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Think Biblically: Conversations on Faith & Culture

Cultural Update: Is Iran War Ethical?; Rigging March Madness; Sexual Recession

Think Biblically: Conversations on Faith & Culture

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

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

4.81.3K Ratings

🗓️ 20 March 2026

⏱️ 60 minutes

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Summary

This week, Scott and Sean discuss: Just War, Modern Targets: Sean and Scott weigh whether Israel’s targeted killings of Iranian leaders can fit within just war reasoning while warning against pulling Old Testament examples out of context. March Madness, Trust Erodes: A college basketball betting scandal raises the bigger fear that even suspected game-rigging can make fans wonder whether what they’re watching is real. The Sexual Recession: Two new books spark a conversation a...

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0:00.0

Starting with Ayatollah Khamene, Israel targets leaders in Iran, killing at least three more this week.

0:10.2

Is this a moral strategy?

0:12.1

Is gambling rigging college basketball an important question in light of March madness?

0:18.2

Are we in a crisis of people not having enough sex? Two books suggest the answer

0:23.8

is yes. And a new bill in its current form would allow women to legally get abortions in the UK

0:29.3

up until birth. These are the stories we'll discuss and we'll also address some of your questions.

0:35.2

I'm your host, Sean McDowell. I'm your co-host, Scott Ray.

0:38.3

This is the Think Biblically Weekly Cultural Update brought you by Talbot School of Theology,

0:42.9

Biola University. Scott, it's no secret that almost every story from all the publications I read

0:50.1

is dominated this week with the Israel-US Iran War.

0:56.0

I don't want to cover what other publications are covering,

1:00.2

but I try to think through what's a unique angle we could take

1:03.2

that maybe would be helpful.

1:05.9

And given your studying ethics,

1:07.3

I'm really interested to hear how you're going to weigh in on this one.

1:11.9

So this is an article that's in the Wall Street Journal, and it says Israel is hunting down Iranian regime

1:17.0

members in their hideouts one by one. And of course, this started with Comini, one of the

1:24.2

leaders just a few weeks ago who was assassinated. Then they described early Tuesday

1:29.7

morning this week. Israel's intelligence services found Larajani, gathered with other officials

1:35.4

at a hideout at the outskirts of Tehran and killed him with a missile strike. Another one this

1:42.4

week was the leader of the feared Baja's militia. I can't even pronounce

1:48.5

his first name, but Soleimani was also struck and killed. And then another one followed by that

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