Dr. Preston Sprinkle founded the Center for Faith, Sexuality and Gender. After a conversion experience he pursued his studies in the Bible from John MacArthur's Master's University and Seminary. It gave him a desire to study the Bible and hold true to its teachings rather than the doctrinal standards of that system. He got a PhD in New Testament from Aberdeen going on to teach first at Cedarville University then Francis Chan's Eternity Bible College. He has spent his career working to open up the Bible on controversial topics to where he currently helps churches and Christian institutions try to apply biblical teaching on sexuality to their circumstances. He has a podcast "Theology in the Raw". I was a guest on an episode about Jordan Peterson. Here we talk for nearly two hours examining his story and touching on both Christian culture and the culture beyond. Center for Faith, Sexuality and Gender https://centerforfaith.com/ Theology in the Raw Podcast https://www.prestonsprinkle.com/theology-in-the-raw His episode with me https://www.prestonsprinkle.com/theology-in-the-raw/2019/3/11/729-a-conversation-with-paul-vander-klay Preston Sprinkle Books https://amzn.to/2XwvoJJ Notes 43 years old, became a Christian at 19, wasn’t naturally academic Wisdom Went from hating to read John MacArthur sermons Masters University, majored in Bible 1997 19 years old about to turn 20 In Israel a very conservative professor had them read liberal scholars Why can’t Evangelicals be Scholars? Master’s Seminary and PhD at Aberdeen Reformed Dispensational Cessesionist “There is only one Seminary” Wayne Grudem Had to write an eschatology paper on 1 Thessalonians, main rapture prooftext What does the Bible actually say, even if I get fired. Cedarville University Views on non-violence started to form, and God’s heart for the poor and marginalized Simi Valley Bible College Francis Chan Eternity Bible College not at great cost Was writing academic books, 2011 Rob Bell Love Wins Francis Chan to write a book response to this… School debt Erasing hell, is Hell irreversible Fell in love with the art of writing Wrote a book on Non-violence, the Bible and warfare Research and blogging on sexuality Since 1980 30 books on what the Bible says about same sex relationships, 27 say he doesn’t condemn SS relationships The Center for Faith, Sexuality and Gender Produce web based resources, video resources, small group curriculum, testimonial videos Leaders forum, one day thing What have you learned? People to be loved. Why it is not just an issue Before that did a lot of blogging on a bunch of passages Clobber passages Biblical Christians can be so scared at studying the Bible Evangelicals don’t stick to the text What if we let the Bible define what the Bible is… ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mBQ9czFZQUY