This week, Scott and guest host Carmen Imes discuss:

Can AI romantic chatbots become dangerously addictive? Exploring the emotional and ethical consequences of these pseudo-relationships.
What do couples do with leftover embryos after IVF? A Psychology Today article opens a discussion on grief, responsibility, and the image of God.
New genetic screening allows parents to select embryos based on up to 900 traits—raising urgent questions about modern eugenics and human worth.
A report from The Marshall Project details how some U.S. prisons deprive inmates of sunlight and fresh air.
Honoring the lives and legacies of Jennifer Lyell, a courageous abuse survivor, and Walter Brueggemann, a groundbreaking Old Testament scholar.
Listener Questions: Bible translation preferences, defining God’s sovereignty, and how Christians should think about taxes in light of American history.

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Cultural Update: Selecting embryos; AI romantic chatbots; Is sunlight and fresh air a human right?

Think Biblically: Conversations on Faith & Culture