Why God’s Sexual Ethic Is Good for the World

In what sense is God’s sexual ethic not just true, but also beautiful and good for the world?

That’s the question Sam Allberry (author of Is God Anti-Gay? and a founding editor of Living Out, a ministry for those struggling with same-sex attraction), Rosaria Butterfield (author of The Secret Thoughts of an Unlikely Convert and Openness Unhindered [20 quotes]), and Jackie Hill Perry (spoken word poet and hip-hop artist) take on in this new seven-minute roundtable video.

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Perry considers how pursuing holiness leads to human flourishing; Butterfield thinks about how bearing God’s image informs Scripture’s sexual morality; and Allberry reminds us what the Bible actually is—the story of a Creator more committed to our joy than we could ever imagine, not an arbitrary list of prohibitions.

Watch as they open up about their own struggles with sexuality and share how the Lord has used his Word to show them the goodness of his sexual ethic.

Related:

‘We Are All Messy’: Rosaria Butterfield on Loving Our Gay and Lesbian Friends (Matt Smethurst)
You Are Not Your Sexuality (Sam Allberry)
Loving the Church When It Hurts (Jackie Hill Perry)

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Sam Allberry is a pastor, apologist, and speaker. He is the author of 7 Myths About Singleness, Why Does God Care Who I Sleep With?, What God Has to Say About Our Bodies, and, with Ray Ortlund, You’re Not Crazy. He serves as associate pastor at Immanuel Nashville, is a canon theologian for the Anglican Church in North America, and is the cohost of TGC’s podcast You’re Not Crazy: Gospel Sanity for Young Pastors.

Rosaria Butterfield is a former tenured professor of English at Syracuse University and author of The Secret Thoughts of an Unlikely Convert (Crown & Covenant, 2012) and Openness Unhindered: Further Thoughts of an Unlikely Convert on Sexual Identity and Union with Christ (Crown & Covenant, 2015). Her new book is The Gospel Comes with a House Key (Crossway, 2018).

Jackie Hill Perry has been compelled to share the light of gospel truth through teaching, writing, poetry, and music since coming to know Christ at the age of nineteen. She is the author of several books and Bible studies and has been featured on The Washington Times, The 700 Club, Desiring God, The Gospel Coalition, and other publications. She and her husband, Preston, have four children and live in the Atlanta area.