What God Has to Say about Our Bodies with Sam Allberry

The speed at which transgender ideology has become accepted in our society has caught many Christians by surprise. And, because of the this, Christians often respond out of anger or confusion rather than from a clearly thought-out Biblical position. So, what does God have to say about our bodies?
That’s the topic of this conversation with Sam Allberry, a pastor, apologist, author and speaker. He is the author of a number of books, including Is God Anti-Gay?; What God Has to Say About Our Bodies; Why Does God Care Who I Sleep With?; and 7 Myths about Singleness. Sam also writes for The Gospel Coalition and Desiring God.
Key Takeaways
- Great quote: “God’s eternal plan for us involves our body. We can’t write off our physical life as spiritually irrelevant.”
- Biblical truths about the body that American Christians often forget or overlook.
- What modern secular culture gets wrong about the body.
- How to explain and model Biblical principles about the body to a culture that treats the body as little more than a vehicle for self-expression, idolizes youth and beauty, and denies the reality of aging and death.
- A discussion on what the Bible says about same-sex attraction and the difference between temptation toward and identification with same-sex attraction.
- Sam explains three marks of a church that is responding well to the sexual revolution: clarity, compassion and community. Powerful thought, “Loneliness is one form of suffering no Christian should ever have to experience.”
- Thoughts on how the church should engage the LGBTQ issue in public life.
- Why Christians must live out and promote Biblical principles as both true and good.
- Sam’s new book, What God Has to Say about our Bodies will be published on June 29, 2021, and is available for preorder here.
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