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How the Bible's first chapters provide a firm foundation for how we understand our Creator and how we understand human sexuality — as well as our temptations to reject both.

Frequently we are told that Jesus said nothing about homosexuality. We are intended to infer from this that he supported it, or at least was indifferent toward it. But is this claim actually true? In under 10 minutes, Tim Gallant dismantles this notion. For much more on what is discussed here, be sure to check out Tim's book, "Exchanging the Glory: Idolatry and Homosexuality in Romans 1." This book devotes an appendix to the matter of the supposed silence of Jesus. https://athanasiuspress.org/products/exchanging-the-glory-idolatry-and-homosexuality-in-romans-1 https://www.amazon.com/Exchanging-Glory-Idolatry-Homosexuality-Romans/dp/1957726008

In 1 Timothy 2, Paul tells Timothy that he does not allow a woman to teach nor to usurp authority over a man. Today's evangelical egalitarians say that Paul's injunction is very specific to the local context, and is not a general prohibition. In under 15 minutes, Tim Gallant explains, not only why this modern reading is fundamentally wrong, but also opens up what on earth Paul is talking about when he says that women will be "saved in childbearing."

Jesus' parable of the unforgiving servant contrasts the infinite debt which his master forgave him with the debt which he himself would not forgive. We trivialize the parable, however, if we think the servant was being petty. In reality, the parable communicates the profound cost of true discipleship.

n the face of death, believers confess with Paul that to depart this life is "far better" than what we have now. Death is a stepping stone into the presence of Jesus. Yet, contrary to the confused hope of many Christians, the ultimate biblical hope is NOT to be "absent with the body, and present with the Lord." That represents only half of the resolution to the problem of sin and death. The final victory is glorious resurrection, when the final enemy is destroyed forever.