The topic of sexuality is everywhere in our culture. From movies to music to the classroom to our real lives, this topic shows no signs of slowing down. Our culture demands that everyone take a position, which can have a very real impact on our lives and relationships. As Christians, we must do our utmost to thoughtfully, graciously, and truthfully navigate the topic of sexuality and gender, viewing it all through the lens of the Christian worldview. We must honor and stand firm in the truth of God's design. But in the midst of a confused culture, we may be wondering:
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What is God's design for sexuality and gender?
How do we love our friends and families with same-sex attraction or gender dysphoria?
How do we talk to our kids about this topic?
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In this 6-lesson video course, you will investigate our culture's narratives on sexuality and gender and unpack the worldview animating it. Together, we will look at how God has ordered sexuality, the sexes, marriage, singleness, and family, and ultimately, discover how the Christian worldview offers a distinct answer to our culture's confusion—an answer brimming with truth, hope, and redemption for all humanity.
In this online course you will study...
- The culture's claims and narrative around sexuality
- Whether or not sexuality is an identity
- The landscape and worldview of culture's narrative around gender
- How the image of God offers clarity to culture's narrative around gender
- Practical tools for addressing the topic of sex and our sexually broken culture with our kidsÂ
- Why God's design for the family must be fought forÂ
One of the most effective ways to strengthen your confidence in and articulation of the Christian worldview's truth is by studying the beliefs and worldviews of the world and wider culture. This course is designed to help you do just that. You will look at the on-going conversation in our culture about sexuality and gender and compare that with the claims of the Christian worldview.
You will come away from this course with clarity, a strong understanding of Christ's answer to a critical topic of our time, and an unshakable awe for how God has designed us.
Course Modules
Restore...God's Design for Sexuality
The culture is inundating our kids with messages about sexuality in every sphere. How can we seek to restore God’s truth for sexuality?
Restoring Identity: Sexual Identity as a False Identity
In our society, sexuality has become tangled up with identity. Why is that? What does the Christian worldview say about identity? Is sexuality really tied to identity?
Can Girls Be Boys and Boys Be Girls?
To accurately understand the transgender movement's worldview, we must map our culture’s narrative around it and compare and contrast this to the Christian worldview.Â
He Made Them Male & Female: Sex, Gender & the Imago Dei
What is the Christian worldview's response to the transgender movement? What clarity does the image of God offer us in regards to our creation as "sexed" beings?
Preparing Our Kids For A Sexually Broken Culture
How do we talk to our kids about sexuality and gender? Together, we will explore tools to help our kids navigate our sexually broken culture with courage and conviction.
Restore...God's Design for Family
The culture wants to remake family. But God wants to restore family to it’s the original design. Explore what's at stake and why the family is worth fighting for.
Meet Your Instructors
Christopher Yuan
Author & Speaker
Former professor at Moody Bible Institute. Author of Holy Sexuality. Co-authored Out of a Far Country with his mother. National speaker on faith and sexuality. Lives in Southern California. Has a D.Min. and is officially Dr. Yuan.
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Sean McDowell
Professor, Podcaster, Author & Speaker
Associate Professor in the Christian Apologetics program at Talbot School of Theology, Biola University. Author of over twenty books. Gifted communicator. Co-host of the Think Biblically podcast and host of the popular "Dr. Sean McDowel" YouTube channel.
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John Stonestreet
Author & President of the Colson Center
President of the Colson Center. Feels privileged to write two books with Brett. Huge North Carolina Tar Heels fan. Thanks to his wife Sara, ended up with four beautiful kids.
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Erin Kunkle
Podcaster & Co-founder of MAVEN
Co-founder of MAVEN. Co-host of the MAVEN Parent Podcast. Homeschooler. Wife to Brett. Mom of five. Grandma of three. Political junkie. Voracious reader. Loves to talk about Charlotte Mason’s educational philosophy.
Take Your Learning To The Next Level
With each purchase of God's Design for Sexuality & Gender you'll receive access to our workbook that accompanies the course videos. The God's Design for Sexuality & Gender workbook is 53-pages and includes fill-in-the-blank outlines, session review questions and additional discussion questions to take your learning to the next level. It has everything you'll need to be an active learner and master the course content inside and out.
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At MAVEN, we are dedicated to discipling you—whether you are a student, a parent, or a youth pastor—in the skills you need to shine the light of God's truth, beauty, and goodness in your family, church, and community. But it's up to you to take that extra step and invest in your training. When culture comes knocking, let's be ready to meet it.
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