Dr. Preston Sprinkle's Story: The Bible, Sexuality, Joker, Jordan Peterson, Kanye West (Convo)

Dr. Preston Sprinkle founded the Center for Faith, Sexuality and Gender. After a conversion experience he pursued his studies in the Bible from John MacArthur's Master's University and Seminary. It gave him a desire to study the Bible and hold true to its teachings rather than the doctrinal standards of that system. He got a PhD in New Testament from Aberdeen going on to teach first at Cedarville University then Francis Chan's Eternity Bible College. He has spent his career working to open up the Bible on controversial topics to where he currently helps churches and Christian institutions try to apply biblical teaching on sexuality to their circumstances. He has a podcast "Theology in the Raw". I was a guest on an episode about Jordan Peterson. Here we talk for nearly two hours examining his story and touching on both Christian culture and the culture beyond.

Center for Faith, Sexuality and Gender https://centerforfaith.com/
Theology in the Raw Podcast https://www.prestonsprinkle.com/theology-in-the-raw
His episode with me https://www.prestonsprinkle.com/theology-in-the-raw/2019/3/11/729-a-conversation-with-paul-vander-klay
Preston Sprinkle Books https://amzn.to/2XwvoJJ

Notes

43 years old, became a Christian at 19, wasn’t naturally academic
Wisdom
Went from hating to read
John MacArthur sermons
Masters University, majored in Bible
1997 19 years old about to turn 20
In Israel a very conservative professor had them read liberal scholars
Why can’t Evangelicals be Scholars?
Master’s Seminary and PhD at Aberdeen
Reformed Dispensational Cessesionist
“There is only one Seminary”
Wayne Grudem
Had to write an eschatology paper on 1 Thessalonians, main rapture prooftext
What does the Bible actually say, even if I get fired.
Cedarville University
Views on non-violence started to form, and God’s heart for the poor and marginalized
Simi Valley Bible College Francis Chan Eternity Bible College not at great cost
Was writing academic books,
2011 Rob Bell Love Wins
Francis Chan to write a book response to this…
School debt
Erasing hell, is Hell irreversible
Fell in love with the art of writing
Wrote a book on Non-violence, the Bible and warfare
Research and blogging on sexuality
Since 1980 30 books on what the Bible says about same sex relationships, 27 say he doesn’t condemn SS relationships
The Center for Faith, Sexuality and Gender
Produce web based resources, video resources, small group curriculum, testimonial videos
Leaders forum, one day thing
What have you learned?
People to be loved. Why it is not just an issue
Before that did a lot of blogging on a bunch of passages
Clobber passages
Biblical Christians can be so scared at studying the Bible
Evangelicals don’t stick to the text
What if we let the Bible define what the Bible is…
Luke Thompson
The Movie The Village
Kanye West

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