Are you wondering if you will be single forever!? Do you wonder how you can live a fulfilling and purposeful life as a single Christian? In this episode, Christopher Yuan shares the importance of recognizing the power of being single, and how churches should put too much pressure on single people to get married right away!
Dr. Christopher Yuan has taught the Bible at Moody Bible Institute for twelve years and his speaking ministry on faith and sexuality has reached five continents. He speaks at conferences, on college campuses, and in churches. He has co-authored with his mother their memoir, Out of a Far Country: A Gay Son’s Journey to God, A Broken Mother’s Search for Hope . He is also the author of Giving a Voice to the Voiceless. Christopher graduated from Moody Bible Institute in 2005 and received a master’s in biblical exegesis in 2007 and a doctorate of ministry in 2014. Dr. Yuan’s newest book, Holy Sexuality and the Gospel: Sex, Desire, and Relationships Shaped by God’s Grand Story, was named 2020 Book of the Year for Social Issues by Outreach Magazine.
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00:00 Introduction
00:33 How is the LGBTQ Community affecting marriage?
04:26 A Biblical Theology of Singleness
07:42 Finding Singleness as a Gift