligation to treat those subjected to them fairly and in love, and meditates on Peter's radical command to "honor everyone."

Dr. Todd Pickett addresses Biola University's chapel about the root issues of sin and how spiritual formation helps eliminate sin and empower the Christian to do the will of God. He contends that the way out of sin is not sin management from the top down, but inside from the heart. Specifically he analyzes sloth and laziness.

Dana Gioia offers a spiritual reflection on beauty in the Christian life by exploring famous texts involving beauty, including Psalm 29, Plato, Keats, Wilde, and Dostoevsky. He asserts that beauty is too often neglected in the vision of Christian life.

Biola's IRIS professors discuss the importance of both belief and action in the Christian life, using William Wilberforce's fight against slavery as a jumping off point. They note how Christian belief must be embodied through action, and how action influences our beliefs.