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Northwest Regional Connects 2023

Dive into the videos, tools + resources from the Northwest District’s spring Regional Connects

April Nault

July 21, 2023

cultural engagement, leader resources, regional connect 2023

Cultural engagement

Church planter and Pastor Cody Whittington, who specializes in church and culture, spoke on Cultural Engagement in a Post-Christian World. Cody is a Foursquare pastor in Belgrade, MT at The Table Community Church. He and his wife, Christie, have three kids, and love calling Montana home.

In addition to pastoring, Cody is a doctoral student researching cultural engagement, missiology, and the works of missionary theologian Lesslie Newbigin. He is also a Yellowstone Fellow at Yellowstone Theological Institute in Bozeman and teaches apologetics, New Testament, theology, and culture.

BOOKS

  • Burton, Tara Isabella. Strange Rites: New Religions for a Godless World. New York, NY: Public Affairs, 2022.
  • Brooks, David. The Second Mountain: The Quest for a Moral Life. New York NY: Random House, 2020.
  • Cleveland, Christena, Uncovering the Hidden Forces that Keep us Apart. Downers Grove, IL: InterVarsity Press, 2013.
  • Metzger, Paul Louis. Connecting Christ: Connecting Christ: How to Discuss Jesus in a World of Diverse Paths. Nashville, TN: Thomas Nelson, 2012.
  • Sayers, Mark. Disappearing Church: From Cultural Relevance to Gospel Resilience. Chicago, IL: Moody Publishers
  • Trueman, Carl R. The Rise and Triumph of the Modern Self: Cultural Amnesia, Expressive Individualism, and the Road to Sexual Revolution. Wheaton, IL: Crossway, 2020.

Gender + sexuality (breakout)

Cody Whittington continues to share with us in this breakout session. We take a biblical approach to the issue of gender + sexuality within our world.

This session was not recorded, but you can find the slides and book recommendations below:

BOOKS

  • Allberry Sam. Seven Myths about Singleness. Wheaton, IL: Crossway, 2019.
  • Bunt, Andrew. Finding Your Best Identity: A Short Christian Introduction to Identity, Sexuality, and Gender. London,  EN, Inter-Varsity Press, 2022.
  • Bennet, David. A War of Loves: The Unexpected Story of a Gay Activist Discovering Jesus. Grand Rapids: Zondervan,  2018.
  • Coles, Greg. Single, Gay, and Christian: A Personal Journey of Faith and Sexual Identity. Downers Grove, IL:  InterVarsity Press, 2017.
  • Collins, Nate. All But Invisible: Exploring Identity Questions at the Intersection of Faith, Gender, & Sexuality. Grand  Rapids, MI: Zondervan, 2017.
  • Grant, Jonathan. Divine Sex: A Compelling Vision for Christian Relationships in a Hypersexualized Age. Grand  Rapids, MI: Brazos, 2015.
  • Harper, Kyle. From Shame to Sin: The Christian Transformation of Sexual Morality in Late Antiquity. Cambridge,  MA: Harvard University Press, 2013.
  • Hill, Wesley. Spiritual Friendship: Finding Love in the Church as a Celibate Gay Christian. Grand Rapids, MI. Brazos,  2015.
  • Hill, Wesley. Washed and Waiting: Reflections on Christian Faithfulness and Homosexuality. Grand Rapids, MI:  Zondervan, 2016.
  • Johnson, Greg. Still Time to Care: What We Can Learn from the Church’s Failed Attempts to Cure Homosexuality.  Grand Rapids, MI: Zondervan, 2021.
  • Jones, Beth Felker. Faithful: A Theology of Sex (Ordinary Theology Series). Grand Rapids, MI: Zondervan, 2015.
  • Loader, William. Making Sense of Sex: Attitudes towards Sexuality in Early Jewish and  Christian Literature. Grand Rapids, MI: Eerdmans, 2013.
  • Loader, William. Sexuality in the New Testament: Understanding the Key Texts. Louisville, KY: Westminster John  Knox Press, 2010.
  • Pearcy, Nancy R. Love Thy Body: Answering Hard Questions about Life and Sexuality. Grand Rapids, MI: 2019.
  • Sax, Leonard. Why Gender Matters, Second Edition: What Parents and Teachers Need to Know About the Emerging Science of Sex Differences. New York: Crown Publishing, 2017.
  • Sprinkle Preston. Embodied: Transgender Identities, the Church, and What the Bible Has to Say. Colorado Springs,  CO: David C. Cook, 2021.
  • Tushnet, Eve. Tenderness: Gay and Catholic: Accepting My Sexuality, Finding Community, Living My Faith. Notre  Dame, IN: Ave Maria Press, 2014.
  • Yarhouse, Mark A. Understanding Gender Dysphoria. Downers Grove, IL. InterVarsity Press, 2015.
  • Yarhouse, Mark A. and Olya Zaporozhets. Costly Obedience: What We Can Learn From the Celibate Gay Christian  Community. Grand Rapids, MI: Zondervan, 2019.
  • Yarhouse, Mark A. and Julia Sadusky. Emerging Gender Identities: Understanding the Diverse Experiences of  Today’s Youth. Grand Rapids, MI: Brazos Press, 2020.
  • Yuan, Christopher. Holy Sexuality and the Gospel: Sex, Desire, and Relationships Shaped by God’s Grand Story. New  York, NY, Multnomah, 2018.

ARTICLES


  • “Homosexuality and the Bible: Traditionalists’ and Revisionists’ Perspective” – Dr. Gary Matsdorf, Chairman of the Foursquare Doctrine Committee


ONLINE RESOURCES

  • The Center for Faith, Sexuality, and Gender
  • Living Out

God + politics (breakout)

Pastor Joe Wittwer shares with us in this breakout session how to live out our faith when it comes to the hot political environment. We look at the biblical principles we have as Christ followers to engage with the world of politics and the policies and people it affects.

 

This session was not recorded, but you can find the slides and book recommendations below:

BOOKS

  • Thou Shalt Not be a Jerk: A Christian’s Guide to Engaging in Politics, by Eugene Cho
  • Not in it to Win it, by Andy Stanley
  • The Political Seduction of the Church, by Michael L. Brown
  • City of Man: Religion and Politics in a New Era, by Michael Gerson and Peter Wehner
  • Truth Over Tribe: Pledging Allegiance to the Lamb, Not the Donkey or the Elephant, by Patrick Keith Miller and Keith Simon
  • What You Should Know about Politics…but Don’t: A non-partisan guide to the issues that matter, by Jessamyn Conrad

ARTICLES

  • Political Dealing/The Crisis of Evangelicalism Doug Labberton
  • How do Christians fit into the two-party system? They don’t Tim Keller
  • The Evangelical Church is breaking apart Peter Wehner
  • How politics poisoned the Evangelical church Tim Alberta
  • Christian nationalism cannot save the world Russell Moore

SERMON


  • Arguing about Politics, by Tim Keller (July 15, 2001)


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April Nault

District communication + events coordinator for the Northwest District of The Foursquare Church

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