Cultural Update: What Everyone Else Is Wrong About

Think Biblically: Conversations on Faith & Culture

Talbot School of Theology at Biola University / Sean McDowell & Scott Rae

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🗓️ 2 August 2024

⏱️ 60 minutes

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Summary

We're back with our Friday Weekly Cultural Updates. This week, Scott and guest co-host Rick Langer discuss a series of recent New York Times opinion pieces, including: Faith vs. Conduct: Will the American church's destiny be defined by beliefs or actions.Sexual Orientation: Challenging the "born this way" narrative.AI Optimism: David Brooks argues that AI is an ally, not a rival, and highlights its potential to complement human capabilities.Market Fallibility: How the market doesn't alw...

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0:00.0	In our polarized culture is being good more important than being right
0:05.6	Our gays, lesbians and queer people born that way or is it more complicated?
0:10.3	Is AI something to be feared or to be cautiously embraced?
0:14.0	And finally, is the market eventually always right,
0:17.0	or is there more to it than that?
0:19.0	We'll discuss these stories and answer some of your questions that you've sent in. I'm your host Scott Ray.
0:24.2	Sean is out today taking an extra week vacation from our hiatus in July. I decided to
0:30.3	give him a little bit of grief over that and my colleague Rick Langer is filling in today.
0:34.4	This is the weekly cultural update back from our July hiatus brought to you by
0:38.3	Talbot School of Theology at Biola University.
0:40.4	Rick, welcome. Thanks so much for being with us for filling in for
0:43.4	Sean today. Yeah, thanks Scott. It's great to be here and good to fill in for
0:47.2	Sean while he's probably basking in Tahiti or somewhere wherever it might be.
0:51.2	Something like that.
0:52.8	Now all these stories from today
0:54.4	come from the same place.
0:56.3	The editorial page of the New York Times
0:58.5	on Wednesday of this week.
1:00.1	They're part of a series entitled, ironically,
1:02.7	Don't tell my friends, but,
1:05.8	and the series, the editorial director of the Times
1:09.7	asked their regular editorial comedy
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