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Think Biblically: Conversations on Faith & Culture

Finding Grace in the Face of Dementia (with John Dunlop)

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

🗓️ 8 August 2019

⏱️ 26 minutes

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Summary

When someone is diagnosed with dementia, the impact is often life-shattering, for both patients and loved ones. Watching someone you love lose their independence, and often their dignity can be devastating, especially since there is no cure. Dr. John Dunlop addresses the challenges of dealing with dementia from a distinctly Christian worldview in his book, Finding Grace in the Face of Dementia. Join us for this challenging, but also insightful, conversation. Dr. John Dunlop has practi...

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0:00.0

Welcome to the podcast Think Biblically, Conversations on Faith and Culture.

0:06.4

I'm your host Scott Ray, Dean of Faculty and Professor of Christian Ethics at

0:10.0

Talbot School of Theology at Biola University.

0:12.4

I'm your co-host Sean McDowell, Professor of Apic. Talbot School of Theology at Biola University.

0:13.0

I'm your co-host Sean McDowell, Professor of Apologetics at

0:15.8

Taubis School of Theology Biola University.

0:18.6

We're here today with a very special guest

0:21.4

to Dr. John Dunlop, he's an MD, has been practicing

0:25.6

gerontology. We'll ask him to define what that is in just a moment, in

0:30.1

outside Chicago and now is associated.

0:32.9

He's practicing in addition to teaching

0:35.9

at Yale Medical School and has been for the last several years.

0:39.0

I came into contact with John some time ago

0:41.6

when we were both involved in a bioethics

0:43.5

Institute, the Center for Bioethics and Human Dignity. John I heard

0:48.1

him speak on a number of occasions at the center and other events and so's got, he's written a new book

0:54.8

that I admit is a really hard subject

0:56.7

for a lot of us to talk about.

0:59.4

And John, given his specialty in gerontology, he's super well qualified to write on this book.

1:06.2

The book is entitled Finding Grace in the Face of Dementia.

1:10.9

So John, thank you so much for coming on with us and agreeing to talk about what I think may be a really hard subject for a lot of people to think about.

1:20.0

You know, I may be a little morbid, but I just love to talk about this because so many people just don't have a good understanding of what dementia is all about, especially as Christians.

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