#149 Biblical Sexuality: Will We Find Freedom in Christ or in Our Feelings? with Rosaria Butterfield
The Alisa Childers Podcast
Alisa Childers
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🗓️ 18 April 2022
⏱️ 65 minutes
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Summary
Over twenty years ago, Rosaria Butterfield was a tenured professor of English literature and women's studies at Syracuse University. Her primary academic field was critical theory specializing in queer theory. She lobbied for LGBT aims alongside her lesbian partner until she encountered Christ in what she described as a "train wreck" in 1999. She joins me on the podcast to share her razor sharp insights when it comes to biblical sexuality, identity, and repentance. Her academic background with a historical focus on 19th century literature informed my Marx, Darwin, and Freud has given her a unique understanding of how our culture has been influenced by these historical figures when it comes to sexuality and identity.
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| 0:00.0 | Jesus doesn't say, pick the Jesus you like, make him a puppet, put him on your shoulder, |
| 0:07.6 | and have him talk to your precious little heart about how nice it is. |
| 0:30.3 | Welcome to the Alisa Childers Podcast where we equip Christians to identify the core beliefs |
| 0:35.1 | of historic Christianity, discern its counterfeits, and proclaim the gospel with clarity, kindness, |
| 0:41.2 | and truth. |
| 0:42.2 | If you're watching on YouTube, click subscribe and make sure you click that bell icon |
| 0:45.9 | to be notified when we release new videos because we have some great guests coming down |
| 0:51.3 | the pike. |
| 0:52.3 | We're going to be finishing up our short little mini series on sexuality today and then |
| 0:56.8 | next time we're going to be starting our series on a theology of politics with Dr. Jeff |
| 1:01.4 | Meyers from Summit Ministries and the one and only Oz Guinness. |
| 1:05.7 | So don't miss those but I can't wait to introduce you to my guest for today. |
| 1:09.6 | This is somebody that I would say has discipled me from afar in the sense that we haven't |
| 1:15.1 | really met until today in person or I guess virtually, but I've read her books and listened |
| 1:21.9 | to her lectures and I have been so challenged, encouraged, and strengthened by her work. |
| 1:27.8 | In fact, she's one of those people that you get a little nervous to listen to because |
| 1:31.9 | she's going to say something that challenges something in you and she's like that for |
| 1:35.4 | me. |
| 1:36.4 | There's always something that will reveal maybe an idol I have in my heart or something. |
| 1:41.1 | So I love listening to Rosaria. |
| 1:43.1 | She's a former tenured professor of English and women's studies at Syracuse University. |
| 1:47.8 | She converted to Christ in 1999 and she described that as a train wreck. |
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