Sex, Gender & Life: Week 1

SEX, GENDER & LIFE
SUNDAY, OCTOBER 15, 2023

Goals for this Series:
1. To clarify the scripture’s position on same-sex relations through clear biblical expository

2. To stir the church's heart to compassion for those struggling with SSA and desiring to follow the way of Christ.

3. That through better understanding and more compassion we can become a church that is loving and compassionate and yet uncompromising when it comes to what we see to be the clear biblical ethic.

4. Ultimately, to point people to Jesus above all else as the center of our hope.

Progressive Christianity v Traditional Christianity comes to a different conclusion about biblical sexuality.

The traditional interpretation and understanding of biblical sexuality is the correct conclusion.

Genesis 2:18, 21-24

Leviticus 18:22

1 Corinthians 6:9-11

“The church needs a new apologetic, a way of thought and life that neither demonizes nor elevates the same sex desires facing many Christians... This new apologetic must further permit us to form a deeper response to homosexuality, one that honors both scripture, the wisdom of tradition, and peoples real experience.” - David Bennett

God loves you and a relationship with him is the ultimate relationship.

Resources:
1. A War of Loves - David Bennett 

2. Gay Girl Good God - Jackie-Hill Perry

3. Holy Sexuality - Christopher Yuan

4. LGBTQ and the Church - Becket Cook // The Controversial Jesus: Jesus and the Gay Community - Jon Tyson 

YouTube Resources:
LGBTQ+ & the Church | Interview with Becket Cook & Pastor Lee Cummings 

The Controversial Jesus - Jesus and the Gay Community - Jon Tyson