Beyond Purity Culture and Individualism: Forming Desire in the Way of Jesus (Revelation Series)

Voxology

Religion & Spirituality, Philosophy, Society & Culture

4.7 • 1K Ratings

🗓️ 7 August 2023

⏱️ 88 minutes

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Summary

Explore how moving beyond purity culture and expressive individualism can lead to a healthier, wisdom-based, centered-set approach to sexuality rooted in the image of God. Mike Erre and Tim Stafford delve into how the church can reimagine sexual ethics by forming desire in the way of Jesus, discussing the pitfalls of over-spiritualized and under-spiritualized views of sex, and proposing a more holistic understanding of what it means to be human.

Key Takeaways:

Reexamining Purity Culture – Understanding the limitations and harm caused by over-spiritualized views of sex, and why fear-based approaches have failed.
Critiquing Expressive Individualism – Analyzing how under-spiritualized views of sexuality reduce it to mere preference and personal freedom, neglecting communal and spiritual dimensions.
Forming Desire in the Image of God – Exploring a centered-set approach that seeks to form desire through wisdom, embodying a holistic understanding of being human in God's world.
Navigating Sexual Ethics Today – Discussing how the church can address sexuality in a way that is hospitable, welcoming, and reflective of Jesus's teachings.

Resources Mentioned:

"Sex God" by Rob Bell – [Link]
"Faithful: A Theology of Sex" by Beth Felker Jones – [Link]
John Tyson's Teachings on Forming Desire – [Link]
Episodes with Sheila Wray Gregoire and Rebecca Lindenbach – [Link]

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Music in this episode by Timothy John Stafford

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0:00.0	Hey, everybody.
0:16.2	Tim Stafford, Mike Erie, welcome to the Voxology podcast.
0:20.4	Delighted, as always, to be with you.
0:23.5	And thank you for the very helpful feedback on the Barbie episode.
0:29.3	Oh, yeah.
0:30.2	Yeah, that was great.
0:31.4	And my hesitation about just three dudes talking about Barbie evaporated in the light of your warm feedback.
0:40.2	So that's right.
0:41.0	That was awesome.
0:43.1	And since then my daughter seen it again, so she's seen it three times.
0:46.9	And then, yeah, yeah.
0:50.2	Yeah, and it was funny.
0:51.3	We got into a great discussion.
0:53.1	She's like, you know, it's neither matriarchy nor patriarchy.
0:58.0	It's partnership.
0:59.7	Oh, come on.
1:01.5	See, and that's what we were talking on the episode, too, is like with my kids who are younger than your kids, it has prompted curiosity and conversation.
1:11.3	Yeah.
1:11.5	And it's like that's kind of the best thing the art can do is prompt people to explore on their own.
1:19.1	Inspire people to explore on their own.
1:21.2	So in that light, that's, you know, that's a pretty good success on their part.
1:26.5	Oh, way beyond what meager expectations I had for such a film.
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