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Think Biblically: Conversations on Faith & Culture

Cultural Update: Talarico's Progressive Christianity; Epstein Files and Moral Unity; Supreme Court Backs Parental Rights

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

🗓️ 6 March 2026

⏱️ 60 minutes

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Summary

Supreme Court Backs Parental Rights: The Supreme Court issued a 6-3 emergency injunction blocking California's policy that required schools to hide students' gender transitions from their parents, affirming that parents—not the state—hold primary authority in their children's upbringing.Progressive Christianity Enters Texas Politics: James Talarico, a self-described progressive Christian who won the Texas Senate primary, claims to offer a faith-based alternative to the Christian right.Epstein...

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The Supreme Court sides with parents blocking California's trans student policy.

0:07.5

Progressive Christian James Tolerico wins the Texas Senate primary is a new vision of the intersection of faith and politics emerging.

0:15.6

Could the Epstein files actually unite Americans on a shared vision of clarity regarding evil. These are the stories we

0:22.7

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

0:26.9

And today we have guest host, who's almost irregular he's filled in so many times, Dr. Thaddeus

0:32.9

Williams. Good to have my man. Thanks for filling in for the one and only, Scott Ray.

0:37.5

Joy to be with you, brother, as always.

0:40.3

Well, this story dropped early this week, and it's really important we think biblically about it,

0:46.0

because it relates to marriage, it relates to sexuality. And the story I'm reading from,

0:50.6

and even the way it's framed, we can tell it's coming from the New York Times,

0:55.5

and it's an opinion piece. It says Supreme Court sides with religious parents blocking California's

1:01.5

trans student policy. So on Monday, the Supreme Court side with a group of religious parents

1:08.0

temporarily blocking California from using policies that generally

1:12.6

bar public school teachers from outing transgender students to their parents. So it was a group

1:19.6

of Christian teachers and parents who asked the justices to intervene on an emergency basis.

1:25.4

So this is not a typical ruling that releases in, say, June,

1:29.1

contending that the state, California, had adopted a policy that requires public schools to hide

1:35.3

students' transgender status from their own parents and to facilitate their social transition,

1:41.9

even over their parents' objection. So the concern was that parents were

1:46.0

put in a position, actually teachers were put in a position, to actually lie to parents when

1:51.6

parents inquired. Now, California's Attorney General, Rob Bonta, he said the consequences of

1:57.8

compelling the disclosure of confidential information about their identity identity would be irreversible. So he came out saying that this would cause damage

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