Podcast Episodes

Cultural Update: Regretting Smartphones; Can Moms Have It All?; Assisted Suicide and the Slippery Slope

This week, Scott is joined by Erik Thoennes, Professor of Theology at Talbot School of Theology. 

Smartphone Regret Among Parents: A new survey reveal…

10 months, 3 weeks ago

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Medicine’s Wrong Turn? (with Brent Waters)

Despite medicine’s remarkable advances, has it actually taken a wrong turn and lost something pretty important? What is the dominant worldview of med…

10 months, 3 weeks ago

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Cultural Update: Selecting embryos; AI romantic chatbots; Is sunlight and fresh air a human right?

This week, Scott and guest host Carmen Imes discuss: 

Can AI romantic chatbots become dangerously addictive? Exploring the emotional and ethical conse…

10 months, 4 weeks ago

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Work and the Meaning of Life (with David Bahnsen)

How is work connected to one’s purpose and meaning in life? What can churches do to foster a biblical view of work? How do certain lower paying jobs …

11 months ago

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Cultural Update: Is Therapy Causing Childlessness?; Gene Editing Moratorium; Charismatic Christianity's Growth

This week: 

Therapy Culture & Childlessness – Sean and Scott discuss a New York Times article suggesting that the rise in childlessness among Millenni…

11 months ago

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AI: Prospects and Perils (with Yohan Lee)

How should we think biblically about AI? What are some of the exciting prospects for AI in the future? What should make us nervous about some of the …

11 months, 1 week ago

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Answering Your Questions!

We got so many great questions from our listeners and we only have time for 2-3 in the Weekly Cultural Update. We have quite a backlog so we're devot…

11 months, 1 week ago

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The State of the Persecuted Church Today (with Brian Orme)

What parts of the world are the most challenging for believers today? How has the relative comfort of American Christianity impacted spiritual growth…

11 months, 2 weeks ago

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Cultural Update: Non-Consensual Intimate Imagery; Colorado Gender Laws; A Braindead Pregnant Woman Kept on Life Support; Personalized Gene-Editing

New federal law targets the removal of deepfakes and non-consensual intimate imagery online.Colorado law sparks controversy over parental rights and …

11 months, 2 weeks ago

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Thinking Biblically about Exercise (with David Mathis)

Why would a pastor write a theological book on exercise? Would Jesus exercise if he were here bodily today? What does the Bible say about exercise an…

11 months, 3 weeks ago

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