mid-week meet-up: “What should we believe about human sexuality?”

Hi First Presbyterian Church, 

It’s time for our Mid-Week Meet-Up! We’re on Day 332 of reading through the Bible in one year. Our year ends on September 8, which means we have just about a month left! We recently finished reading through Ezekiel, the Letter from James, and the First Letter from Peter. We’re currently reading through the Book of Daniel and the Second Letter from Peter. Pay close attention as you read through the Book of Daniel, because many of the same themes in Daniel will reemerge when we read the last book of the Bible - the Book of Revelation. We will be focusing a few sermons on the Book of Revelation in just a few weeks to try and understand this important and mysterious book. 

However, we’re still finishing up our sermon series focused on answering your questions about the things we’ve been reading in the Bible, and for the next two weeks the question we will be answering is: “What should we believe about human sexuality?” The reason we are taking two weeks to answer this question is because, to my knowledge, this topic has never been addressed in a sermon at First Presbyterian Church and requires lots of nuance to try to address faithfully. You might think, “Can’t we just keep it that way - not addressing the topic during worship?” Yet, worship is meant to focus on the reading and proclaiming of the Bible, and you can hardly read any place in the Bible where human sexuality is not addressed in some way. If we want to faithfully read the Bible, we can’t totally ignore the topic of human sexuality.  

What does the Bible say about human sexuality? How does it apply to Christians today? Come to worship the next two Sundays to hear me explore these questions with you.  

Peace,
Pastor Aaron