Bonus Q & A (Patreon Special): Masturbation, Annihilation, Cussing, LGBTQ, and How to Share the Gospel
Theology in the Raw
Theology in the Raw
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🗓️ 27 September 2023
⏱️ 31 minutes
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Summary
In the full episode, we discuss:
00:00 Introduction
00:50 What is the best Biblical argument against masturbation? I've always heard it is a sin, but I can't see why. That rule seems like a heavy burden for many.
6:18 Most modern church gatherings are focused on the “sermon”. Was this the case in the early church? Is the sermon more akin to prophecy or teaching?
21:03 What convinced you of the annihilationist view of Hell?
31:08 Friends are saying it's okay for Christians to cuss, as long as it's used in a positive context (x*#& yeah!) not tearing someone down (f*%# you). Your thoughts?
38:07 If LGBTQ issues are not an agree to disagree issue, what does that look like practically? Leave churches? End friendships? Etc?
42:18 There seems to be a fear from Complementarians that if you affirm women in leadership, you will eventually affirm Same Sex marriages. Have u seen this 2 be true
48:25 How would you share the Gospel one on one? Would you share the Romans Road? Or Bridge Illustration? Or similar to NT Wright share about Heaven coming here?
53:47 What’s your view on tithing? Many people I know see it as a taken-for-granted requirement, but the NT never says tithe, just to be generous.
57:25 "Marriage" not found in the Bible? Jennifer Grace Bird suggests this - are you familiar with her work/reading of scripture in how she approaches this? Thoughts?
1:00:54 your eschatology? Also, do you think that the pre-, post-, a-millennial ideas or a helpful framework anymore?
1:06:22 My preschooler was asked to share pronouns daily in school. How should I approach/discuss transgender topics with my *young* children in the progressive PNW?
1:13:42 A lot gets labeled as being of "The Fall" - it seems overused. I don't see the application reading Gen, Romans, 1 Corinth, etc. Is this "Biblically" merited?
1:18:20 Rapid Fire Questions…
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| 0:00.0 | Hello, friends. Welcome back to another episode of theology in the raw. This is a Q&A podcast episode |
| 0:04.8 | where I respond to questions sent in by my Patreon supporters. Questions like the morality of |
| 0:12.0 | masturbation, church gatherings focused on the sermon. Is that something that we should value |
| 0:17.9 | hell as annihilation, Christians and cussing? There's several questions that include LGBTQ-related |
| 0:24.6 | issues. Does egalitarianism lead to affirming same sex marriage? How do I share the gospel? |
| 0:30.7 | And many, many, many other questions. You'll get a sample of a few of the questions here in the |
| 0:34.8 | public podcast episode. But if you want the full length Q&A episode, you would have to become a |
| 0:40.9 | Patreon supporter. And if you want to do that, you can go to patreon.com forward slash theology in the raw. |
| 0:55.6 | Okay, let's jump into the first question. What is the best biblical argument against masturbation? |
| 1:01.5 | I've always heard that it is a sin, but I can't see why. That rule seems like a heavy burden for |
| 1:06.5 | many. Okay, so that's an interesting way of wording it. The best argument against masturbation. |
| 1:11.5 | I think traditionally the text that some people have gone to is Genesis 38, where you have this |
| 1:19.0 | somewhat strange story where Judah, one of the sons of Jacob, has a few sons, and God keeps |
| 1:31.2 | killing his sons. So the firstborn son, I believe it's Er, dies because he did evil on the side of |
| 1:37.3 | the Lord, and he died childless. Okay, so his second brother, Owenin, had, according to Levurite law, |
| 1:44.3 | he had the duty to procreate with his older brother's widow, Tamar, and raise up a seed to carry on |
| 1:52.4 | the line of Er. And he didn't, he did have sex with Tamar, but every time, well, I can get into |
| 2:00.2 | greedy details, but he would, as the text says in Genesis 38, you know, spill his seed on the ground, |
| 2:05.3 | I think is how the KJB awarded it. Some people use that as a text against masturbation. I don't |
| 2:13.0 | think that's what's going on there. I think that's a poor use of that text. I think if I was going to, |
| 2:17.6 | you know, steal man, a biblical case against masturbation, I would probably go to more of a theology |
| 2:25.7 | of sex and marriage. You know, you can make an argument that sex is designed for procreation. |
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