Scripture: Romans 8:18-25 | Speaker: Josh Tong | Date: Jan 29, 2017
In this conclusion of our series on gender and sexuality, Pastor Josh preaches about the future glory that awaits all who trust in Christ, including those who experience same-sex attraction or gender dysphoria. From Romans 8, he shows us how the hope of the future glory of all believers sustains us even through the most painful experiences of this life.
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Scripture: John 15:12-15 | Speaker: Josh Tong | Date: Jan 22, 2017
It is commonly believed that the greatest love can only found in marriage. If that’s true, then single people will never experience the full depths of human intimacy. But is that true? Jesus said, “Greater love has no one than this, that someone should lay down his life for his friends.” In this sermon, Pastor Josh explains how the biblical vision of friendship holds out hope for the most intimate of relationships to everyone, regardless of their marital status, and regardless of their sexual orientation.
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Scripture: 2 Corinthians 12:7-10 | Speaker: Josh Tong | Date: Jan 15, 2017
All people experience pain in this world. They seem to have “thorns” embedded in their lives, never to be removed, a perpetual source of weakness throughout life. For some Christians, that thorn is the pain of unrealized same-sex desire. In this sermon, Pastor Josh explains how God can use our thorns – even the thorn of same-sex attraction – to lead us closer to the all-satisfying love of Christ.
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Scripture: Romans 1:18-27 | Speaker: Josh Tong | Date: Jan 8, 2017
What is the clearest New Testament passage on homosexuality all about? Join Pastor Josh as he looks at Romans 1 and the convicting message that it has for all people, regardless of their sexual orientation.
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Scripture: Matthew 1:19 | Speaker: Josh Tong | Date: Dec 11, 2016
Could Joseph, the adoptive father of the perfect man, teach us about what it means to be a godly man? Pastor Josh explains in this sermon about true masculinity as we continue both our series on gender and sexuality and prepare our hearts for Christmas.
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Scripture: Luke 1:26-56 | Speaker: Josh Tong | Date: Dec 4, 2016
Mary, the mother of Jesus, famously said, “For behold, from now on all generations will call me blessed.” Join Pastor Josh as he continues this series on gender and sexuality and looks to Mary as an archetype of the godly woman.
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Scripture: Genesis 3:1-24 | Speaker: Josh Tong | Date: Nov 27, 2016
“Does God really love me?” In this sermon, Pastor Josh explains that this was the question Satan left with Eve in Genesis 3, and it is the question that lies at the heart of our struggle to trust that what the Bible teaches about gender and sexuality is not only true, but good.
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Scripture: Genesis 2:4-25 | Speaker: Josh Tong | Date: Nov 20, 2016
What’s the relationship between our physical bodies and our gender? And why does God create us male and female? Pastor Josh takes a look at Genesis 2 which teaches that, as physical beings, our bodies define our gender, and that as gendered beings, our genders define our roles in beautiful complementarity.
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Scripture: Genesis 1:1–2:3 | Speaker: Josh Tong | Date: Nov 13, 2016
Today we continue our series on “Male and Female He Created Them”, where we explore what the Bible teaches about gender and sexuality. This week we’re going to see that Genesis is very intentional about showing us that creation was about separation. As God creates, he divides, he defines, and he commands. He separates the light from the day, the land from the water, the plants and animals according to their types – and most significantly for our purposes, he separates male and female.
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Scripture: 2 Tim 3:14-17 | Speaker: Josh Tong | Date: Nov 6, 2016
Pastor Josh begins this new series with a look at 2 Timothy on how the authority of the Bible must shape a Christian’s response to the growing movement of transgenderism and homosexuality.
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