• The Wisdom Pyramid

  with Brett McCracken

  Brett McCracken, Sean McDowell, Scott Rae — January 25, 2022

  How to develop a life of wisdom in the midst of a culture that works against such a development? Gospel Coalition author and editor Brett McCracken...

• Lament for a Father

  with Marvin Olasky

  Sean McDowell, Scott Rae — January 13, 2022

  Journalist Marvin Olasky tells the story of his sometimes rocky relationship with his father, the product of a good deal of fascinating research on...

• Why I Trust the Bible

  with Bill Mounce

  Sean McDowell, Scott Rae — January 09, 2022

  How do we know the Bible is trustworthy? Are the Gospels really written by the people who they are attributed to? What about contradictions? In...

• Religious Persecution of Uyghur Muslims in China

  with Rushan Abbas

  Scott Rae — December 20, 2021

  Religious freedom is a universal freedom, grounded in the rights of conscience. Though it is true that Christians are the most persecuted religious...

• Supreme Court Oral Arguments on Abortion Case

  Sean McDowell, Scott Rae — December 09, 2021

  On December 1, 2021, the US Supreme Court heard oral arguments in the case of Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization, around a Mississippi...

• Immigration and the Bible

  with Markus Zehnder

  Sean McDowell, Scott Rae, Markus Zehnder — December 05, 2021

  Few subjects are more controversial today than immigration and the Christian debate reflects the discussion in the culture at large. There is still...

• The Church Revitalization Checklist

  with Sam Rainer

  Sean McDowell — November 28, 2021

  Should we be hopeful about the post-pandemic church or concerned? Are churches growing today or dying? In this episode, we talk with Sam Rainer, a...

• Embodied: Living As Whole People

  with Greg Allison

  Sean McDowell, Scott Rae — November 19, 2021

  The worldview of Gnosticism, which was one of the first heresies facing the first Christians, is alive and well today-and it has permeated the...

• Surviving Abortion

  with Sarah Zagorski

  Sean McDowell, Scott Rae — November 16, 2021

  Sarah Zagorski survived an abortion—that’s right, she survived an attempt to abort her, having been born alive as a result of a botched abortion,...

• Relational Spirituality

  with Todd Hall

  Todd Hall, Sean McDowell, Scott Rae — November 04, 2021

  In his new book, co-authored with his wife and psychology colleague, Todd Hall and Liz Hall, lay out a new way of looking at spirituality that...

• The Myth of the Unwanted Child

  with Bethany Bomberger

  Sean McDowell, Scott Rae — October 31, 2021

  With abortion being so available today, the notion of the unwanted child has become standard fare among defenders of abortion. Bethany Bomberger,...

• Power and Weakness in Leadership and the Church

  with Kyle Strobel

  Sean McDowell, Scott Rae, Kyle Strobel — October 22, 2021

  Kyle Strobel brings an insightful critique of the exercise of power in the church today and spells out the way of Jesus as the radical alternative....

• Magna Carta of Humanity

  with Os Guinness

  Sean McDowell, Scott Rae — October 14, 2021

  What is at the heart of the reason for the decline in Western culture? Cultural analyst Os Guinness argues that it is a faulty view of freedom....

• You Are Not Your Own

  with Alan Noble

  Sean McDowell, Scott Rae — October 07, 2021

  What is the fundamental problem at the core of modern society? According to Alan Noble, it is a faulty view of what it means to be human. This...

• Glimmers of Grace

  with Katie Butler

  Sean McDowell, Scott Rae — September 30, 2021

  In her years of medical practice as a trauma surgeon, Dr. Katie Butler has seen it all, and also seen the grace and kindness of God in the midst of...

• Bioethics and the Character of Human Life

  with Gilbert Meilander

  Scott Rae — September 23, 2021

  Gilbert Meilander has spent his life at the intersection of theology and bioethics, including being selected for George W. Bush's bioethics...

• One Faith No Longer

  with George Yancey

  Sean McDowell, Scott Rae — September 13, 2021

  In his new book, One Faith No Longer, sociologist George Yancey looks at the polarization within Christianity that reflects the divides in the...

• The "Over the Counter Abortion"

  with Donna Harrison

  Sean McDowell, Scott Rae — September 06, 2021

  With the advent of abortion inducing drugs such as RU-486 and others, abortion has become increasingly private and available to anyone without a...

• Surviving Religion 101

  with Michael Kruger

  Sean McDowell, Scott Rae — August 27, 2021

  How can young people survive the challenges of religion classes in secular colleges? Dr. Michael Kruger is the author of the recent book Surviving...

• Climate Change in Christian Perspective

  with Brent Waters

  Sean McDowell, Scott Rae — August 19, 2021

  Climate change has been one of the most debated subjects around the world in recent years, with various opinions about its reality, origins and...

• Messy Truth

  with Caleb Kaltenbach

  Sean McDowell, Scott Rae — August 16, 2021

  Bringing the truth of Scripture into discussions of marriage and sexuality can be messy, to say the least. Navigating these potentially messy...

• Religious Liberty for All

  with Andrew Walker

  Sean McDowell, Scott Rae — August 05, 2021

  Is religious liberty important for all people, including Jews, Muslims, and Hindus, or just Christians? How do we make a public case for the...

• Fighting for Life

  with Lila Rose

  Sean McDowell, Scott Rae — July 29, 2021

  How do we truly make a difference in the world? How can we fight for justice in a broken world? Lila Rose is the author of the recent book Fighting...

• Immigration, Islam and Women's Rights

  with Ayaan Hirsi Ali

  Sean McDowell, Scott Rae — July 22, 2021

  Since mass migration from Africa and the Middle East into Europe since 2015, there has been a marked increase in the sexual assault and harassment...

• Seven Things I Wish Christians Knew about the Bible

  with Michael Bird

  Sean McDowell, Scott Rae — July 17, 2021

  What are the most common mistakes Christians make when approaching the Bible? Seasoned biblical scholar Michael Bird takes on seven of the biggest...

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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