In this second sermon of our “What in the…?” series, Joel Field, a “graduate” of our Preaching Bootcamp, tackles one of the strangest scriptures and uncovers how Jesus shows his love through the miracle involving a fish. Joel has been with Forefront for several years and preaching is nothing new to Joel. Originally from Louisville, KY, Joel earned a bachelor's degree from the University of Louisville and, later, a master's of divinity from Cincinnati Christian University. Now living in NYC with his husband, Joel runs a boutique financial practice and serves as Chairman of the Board of The Family Center in Brooklyn, NY, which is a social services organization serving disadvantaged families to help keep them together and stronger when they do not have anywhere else to turn. Joel and his husband are hoping to have children and start a family in the near future.
Unlearning Purity Culture and Shame
Venida Rodman Jenkins joins us again as Guest Preacher and closes our "Sex Positive" series. Many of us have been taught that our "flesh is a mess" which can lead to body shaming. Let's unpack this message and more as we seek to reclaim our bodies.
Unlearning Purity Culture and Shame
Jonathan Williams tackles the church and their role in politicizing women's bodies. We're talking about abortion, which has become a Christian rallying point in the past 30 years. Our Pro-Life theology is actually way more political than Godly.
Unlearning Purity Culture and Shame
There is an active movement going on nationally and in New York to decriminalize sex work, and I think as a church we have to participate in this movement due to how purity culture has contributed towards the criminal punishment of sex workers and how our own Scriptures call us to honor sex workers. During this Sermon Series “Sex Positive”. Sarah Ngu explores the role sex workers played in Scripture and how we as a society need to come to grips with this today and respect sex workers.
Unlearning Purity Culture and Shame
There is no biblical definition of sex and marriage unless you count sleeping with your father in law, marrying your brother, having 700 sex slaves, or becoming a eunuch for the sake of the gospel. So what does healthy sex look like? Here's Jonathan Williams preaching about Marriage and Sex in our "Sex Positivity" Series.
Unlearning Purity Culture and Shame
In our second Sermon in the series "Sex Positive", Sarah Ngu walks us through the Song of Songs, the book medieval Christians commented on more frequently than any other book in the Bible.
The Song of Songs uncomfortably dares us to hold all our human experiences, including our sexual ones, as a mirror by which to see God and ourselves. The relationship between the two lovers in the Song of Songs can be seen as an allegorical metaphor of the relationship between God and God’s people.
Unlearning Purity Culture and Shame
Makenzie Gomez (@baby_got_mak__) opened the door on purity culture in the first sermon in our new series: Sex Positive.