Bonus Q&A: Church Bathrooms For Transgender Individuals, Should We Talk To Our Kids About Masturbation, and More!

Theology in the Raw

Preston Sprinkle

Religion & Spirituality, Christianity

4.6 • 1.4K Ratings

🗓️ 26 February 2025

⏱️ 28 minutes

🔗️ Recording | iTunes | RSS

🧾️ Download transcript

Summary

-- If you've enjoyed this content, please subscribe to my channel! Support Theology in the Raw through Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/theologyintheraw Or you can support me directly through Venmo: @Preston-Sprinkle-1 Visit my personal website: https://www.prestonsprinkle.com For questions about faith, sexuality & gender: https://www.centerforfaith.com 0:00 Introduction 0:28 How should churches handle bathroom situations for transgender individuals? Different for teens and adults? 8:18 Your recent video with Sean McDowell...I noticed increased tension. Did this affect your friendship? 13:19 Knowing what you know, how do you handle being around Pro-Israel Christians and/or are insensitive toward what's going in Palestine? 20:55 In the "Upside Down Kingdom Bible", yuoiur commentary on Genesis 9:18-27 surprised me. How do we know "rape" vs. "mockery" happened here? 25:13 If both sexes are called to be Christlike and exhibit the fruit of the spirit, does it make sense to be called a "Biblical Man or Women?" 37:13 Should we talk to our kids about masturbation? 39:00 While the Bible seems to approve of wine, does it suggest that beer and hard liquor lack the same biblical support? 43:09 Thoughts on the "Man of lawlessness" in 2 Thess. 2:3. Is it a future antichrist? I'm unsure. 46:48 Was Jesus as God capable of sin? 48:19 Any tips for preparing for a daughter's wedding? 52:55 Were Paul's letters written before the gospels? How do we know? 55:53 How would you address folks who disagree with fundamental theological convictions of a church community, but insist on remaining in the church and promoting disagreement? 58:55 Is it unbiblical for a woman to explain and lead communion? 1:01:55 What is the difference between Luke 12:19 and the American idea of retirement? 1:06:13 How do you respond to the criticism that the "Upside Down Kingdom Bible" isn't a study Bible, but a special-interest Bible? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Transcript

Click on a timestamp to play from that location

0:00.0	How should a church handle bathroom policies for transgender individuals?
0:04.3	Did my recent and increasingly intense conversation with Sean McDowell affect our relationship?
0:10.5	Should we talk to our kids about masturbation?
0:12.7	How do I handle Christians who seem indifferent toward the suffering of Palestinians?
0:16.1	What does the Bible say about beer and hard alcohol and much, much more on this second bonus
0:23.6	Q&A episode at Theology N from my Patreon supporters who support the podcast.
0:45.6	If you would also like to join the Patreon community, you can go to patreon.com forward slash theology in the raw and become a part of the theology in a raw community for as little as five bucks a month.
0:56.3	Okay. First question, Lynn wants to know, how do I think church, a church should handle
1:03.1	bathroom policies for transgender individuals? Is it different for transgender teens
1:09.5	rather than for transgender adults?
1:13.4	This is a very hot topic, very disputed, could be very heated when people talk about it.
1:21.1	I was actually with a bunch of about, I don't know, like 150 youth pastors in San Diego a few weeks ago.
1:28.2	And this was like the first question that came up and it occupied like our entire like hour
1:32.9	long time together. It was fantastic. I mean, they were all talking about different
1:37.8	situations they've been involved in and how they handled it and want to know, you know,
1:41.3	did I handle it right? What else could we have done? And, yeah,
1:45.2	it's a very live question, I think especially for youth leaders. But as you mentioned, this isn't
1:49.5	just for youth groups. It's for churches as a whole. So, you know, with anything, I always like
1:55.3	to make sure we get our definitions correct. Like, what is it we're actually talking about? So, first of all, what do we mean by
2:03.5	transgender individuals? And here, I just like to be super clear on what we're even talking about.
2:11.6	Okay? So we're talking about biological males or biological females who either experience gender dysphoria and or use the English word transgender as some kind of self-description or, you know, might call it like an identity label.
2:32.7	So when we say transgender individuals, we're not talking
	...

Transcript will be available on the free plan in -28 days. Upgrade to see the full transcript now.

Previous episode | Next episode

Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from Preston Sprinkle, and are the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Tapesearch.

Generated transcripts are the property of Preston Sprinkle and are distributed freely under the Fair Use doctrine. Transcripts generated by Tapesearch are not guaranteed to be accurate.