Gospel for Us+

Will God still save us if we've sinned sexually? How does salvation work? Is singleness a call to loneliness? What is the meaning of marriage? Explore the answers in this week's episode of Gospel for Us+. Additional resources for this episode's topic: Salvation and Sexual Sin https://www.desiringgod.org/interviews/has-my-sexual-sin-made-me-unsavable Singleness https://www.thegospelcoalition.org/reviews/7-myths-singleness/  https://www.thegospelcoalition.org/article/4-popular-lies-singleness/ https://www.thegospelcoalition.org/article/four-things-god-says-singles/ Marriage https://timothykeller.com/books/the-meaning-of-marriage https://www.desiringgod.org/articles/six-things-submission-is-not https://open.spotify.com/episode/1n8wXBMljqRmkIBb0DLu1F?si=eefd2d9ce8c34919 

What does the Bible actually say about gender, marriage, and sex? Explore the answers in this week's episode of Gospel for Us+. Blog post mentioned in this episode: https://scotloyd.blog/2022/01/05/a-plus-sized-gospel/

How has the church harmed LGBTQ+ individuals? If we have perpetrated harm, how do we repent of that? How do we heal from church hurt? And what does the Bible have to say about all of this? Explore the answers in this week's episode of Gospel for Us+. Additional resources for this episode's topic: Church/Christian idolization of marriage and heterosexuality https://www.desiringgod.org/articles/the-heterosexual-gospel https://www.relevantmagazine.com/life5/career-money/christians-turned-marriage-idol/ https://www.thegospelcoalition.org/themelios/review/breaking-the-marriage-idol-reconstructing-our-cultural-and-spiritual-norms/ https://www.premierchristianity.com/opinion/the-church-is-failing-single-people-heres-3-things-we-can-do-about-it/5262.article Understanding and overcoming church hurt https://www.desiringgod.org/articles/help-in-overcoming-church-hurt https://www.biblicalcounselingcoalition.org/2021/10/28/why-wont-my-feelings-of-church-hurt-go-away/ https://www.thegospelcoalition.org/article/how-respond-church-leaders-fall/ https://www.thegospelcoalition.org/podcasts/lets-talk-podcast/lets-talk-overcoming-church-hurt/ Origins of conversion therapy https://www.history.com/news/gay-conversion-therapy-origins-19th-century http://dspace.creighton.edu:8080/xmlui/bitstream/handle/10504/124721/CLR_52-4_Graham.pdf?sequence=1&isAllowed=y Harms of conversion therapy https://www.hrc.org/resources/the-lies-and-dangers-of-reparative-therapy https://www.apa.org/pubs/books/case-against-conversion-therapy Church/Christian involvement in conversion therapy https://www.netflix.com/title/81040370 https://www.npr.org/2021/08/02/1022837295/former-ex-gay-leaders-denounce-conversion-therapy-in-a-new-documentary

What do we as a culture believe about sexual orientation and identity? And why? Explore the answers in this week's episode of Gospel for Us+. Additional resources for this episode's topic: https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/features/pill-and-sexual-revolution/ https://www.heritage.org/political-process/report/liberalism-radicalized-the-sexual-revolution-multiculturalism-and-the-rise https://lithub.com/a-brief-history-of-queer-language-before-queer-identity/ https://transstudent.org/gender/ https://www.healthline.com/health/different-types-of-sexuality https://www.thegospelcoalition.org/blogs/kevin-deyoung/first-sexual-revolution-triumph-christian-morality-roman-empire/

In the introductory episode of Gospel for Us+, we talk about why this podcast exists and what it hopes to accomplish.