Sex and Sexuality #15: What does God say about Transgender Last Sunday at Everyday Church, Andrew Bunt completed our four-week Sex and Sexuality sermon series with a really helpful look at what God says in the Bible about Transgender. With legislation struggling to catch up with rapid changes in public attitudes, Andrew gives us a timeless framework to navigate the issues raised, explaining why the message of … Continue reading What does God say about Transgender?

Sex and Sexuality #14: Jesus on Divorce and Remarriage Throughout the first three weeks of our Sex and Sexuality sermon series at Everyday Church, we have touched on what Jesus teaches about divorce and remarriage. I drew people’s attention to the teaching of Jesus in Matthew 19 in the first message in the series, then Andrew Bunt did the same in the third message in the series. … Continue reading Jesus on Divorce and Remarriage

Sex and Sexuality #13: What Jesus Means for Single People Every day this week, we are exploring in greater depth some of the massive claims that Andrew Bunt made in his message at Everyday Church last Sunday. In the third message of our Sex and Sexuality series, Andrew spoke about what following Jesus means for same-sex attraction, what it means for singleness and what it means for divorce and … Continue reading What Jesus Means for Single People

Sex and Sexuality #12: Stories from Same-Sex-Attracted Christians In this week’s blog, we are seeking to unpack Andrew Bunt’s brilliant message last Sunday at Everyday Church in our Sex and Sexuality series. Andrew shared very honestly about his own experience of same-sex attraction and what it means for him as a follower of Jesus. We affirmed his insights yesterday by asking whether the Church has inadvertently preached … Continue reading Stories from Same-Sex-Attracted Christians

Sex and Sexuality #10: Same-Sex Attraction and following Jesus If there’s any subject that is likely to make a Christian look at their feet and attempt to change the subject, it’s the question of same-sex attraction. That’s why it was so refreshing to have Andrew Bunt speak at Everyday Church last weekend on the question of “Is the Gospel really good news?” Andrew shared about his own … Continue reading Same-Sex Attraction and following Jesus

Sex and Sexuality #8: Porn is a problem, but the problem isn’t always porn This week we’ve been looking at the problem of pornography. We’ve looked my own viewpoint (Monday), we’ve seen things from the viewpoint of a secular nonbeliever (Tuesday) and we’ve looked at four powerful ways to take a detox from porn (Wednesday). Now, in a final blog about pornography, I’m reproducing an … Continue reading Porn is a problem, but the problem isn’t always porn

Sex and Sexuality #7 – Four Ways to Break Free From Porn If you’ve been following this blog for the last couple of days, then you will know that we’ve been talking a lot about porn. We’ve looked at how much it damages the people around us and how much it damages us if we access it too. If you’ve watched both of the videos … Continue reading Four Ways to Break Free From Porn

Sex and Sexuality #5 – Four Reasons to Take a Detox from Porn If you missed the second instalment of our Sex and Sexuality series at Everyday Church yesterday then you can catch up by watching the video below. Having looked at the glory of sex and sexuality in week one, we turned our attention in week two to all the misery that is caused … Continue reading Four Reasons to Take a Detox from Porn

Sex and Sexuality #4 – Thoughts from a Gay Nonbeliever Earlier this week, I started a series of blogs about what the Bible actually teaches about Sex and Sexuality. Let me reiterate: if you make no pretence to be a follower of Jesus, then I’m not expecting you to follow the Bible’s teaching in this area. I’m actually expecting you not to follow it. I’m simply … Continue reading Thoughts from a Gay Nonbeliever