Cultural Update: Rise of Religiosity in Men; Trump's Messianic Imagery; The Ethics of Sports Gambling; Awareness in Vegetative Patients
Think Biblically: Conversations on Faith & Culture
Talbot School of Theology at Biola University / Sean McDowell & Scott Rae
4.8 • 1.3K Ratings
🗓️ 17 April 2026
⏱️ 60 minutes
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| 0:00.0 | More young men say religion is very important to them. |
| 0:06.3 | Did Trump send a meme depicting himself as Jesus? |
| 0:10.0 | If so, what do we make of it? |
| 0:12.0 | Is sports gambling the new pornography? |
| 0:14.4 | And are vegetative patients more aware than we previously knew? |
| 0:19.2 | These are the stories we will discuss, and we will also address some of your questions. |
| 0:23.1 | I'm your host, Sean McDowell. |
| 0:24.5 | I'm your co-host, Scott Ray. |
| 0:26.4 | This is the Think Bivocally Weekly Cultural Update, brought to by Talb School of Theology, |
| 0:31.0 | Biola University. |
| 0:32.6 | Scott, I think this week we have about as much variety of topics as we've had in a long time. |
| 0:38.3 | This stuff is all over the map this time. |
| 0:41.3 | It is, and this first story really jumped out to me because there's been so much discussion that we've discussed |
| 0:47.3 | about this so-called rebirth of belief in God, revival, interest in God. |
| 0:53.3 | We're seeing studies going both ways. And the New York Times |
| 0:56.5 | posted this article. It says, more young men say religion is, quote, very important to them a Paul |
| 1:03.7 | finds. So this is a new Gallup survey. They say adds muscle to these anecdotal reports we've heard about renewed interest |
| 1:13.4 | in spirituality. This one poll finds a sharp rise in the share of men under 30 who say |
| 1:21.3 | religion is very important to them, 42% in 2025 versus 28% in 2023. |
| 1:31.0 | That's a 14% increase within two years. |
| 1:36.4 | That's actually really significant. |
| 1:38.4 | Now, the article says Gallup survey, which combined pulling data across multiple years, |
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