Central West End Church

Singleness is deeply misunderstood in both our culture and the church. It is often seen as a deficiency or something survivable only with a special gift. But this passage helps us with a radically different vision of what singleness truly is.

On the surface, this passage is a difficult and challenging read, especially in our modern world. But when we dig deeper, we find many surprises that offer us a fuller understanding and experience of marriage.

In week two of this conversation, we want to ask what it means to support and care for those who might consider transitioning. This passage helps us with this question

The conversation about transgender identities is challenging at multiple levels. But at the deepest level, it’s a conversation about what it means to be a human being.

The church has not been a safe place for gay people. Can Christianity offer us a way to think about same-sex relationships that honors the full dignity of gay people?

There’s a picture of Christianity as being very rigid and repressive about sex. Sex is bad. Sex is dirty. What is a truer Biblical picture of sex? This passage shows us.

The daily hustle of our lives makes it difficult to pay attention to our longings, especially for God. The Song of Songs stirs our longings for God. Even more, it shows us God’s longing for us.

In our culture, we use identity language all the time. But what are we actually talking about? In order to have these conversations, we need a basic understanding of identity. This passage gives it to us.

Two of the biggest stories our culture tells about the body are either that the body is all there is, or the body is only temporary. The Bible shows us a radically different story that changes the way we look at everything else in this world.

Whenever we approach a controversial conversation, we need to be as clear as we can about what’s standing beneath the stands we take. Because if we’re not clear about our assumptions, how can we be clear in our conversations? This passage helps us to do that.