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This course has important implications for the future of our Church and Pastor Jay and the Elders have identified it as a class that every member should attend.

Course Outline

1. What is the Problem?

• Unnecessary divisive distractions?
• Sexual orientation or behavior?
• Denomination standards for church leadership?
• Lack of compassion?  Homophobia?
• Outdated norms for moral conduct?
• Accommodation to a lost world’s broken ways?
• Holier than thou exclusivism?
• Encouraging hate crimes?
• Dishonoring God?

2. What is the Essential Identity of the Church?
3. What is the Bible?
4. What is Man
5. The Important & Challenging Issue of Homosexual Identity & Behavior
6. Other Issues
7. What is an Authentic Church’s Faithful Response?

Week 1

• Week 1 Audio MP3
• Course Outline
• Ordination Standards
• Ordination Standards Time Line
• Presbyterian History Time Line
• Mission to Culture or Mirror of Culture

Class Handouts & Audio Files

Week 2

• Week 2 Audio MP3

• The Church, It’s Origin, Purpose and Destiny

Week 3

• Week 3 Audio MP3
• Westminster Confession
• Scripture on Scripture

Week 4

• Week 4 Audio MP3
• A Biblical View of Humanity
• Covenant Crisis Identified Issues

Week 5

• Week 5 Audio MP3

Week 6

• Week 6 Audio MP3
• The Challenge of Homosexual Identity and Practice
• Biblical View of Homoerotic Behavior (Bible Texts)

Week 8

• Robert Gagnon on the Hermeneutical Relevance of Biblical Witness

Additional Resources

• FAQs Concerning the Controversy Over Human Sexuality