Undergraduate Chapel: Spring 2014 [Video]

Dr. Matt Jenson reflects on the significance of the familial nature of the church, illustrating its power to combat poignant feelings of loneliness. Dr. Jenson specifically emphasizes the importance of this church family in the lives of singles and those struggling with homosexuality.

Dr. Joe Hellerman, Biola Professor of New Testament Language and Literature, stresses the importance of community in the Christian faith. Dr. Hellerman highlights the familial and communal language used in the New Testament in order to express key responsibilities of the Church family.

Dr. Todd Pickett reflects on the Parable of the Sower with the intention of highlighting the importance of receptiveness to the Scriptures. Dr. Pickett specifically discusses the power of the Word of God in the face of personal struggles.

Dr. Kent Edwards analyzes God's decision to use Jonah as a prophet even in Jonah's deliberate actions of disobedience. Dr. Edwards teaches that God's grace in Jonah's life embodied the message that Jonah was intended to preach.

Art critic, historian, and curator Daniel Siedell shares his thoughts on the mysterious book of Jonah as it applies to Christian engagement with culture. Siedell specifically emphasizes the importance of the believer's alignment with God's mission of redemption for all things.

In this presentation of the the 4th Annual Biola Ruby Awards, Biola University recognizes women who have had considerable impact on the University's community. These awards are presented to female faculty, staff, students and alumnae who have been nominated by their peers

Nate Mirza tells stories of the impact international students are having on the global community in the name of Christ. Mirza encourages the broader Biola student body to form empowering relationships with these foreign students rooted in the purposes of the Gospel.

SMU student leaders Michelle Welke and Rebekah Pearce introduce the theme for Missions Conference 2011. Welke and Pearce utilize passages of Scripture and personal testimonies in order to invite students into the conference's mission: "Set Us Ablaze."

Chris Wienand gives his thoughts on the conversation of spiritual gifts by explaining the power that God displays through the lives of believers. Wienand attempts to disarm some of the uneasy feelings surrounding miraculous works of the Holy Spirit by mapping out the fundamental truths of spiritual gifts.

Dr. Douglas Hayward discusses the nature of angels and demons in the world today. Dr. Hayward both encourages and cautions his audience in their experience of aspects of the spiritual realm.

Tommy Green, evangelist and lead vocalist of the band Sleeping Giant, discusses the topic of the heavenlies by means of his personal experience. In his presentation, Green passionately underscores the role that Jesus Christ has taken up as the gateway between heaven and earth.

Mike Erre discusses the theme of a heart of desperation as exhibited in the story of the blind beggar whom Jesus healed. Erre makes the point that discipleship is absolutely integral to the Christian faith.

Composer, vocalist and pianist Dr. Diane White-Clayton leads a passionate worship experience. As a classically trained gospel artist, "Dr. Dee" delicately creates a powerful time of musical praise.

Biola Board of Trustees member Bryan Loritts speaks about racial reconciliation and the inherent role that compassion has in it. He stresses the importance of having the trait of compassion in the right way.

Artist in Residence John Chan explores the Biblical narrative of Eden and the New Jerusalem while critically examining cultural conditioning and ecological crises. By doing so, he reveals the root of the crises to be stemming from character and not from technology.