meta_pixel
Tapesearch Logo
Log in
Think Biblically: Conversations on Faith & Culture

Cultural Update: Living together post-election; balancing grace & truth in conversations

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

4.71.1K Ratings

🗓️ 8 November 2024

⏱️ 57 minutes

🧾️ Download transcript

Summary

Topics this week include: Reflecting on living with one another post-election, focusing on maintaining relationships amidst political differences.Discussion of a recent article exploring the challenges and necessity of unity within the church despite diverse political beliefs.Insights on balancing truth and grace in conversations, especially when discussing sensitive issues like abortion or differing political opinions.Analysis of a controversial U.S. startup offering embryo IQ screening...

Transcript

Click on a timestamp to play from that location

0:00.0

How can we live with one another post-election?

0:05.1

This is perhaps one of the most important questions Christians can wrestle with today.

0:10.0

How can we think bivocally about our polarized, over-politicized cultural moment in which relationships are being broken by how people voted?

0:20.1

And yes, the world goes on after elections. So we'll

0:23.1

discuss an important and disconcerting story that it came out this week about a U.S.

0:28.7

startup that screens embryos for IQ. And of course, we'll take some of your excellent questions.

0:35.2

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

0:38.4

This is the Think Bivocally Weekly Cultural Update, brought to by Talbot School Theology,

0:43.4

Biola University. Scott, it has been quite the week, emotionally, intellectually, one that

0:50.6

you and I and our listeners will probably remember for the rest of our lives.

0:56.0

Our hope here, as always, is just to maybe give some biblical reflections to help people

1:02.5

think through post-election how we process this.

1:06.6

I think you say, too, we don't really, we don't care that much about how you voted.

1:11.0

That's not going to be the point of this, but we do want to talk about how we move forward

1:15.8

in terms of faithfulness to Christ and to the gospel in our politicized particular political context.

1:23.5

Amen. So if you want further post-election analysis on the results, you're going to have to go elsewhere. That's not our lane.

1:31.4

All right. Well, you sent me this piece, which I thought was really interesting, Scott, by Bonnie Christianon, who's been on our program before.

1:39.2

She has a fascinating book on kind of celebrity culture in the Christian the christian world is called after this election

1:46.6

how do we live with one another and she says this is a question all of us need to ask but especially

1:52.9

people of faith and even those who live in a more politically homogenous area and our point is if you

1:59.6

live in a politically homogenous area, you're still

2:01.9

online and there's still people around you, you see the world differently. How do we live with

...

Please login to see the full transcript.

Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from Talbot School of Theology at Biola University / Sean McDowell & Scott Rae, and are the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Tapesearch.

Generated transcripts are the property of Talbot School of Theology at Biola University / Sean McDowell & Scott Rae and are distributed freely under the Fair Use doctrine. Transcripts generated by Tapesearch are not guaranteed to be accurate.

Copyright © Tapesearch 2025.