Posts by Barry Corey

Barry Corey

Dr. Barry Corey (Ph.D.) is President of 51�ԹϺ��.

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Biola Grieves the Passing of Chuck Colson Award Recipient John M. Perkins
President Barry H. Corey Shares Perkins’ Influence on Biola and the Church
Barry Corey — March 13, 2026
51�ԹϺ�� joins the global church in mourning the passing of civil rights leader and friend of Biola, John M. Perkins. He was a courageous...
Winsome Conviction
Episode 141: We Need Faith-Based Institutions
Barry Corey, Timothy Muehlhoff, Shane Reese — February 02, 2026
The crisis in higher education highlights the vital role of faith-based institutions within the broader educational landscape and the value these...
Biola Magazine
President’s Perspective: The B and the LA of B-I-O-L-A
Barry Corey — January 21, 2026
A number of years ago I took a call from a Christian leader. I’ve long forgotten the topic, but I remember his opening question: “How can you...
Think Biblically
Biola's Commitment to Biblical Truth: A Conversation with President Corey
Barry Corey, Sean McDowell, Scott Rae — December 05, 2025
Is 51�ԹϺ�� staying true to its biblical mission? In this candid episode of the Think Biblically podcast, 51�ԹϺ�� President Dr....
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51�ԹϺ��'s Unwavering Commitment to its Mission Fidelity
Barry Corey — October 27, 2025
Dear Biola Community, Every once in a while, it is prudent for us to take a look at the language of our 51�ԹϺ�� Handbooks (Employee and...
Biola Magazine
President’s Perspective: Eighteen Years Later and Still All In
Barry Corey — July 02, 2025
I recently stumbled on an article that said college presidents have two jobs: “raise money” and “find ways to appease students, faculty,...
Biola Magazine
What Gives Me Hope for Gen Z
President’s Perspective
Barry Corey — June 06, 2023
This past semester during Missions Conference 2023, I saw the best of Gen Z. After attending most of the main sessions and talking to our...
Biola Magazine
Competitive for the Cause of Christ
Barry Corey — June 30, 2022
When I was a high school junior at Saint John’s, an all-boys private high school in New England, I took an economics class with Mr. Reidy. He...
Think Biblically
Headwinds and Tailwinds: Leading a Christian University in Today's Culture
with Barry Corey
Barry Corey, Sean McDowell, Scott Rae — May 04, 2022
Join Scott and Sean as they interview Biola's President, Dr. Barry Corey about leading a Christian university in these challenging times. You'll...
Biola News
Letter from the President about the Talbot Extension in Kyiv
Clinton E. Arnold, Barry Corey — February 28, 2022
Dear Brothers and Sisters at Biola, The situation remains serious for our Talbot extension center in Kyiv as well as Kyiv Theological Seminary...
Biola Magazine
President’s Perspective: Hindsight in 2021
Barry Corey — December 20, 2021
Sheep have peripheral vision up to 320 degrees. This means they can graze on a patch of green grass, glimpse another patch and wander off. Their...
Biola Magazine
Pandemic Redux: Redeeming the Time
Barry Corey — June 30, 2021
When I read the Biola notice from 103 years ago, it seemed eerily familiar, at least in part. Posted in our periodic newsletter, The King’s...
Biola Magazine
Suzy Crowell, 1939–2020
Remembering the namesake of Crowell School of Business and descendant of Biola founder
Barry Corey — June 30, 2021
On the last day of 2020, I received word that Biola had lost a great friend, Suzanne “Suzy” Crowell. For Paula and me, it was a sad New Year’s Eve....
Biola Magazine
Biola’s Biblical Approach to Racial Justice
Amid racial pain and division, Scripture calls us to godly discernment and gospel faithfulness.
Barry Corey — December 14, 2020
On March 11, just a week before we began emptying the campus in response to Covid-19, about 100 of us sat in a circle at Biola’s Calvary Chapel...
Biola Magazine
Biola Through the Lens of President and Parent
Book excerpt from 'Make the Most of It' by President Barry H. Corey
Barry Corey — March 25, 2020
Four years after starting my job as the university’s president, our oldest graduated from high school and decided to attend Biola. Given my role at...
Biola Magazine
A Mother’s Letter
President's Perspective
Barry Corey — December 09, 2019
Labor Day weekend brought the campus back to life. After a quiet summer, hundreds of jammed cars, SUVs and trailers hauled in the stuff of our...
Biola Magazine
The Virtue of Boredom
President's Perspective
Barry Corey — May 15, 2019
We need oxygen to live, not a phone. Some think it’s both. Paula and I were having dinner in Lower Manhattan when we were reminded of this. At one...
Biola Magazine
Unwavering ‘Wind Discerners’
Barry Corey — February 20, 2019
Jesus said in Luke 12, “When you see a cloud rising in the west, immediately you say, ‘It’s going to rain,’ and it does. And when the south wind...
Biola Magazine
The Rebirth of Biola's Calvary Chapel
Barry Corey — October 22, 2018
Biola students returning to campus this fall encountered a Calvary Chapel that has beenartistically transformed. This summer, the renowned Danish...
Biola Magazine
A Centered University
Barry Corey — June 20, 2018
In the Australian outback, cattle are kept on a ranch by either building a fence around the perimeter or building a well in the center. The first...
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Anchored in the Word
President's Perspective
Barry Corey — December 31, 2017
Ten years ago, when I started at Biola, I could not have predicted so much of what has happened. More and more, I find myself pondering Biola’s...
Biola Magazine
On Higher Ground
President's Perspective
Barry Corey — June 29, 2017
Come July, Paula and I will have been at 51�ԹϺ�� for 10 years. A lot of wonderful developments have happened during that decade, most of...
Biola Magazine
God’s Need in God’s Time Will Not Lack God’s Supply
President's Perspective
Barry Corey — March 20, 2017
The 60 months of our fundraising campaign, “A Soul of Conviction, A Voice of Courage: The Campaign for 51�ԹϺ��,” have been a journey for...
Biola Magazine
A New Day
Empowered by a historic campaign that raised $214 million, 51�ԹϺ�� is poised to begin a bold new chapter
Barry Corey — March 20, 2017
On a January day a little more than five years ago, the Biola Board of Trustees cast a vote that made me feel both exhilarated and daunted. By...
Biola Magazine
On Senate Bills and a Better Story
President's Perspective
Barry Corey — October 31, 2016
I have to be honest. If you had told me nine years ago, when the moving truck was settling our family into California, that the state legislature...