What Was God Thinking? A Talk on the Biblical Basis of Christian Sexual Ethics
The starting point for any formulation of Christian sexual ethics has to be the Bible’s teaching on the subject. Figuring out what the Bible teaches, however, is not just a matter of laying out the relevant passages. Certain principles must be applied in order to read these passages properly and weigh their significance. In this seminar, we will first look at three considerations that must accompany our reading of Biblical texts relating to sexual ethics (or any ethics, for that matter): their relation to God’s design in creation, the love commandment, and the perspective of eternity. In a second step we will see how these considerations can be applied to an important topic in our culture: gender and identity. Speaker Dr Joel White is a Professor of New Testament at Giessen School of Theology in Germany.