• Signals of Transcendence

  with Os Guinness

  Sean McDowell, Scott Rae — April 20, 2023

  What happens to people when they start to wonder “is this is all there is to life?” Os Guinness calls that a signal of transcendence, but what...

• Book Review: A Transgender Man's Journey with Scripture

  Sean McDowell, Scott Rae — April 13, 2023

  How can Christians best love their transgender friends, family members, and co-workers? How should Christians think about transgender ideology? In...

• You’re Only Human

  with Kelly Kapic

  Sean McDowell, Scott Rae — April 06, 2023

  We all know that we have limits, that’s a part of being human. But most of us see our limits as a curse not a gift. How do our limits reflect God’s...

• Responding to Pro-Choice Arguments

  Sean McDowell, Scott Rae — March 30, 2023

  What are the toughest and most common arguments for pro-choice? And how can thoughtful Christians respond? In this podcast, Sean and Scott respond...

• The Bible and Cultural Critique

  Sean McDowell, Scott Rae — March 24, 2023

  How does the Bible guide us in applying its truths to our culture? Of course the Bible applies to our individual lives, but the Bible is also a...

• Biblical Critical Theory— An Oxymoron??

  with Christopher Watkin

  Sean McDowell, Scott Rae — March 16, 2023

  What is a critical theory? Aren’t various critical theories used widely in the academy and the culture to deconstruct Christian faith? Is there...

• Current Issues at the Edges of Life

  Sean McDowell, Scott Rae — March 09, 2023

  What are most current and pressing ethical issues in the field of bioethics? How is euthanasia being practiced in Canada? What are the new horizons...

• Video Game Theology

  with Drew Dixon

  Sean McDowell, Scott Rae — March 02, 2023

  What does it mean to think biblically about video games? How much and what kinds of video games should Christians play? Bottom line, what is a...

• Knowledge for the Love of God

  with Tim Pickavance

  Sean McDowell, Timothy Pickavance, Scott Rae — February 27, 2023

  What does it mean to have knowledge of God—is it similar to knowledge in the sciences, etc.? Is there a dichotomy between faith in God and...

• Untrustworthy — Our Cultural Knowledge Crisis

  with Bonnie Kristian

  Sean McDowell, Scott Rae — February 16, 2023

  We have a flood of information available today that we’ve never had before—what is doing to our brains? To our culture? To our ability to have...

• [BONUS] The Rise and Triumph of the Modern Self

  with Carl Trueman

  Sean McDowell — February 13, 2023

  What best explains the development of the Sexual Revolution? According to Carl Trueman, there are three key components: technology, politics, and...

• Confronting Spiritual Abuse

  with Michael Kruger

  Sean McDowell, Scott Rae — February 09, 2023

  What is spiritual abuse and how common is it? How should Christians handle spiritual abuse in the church? Our guest today, Dr. Michael Kruger, has...

• The State of Christian Philosophy Today

  with Greg Ganssle

  Greg Ganssle, Sean McDowell, Scott Rae — February 02, 2023

  What is the current state of Christian philosophy in the secular university and the culture more generally? Is Christian philosophy considered an...

• [BONUS] Why Kids Have a Right to Mom and Dad

  with Katy Faust

  Sean McDowell — January 29, 2023

  Do kids have a natural right to their mom and dad? Katy Faust argues that the answer is yes, and that we need a new campaign to protect the rights...

• The Qur'an and the Christian

  with Matthew Bennett

  Sean McDowell, Scott Rae — January 26, 2023

  How does the Qur’an, the Muslim holy book, compare and contrast with the Bible? What does it teach about sin, salvation, Jesus, and the possibility...

• Portrayals of Committed Christians in Hollywood Media

  with Thomas Sieberhagen

  Scott Rae — January 19, 2023

  How are committed Christians portrayed in Hollywood media? It’s more complicated than you might think. They are often presented as foolish...

• [BONUS] A Christian and an Atheist Talk about God and Race

  with Coleman Hughes

  Sean McDowell — January 16, 2023

  Coleman Hughes is the host of the popular podcast "Conversations with Coleman." He is a young African-American thinker who is also an atheist. In...

• Biotechnology: Making People “Better than Well?”

  with John McClean

  Scott Rae — January 12, 2023

  What kinds of things constitute biotechnological enhancement? What’s the difference between correcting disease and enhancing traits? How does the...

• Artificial Intelligence

  Sean McDowell, Scott Rae — January 05, 2023

  Artificial intelligence and robotics are becoming a major part of our everyday lives, whether we realize it or not. Where do we see it in our...

• The Meaning of Singleness (and relevant to you if you’re married!)

  with Dani Treweek

  Scott Rae — December 22, 2022

  When the early Christians talked about singleness and marriage, how did they talk about it? How are single adults viewed in our churches today? Is...

• Game Changing Archeological Finding

  with Scott Stripling

  Scott Rae — December 19, 2022

  Once in a generation archeologists unearth something that is truly a game changer. Recently found material turn much of OT critical scholarship on...

• The State of Bible and Theology in America: 2022

  Sean McDowell, Scott Rae — December 08, 2022

  What do Americans believe about the Bible? How often do Americans read the Bible and in what ways? And what theological beliefs do evangelicals...

• The Bible and Same Sex Marriage

  with Rachel Gilson

  Scott Rae — December 05, 2022

  The Bible repeatedly uses the metaphor of marriage to illustrate the relationship between Christ and His church. How does that metaphor speak to...

• The Call to Follow

  with Rick Langer

  Rick Langer, Sean McDowell, Scott Rae — November 17, 2022

  There are lots of seminars on leadership but when is the last time you attended a seminar on “follower-ship?” Don’t we commonly think of followers...

• Think Biblically about Think Biblically

  Live Episode!

  Sean McDowell, Scott Rae — November 10, 2022

  At their recent live show, Sean & Scott discuss some of the thornier issues and questions they've run up against during their five years of...

About the Podcast

Think Biblically: Conversations on Faith and Culture is a weekly podcast that offers Christian perspectives on some of the most significant issues facing today's church and culture. In each episode, hosts Scott Rae and Sean McDowell — professors at Biola University's Talbot School of Theology — draw upon biblical wisdom and insights from guest experts as they explore how Christians can thoughtfully and faithfully engage with cultural trends and current events.

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To submit comments, ask questions, or make suggestions on issues you'd like us to cover or guests you'd like us to have on the podcast, email us at thinkbiblically@biola.edu.

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