{"id":25580,"date":"2020-02-12T11:28:00","date_gmt":"2020-02-12T11:28:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.christianitytoday.com\/pastors\/podcasts\/series\/preaching-on-sexuality-theological-framework\/"},"modified":"2020-02-12T11:28:00","modified_gmt":"2020-02-12T11:28:00","slug":"preaching-on-sexuality-theological-framework","status":"publish","type":"podcasts","link":"https:\/\/www.christianitytoday.com\/pastors\/podcasts\/monday-morning-preacher\/preaching-on-sexuality-theological-framework\/","title":{"rendered":"Preaching on Sexuality: a Theological Framework"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>How do we give a theological framework for thinking about specific sexual issues? Matt Woodley talks to Matt Erickson, Senior Pastor at Eastbrook Church about his experience with preaching on sexuality. His church took the concept of the four chapter gospel: creation (the original goodness of sexuality), fall (how sin, evil and brokenness impact our love), redemption (Jesus redeeming work is significant for love, and our life in our bodies) and restoration (points to the new heaven and the new earth). He challenged people to think about how their love, conception of the body, and sexuality fit together in that big story of God. As a result, the church can then engage with issues like adultery, pornography, homosexuality, gender dysphoria etc&hellip;<\/p>\n\n<p>Check out what was referenced on the podcast:<\/p>\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n\t<li>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/eastbrook.org\/sermon_series\/love-%c2%b7-sex-%c2%b7-body\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"\">A sermon series entitled &quot;Love-Sex-Body&quot;<\/a> preached by Matt Erickson at Eastbrook Church in Milwaukee, WI in 2019.<\/li>\n\n\t<li>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Man-Woman-He-Created-Them\/dp\/0819874213\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"\">Pope John Paul II&rsquo;s teachings<\/a> <em>Man and Woman He Created Them: A Theology of the Body<\/em>. Pauline Books and Media, 2006.<\/li>\n\n\t<li>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/ascensionpress.com\/products\/an-introduction-to-the-theology-of-the-body-8-part-study-cd-set\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"\">Christopher West&rsquo;s CD set<\/a> <em>An Introduction to the Theology of the Body: Discovering the Master Plan for Your Life. <\/em>\n<\/li>\n\n\t<li>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Better-Story-God-Human-Flourishing\/dp\/1783594462\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"\">Glynn Harrison&rsquo;s book<\/a> <em>A Better Story: God, Sex and Human Flourishing<\/em>. Inter-Varsity Press, 2016.<\/li>\n\n\t<li>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Embracing-Body-Finding-Flesh-Bone\/dp\/0830835938\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"\">Tara M. Owens&rsquo; book<\/a> <em>Embracing the Body: Finding God in Our Flesh and Bone. <\/em>Intervarsity Press <em>, 2015. <\/em>\n<\/li>\n\n<\/ul>","protected":false},"author":30,"featured_media":25582,"template":"","tax_ctp_authors":[2469],"tax_ctp_categories":[165],"tax_ctp_field_guide_subcategory":[],"tax_ctp_field_guides":[],"tax_ctp_format":[164],"tax_ctp_podcast_series":[455],"tax_ctp_point_editor":[],"tax_publications":[140],"tax_ctp_tags":[3553,4163,4427,4962],"tax_ctp_topics":[],"class_list":["post-25580","podcasts","type-podcasts","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tax_ctp_authors-matt-woodley","tax_ctp_podcast_series-monday-morning-preacher","tax_publications-ct-pastors","tax_ctp_tags-celibacy","tax_ctp_tags-homosexuality","tax_ctp_tags-marriage-sex","tax_ctp_tags-sexuality"],"acf":{"scripture_references":null},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.9 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Preaching on Sexuality: a Theological Framework - CT Pastors<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"How do we give a theological framework for thinking about specific sexual issues? 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