Faith and Sexuality: A mother and son’s experience of God’s redemptive love - part 2

Part 2 of the interview with Dr. Christopher Yuan — going deeper in the discussion of faith and sexuality and the distinction of temptation and desire. Is temptation a sin or not? 

0:12 Twanna asks to clarify what Dr. Yuan means when he says, "All desire has an end."

1:45 Dr. Yuan shares the importance of using biblical terminology if we are discussing biblical morality.

1:50 Dr. Yuan tells us that the word "attraction" is not used in the Bible. However, we do find the words "temptation" and "desire." Sticking to these words will help us clarify what we are trying to understand. 

2:12 Dr. Yuan shines a light on how in Scripture we know that Jesus was tempted, and therefore being tempted is not a sin because that would mean Jesus sinned. 

2:54 Dr. Yuan breaks down how "desire is teleological." 

3:49 Dr. Yuan teaches that desire is both objective and based on purpose. 

5:20 Twanna asks Dr. Yuan what his thoughts are on the purpose of marriage.

5:50 Dr. Yuan enforces the thought that it is more important to talk about God’s "yes" than God’s "no."

7:40 Dr. Yuan reveals that culture has idolized marriage as a sign of being mature or finally being whole. He shares that "marriage is a good and wonderful thing, but it’s not the best there is."

9:00 Dr. Yuan talks about how both singleness in Christ is good, and marriage in Christ is good.

10:25 Dr. Yuan shares how the people of the Old Covenant grew by procreation, while the people of the New Covenant grew by regeneration.

12:30 Twanna and Dr. Yuan celebrate the truth that if you cannot have physical babies, the New Testament reveals you can have spiritual babies. If you do not have a family, the church is your family.

14:50 Dr. Yuan says we have been diagnosing homosexuality as a developmental problem instead of as a sinful behavior due to our sinful nature. When we diagnose it correctly, we can find the correct answer, and that is Jesus.

15:25 Perfect parenting does not guarantee perfect children. Dr. Yuan shed’s light on the story of Adam and Eve.

16:06 Dr. Yuan shares what his parents have learned, "The job of a Christian parent is to be a godly parent and let God be God.

18:30 Dr. Yuan shares many phrases that Christians say to unbelievers that they should not say.

19:55 Dr. Yuan shares how his mother asked him if she could do anything better as a mom what should she do, he asked her to listen to his heart, not his words.

20:20 Dr. Yuan says if we want people to listen to, we need to listen to them first.

22:18 Dr. Yuan closes in prayer.

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