Austin Suter

Jul 30, 2024 | biola.edu | Sean McDowell |Timothy Muehlhoff |Rick Langer |Austin Suter

Should Christians use preferred pronouns? What is at stake in this question? How can Christians navigate relationships when people want them to use preferred pronouns? Tim and Sean McDowell discuss these questions and more on a recent episode at the Think Biblically podcast. In co-writing their book End the Stalemate, Sean and Tim realized they have much in common, but also some practical and biblical differences about how and when to use (and not use) preferred pronouns.

Jul 30, 2024 | biola.edu | Timothy Muehlhoff |Sean McDowell |Rick Langer |Austin Suter

Tim Muehlhoff (Ph.D.) is a professor of communication at Biola University in La Mirada, California. He is the co-director of Biola’s Winsome Conviction Project and co-host of the Winsome Conviction podcast where people with differing views come to engage in perspective-taking. His latest book is, End the Stalemate: Move Past Cancel Culture to Meaningful Conversations (with Sean McDowell).

Jul 22, 2024 | biola.edu | Rick Langer |Timothy Muehlhoff |Sean McDowell |Austin Suter

When we move from influencing an individual to influencing a community or a body of people, the field of communication studies would say we transition from persuasion to rhetoric. In this transition, we often find ourselves in “rhetorical situations.” Tim and Rick unpack the rhetorical situation, including elements and affects of this communication event. They also discuss how skills in rhetoric can help you make the most of those moments when you have an opportunity to speak to an audience.