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Think Biblically: Conversations on Faith & Culture

Cultural Update: Genetic discrimination; Banning social media for minors; Listener questions

Think Biblically: Conversations on Faith & Culture

Talbot School of Theology at Biola University / Sean McDowell & Scott Rae

Christian, Talbot, Church, Culture, Biola, Think Biblically, Christianity, Sean Mcdowell, Scott Rae, Religion & Spirituality

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🗓️ 15 November 2024

⏱️ 51 minutes

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Summary

Topics this week: Scott & Sean dive into genetic discrimination, exploring gaps in U.S. laws that leave people vulnerable to genetic privacy violations by insurers. Australia plans to ban social media for minors under 16, sparking debate on mental health vs. freedom and enforcement challenges. Justin Welby resigns as Archbishop of Canterbury amid allegations he mishandled abuse reports, raising questions of accountability in church leadership. Listener questions on vas...

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0:00.0

Is genetic discrimination coming for us all?

0:06.0

Australia will soon ban social media for all minors 16 and under.

0:12.1

Justin Welby, the head of the Church of England and the leader of the global Anglican

0:16.0

Communion, resigns after an investigation finds he failed to inform police of serial and physical abuse at a

0:23.1

Christian summer camp. These are the scores we will discuss, and we will also address some of your

0:28.5

questions. I'm your host, Sean McDowell. I'm your co-host, Scott Ray. This is the Think Biblically

0:34.3

Weekly Cultural Update, brought you by talbot school of theology biola university

0:39.0

scott before we jump in the stories we are one week out of the election after the election of course

0:45.3

and i was at a church this past sunday and i said now that the election is over we can move on and like

0:51.7

people just kind of cheered regardless of where they stood.

0:55.0

But this week, politics has continued to dominate the conversation. And I think with Trump,

1:02.1

whether you like them or not, that's going to be the case. So one of my encouragements to our

1:07.7

viewers, and this is something I keep telling myself to our listeners, is to not let

1:12.3

politics dominate our lives and move us apart from what it means to make disciples and not

1:19.5

to fall for that bait, so to speak, as important as politics is. Any quick thought on that

1:26.4

before we jump in the stories? I think it's, you know, it's sort of what we mentioned last week, that politics is. Any quick thought on that before we jump in the stories?

1:27.5

I think it's, you know, it's sort of what we mentioned last week, that politics is not ultimate.

1:32.0

It's important. It's fundamentally a moral enterprise because it's how we order our lives together,

1:38.4

but it's not the ultimate thing. And I think we treat it as ultimate to our peril.

1:49.6

And I think to some who treat it as a savior, it runs the risk of idolatry.

1:51.7

And so I want to stay away from that.

1:57.7

But I want to stay away from the fear and anxiety that so often comes when we treat politics as ultimate.

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