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Think Biblically: Conversations on Faith & Culture

Cultural Update: Transgender Regrets; Anti-Semitic Sperm Donation; Understanding Evangelicalism; Is hunting wrong?

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

🗓️ 9 February 2024

⏱️ 39 minutes

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Summary

This week, Sean and Scott discuss:A New York Times opinion piece on transgender treatments and the emerging concerns and regrets from those who have undergone such procedures.A story of anti-Semitism in the context of sperm donation in Australia, where a couple rejected a Jewish sperm donor due to ethical concerns related to his identity.An Atlantic magazine article advocating for a more balanced view of the evangelical movement, highlighting the positive contributions alongside the criticism...

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This week, the New York Times opinion page issues a cautionary note on transgender treatments.

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Anti-Semitism hits the world of sperm donation.

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And in the Atlantic magazine, a story urging people to see the whole story, the good stuff,

0:15.0

not just the ugly side of the evangelical movement of the last 40 years.

0:19.0

This is the ThinkBiblically weekly cultural

0:23.2

significance through the lens of a Christian worldview and will answer some of the questions that you all have sent in.

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As a reminder this is in addition to not a substitute for our regular ThinkBiblically

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podcast. We will post our

0:33.6

weekly cultural update every Friday and our regular think-bibilblicic

0:37.1

podcast will post on Monday or Tuesday. I'm your host Scott Ray and I'm

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your co-host Sean Macau. This is a part of Talbot School of Theology at

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Biola University. Sean this week, front and center in the New York Times

0:48.8

editorial page from the Times editors themselves. Stories of people who underwent transgender

0:54.3

treatments and are now having major reservations. So Sean, tell us a little bit more

0:58.6

what the story is about and what's your take on it. Yeah, I read the New York Times pretty consistently and this story stunned me and I don't say that with any sense of exaggeration. I was like,

1:11.0

holy cow, I can't believe. now here's why this is written by Pamela

1:15.6

Paul who's a journalist by the way I read a book she wrote about two decades ago

1:19.3

called Pornified about how our culture had become essentially

1:24.0

pornified and she kind of raised the alarm on this

1:28.0

for mental health, for society, for the brain, etc.

1:32.0

And she's kind of doing the brain, etc.

1:32.8

And she's kind of doing the same thing here

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