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#612 - Can You Not Sign the Nashville Statement and Be Saved?

Preston is in the basement answering your questions. 

How do we write doctrinal statements on complicated issues, such as gender identity and transgender people?  

What is a biblical or theological argument for the belief that we shouldn't pursue gender reassignment surgery? Why should we remain in our biological gender rather than the gender we identify with? 

Preston is also answering more questions about the Nashville Statement. In what ways does Preston disagree with the Statement? In what ways does he agree? Why could this statement do more to divide us than unite us? 

#612 - Can You Not Sign the Nashville Statement and Be Saved?

#606 - Penal Substitution and the Virtue in Same Sex Marriage

Preston is in the basement answering your questions. 

Looking for a church to attend? How should you decide what church you attend? 

Is annihilation in opposition to the Apostle's Creed? Can you be an Annihilationist and affirm the Apostle's Creed?

Is Open Theism heresy or not? 

Is Penal Substitution the 'only' biblical Atonement Theory? 

How do you deal with political family disputes? 

If good fruit is being produced in same sex marriages, then why shouldn't we, as Christians, approve of this? 

#606 - Penal Substitution and the Virtue in Same Sex Marriage

#597 - Back to Some Questions!

Preston has been working to establish an organization that is theologically sound in their teaching and yet provides practical guidance on questions related to sexuality and gender. The Center for Faith and Sexuality website is up. Go ahead and check it out and be sure to sign up for the newsletter. 

Learn more at centerforfaith.com

Preston is also answering your questions. How do you engage with someone you greatly disagree with? Should you attend your Daughter's same sex wedding? Do I need to Tithe %10? What if I am in the ministry? 

#597 - Back to Some Questions!

#595 - A Conversation with My LGBT Friends: Part 4

Today Preston is talking with Laurie Krieg. Laurie is married to Matt and the two of them together started Hole in my Heart Ministries. In their ministry they counsel in person and online (globally), speak nationally, and write blogs and books. 

Laurie experiences same-sex attraction but is passionate about loving Jesus as well. She works to faithfully submit her broken sexuality to the lordship of Christ, and comes alive talking about how and why she does that.

#595 - A Conversation with My LGBT Friends: Part 4

#594 - A Conversation with My LGBT Friends: Part 3

Today Preston is talking with Nate Collins. Nate Collins is in Gay in his orientation but is also in a committed, mixed orientation marriage. 

Nate is also the author of a soon to be released book titled All But Invisible: Exploring Identity Questions at the Intersection of Faith, Gender, and Sexuality. What does it mean to be gay ... and a Christian? Beginning with how the Bible describes sex and gender in Genesis 1-2, Nate provides a theological framework for conceptualizing gender identity.

#594 - A Conversation with My LGBT Friends: Part 3

#593 - A Conversation with My LGBT Friends: Part 2

Preston is continuing the conversation with Greg Coles. Greg identifies as a Celibate Gay Christian and on today's podcast Preston and Greg are talking about all the buzzwords that surround the issue: Same-Sex Attraction, Gay Christian, the Gay Agenda, Homosexual, the Gay Lifestyle.

Greg also has a book soon to be released titled Single, Gay, Christian: A Personal Journey of Faith and Sexual Identity . Follow the link pre-order it on Amazon. This book is "Sprinkle Approved". 

#593 - A Conversation with My LGBT Friends: Part 2

#576 - Why Do We Study the Bible?

Why do we study the Bible? Why do we open the Bible and study it? Is it to know God, to know who we are, to know God's plan for us, God's plan for the world? What is the primary reason we should cooperate in Bible Study?

#576 - Why Do We Study the Bible?

#569 - Same Sex Relations - Is it Just a Difference of Opinion?

A listener has a friend who is attracted to the same sex but he is also a Christ follower who is committed to the authority of scripture. He once committed himself to celibacy but now, being in school, he is hearing many popular Christian teachers who claim that same sex relations are okay in the context of a committed monogamous marriage. Is this just a difference of opinion?

#569 - Same Sex Relations - Is it Just a Difference of Opinion?

#567 - Affirming or Non-Affirming - Is it a Primary Issue?

Preston has said at many times that he is Non-Affirming (he believes in a traditional view on marriage and sexual ethics). How do we have communion with Affirming Christians when it appears they may be leading a generation into sin? Preston is wrestling with this question today. What should are relationship look like with Affirming Christians? Is this issue of Affirming or Non-Affirming a primary issue of the Christian faith? Can we agree to disagree?

#567 - Affirming or Non-Affirming - Is it a Primary Issue?