Weekly Cultural Update: Rise of Christian Faith in Women's Basketball, UK Supreme Court Rules on Gender, France Passes a New Law Regarding Sperm Donation, Richard Dawkins Asks, "Who is a Christian?"

Think Biblically: Conversations on Faith & Culture

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

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🗓️ 18 April 2025

⏱️ 60 minutes

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Topics this week: Women's Basketball Player Embraces Her FaithThe UK Supreme Court Rules on GenderFrance's Law on Anonymous Sperm and Egg DonationRichard Dawkins' Blog Post on ChristianityListener Questions: Further questions concerning the life of MLK jr.How should someone approach talking with parents in the midst of deconstruction?Is there continuity of life between now and the new heavens and new earth?========== Think Biblically: Conversations on Faith and Culture is a podcast from Talb...

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0:00.0	Embracing Christian faith becomes more popular in women's basketball.
0:06.0	Richard Dawkins asked, who is a Christian?
0:09.0	And the UK Supreme Court issues a landmark reeling on gender,
0:13.0	and France puts new laws into effect on sperm and egg donors being anonymous.
0:18.0	These are the stories we'll cover today and we'll take some of your as always
0:21.0	excellent questions. I'm your host Scott Ray and sitting in for Shona's on the road today
0:25.5	is my Talbot colleague, Dr. Eric Tonus. This is a think-biblically weekly cultural update
0:30.5	brought to you by Talbot School of Theology at Biola University. Eric, welcome. Really glad to
0:35.2	have you join us again this time. Thanks, Scott. It's good to be back. Now, on this Good Friday, some encouraging news from the world of women's basketball. This is a
0:43.1	story you sent me about Christian faith becoming more popular and more outspoken in women's basketball.
0:48.3	And this is according to the first pick in this week's WNBA draft, the MVP of the women's final four, national champion
0:56.9	Yukon's Paige Becker's.
0:59.2	She put it like this.
1:00.5	She said, I think people are more outward in their faith than more comfortable talking about
1:04.8	it and maintain that the more you see it popularize, the more comfortable everybody
1:09.5	becomes with it.
1:11.5	But I definitely think it's growing in terms of being outspoken about their faith. Now, Eric, we've talked about
1:17.2	other sports figures and their faith in the past. We've actually talked about athletes giving
1:21.5	credit to God when they win, not to mention what that says about the players for the losing team.
1:26.6	But what struck you about this story in particular in women's basketball?
1:31.1	Well, I'm working really hard to be objective here because I'm from Connecticut.
1:35.7	And the Yukon women's basketball team just is legendary there.
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