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The Strong Women Podcast

31. Our Bodies Proclaim the Gospel with Christopher West

The Strong Women Podcast

Sarah Stonestreet

Christianity, Relationships, Religion & Spirituality, Society & Culture

2.4 • 602 Ratings

🗓️ 3 February 2021

⏱️ 97 minutes

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Summary

So often, the conversation around masculinity and femininity starts with the question of roles. We ask questions like, “What should we do?” rather than asking, “What are men and women for?” In our conversation with Christopher West, president of the Theology of the Body Institute, we talk about our design, especially the physical design of our bodies, and how this design proclaims the Gospel.

 

The Theology of the Body Institute: https://tobinstitute.org/ 

“Our Bodies Tell God’s Story” by Christopher West: https://www.amazon.com/Our-Bodies-Tell-Gods-Story/dp/158743427X 

Erin and her husband, Brett, run Maven which “exists to help the next generation know truth, pursue goodness, and create beauty, all for the cause of Christ.” Check out more about Maven here: https://maventruth.com/ 

The Strong Women Podcast is a product of the Colson Center which equips Christians to live out their faith with clarity, confidence, and courage in this cultural moment. Through commentaries, podcasts, videos, and more, we help Christians better understand what’s happening in the world, and champion what is true and good wherever God has called them. Learn more about the Colson Center here: https://www.colsoncenter.org/ 

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0:00.0

Welcome to the Strong Women podcast, where we explore a deeper understanding of the humanity, value, intellect, and creativity of women.

0:12.0

I'm your host Sarah Stone Street.

0:14.0

And I'm your co-host, Erin Kunkel.

0:25.3

Our guest today is Christopher West.

0:30.8

And Christopher serves as the president and senior lecturer for the theology of the body Institute near Philadelphia.

0:33.6

And if theology of the body is a new term for you, welcome to the podcast. That's what we're

0:38.6

talking about. So I wanted to say, first of all, welcome, Christopher. Thank you. I'm so happy to be

0:44.1

with you, too, and all of your listeners. Yes. And I wanted to tell you guys, you might be wondering,

0:50.0

why are we talking to Christopher about Theology of the body? And I'm going to tell you, because when

0:56.2

people ask me, what book should I read on femininity? I tell them this book that he has written called

1:03.0

Our Bodies Tell God's Story. The reason why is because our tendency when we talk about male and female, femininity and masculinity, is to go right to the differences and go right to the roles, which really boxes us into a definition that may or may not even be true.

1:25.1

And so I wanted to say, let's go 30,000 feet up. Let's look at the big

1:30.0

picture of design. Who should we hear from? Christopher West. So, you're welcome. I'm so glad that

1:37.0

you're here to listen to this conversation because it's going to knock your socks off.

1:41.9

So thanks for coming. Well, Sarah, you gave me a lot to live up to there.

1:46.4

I know. No pressure. Okay, so we love to start with all of our guests, Christopher, but especially

1:56.8

I think it's important with you to start with your story because that's where you start in your book.

2:02.8

So our bodies tell God's story.

2:05.1

I was like, what?

2:06.4

This is so, I'm not sure what this guy is talking about.

2:11.0

But I love that you started with your story because right away, it kind of put me at ease of, oh, this guy has some brokenness too. Oh,

2:21.5

okay. And then just your journey. So if you would just share kind of your journey into

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