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Think Biblically: Conversations on Faith & Culture

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

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

4.7 β€’ 1.1K Ratings

πŸ—“οΈ 6 June 2025

⏱️ 65 minutes

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Summary

This week: Therapy Culture & Childlessness – Sean and Scott discuss a New York Times article suggesting that the rise in childlessness among Millennials and Gen Z may be linked to therapeutic culture and a fear of repeating parental mistakes.Charismatic Christianity's Growth – A look at why charismatic and Pentecostal Christianity is the fastest-growing Christian movement globally, and what this spiritual hunger reveals about secularism and modern culture.Gene Editing Moratorium – T...

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pastors, ministry leaders, and community. We would love for you to consider joining us June 9 through 11,

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2025 at Biola University's Anchored Conference. This is designed to renew your heart and mind and be

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encouraged in biblical truth. We've got guests such as Matt Chandler and Voskamp, William Lane Craig,

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Ed Stetzer, and more to help you tackle

0:22.6

some big ministry challenges today with biblical wisdom, spiritual depth, and practical solutions.

0:29.1

Whether you're facing burnout, tough cultural questions, or just have a desire to go deeper in your

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faith, anchored is the place to be. Think about joining us.

0:37.9

Space is limited, but you can register now at biola.edu slash anchored.

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Is there a link between our therapy culture and the epidemic of childlessness?

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What does the explosive growth of charismatic Christianity reveal about America and beyond?

0:55.8

An international group of gene editing leaders put out a call for a 10-year ban on heritable human genome editing.

1:04.3

And what does the barrage of planned parenthood clinics closing tell us about the state of the abortion debate. These are the

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stories we will discuss, and we will address some of your questions. I'm your host, Sean McDowell.

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I'm your co-host, Scott Ray. This is the Think Biblically Weekly Cultural Update,

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brought to by Talbot School of Theology, Biola University. Scott, this first story you sent to me.

1:26.7

I missed it. I read the New York Times

1:28.3

regularly, but this one, the title is there's a link between therapy culture and childlessness.

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We've talked a lot about the concern about the rate of people having kids dropping to like

1:41.5

1.6 and kind of the... Less than replacement rate.

1:45.0

Less is exactly correct. So this author is proposing a new or additional reason why

1:51.6

millennials and Gen Zers might be having less kids. She writes this. She says, there are a few

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decisions more fraught for members of my generations,

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