Sexuality
Do We Practice the Presence of God… While Having Sex with Our Spouse? (podcast)
Category: ReKnew Podcast
Tags: God's Presence, Sexuality
Greg talks about privacy and intimacy in the context of the presence of Christ. Episode 567 http://traffic.libsyn.com/askgregboyd/Episode_0567.mp3
What is God’s Sexual Ideal for Us? (podcast)
Category: ReKnew Podcast
Tags: Homosexuality, LGBTQ, Sexual Impurity, Sexuality
Greg sexuality and Genesis, and thinks out loud about the destructive power of policy. Episode 479 http://traffic.libsyn.com/askgregboyd/Episode_0479.mp3
Podcast: Is Masturbation Wrong?
Category: ReKnew Podcast
Tags: Sexual Impurity, Sexuality
Greg talks about a controversial subject. http://traffic.libsyn.com/askgregboyd/Episode_0403.mp3
Podcast: What is Gender Based On?
Category: ReKnew Podcast
Tags: Current Events, Gender Roles, Sexuality
Greg talks about the mysteries of gender and cautions Christians to avoid certain extreme positions. Dan apologizes for a reckless joke. http://traffic.libsyn.com/askgregboyd/Episode_0402.mp3
Podcast: Is Sexual Purity Really Such a Big Deal?
Category: ReKnew Podcast
Tags: Sexual Impurity, Sexuality
Sex sex sex! It’s what everyone’s talking about! Greg and Dan discuss the importance of purity. http://traffic.libsyn.com/askgregboyd/Episode_0374.mp3
Podcast: Will There Be Sex in Heaven?
Category: ReKnew Podcast
Tags: Sexual Impurity, Sexuality
Greg discusses the nature of union with Christ in this edgy episode on coitus. http://traffic.libsyn.com/askgregboyd/Episode_0257.mp3
Sex and Purity
Category: General
Tags: Sexuality
Garry Knight via Compfight Jamie the Very Worst Missionary (who could not love her with a blog name like that?) recently discussed why sexual purity matters, and why it’s not just about single people or…
homosexuality, truth telling, and love
Category: General
Tags: Kingdom Living, Sexuality, Social Issues
A Guy Taking Pictures via Compfight A couple weeks ago, we posted a portion of Greg’s sermon (and his comments) on the marriage amendment in Minnesota, homosexuality and finding a “Third Way”. Today we’re continuing…
Homosexuality and the Church: Finding a “Third Way”
Category: Essays
Tags: Essay, Homosexuality, Love, Politics, Sexuality
Topics: Ethical, Cultural and Political Issues
Here is a word I a shared this last weekend with Woodland Hills Church (where I’m senior pastor) in response to numerous questions I’ve received over the last several months. People have asked me why…
Is homosexuality a sin?
Category: Q&A
Tags: Q&A, Sexuality, Sin, Social Issues
Topics: Ethical, Cultural and Political Issues, Sin
There are three passages in the Old Testament (Gen. 19: 1-13; Lev 18:22; 20:13) and three in the New Testament (Rom. 1:26-27; 1 Corinthians 6:9-10; I Tim. 1:10) that have traditionally been read as prohibiting…
Why is the Bible so strict on prohibiting pre-marital sex? What’s the big deal?
Category: Q&A
Tags: Christian Life, Marriage, Q&A, Relationships, Sexuality, Sin, Social Issues
Topics: Ethical, Cultural and Political Issues, Relationships, Sin
Today in western culture people tend to have a rather “recreational” view of sex. It’s just a pleasurable physical activity we engage in. Even people who don’t consciously believe this are influenced by it ,…
Why did God create me with an uncontrollable sex drive?
Category: Q&A
Tags: Christian Life, Problem of Evil, Providence, Q&A, Sexuality, Sin
Topics: Ethical, Cultural and Political Issues, Sin
Question: Why did God create us with far more of a sex drive than we need for reproduction and far more than we can handle to refrain from sex before and outside of marriage? It…
Why did God create me to be a pedophile?
Category: Q&A
Tags: Christian Life, Problem of Evil, Providence, Q&A, Sexuality, Sin
Topics: Providence, Predestination and Free Will, Sin, The Problem of Evil
Question: Since the first time I experienced a sex drive it’s been directed towards little children. I’ve never acted on this, for I know it’s wrong. But it torments me. Why would God created me…
Is it okay to masturbate?
Category: Q&A
Tags: Christian Life, Q&A, Sexuality, Sin
Topics: Ethical, Cultural and Political Issues, Sin
When I as a new struggling Christian raised this topic with my pastor, I was told in no uncertain terms that God struck Onan dead for masturbating. At some point I read the passage for…
Is homosexual love without homoerotic behavior okay for a Christian?
Category: Q&A
Tags: Christian Life, Q&A, Sexuality, Sin
Topics: Ethical, Cultural and Political Issues, Relationships, Sin
Question: You may find this to be an odd question, but is it possible for two Christians of the same gender to remain a couple if they do not engage in sex? My partner and…