Have we entered a new era of relational discontent and disillusionment?

In the wake of the NBA gambling scandal, people are asking if gambling is killing sports and consuming America.

Microsoft founder Bill Gates surprisingly seems to shift his views about climate change.

These are the stories we'll discuss and we will also address some of your

questions. I'm your host, Sean McDowell. And sitting in for Scott Ray, who got sick this morning,

is the one and only Rick Langer. This is the Think Bivocally Weekly Cultural Update

brought to by Talop School Theology, Biola University. Now, Rick, I have no intel on this quickly. I suspect that

Scott is not feeling well because he stayed up all 18 innings of that World Series game, and it just

did them for the rest of the week. But we'll find out, get them back on next week. But thanks for filling in.

Yep, glad to be here. Well, I love this first story because this is

something you've written on, something you teach on related to relationships and marriage.

And this doesn't surprise me because there's been so much talk about marriage and relational

discontent, but the way this article is framed, this opinion piece in the New York Times,

is fascinating. And it's a conversation, so I'm picking and

choosing kind of voices back and forth here. But one of the people points out how there's just

so much podcast and deep dive into how women are feeling just a malaise about romantic relationships,

the problem with marriage, how dating apps are leaving people

feeling hollow.

The number one place that says where we are seeing discontent is online dating, and they argue

it's dehumanizing, soulless, and unfun, which I didn't know was a word, but I guess it is

now.

They said something interesting.

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