Lament for a Father (with Marvin Olasky)

Think Biblically: Conversations on Faith & Culture

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

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🗓️ 14 January 2022

⏱️ 33 minutes

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Journalist Marvin Olasky tells the story of his sometimes rocky relationship with his father, the product of a good deal of fascinating research on his father after his death. Join Scott and Sean for this interview as he reflects on this relationship and what it taught him about his own role as a father to his own children. Marvin Olasky is currently the Editor in Chief for World magazine and has been involved with the magazine for more than thirty years. He taught journalism at the Uni...

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0:00.0	Welcome to Think Biblically, Conversations on Faith and Culture,
0:05.0	podcast from Talbot School of Theology here at Biola University.
0:09.0	I'm your host Scott Ray, Dean of Faculty and Professor of Christian Ethics.
0:13.0	And I'm your co-host, Shaw McDow,
0:14.4	Professor of Christian Apologetics.
0:16.3	We're here today with our special guest,
0:18.0	longtime editor of World magazine,
0:20.8	Marvin Alaski, taught journalism at the University of Texas for almost 25 years,
0:27.0	also a professor at the King's College, Patrick Henneu College, Senior Phille at the
0:31.1	Acton Institute. You've been editor of World Magazine for more than
0:34.7	30 years.
0:35.7	He's the author of 28 books, including what I think maybe he's best known for the book entitled,
0:41.4	The Tragedy of American Compassion. The thing that I found
0:44.4	most interesting about Marvin is that he throughout his career has visited more
0:49.4	than 79 Major League Baseball stadiums and spring training baseball
0:54.3	stadium so an avid baseball fan to boot we probably shouldn't get him started too
0:59.0	much on the on the baseball subject but we're here to talk about his new book entitled,
1:04.7	Lament for a Father.
1:07.3	So Marvin, thank you so much for joining us.
1:10.1	Delighted to have you with us today.
1:11.9	Well, thank you for asking me.
1:13.0	Glad to be here.
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