Questions to aid our discussion of chapter 9:
- What were your overall impressions? What about McLaughlin’s approach worked particularly well?
- What did you take from the section on friendship? Do we personally need to deepen our appreciation of friendship?
- As churches – do we need to ‘fight for culture change’ (p.160) to give a greater valuing to friendship and community?
- How do we preach the gospel into this issue? (p162-166)
- Are there ways that we fail to value and support singleness? (p.167)
- How effective did you find the arguments and evidence on sexual fluidity, race and intersex?
- What could we helpfully do with this chapter?
References and resources:
- Why I don’t sit with my husband at church (Rebecca McLaughlin, Christianity Today)
- The (often) missing element in the gay marriage debate
- Rediscovering friendship
- Rosaria Butterfield, The Gospel Comes With A House Key
We’re very grateful that Neil Powell, senior pastor of City Church Birmingham, co-founder and convener of 2020 Birmingham and London director for City to City UK, will be coming to unpack Tim Keller’s Center Church for the London Church Planting Academy on 4 Wednesday afternoons:
