Creation, Sexuality, and God’s Design for Human Flourishing

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Creation, Sexuality, and God’s Design for Human Flourishing

How should Christians think about sexuality in a culture increasingly detached from creation and biblical truth?In this episode of Equipping You in Grace, Dave Jenkins begins a new series on biblical sexuality by returning to the opening chapters of Genesis. This episode explores why sexuality begins with creation, how God designed humanity as male and female, why marriage is covenantal, and how the gospel restores what sin has distorted.

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Episode Notes

  • Why sexuality begins with creation
  • Humanity made in the image of God
  • Male and female as part of God’s design
  • Marriage as covenant
  • Jesus and the authority of Genesis
  • Sexuality as God’s good gift
  • What happens when creation is rejected
  • The gospel and the restoration of God’s design

Key Scriptures

  • Genesis 1:1
  • Genesis 1:26–28
  • Genesis 2:18–24
  • Matthew 19:3–6
  • Romans 1
  • 2 Corinthians 5:17
  • Hebrews 13:4

Big Idea

Sexual ethics are not arbitrary rules—they flow from God’s design in creation and are restored through the gospel of Jesus Christ.

Recommended Resource

The War of the Worldviews: Truth, Lies, and the Battle for the Christian Mind by Dave Jenkins.

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