Think Biblically: Conversations on Faith & Culture
by Talbot School of Theology at Biola University / Sean McDowell & Scott Rae
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The Gospel and My Black Skin (With JP Foster)
May 5, 2026
41m 27s
Cultural Update: Silicon Valley and the Catholic Church; The Ethics of Microlooting; High IQ Political Attackers; Rising Belief in the Afterlife
May 1, 2026
58m 58s
Transformed: A Detransitioner Speaks Out (With Kyla Gillespie)
Apr 28, 2026
34m 50s
Cultural Update: Supreme Court Religious Liberty Case; The Ethics of Consensual Non-Monogamy; Virtuous AI Chatbots; Policy Shifts on Psychedelics
Apr 24, 2026
1h 00m 13s
Suffering Used for Our Good? (with Clay Jones)
Apr 21, 2026
35m 35s
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| Date | Episode | Topics | Guests | Brands | Places | Keywords | Sponsor | Length | |
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| 5/5/26 | The Gospel and My Black Skin (With JP Foster) | How has Christianity been weaponized to harm black people? How is the gospel being distorted today to harm black people? How does the hope of the gospel lead to racial reconciliation? We’ll look at these questions and more with our guest Dr. and Pastor JP Foster around his new book The Gospel in My Black Skin. Dr. JP Foster is senior pastor of Faithful Central Church in Inglewood, California and Ministry Affiliate Faculty member at Talbot/Biola. He is the author of Finding Freedom in Jesus, i... | 41m 27s | ||||||
| 5/1/26 | Cultural Update: Silicon Valley and the Catholic Church; The Ethics of Microlooting; High IQ Political Attackers; Rising Belief in the Afterlife✨ | AI ethicsCatholic Church+3 | — | Catholic ChurchSilicon Valley | — | AI ethicsCatholic Church+4 | — | 58m 58s | |
| 4/28/26 | Transformed: A Detransitioner Speaks Out (With Kyla Gillespie)✨ | detransitionfaith+4 | Kyla Gillespie | Talbot School of Theology | BC, Canada | detransitionChristian faith+5 | — | 34m 50s | |
| 4/24/26 | Cultural Update: Supreme Court Religious Liberty Case; The Ethics of Consensual Non-Monogamy; Virtuous AI Chatbots; Policy Shifts on Psychedelics✨ | Supreme Courtreligious liberty+5 | — | Catholic preschools | Colorado | Supreme Courtreligious liberty+5 | — | 1h 00m 13s | |
| 4/21/26 | Suffering Used for Our Good? (with Clay Jones)✨ | sufferingGod+2 | Clay Jones | How Does God Use our Suffering for our Good?Biola University+1 | — | suffering for goodhonoring God+1 | — | 35m 35s | |
| 4/17/26 | Cultural Update: Rise of Religiosity in Men; Trump's Messianic Imagery; The Ethics of Sports Gambling; Awareness in Vegetative Patients✨ | Rise of Religiosity in MenTrump's Messianic Imagery+2 | — | Gallup | — | Gallup surveyyoung men+3 | — | 59m 50s | |
| 4/14/26 | The Body God Gives (With Robert S. Smith)✨ | transgender theorysex and gender+2 | Robert S. Smith | The Body God Gives | — | biblical convictioncompassion+2 | — | 33m 25s | |
| 4/10/26 | Cultural Update: Fertility Rates Drop in the US; Canada's "Online Harms" Bill; Finland Pushes Back on Gender Affirming Care; The Ethics of Parents Using Their Kids for Clicks✨ | fertility ratesCanada's Online Harms Bill+2 | — | — | USCanada+2 | U.S. fertility rateeconomic pressures+3 | — | 59m 57s | |
| 4/7/26 | The New Pornocracy and Why It Matters✨ | pornographysexual violence+2 | — | new book on pornocracyThe New Pornocracy and Why It Matters | — | pornocracyeconomic power+2 | — | 50m 03s | |
| 4/3/26 | Cultural Update: The Pope Speaks on War; Supreme Court Rules on Conversion Therapy; Christian Crypto Culture✨ | Pope Franciswar+6 | — | Supreme CourtSCOTUS | Colorado | Christianityfaith+1 | — | 58m 27s | |
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| 3/31/26 | The Jewish Roots of American Liberty (with Stuart Halpern)✨ | JudaismHebrew Bible+3 | Stuart Halpern | The Jewish Roots of American LibertyJudaism+1 | Israel | libertyAmerican founders+2 | — | 30m 31s | |
| 3/27/26 | Weekly Cultural Update: Paper Drugs in Prisons; Public Muslim Prayer; The Catholic Church and Social Justice; Meta and Youtube Lawsuit✨ | drug tradepublic prayer+2 | — | The Catholic Church | New York City | synthetic drugsprisons+3 | — | 59m 33s | |
| 3/24/26 | Reading Scripture as a Gift and not a Burden (with Uche Anizor)✨ | ScriptureTheology+2 | Uche Anizor | The Goodness of God in the Gift of ScriptureTalbot+2 | — | God's Wordhunger for Scripture+1 | — | 44m 24s | |
| 3/20/26 | Cultural Update: Is Iran War Ethical?; Rigging March Madness; Sexual Recession✨ | Just WarIran+5 | — | Old Testament | IranIsrael | targeted killingsOld Testament+2 | — | 59m 57s | |
| 3/17/26 | Living in the Shadow of Grief (with Dave Keehn) | Is it possible to find hope and healing in the shadow of grief? How can we move forward after the loss of a loved one, such as a child, and both trust God and appropriately grieve? In today’s episode, Sean talks with Talbot professor Dr. Dave Keehn, who is the author of a new, heart-wrenching, hopeful, and biblically-based book about processing grief after the premature loss of his son, Adam. Dave Keehn has served for over 30 years in youth ministry in both small and large churches. Aft... | 59m 57s | ||||||
| 3/13/26 | Cultural Update: American Support for Israel; Researchers Uncover Evil AI; Wealth of Nations; Talarico's New Style | American Support for Israel: Support for Israel among younger evangelicals has dropped significantly, moving from 75% in 2018 to just 34% in 2021. This shift is attributed to younger generations being less tethered to traditional end-times theology than their predecessors. Evil AI and Virtue Ethics: Researchers found that even small coding errors in AI can lead to "blatantly evil" suggestions. This has sparked a resurgence of interest in classical virtue ethics as a way to prioritize characte... | 58m 56s | ||||||
| 3/10/26 | Hell in the Bible: Eternal Torment or Annihilation? (with Paul Copan and Chris Date) | Is hell eternal conscious punishment or does the Bible teach that the wicked will ultimately be destroyed? This is one of the most debated theological questions among Christians today. Today, we have two leading scholars to explore the biblical case for two different views of hell: eternal conscious punishment and conditional immortality (annihilationism). Together they examine key passages from both the Old and New Testaments and covers major texts such as Daniel 12, Matthew 25, Mark 9, Luke... | 2h 09m 07s | ||||||
| 3/6/26 | Cultural Update: Talarico's Progressive Christianity; Epstein Files and Moral Unity; Supreme Court Backs Parental Rights | Supreme Court Backs Parental Rights: The Supreme Court issued a 6-3 emergency injunction blocking California's policy that required schools to hide students' gender transitions from their parents, affirming that parents—not the state—hold primary authority in their children's upbringing.Progressive Christianity Enters Texas Politics: James Talarico, a self-described progressive Christian who won the Texas Senate primary, claims to offer a faith-based alternative to the Christian right.Epstein... | 59m 36s | ||||||
| 3/3/26 | The Virtues of Capitalism, Part 2 of 2 | Should Christians support capitalism? How effective has capitalism been in elevating people out of poverty? In this episode, which is the second part of a two-part series, Sean and Scott lay out the positive case for capitalism (aka, market economics). In the first part of this series, they offer a critique of socialism. In this episode, they advance a moral and biblical case for free markets and they respond to the most common objections. Scott's 2010 book on this subject is called The... | 39m 36s | ||||||
| 2/27/26 | Cultural Update: AI Date Cafe; Skincare for Toddlers; Questions on Youth Gender Treatment: Iranian Doctors and Nurses on Massacre | AI Date Cafe: A New York City cafe is offering "tables for one" designed for people to take their AI chatbots on public dates, prompting a discussion on isolation and the value of messy, real-life relationships. The Toddler Skincare Trend: Major brands are now marketing multi-step skincare routines to toddlers and elementary-aged children, raising concerns about the early onset of vanity and appearance-based anxiety. Shifting Gender Narratives: Scott and Sean examine a recent New York T... | 1h 00m 18s | ||||||
| 2/24/26 | Why Christians Should Not Be Leftists, Part 1 of 2 | What is Leftism and can it be consistently wed with a Christian worldview? And is Leftism gaining ground in the culture and church? In this episode, Sean and Scott explore these questions and more in their review of the book Why Christians Should Be Leftists by Phil Christman. They carefully define Leftism, look for positives and common ground in the case made by Christman, and then compare Leftism with the biblical, economic, and historical facts. ========== Think Biblically: Conversations ... | 1h 00m 05s | ||||||
| 2/20/26 | Cultural Update: The Monetization of Loneliness; Hospital Ends Youth Gender Treatment; Alarming U.K. Abortion Data | The Monetization of Loneliness: A new study shows that Americans spend more on OnlyFans than on ChatGPT and The New York Times combined, suggesting the platform is monetizing deep-seated cultural loneliness. Manhattan Hospital Ends Youth Gender Treatments: Sean and Scott discuss reports on NYU Langone Health's decision to discontinue its transgender youth medical program following federal funding threats and proposed regulatory changes. Surprising UK Abortion Data: The discussion covers alarm... | 59m 16s | ||||||
| 2/17/26 | Finding Freedom in Jesus (with JP Foster) | What does it mean to experience genuine freedom today? And how can a study of God’s attributes bring that freedom? In this episode, we talk with pastor JP Foster about his new book (co-written with Talbot professor Matt Williams): Finding Freedom in Jesus: The 21 Attributes of Your Identity in Christ. We discuss how understanding God’s character can transform our understanding of who we are, and as a result, leading to relational, spiritual, and emotional freedom. JP Foster serves... | 52m 16s | ||||||
| 2/13/26 | Cultural Update: Social Network for Bots; AI Revolution in Jobs; Science of Happiness | This week: AI Bots' Social Network: Moltbook platform allows AI agents to interact with each other while humans can only observe, raising questions about whether artificial general intelligence (AGI) is emerging as bots create their own theology, dating profiles, and secret communication systems. NYT Reverses Marijuana Stance: The New York Times published an article admitting many of its earlier predictions about marijuana legalization were wrong, acknowledging unexpected negative conse... | 1h 00m 19s | ||||||
| 2/10/26 | Suffering and our Spiritual Lives (with Craig Keener) | Does God cause our suffering? How is it a privilege to suffer for Christ? And what happens to a person’s faith when experiencing suffering, and how can we have joy in adversity? We’ll answer these questions and more with our guest Dr. Craig Keener, around his new book entitled, Suffering: Its Meaning for the Spirit-Filled Life. Dr. Craig S. Keener is F. M. and Ada Thompson Professor of Biblical Studies at Asbury Theological Seminary. He is the author of 37 books with 1.4 million copies ... | 32m 05s | ||||||
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