Inserra said, “Our job as local churches, I think, is to bring some clarity to the chaos.” That means helping parents understand issues so they can guide their children biblically, and it means helping college students navigate dating in this culture, he said. City Church’s college ministry conducts a series every year on dating relationships and sexuality, Inserra said.
Speakers said a growing issue is pedophilia, a perversion in which adults prefer children as sexual objects.
McCoy described a “slow but steady increase in proponents of pedophilia, that that is just another orientation, and they are becoming more and more vocal and more mainstream.” Walker said the “academic arguments are in place to create a category for pedophilic individuals.”
Two of the speakers have written books that address sexual ethics – “God and the Transgender Debate: What Does the Bible Actually Say About Gender Identity?” by Walker and “Pure: Why the Bible’s Plan for Sexuality Isn’t Outdated, Irrelevant, or Oppressive” by Inserra.
Video of the webinar is available here. The ERLC has a new resource page on its website addressing sexuality at erlc.com/sexual-ethics.
This article originally appeared on BaptistPress.com.
