<p>Both are good schools. Point Loma is affiliated to the Nazarene ( and eventually United Methodist) denomination, while Biola is non-denominational.</p>
<p>In terms of being closer to the “fundamentals” of the Christian faith, I’d opt for Biola. I have known many pastor’s kids who went to Point Loma and ended up more wayward than their parents would like them to be. For instance, we have Philosophy professors at Point Loma who are Christian existentialists ( more emphasis on the existentialist part ). Biola on the other hand has heaps of professors who are some of the most foremost apologists for the Christian faith. Many of them have debated major atheists and secularists in the public square, and some have even played a part in helping a few change their minds ( the most famous one being the world’s foremost former atheist – Antony Flew ). Men like Gary Habermas, William Lane Craig, J.P. Moreland and Philip Johnson ( father of the Intelligent Design movement ) are in the Biola faculty.</p>
<p>However, if the “fundamentals” of the faith isn’t a major concern, any one of those schools would be fine.</p>