Posts 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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The Loneliness Epidemic
with Susan Mettes
Sean McDowell, Scott Rae — April 15, 2022
Coming out of COVID, with gatherings restricted, there is a renewed emphasis on loneliness in the culture at large. As Susan Mettes reports in her...
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Eyes to See God's Common Grace
with Tim Muehlhoff
Sean McDowell, Timothy Muehlhoff, Scott Rae — April 13, 2022
Where is God when tragedy hits? Is it possible that God is at work in the world in ways we often miss? By explaining God's "common grace," Dr. Tim...
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Behind the Scenes at The Chosen
with Doug Huffman
Doug Huffman, Sean McDowell, Scott Rae — April 01, 2022
The Chosen TV series is a compelling look at the lives of Christ and his disciples. Talbot's own Dr. Doug Huffman is one of the 3 script...
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[Bonus] The Argument for God from Music
with Gavin Ortlund
Scott Rae — March 29, 2022
This is Part II of our session with Gavin Ortlund from his new book, Why God Makes Sense in a World that Doesn't: The Beauty of Christian Theism,...
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Why God Makes Sense
with Gavin Ortlund
Sean McDowell, Scott Rae — March 24, 2022
Is Christian theism really believable? Does God make sense amidst our world that often doesn't? In this interview, Sean and Scott talk with author...
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Godly Jealousy
with Erik Thoennes
Sean McDowell, Scott Rae, Erik Thoennes — March 18, 2022
How can a loving God be jealous, as the Bible describes? Is God envious? In this interview, Sean and Scott talk with Erik Thoennes about the proper...
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Jesus and John Wayne
Book Review
Sean McDowell, Scott Rae — March 11, 2022
The book Jesus and John Wayne has been the topic of immense discussion over the past few months. The subtitle of the book captures the key idea...
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Beyond Racial Division, Part 2
with George Yancey
Sean McDowell, Scott Rae — February 24, 2022
Rejecting both the notion of colorblindness and antiracism, Baylor University sociologist George Yancey outlines a path to genuine racial...
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Beyond Racial Division, Part 1
with George Yancey
Sean McDowell, Scott Rae — February 18, 2022
Rejecting both the notion of colorblindness and antiracism, Baylor University sociologist George Yancey outlines a path to genuine racial...
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Toxic Church Cultures and How to Fix Them
with Scot McKnight
Sean McDowell, Scott Rae — February 10, 2022
In his new book, written with his daughter, NT scholar Scot McKnight takes on the subject of toxic church cultures-how to diagnose them and how to...
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Rediscovering the Virtue of Shame
with Gregg Ten Elshof
Sean McDowell, Scott Rae, Gregg TenElshof — February 06, 2022
Shame has been maligned as a harmful emotion that has no place in human flourishing. But is this view correct? Is it biblical? Sean and Scott talk...
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Handing Down the Faith
with Christian Smith
Sean McDowell, Scott Rae — January 31, 2022
What does the most recent research show about how parents, teachers, youth pastors and concerned adults can pass on their faith to younger...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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,...
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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...
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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,...
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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....
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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....
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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...