Articles by Scott Rae

Scott Rae

Scott Rae is professor of Christian ethics and dean of the faculty at Talbot School of Theology. A noted Christian scholar and ethicist, Scott is the author of such books as Moral Choices: An Introduction to Ethics; Business for the Common Good; and Beyond Integrity: A Judeo-Christian Approach to Business Ethics. He has a Ph.D. and M.A. in social ethics from the University of Southern California, a Th.M. in Old Testament from Dallas Theological Seminary, and a B.A.S. in economics from Southern Methodist University. He has served in a variety of teaching and leadership roles, including a term as president of the Evangelical Theological Society in 2015.

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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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New Data On Same Sex Parenting
with Walter Schumm
Scott Rae — July 01, 2021
The conventional wisdom concerning same sex parenting is that it is not substantively different from oppoosite sex parenting-the notion that...
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The Anatomy of Deconversion
with John Marriott
John Marriott, Sean McDowell, Scott Rae — June 27, 2021
We hear an increasing number of stories — tragic ones — of recognizable Christian leaders abandoning their faith. What contributes to these...
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The Return of the God Hypothesis
with Stephen Meyer
Sean McDowell, Scott Rae — June 17, 2021
Is the scientific data pointing towards a universe of design or towards a universe that needs no supernatural explanation? In this interview, Sean...
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Them Before Us
with Katy Faust
Sean McDowell, Scott Rae — June 10, 2021
From certain reproductive technologies to divorce and to same-sex marriages, our culture focuses far more on the desires of adults than the rights...
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Where Prayer Becomes Real
with Kyle Strobel
Sean McDowell, Scott Rae, Kyle Strobel — June 01, 2021
Prayer is often a hard subject to talk about, and one reason for that is the guilt that it induces as people inevitably face up to the challenges...
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Critical/Cynical Theories
with Helen Pluckrose
Sean McDowell, Scott Rae — May 20, 2021
Since the summer of 2020, Critical Race Theory, and Critical Theory in general, have come out from the academic world and moved into popular...
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Cultural Intelligence
with Darrell Bock
Sean McDowell, Scott Rae — May 13, 2021
The people of God are called to engage with the issues of the culture, which can involve at times, some difficult and challenging conversations....
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Another Gospel?
with Alisa Childers
Sean McDowell, Scott Rae — April 30, 2021
What is "progressive Christianity" and why is it so important to understand today? In this interview, we talk with Alisa Childers about her latest...
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Transgender Sports Policy
with Gabe Higerd
Sean McDowell, Scott Rae — April 23, 2021
The intersection of the transgender movement and sport is at the forefront of sport policy discussions. Dr. Higerd recently finished his doctoral...
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Can Someone Be Pro-Life and Pro-COVID Vaccine?
Scott Rae — April 21, 2021
One of the more controversial questions for Christians that I have seen a lot of discussion about in the past few months is this: If you are...
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Embodied: Transgender Identities and the Church
with Preston Sprinkle
Sean McDowell, Scott Rae — April 15, 2021
Is there a difference between sex and gender? What does it mean to be transgender? And what about intersex? In this interview, Sean and Scott talk...
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Unhindered Abundance
with Ken Baugh
Sean McDowell, Scott Rae — April 09, 2021
What does it mean to truly live the abundant life that Jesus described? And why are so many Christians not experiencing it? Ken Baugh is a longtime...
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Taking the Vaccine: Right or Wrong?
Sean McDowell, Scott Rae — April 07, 2021
Is it wrong for pro-lifers to get the vaccine when it was developed through cell lines that come from aborted fetuses? Are Christians obligated to...
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Birth Control, Infertility, Reproductive Technology and Adoption
with Wayne Grudem
Sean McDowell, Scott Rae — March 25, 2021
Join Scott and Sean as they interview well known theologian Dr. Wayne Grudem about his new book on ethical issues at the beginning of life. It...
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Christian Nationalism
Sean McDowell, Scott Rae — March 20, 2021
With the election of 2020 and the events surrounding the Capitol on January 6, 2021, the phenomena of Christian nationalism became front page news....