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Think Biblically: Conversations on Faith & Culture

Cultural Update: Supreme Court Religious Liberty Case; The Ethics of Consensual Non-Monogamy; Virtuous AI Chatbots; Policy Shifts on Psychedelics

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

🗓️ 24 April 2026

⏱️ 60 minutes

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Summary

Supreme Court Case on Religious Liberty: Sean and Scott discuss a new case involving Catholic preschools in Colorado that were denied public funding for refusing to enroll children from LGBTQ families. The debate centers on whether the state can mandate non-discrimination policies for faith-based organizations receiving public funds. The Ethics of Monogamy and Infidelity: Despite a near-unanimous American disapproval of infidelity, the hosts analyze a recent article questioning if it is time ...

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The Supreme Court will hear a new religious liberty case about whether private Christian schools can be denied public funds for denying school access to LGBTQ families.

0:12.7

Despite American agreement across the political aisle, the infidelity is wrong.

0:17.8

Is it time to move on from monogamy?

0:20.2

The new anthropic AI model looks to religion

0:22.7

to develop a wise and virtuous chatbot, will this work, and Trump signs an executive order

0:29.0

loosening restrictions on psychedelics. These are the stories we will discuss, and we will also

0:34.2

take some of your questions. I'm your host, Sean McDowell. I'm your co-host,

0:37.7

Scott Ray. This is the Think Bivocally Weekly Cultural Update brought to by Talp School of Theology

0:43.0

Biola University. Scott, this first story is one we both flagged because it's the latest

0:49.6

religious liberty case and has a lot of implications moving forward. And this piece is in the New York

0:56.9

Times. And it's about how justices are going to hear a case on Catholic preschools. And this is the way

1:03.6

it's worded. We'll come back to this that, quote, reject children of gay parents. So on Monday this week, the Supreme Court agreed to decide whether Catholic preschools in

1:14.7

Colorado, and note Colorado, because they keep bringing up these stories, by the way,

1:21.0

that declined to enroll four-year-olds with gay or transgender parents can participate

1:26.0

in publicly funded state program.

1:29.2

So there's two Catholic parish preschools in the Denver area are said admitting such children would require them to violate their religious convictions.

1:39.8

There's a Colorado program that pays for families to send their children to the preschool, their choice, public or private, including faith-based programs.

1:48.7

But the state refused to grant an exception to its anti-discrimination rules to allow the

1:55.3

preschools to participate.

1:57.6

And then the church then sued.

2:00.5

Now, lower court judges sided with a state, which also happened in some of the earlier

2:05.6

Colorado cases, which is why they also went up to the Supreme Court.

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