Dr. Sean McDowell - Author/Professor on 90's NBA, Gospel conversations in sports and his college basketball career

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5 • 661 Ratings

🗓️ 14 February 2024

⏱️ 44 minutes

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Summary

Dr. Sean McDowell is an author, speaker and associate professor in the Christian Apologetics program at Talbot School of Theology at Biola University. He has written or edited over 20 books including "Chasing Love and "The Fate of the Apostles."

In college, McDowell played college basketball at Biola University and was captain his senior year on a team that went 30-7. Now in 2024, his son Scott is a freshman on the same Biola University basketball team.

Today on the podcast, we talk to Dr. Sean McDowell about his love for 1990's NBA, sports as a platform to facilitate Gospel conversations, his basketball journey, watching his son play and the importance to engage in conversations with people who think and believe differently.

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0:00.0	What's up, guys? Coming up today on the show, one of the more unique conversations we've had here on Sports Spectrum with Dr. Sean McDowell, who is an author, a speaker, an associate professor in the Christian apologetics program at Biola University. He's also a big sports guy, a big basketball guy. He actually played college basketball at Biola University. He's also a big sports guy, a big basketball guy. He actually played college basketball
0:24.3	at Biola University and was captain his senior year on a team that went 30 and 7. Now, Sean, when you
0:32.2	follow him on social media, he talks a lot about apologetics. He's not afraid to get deep into the weeds in discussing
0:40.1	things of faiths, particularly Christian faith and Jesus. Now, this conversation isn't going to go
0:47.3	too deep into those weeds. We're going to talk a lot of sports with Sean, but this guy is a
0:52.9	fascinating individual. When I found out that he was available and I was able to get him on the show, I said, yes, I just thought this is going to go in a bunch of different directions and I'm all in on this. So I think you guys will really enjoy this conversation with Dr. Sean McDowell. It's coming up in just a moment here on Sports Spectrum. First, I want to tell you
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