Church, Discernment, and Purity Culture

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Religion & Spirituality, Christianity, Spirituality

4.9 • 860 Ratings

🗓️ 31 August 2022

⏱️ 43 minutes

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Summary

In today's episode, the guys have a conversation about a very sensitive but important topic: sexuality. Over recent years and decades, there have been various approaches to how to handle issues of sexuality in the church. Jon and Justin talk honestly about their concerns regarding crass and crude language that is used to talk about sex--and the abuses of pastoral authority that often occur (e.g., Doug Wilson and Mark Driscoll). The guys also discuss their concerns with purity culture (Joshua Harris comes up here) and the very negative ways sex is portrayed in that kind of setting. There is a better and more biblical approach. Semper Reformanda: Jon and Justin talk more about abuses of pastoral authority that occur in the church when it comes to sex in marriage. Then, the guys talk about how we often try to use outside means to address a heart-level problem. Resources: Sexuality, Acceptance, and the Gospel

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0:00.0	Hi, this is John. And today with me in Knoxville, Tennessee is Justin. We're together
0:08.7	and we're recording an episode on a very sensitive topic. And so we're going to do our best. I'm going to go
0:15.2	ahead and say this up front for those of you that have children that might be listening. We try our
0:19.1	best to be very tactful and safe, but we are
0:22.1	going to be discussing things like the purity culture, the marriage bed, and how there are certain
0:27.2	people who have not been helpful in describing this. And in the end, we want to take a biblical
0:32.5	approach and how is it that we shepherd each other in the church and shepherd our children in our
0:36.7	homes as it relates
0:38.0	to things like sexuality.
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1:09.4	Welcome to Theocast, encouraging weary pilgrims to rest in Christ. Conversations about the Christian
1:13.1	life from a reformed and pastoral perspective. Your host today are Justin Perdue, pastor of
1:18.7	Covenant Baptist Church in Asheville, North Carolina, and I'm John Moffitt, pastor of Grace Reform
1:23.6	Church in Spring Hill, Tennessee. But today we are not in our respective homes.
1:28.8	Thankfully, we've been able to, or offices. We have been able to gather.
1:32.3	At one time it was homes.
1:33.3	That's right. We did use to meet in our homes. But no more.
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