Family Friday: Answering Hard Questions about Life and Sexuality

A professor of mine used to say, “The family is the basic unit of God’s economy.” Indeed, the order of society is an outgrowth of the order of the family, an order that God specifically designed and ordained. God pronounced them male and female, God performed the first marriage, God said to be fruitful and multiply, and God said to bring up children in the knowledge of God.

It’s completely predictable that a society that suppresses the knowledge of God will destroy the family. In the destruction of the family comes the confusion of sexuality, because our sexuality only makes sense in the context and meaning of the family. The church must proclaim the truth of the family and sexuality because it is God’s design and because it is the most loving and socially beneficial thing we can do. Accepting destructive ideas and behavior is never kind or courageous.

A clear and informative book on this topic is Nancy Pearcey’s Love Thy Body. You need to understand these ideas for yourself and also for your children and for the church. God’s truths about the body and sexuality are the most loving and the most winsome, and we need to embrace them courageously. You can also watch a lengthy lecture by Nancy Pearcey on her book here.

Book: Love Thy Body by Nancy Pearcey

Video: Answering Hard Questions about Life and Sexuality with Nancy Pearcey

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