Biblical Anthropology

Pastor Dave wraps up the spring class by discussing the blessings of sex in marriage and the difficulties of sex outside of marriage. Recognizing the pervasiveness of sexual sin in society, Dave balances addressing sexual sin in light of the gospel and truly enjoying sex as a good, pre-Fall gift from above.

Pastor Dave gives a biblical reason for the wonderful and gospel-filled institution of marriage. Dave also discusses the natural, "common grace" blessings of marriage in the world.

As an intro to better understanding what it means to be a Christian in the household, Dave starts with a powerful guide for Christian dating and preparing oneself for a successful marriage. Listen to learn about the blessing of both singleness and marriage to the Christian.

Here, Dave breaks the Christian life into different orders of authority and importance. The idea of ordo amoris (to rightly order our loves), once implied by Augustine, is discussed, and Dave argues that the proper order is home, church, and then society. Ultimately, the home is where we should prioritize our energy.

This week Dave discusses popular philosophers and social scientists and how their work tied together under a common theme of the perversion of gender and the Marxist deconstruction of institutions.

Dave discusses the gift of emotions and how they should be handled in a Christian life.

Dave discusses how the ethnicities and cultures of the world are a good thing and reveal the creativity of God's design. These diversities are a display of the gospel and God's intended design only when they are reconciled through the finished work of Christ.

Dr. Dave Berry discusses what it means to be male and female and how that relates to our whole being, including our bodies and souls.

This week, Dave discusses what it means to have a physical body. Learn how the fall has wrought disease, deformity, and death in everybody, and learn what it means for Christians to use our bodies for God's glory and our good. Christian, it is a good thing that we have bodies.