The Naked Gospel

Christian individuals and churches alike are struggling with sexual integrity. Individuals don't know how to find freedom—afraid to tell anyone about their struggle and afraid that nothing will work. Churches, likewise, are struggling to address the issues that so many people in the church are dealing with. In this episode, we walk through the exact steps that both individuals and churches can take to have genuine freedom and lasting sexual integrity. Become a Disruptor and help support this show! https://www.provenmen.org/disruptors/Click here to connect with Wailer and to find free resources! https://www.provenmen.org/get-encouragement/ABOUT WAILER:Wailer and his wife Adena have been married since 2005, kindling the soul-sparks of six children out into the world during the first ten years of their marriage. The Giles family has been claimed by two dogs as their pack of humans. They’ve been restoring an 1893 Victorian home since 2011 which has also become an ongoing exercise in relational renovation.Among Wailer’s most favorite disciplines and delights: singing, songwriting, guitar, chess, jiujitsu, Hebraic studies, writing, all things outdoors and conversations that traverse the soul. He enjoys just enough astrophysics to be pretentious about it. And he has classified dessert into two categories: chocolate and everything else. Wailer enjoys cinema where the bad guys get pummeled… perhaps a little too much.Prior to his full-time employment at Proven Ministries, Wailer spent 16 years as a craftsman in slate & metal roofing, with several of those years running his own business. His outlandish dream job for an alternate universe would be that of a sumo wrestler.  However, his position as Director of Outreach has become a *very* close second. “It’s a labor, but it doesn’t feel like a job!”Wailer grew up in the family legacy of two grandfathers and a Dad who exemplified covenant fidelity their entire married lives. Due in large part to their godly influence, he never encountered pornography in any form during his formative years and has remained free of that exposure or struggle ever since. His sons and daughters walk the same path into their teenage years. Wailer is passionate about cultivating this kind of generational inheritance among families and faith communities all over the nation; he believes this is our collective calling as children of light in a darkened world.“The man who listens speaks to eternity…”*Proverbs 21:28Support the show

The Christian message is often a message about sin, with an angry, disappointed God and a crucified Jesus. It can seem like sin and shameful repentance is the message. What is the place of beauty in the Christian life and in the Christian story? Today we sit down with Wheaton President to explore a theology of beauty!  Become a Disruptor and help support this show! https://www.provenmen.org/disruptors/Check out Dr. Ryken's book on Beauty: Beauty is Your Destiny: How the Promise of Splendor Changes EverythingPhilip Graham Ryken (DPhil, University of Oxford) is the eighth president of Wheaton College. He preached at Philadelphia’s Tenth Presbyterian Church from 1995 until his appointment at Wheaton in 2010. Ryken has published more than fifty books, including When Trouble Comes and expository commentaries on Exodus, Ecclesiastes, and Jeremiah. He serves as a board member for the Gospel Coalition and the Lausanne Movement.Support the show

Nancy Pearcey is an acclaimed scholar, and her latest work about masculinity has seen praise and hostility alike. In this conversation, she joins us to discuss the toxic AND transformational realities of masculinity. Become a Disruptor and shape this show! https://www.provenmen.org/disruptors/The Toxic War on Masculinity: https://www.amazon.com/Toxic-War-Masculinity-Christianity-Reconciles/dp/0801075734Love Thy Body: https://a.co/d/hecyzzaNancy Pearcey is the author of The Toxic War on Masculinity: How Christianity Reconciles the Sexes, as well as Love Thy Body, The Soul of Science, Saving Leonardo, Finding Truth, and Total Truth. She is professor and scholar in residence at Houston Christian University. She has been quoted in The New Yorker and Newsweek, highlighted as one of the five top women apologists by Christianity Today, and hailed in The Economist as "America's pre-eminent evangelical Protestant female intellectual."Support the show

Dr. Dan Allender and Dr. Curt Thompson are two of the most trusted and renown  Christian therapists. They have spent their lives exploring what healing and redemption  looks like, and they both join us for a long-form conversation.We discuss the relationship between science and faith, belief and our bodies, healing vs medicating, and the difference between abundant life and consumerism.  Check out the Disruptor Initiative: https://www.provenmen.org/disruptors/Dr. Thompson's latest book: The Deepest Place: Suffering and the Formation of Hope (https://a.co/d/8e3T1v6). To learn more about Dr. Thompson visit: https://curtthompsonmd.com/Dr.  Allender: Visit theallendercenter.org to find training opportunities, online courses, conferences, and workshops. (http://theallendercenter.org)About Curt Thompson and Dan Allender: Psychiatrist, speaker and author Curt Thompson connects our intrinsic desire to be known with the need to tell truer stories about ourselves — showing us how to form deep relationships, discover meaning and live integrated, creative lives.Dr. Dan Allender is a pioneer of a unique and innovative approach to trauma and abuse therapy. For over 30 years, Narrative Focused Trauma Care has brought healing and transformation to hundreds of thousands of lives by bridging the story of the gospel and the stories of trauma and abuse that mark so many.Support the show

The role of women in leadership is an important topic. In our last episode, we interviewed an egalitarian theologian—a biblical scholar who believes that men and women can have the same roles as pastors and leaders. Shane gives a short response to that conversation as the Naked Gospel gets ready for new conversations this fall! Check out Proven Ministries to find sexual integrity resources for men and women! Support this show and become a Disruptor!Support the show

Biblical scholar Nijay Gupta joins us to talk about women in Scripture. Shane asks Nijay about the male focus of Scripture, why Jesus only picked men as his apostles, and the role of women in the church. Support these conversations for $5 and you also get a Naked Gospel coffee mug! Check out Nijay's book: To Tell Her Story (https://www.amazon.com/Tell-Her-Story-Taught-Ministered/dp/1514000741)Nijay K. Gupta (PhD, New Testament, University of Durham) is a professor of New Testament at Northern Seminary. Previously, he was a professor of New Testament at Portland Seminary, where he also oversaw the Master's thesis program, and advises doctoral students. He is the author of the book Worship That Makes Sense to Paul and Prepare, Succeed, Advance: A Guidebook for Getting a PhD in Biblical Studies and Beyond along with Bible commentaries and over a dozen academic articles in theological journals.Follow him on Twitter: @Nijaykgupta.Read his blog at cruxsolablog.com.Watch him speak about Christ working through our weaknessSupport the show

It’s common to speak of living in a “fallen world,” but what precisely does this mean? What is the bad news that the gospel is actually addressing? In this episode, Shane and Dr. Chase look at Genesis to try and make sense of the exile and fall story. Support this show for just $5 and get a Naked Gospel coffee mug! https://www.provenmen.org/disruptors/Short of Glory: A Biblical and Theological Exploration of the Fall (https://www.crossway.org/books/short-of-glory-tpb/)Mitchell L. Chase (PhD, The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary) is an associate professor of biblical studies at the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary. He is also the preaching pastor of Kosmosdale Baptist Church in Louisville, Kentucky, and is the author of several books. He blogs regularly at Biblical Theology on Substack.Substack: https://mitchchase.substack.com/Twitter: @mitchellchaseSupport the show

What does gender have to do with God?? Do men and women reflect God differently? If someone has a disability do they reflect less of God? Dr. Carmen Imes lets us ask these questions and so many more! Check out the Disruptor Initiative at https://www.provenmen.org/disruptors/Check out Dr. Imes' book: Being God's Image: Why Creation Still MattersCarmen Joy Imes (PhD, Wheaton) is associate professor of Old Testament at Biola University. She is the author of Bearing YHWH's Name at Sinai, Bearing God's Name: Why Sinai Still Matters and Praying the Psalms with Augustine and Friends.Visit her website and read her blog at carmenjoyimes.blogspot.com.Check out here YouTube content at https://www.youtube.com/@CarmenJoyImesPhDFollow her on Twitter: @carmenjoyimes.Support the show

Porn is not some distant sin; we all know at least one person who struggles with it. For many, using porn is just an assumed reality, even if no one else knows about it. Why don't we see more churches seriously addressing pornography? And is there a real way that we can help those around us get free and heal from porn?? In this episode, we look at a specific way that thousands of men and women are being restored from the entrapment of pornography. Click here if you or someone you know is looking for help! (https://www.provenmen.org/end-porn/)Click here if you want to help those who are struggling!(https://www.provenmen.org/end-porn/)Support the show

Every person wants to be known by others, and everyone knowns what loneliness is like—regardless of sexual orientation or theological position. Art Pereira works for Revoice and is same-sex attracted. Art lives a life of celibacy, but he refuses to believe that a life of celibacy is the same thing as a life of loneliness. Art joins us to discuss relationships within God's family. Check out the Disruptor Initiative here! https://www.provenmen.org/disruptors/Check out Revoice and the resources they've created! https://www.revoice.org/Art is the Director of Community Care for Revoice. Art immigrated from Brazil with his parents when he was 4 years old, and has lived in New Jersey since. Art lives with his best friend/chosen brother. Art has spent the past decade working in local church youth ministry, predominately in the suburbs. Between his immigration background and his experience as a sexual minority, he loves to build bridges between different communities. Art especially has a heart for community and friendship in the Church. Support the show