Joe Rogan's Guest's Wild Claim: Denny Burk Reacts
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🗓️ 4 February 2026
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In today's episode, Becket Cook welcomes back biblical scholar Denny Burke—professor at Southern Baptist Theological Seminary and president of the Council on Biblical Manhood and Womanhood—to unpack a viral Joe Rogan clip where Texas Democrat U.S. Senate candidate James Talarico claims the Bible is pro-choice. Talarico argues that God asked Mary for consent before the incarnation in Luke 1, framing creation and pregnancy as requiring freedom and bodily autonomy. Burke dismantles this interpretation, showing it's a clear distortion: the Annunciation is God's sovereign announcement, not a negotiation, and Mary's response is humble submission as the Lord's bond-slave.
They also refute the outdated "life begins at first breath" claim from Genesis 2:7, highlight the unborn's personhood in Luke (John leaping for joy in Elizabeth's womb), and warn how this eisegesis promotes theological liberalism with destructive consequences for life, marriage, and family. If you're exploring faith, politics, abortion rights, or biblical fidelity amid viral debates, this episode clarifies why Scripture consistently affirms the sanctity of unborn life.
Denny Burk's Article: https://wng.org/opinions/a-gifted-manipulator-1753325365
The Becket Cook Show Ep. 229
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| 1:09.8 | Hey guys, welcome to the show. |
| 1:13.6 | I have a special guest today, Denny Burke. He's been on the show before. |
| 1:21.0 | And we're going to be talking about a viral video that's going around from the Joe Rogan podcast. |
| 1:30.9 | And is Joe Rogan's guest is this guy named James Tala Rico, who was a Texas Democrat, U.S. Senate candidate. And in this viral video, he claims that the Bible is pro-choice. It's so insane. |
| 1:40.0 | And the reason I'm having Denny Burke on is because he responded to the video with a very long tweet. |
| 1:46.9 | And he also wrote an article about this guy in World Magazine, I think, last summer. |
| 1:53.2 | So if you don't remember Denny Burke, he is, he serves as a professor of biblical studies at the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary and as the |
| 2:02.8 | president of the Council on Biblical Manhood and Womanhood. He also serves as one of the teaching |
| 2:08.6 | pastors at Kenwood Baptist Church in Louisville, Kentucky. And he's written many books. But first, |
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