I continued our series, "Love-Sex-Body: Toward a Biblical Theology of Embodied Sexuality," this past weekend at at Eastbrook Church by turning to the third chapter of God's Good Story: Redemption in Jesus Christ. This message builds off of previous messages on Creation and the Fall, looking at Christ's redeeming work as outlined in Romans 5. …
Fall and Embodied Sexuality
I continued our series, "Love-Sex-Body: Toward a Biblical Theology of Embodied Sexuality," this past weekend at at Eastbrook Church by turning to the second chapter of God's Good Story: the Fall from grace. This message draws primarily from Genesis 3 and Romans 1, with a smattering of other verses throughout. This is, in my opinion, …
N. T. Wright on the Importance of Binaries in Genesis
In my message this past weekend, "Creation and Embodied Sexuality," I referenced an extended quotation from New Testament scholar N. T. Wright on the importance of the binaries in Genesis. As I mentioned, there is a structural symmetry throughout Genesis 1 that links pairs of differents one to another. This symmetrical crescendo of creation reaches …
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Creation and Embodied Sexuality
I continued our series, "Love-Sex-Body: Toward a Biblical Theology of Embodied Sexuality," this past weekend at at Eastbrook Church This weekend, I turned our attention to the first chapter of God's Good Story: Creation. The message draws upon many Scripture passages, but finds its footing in Genesis 1 and 2. My main point was basically …
Preston Sprinkle at Eastbrook Leadership Community
Last night at Eastbrook's quarterly Leadership Community, we hosted Dr. Preston Sprinkle as part of our new series "Love - Sex - Body: Toward a Biblical Theology of Embodied Sexuality." Preston is the President of the Center for Faith, Sexuality, and Gender, and has written a number of books, including People to Be Loved: Why Homosexuality …
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