088 – A Conversation on Sexuality and Purity Culture
Ashleigh Rich   -  

This week on the podcast, Ashleigh is joined by Pastor Lane Greenleaf-Perez (Director of Youth and Young Adults) and Tiffany Pugh (Communications Director). Together, they discuss biblical sexuality, why it’s important, and ways that the church has promoted it well and not so well.

 

Resources to dig deeper:

If you want to read more on the topic of sexuality, here are a bunch of books to get you started: Hooked by Dr. Joe S Mclhanney Jr. https://amzn.to/3g4R9LQ, Redeeming Sex by Debra Hirsch https://amzn.to/3glhRhZ, Single, Gay, Christian by Gregory Coles https://amzn.to/358eJRz, Washed and Waiting by Dr. Wesley Hill https://amzn.to/3xfbzrf, Rethinking Sexuality by Juli Slatterly https://amzn.to/352e582, Real Sex by Lauren Winner  https://amzn.to/3xbA8Fg

We have several books on sexuality in the podcast in the B4 Digital Library you can see our collection at https://bit.ly/354sUqL (People To Be Loved, Embodied, An Impossible Marriage, Space At The Table, We Need to Talk)

Preston Sprinkle’s podcast has several episodes on this topic https://www.prestonsprinkle.com/podcast and his talks at B4 are available on RightNow Media, https://bit.ly/3xbGGDQ

The purity culture is probably best captured in I Kissed Dating Goodbye https://amzn.to/2TjH1WI.  (Since writing this the author has asked that it be pulled off the market, but copies are still available for purchase). You can also check out the author’s subsequent documentary, I Survived I Kissed Dating Goodbye, which is available on Amazon Prime or for free here: https://www.isurvivedikdg.com/

Wesleyan Quadrilateral, John Wesley’s method of discerning truth: https://bit.ly/2TaRQKu

Soulspace app from Bo Stern: https://soulspace.co/

The Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give his life as ransom for many” https://bit.ly/3goC3je

The creation and garden story can be found in Genesis chapters 1-3: https://bit.ly/2TfNp0W

If you have a question you would like answered on the podcast or would like to give us feedback, please reach out to us by emailing podcasts@b4church.org.