• Headwinds and Tailwinds: Leading a Christian University in Today's Culture

  with Barry Corey

  Barry Corey, Sean McDowell, Scott Rae — May 04, 2022

  Join Scott and Sean as they interview Biola's President, Dr. Barry Corey about leading a Christian university in these challenging times. You'll...

• Atheism on Trial

  with Mark Lanier

  Sean McDowell, Scott Rae — April 24, 2022

  How would atheism fare if it were put on trial? Leading trial Lawyer Mark Lanier believes the evidence undermines atheism and points firmly to the...

• 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...

• Eyes to See God's Common Grace

  with Tim Muehlhoff

  Sean McDowell, Tim 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...

• 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...

• [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,...

• 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...

• 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...

• 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...

• 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...

• 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...

• 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...

• 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...

• 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...

• 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,...

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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