Navigating Minefield Conversations (with Tim Muehlhoff)

Think Biblically: Conversations on Faith & Culture

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

Christian, Talbot, Church, Culture, Biola, Think Biblically, Christianity, Sean Mcdowell, Scott Rae, Religion & Spirituality

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🗓️ 18 June 2024

⏱️ 54 minutes

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Why do conversations today so often descend into unhealthy arguments and cancellation? Is it possible to have meaningful, positive conversations on difficult topics with people who see the world differently? And if so, how do we do it? Sean talks with Tim Muehlhoff, Biola communications professor, about these questions and more. They discuss their latest co-written book End the Stalemate and offer some biblical insights for effective conversations across worldview divides.Tim Muehlhoff (Ph.D....

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0:00.0	Why do conversations today on difficult topics so often to send into unhealthy argument and cancellation?
0:10.0	Is it possible to have genuine conversations with people on dicey topics who see the world
0:16.4	differently that are beneficial? Well, if so, how do we do it? These are some of the questions
0:21.4	we're going to tackle today with my friend and my colleague Dr. Tim
0:25.3	Mulehoff from Biola University you're the co-director of the Winsome
0:29.4	Convictions Project we co-authored a book together we're going to talk about a little bit, called
0:34.0	End the stalemate. For those of you watching, I'm your host Sean McDowell, and this is Think Vivically,
0:39.5	brought to you by T
0:43.2	T. Tim, good to have you on buddy.
0:44.0	It is great to be with you Sean.
0:45.4	What a blast doing the book together and just getting time together.
0:48.6	We've known each other 25 years, I think something like that.
0:52.8	I think that's right.
0:53.6	I had hair.
0:54.5	I had hair.
0:55.4	No, actually you didn't, but we digress.
0:58.4	All right, let's just jump in. You ride it up.
1:04.0	You brought it up.
1:05.0	Yes.
1:06.0	So nearly 20 years ago, you drew this to my attention.
1:09.0	Georgetown linguist Deborah Tanner coined the term argument culture to describe how we approach cultural differences.
1:17.7	What did you mean by that? And do you think we've gotten better or worse or stayed the same.
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