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Think Biblically: Conversations on Faith & Culture

The Sexual Purity Movement

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

🗓️ 3 December 2020

⏱️ 32 minutes

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Summary

What should a biblical sexual purity message look like for today? In this episode, Scott interviews Sean about his latest book: Chasing Love: Sex, Love, and Relationships In A Confused World. They discuss pressing questions, such as: Is sex really a big deal? Isn't it a private act between consenting? Is a biblical sexual ethic really good for individuals and society? Sean's latest book is part of the True Love Waits campaign that is geared towards helping young people make wise, biblically-b...

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0:00.0

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

0:06.2

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

0:10.0

Talbot School of Theology here at Biola University.

0:13.0

And I'm your co-host Sean McDow, Professor of Apologetics at Talbot School of Theology

0:17.6

Biola University.

0:19.0

We, you know, we spend a lot of time on the podcast Sean promoting other people's books.

0:24.1

We do.

0:25.1

And I think it's okay every once in a mile

0:27.4

for us to promote one of our own books.

0:29.2

Fair enough.

0:30.0

So we are going to talk about Sean's new book,

0:34.3

just out, called Chasing Love, which

0:37.7

is a part of what's called the True Love

0:39.8

Waits curriculum for students.

0:43.0

So, Sean, maybe the first thing

0:45.0

would be to tell our listeners a little bit more

0:47.2

about the true love Waits sort of concept and curriculum.

0:52.6

Yeah, I'll take you back a little bit what's so interesting to me and I think gives me

0:56.1

somewhat of unique perspective on this is in the 1980s and the early 90s, my father Josh

1:01.6

McDowell really led one of the first international what you might call

1:06.3

sexual purity campaigns. It was called Why Weight and obviously a response to kind of the

1:11.8

sexual revolution of the 60s and the 70s.

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