Christ and Culture

Benjamin Quinn is joined by Nathan Finn, Kristin Kellen and Daniel Darling to discuss the Christian response to the midterm elections, the renewed interest in great books amid the age AI and anxiety, and the rise in adult children becoming estranged from their parents. The conversation closes with Nathan Finn sharing an update on his wife Leah’s cancer journey and thanking listeners for their prayers. - Website: cfc.sebts.edu  - Contact us: cfc.sebts.edu/about/contact-us/  - Support the work of the Center: cfc.sebts.edu/about/give/  All opinions and views expressed by guest speakers are solely their own. They do not speak for nor represent SEBTS. Read our expressed views and confessions: www.sebts.edu/about/what_we_believe.aspx

Benjamin Quinn is joined by Dr. Evan Lenow of the Southern Baptist Convention’s Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission and Doug Richey of Alliance Defending Freedom for a conversation about Christian engagement with life issues. They discuss abortion laws after Dobbs, chemical abortion, the biblical basis for human dignity, and growing debates over assisted suicide and euthanasia. - Website: cfc.sebts.edu  - Contact us: cfc.sebts.edu/about/contact-us/  - Support the work of the Center: cfc.sebts.edu/about/give/  All opinions and views expressed by guest speakers are solely their own. They do not speak for nor represent SEBTS. Read our expressed views and confessions: www.sebts.edu/about/what_we_believe.aspx

Benjamin Quinn talks with Dr. Hunter Baker of First Liberty's Center for Religion, Culture, and Democracy just before the midterms. They cover the state of both parties, how Gen Z relates to politics, the pull of democratic socialism, a Christian case for free markets, and how the church should engage politics. - Website: cfc.sebts.edu  - Contact us: cfc.sebts.edu/about/contact-us/  - Support the work of the Center: cfc.sebts.edu/about/give/  All opinions and views expressed by guest speakers are solely their own. They do not speak for nor represent SEBTS. Read our expressed views and confessions: www.sebts.edu/about/what_we_believe.aspx 

Benjamin Quinn, Dr. Kristin Kellen and Daniel Darling use this week's headlines to ask how Christians can stay present, faithful and unified in a distracted, polarized culture. They cover "attention infidelity" and how phones pull us away from the people we love. They also look at a religious liberty win for the LifeWise Bible program in Washington State, and why that freedom has to protect every faith. Last, they ask what Christianity Today's purpose should be, and why unity still matters. - Website: cfc.sebts.edu  - Contact us: cfc.sebts.edu/about/contact-us/  - Support the work of the Center: cfc.sebts.edu/about/give/  All opinions and views expressed by guest speakers are solely their own. They do not speak for nor represent SEBTS. Read our expressed views and confessions: www.sebts.edu/about/what_we_believe.aspx 

Two recent news stories have reignited a debate among Christians: a failed lethal-injection attempt in Tennessee and the announced plan to execute Nidal Hasan, the Fort Hood shooter, by a firing squad. In this episode, Dr. Benjamin Quinn is joined by Drs. Mark Liederbach, David Jones, and Jeremy Bell, a pastor and former Marine, to discuss how a pro-life ethic relates to capital punishment. They discuss what Scripture says about the state’s authority and responsibility, and what an execution is meant to accomplish. They also cover the need for certainty of guilt, whether the military is the right body to carry out executions, and the nature of public executions. The death penalty reminds Christians that every one of us deserves death, and Christ took that penalty on our behalf. - Website: cfc.sebts.edu  - Contact us: cfc.sebts.edu/about/contact-us/  - Support the work of the Center: cfc.sebts.edu/about/give/  All opinions and views expressed by guest speakers are solely their own. They do not speak for nor represent SEBTS. Read our expressed views and confessions: www.sebts.edu/about/what_we_believe.aspx 

This is a blindspot episode: Benjamin Quinn and Andy Shurson explore a topic many Christians may overlook—what it actually means to live wisely in a world shaped by AI, ministry pressure, parenting decisions, and cultural confusion. They unpack the difference between simply having opinions and truly walking in wisdom. They begin with a foundational question: what is culture? Benjamin defines it as “the ways and products of creatures in creation,” then shows how that helps Christians think more clearly about everything from weddings, funerals, and family life to technology, art, language, architecture, and education. Andy presses into the real issue behind the conversation: how should believers engage a culture that is constantly changing? - Website: cfc.sebts.edu - Newsletter: https://cfc.sebts.edu/about/newsletter/ - Contact us: cfc.sebts.edu/about/contact-us/ - Support the work of the Center: cfc.sebts.edu/about/give/ All opinions and views expressed by guest speakers are solely their own. They do not speak for nor represent SEBTS. Read our expressed views and confessions: www.sebts.edu/about/what_we_believe.aspx

How should Christians defend the faith in a culture that doubts objective truth, distrusts testimony, and increasingly sees believers as a minority? In this episode, Benjamin Quinn talks with Dr. Ben Holloway about three challenges facing apologetics in the West today: the rejection of objectivity, reluctance to trust testimony, and the relegation of Christians to a minority. Holloway shares how years in youth ministry showed him the need to think carefully, not just repeat answers he'd heard. He explains why John Feinberg's advice to start with the basic laws of logic still works, how to weigh testimony the way we weigh any witness (including the apostle John's eyewitness claims), and why a personal story explains your faith without proving it. They also discuss the difference between apologetics and evangelism, and why a minority should seek conversion rather than conformity. The conversation closes on a reminder that Christians speak into every cultural question out of love for God and neighbor, and should do so with charity, kindness, and thought. - Website: cfc.sebts.edu - Newsletter: https://cfc.sebts.edu/about/newsletter/ - Contact us: cfc.sebts.edu/about/contact-us/ - Support the work of the Center: cfc.sebts.edu/about/give/ All opinions and views expressed by guest speakers are solely their own. They do not speak for nor represent SEBTS. Read our expressed views and confessions: www.sebts.edu/about/what_we_believe.aspx

Benjamin Quinn sits down with Jono Darville to discuss his book, Life in Its Original Language: A Biblical Guide to Being Truly Human. Jono shares how suffering, recovery, conversion, and ministry shaped the book’s central question: what does it mean to live as a truly human person under God? Together, they trace that question through Scripture, relationships, vocation, and the church’s calling to help people live according to God’s design. Get the book: https://www.amazon.com/Life-Its-Original-Language-Biblical/dp/1619584247/ref=mp_s_a_1_1 - Website: cfc.sebts.edu  - Newsletter: https://cfc.sebts.edu/about/newsletter/ - Contact us: cfc.sebts.edu/about/contact-us/  - Support the work of the Center: cfc.sebts.edu/about/give/  All opinions and views expressed by guest speakers are solely their own. They do not speak for nor represent SEBTS. Read our expressed views and confessions: www.sebts.edu/about/what_we_believe.aspx 

Benjamin Quinn talks with David Mathis, Executive Director of Desiring God and pastor at City’s Church in St. Paul, about the second edition of Habits of Grace: Enjoying Jesus Through the Spiritual Disciplines. They trace how spiritual disciplines can form Christians in an age obsessed with optimization, productivity, and constant efficiency. David also explains why the book now gives more space to meditation and fasting, and why community remains central to Christian formation. - Website: cfc.sebts.edu  - Contact us: cfc.sebts.edu/about/contact-us/  - Support the work of the Center: cfc.sebts.edu/about/give/  All opinions and views expressed by guest speakers are solely their own. They do not speak for nor represent SEBTS. Read our expressed views and confessions: www.sebts.edu/about/what_we_believe.aspx 

This episode moves through three timely conversations shaping Christian cultural reflection right now. Jason Thacker weighs in on the current AI panic and argues for a wise, non-doomer approach, while Dan Darling reflects on the deaths and legacies of Dolly Parton and Wendell Berry. Kristen Kellen closes with a careful response to a New York Times opinion piece on submission, marriage, and biblical authority. - Website: cfc.sebts.edu  - Contact us: cfc.sebts.edu/about/contact-us/  - Support the work of the Center: cfc.sebts.edu/about/give/  All opinions and views expressed by guest speakers are solely their own. They do not speak for nor represent SEBTS. Read our expressed views and confessions: www.sebts.edu/about/what_we_believe.aspx