GENERAL INFORMATION
THE COMMUNITY OF LA MIRADA The city of La Mirada is in Los Angeles County, 22 miles southeast of downtown Los Angeles, and is surrounded by such cities as Whittier, Norwalk, Buena Park, La Habra and Fullerton. La Mirada is asuburban residential community with a population of 40,000. Included within the vicinity are several major shopping areas in addition to many other business establishments. La Mirada is situated near many of the outstanding attrac- tions of Southern California. Downtown Los Angeles is a half- hour 's drive from the campus. Disneyland is 12 miles to the southeast and famed Knott's Berry Farm is six miles away. Within an hour's drive are such popular beach cities as Long Beach, Newport Beach, Huntington Beach and Laguna Beach. Recreational facilities are easily accessible. An 18-hole golf course lies a mile east of the campus and other parks in the area offer opportunity for activities and relaxation. An hour's drive will take one into the nearby mountains where winter sports are available. Cultural and research opportunities abound in the area. Several major universities and libraries are within easy dri- ving distance of La Mirada including the University of Cali- fornia , Los Angeles.; the University of Southern California; the University of California, Irvine; and several other state and private institutions. THE BIOLA UNIVERSITY CAMPUS The campus is bounded on the west by Biola Avenue and on the east by La Mirada Boulevard. It is located between the large east-west thoroughfares of Rosecrans Avenue and Imperial Highway. Approximately three miles to the south- west is the Santa Ana Freeway (Freeway 1-5). Students coming to the campus by automobile should fol- low these directions: coming from the northwest, leave the Santa Ana Freeway at Rosecrans and travel east to Biola Avenue; coming from the southeast, leave the Santa Ana Freeway at Val- ley View and travel north to Rosecrans, then tum right to Biola Avenue; coming from the east via San Bernardino Freeway (10) tum south on the Orange Freeway (57) to Imperial Highway and travel west on Imperial Highway to Biola Avenue. The campus consists of 95 acres with 700,000 square feet of building space in 30 major buildings. Just under halfof the space is dedicated to seven student residence complexes, housing nearly 1,500 students in a fine variety of living quarters. Living quarters range from the traditional residence hall to fully inde- pendent apartments, and special housing is available for both married students and graduate students. The rest of the build- ings house classrooms, laboratories, auditoriums, offices and stu- dents services. Highlights of the buildings include Soubirou Hall, containing specialized classrooms for nursing instruction, along with nursing department faculty offices; Lansing Auditorium, a 450-seat concert hall with a fine pipe organ and excellent acoustics; the Rose of Sharon Chapel, a small chapel exciusively reserved for silent prayer and meditation; and a gymnasi~ ming complex with a short-course Olympic pool.
Though there may be many fillings of the Holy Spirit, there is only one baptism which occurs at the time of regen- eration. The gifts of the Spirit are given to believers accord- ing to the Will of God for the purpose of building up the Church. During the foundational era of the Church (i .e., the time of Christ and the Apostles) God gave special mani- festations of the overtly supernatural and miraculous gifts (e.g., tongues, healings, miracles) as "signs" that witness to the validity of those bearing new conical revelation ( c.f. 2 Cor. 12:12; Heb. 2:3-4). Beyond the foundational era, God in His sovereignty may grant any spiritual gift and work miraculously for the benefit of His Church at any time. The Bible is clear in its teaching on the sanctity of human life. Life begins at conception. We abhor the destruction of innocent life through abortion-on-demand. Confession before men is viewed as tangible fruit of salva- tion and not as a qualifying condition for salvation. Biola University does not necessarily deny employment to persons merely for lack of firm personal convictions on any teaching position in these explanatory notes. However, Biola University does weigh carefully the understanding and per- sonal convictions of employment applicants on these points as well as the nature of their prospective work assignments, in determining their suitability for employment. TEACHING BIBLICAL STUDIES Academic study of the sacred Scripture differs from other disciplines in a university setting in that the primary text is God's Word, which underscores the importance of making instruction relevant to faith, learning and living. At Biola every effort is made to be academically credible, theologically orthodox and practically relevant. Whether engaged in a critical discussion of the text, or a theological debate about a particular doctrine, the discussion must finally come to the meaning for life today. Though faculty members in this department share a commit- ment to the convictions reflected in the University doctrinal state- ment, they reflect a healthy diversity regarding other contemp<r rary issues and interpretation of specific passages. Whether a divergent view is held by others on campus or not, care is taken to represent opposing positions fairly, so that students can decide for themselves in agenuine educational environment In practice, the task of teaching biblical studies is not lim- ited to those within that department. Rather, the integration of Christian thought into all fields of inquiry is the goal of the entire teaching faculty. In this sense it is desired that every course contribute to the development of a Christian worldview for the Biola graduate. CHAPEL University chapels and conferences are intended to bring the Biola community together regularly for worship, spiritual nurture and education regarding relevant issues facing us in our lives. The overall program brings a unique distinction to the ethos of Biola as a Christian university. Due to the cen- tral and significant nature of that ethos, attendance at chapel is required ofall studen ts.
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