The Naked Gospel

This episode is a shout out to all of you! We hit 1,000 subscribers on Youtube, which helps fulfill the vision of this podcast and see conversations about sexuality and sexual integrity become normalized within the Church and the lives of Christians. To celebrate this milestone we wanted to give you three resources to kick porn, which you can use in your own life or offer them to a friend in need. Thank you for supporting us and helping to shape this show! And if you haven't yet, subscribe and continue to share these episodes with friends and family. Watch the Video Here! Support this show at Here!Thanks everyone!Support the show

When most of our relationships and information are funneled through technology, we have to ask how technology is shaping our humanity. In this episode, psychotherapist Christopher Miller joins us to discuss how technology forms our humanity. Christopher's work sheds light on how media shapes our relationships, our sense of meaning, and even our identities. Check Out the Disruptor Initiative Here! Click here to watch this episode! Check out Dr. Miller's book here! Christopher Miller attended Anderson University for his undergraduate degree in Philosophy and Religion, as well as Biblical Studies, and received two graduate degrees from Hollins University as well as a graduate degree in Counseling and Human Development from Radford University. Dr. Miller obtained his Ph.D. in Humanities and Culture from Union Institute and University. A practicing psychotherapist, Chris lives with his wife and children in the Blue Ridge Mountains. Support the show

The world renowned C. S. Lewis scholar, Dr. Michael Ward, joins The Naked Gospel to discuss Lewis' approach to sexuality. In this episode, Shane and Michael discuss everything from Lewis' personal struggles to Lewis' views on gender and contraceptives. Watch this episode here! Check out Dr. Ward's latest book After Humanity. MICHAEL WARD, a Catholic priest, is Senior Research Fellow at Blackfriars Hall, University of Oxford, and Professor of Apologetics at Houston Baptist University. He is the author of the best-selling and award-winning Planet Narnia: The Seven Heavens in the Imagination of C.S. Lewis, co-editor of The Cambridge Companion to C.S. Lewis, and presenter of the BBC television documentary The Narnia Code. On the fiftieth anniversary of Lewis’s death, Michael Ward unveiled a permanent national memorial to him in Poets’ Corner, Westminster Abbey, London.Click here to view Dr. Ward's website and resources!Support the show

Once a year we release a short video letting you all know why we're here and what our vision is. The Naked Gospel is a podcast but we also video record all of these interviews and make them available on Youtube. Check out the Youtube channel and subscribe to help other people become aware of these conversations!  Most of what we do is interview cultural thinkers and authors to better understand what it looks like to follow Jesus with our bodies, our relationships, and our sexuality. Occasionally we release a video like this one, which we call a Dispatch. Each Dispatch runs for under 10 minutes and we use this time to inform you all about things happening in the culture around us — such as the Ravi Zacharias scandal. Christians have long neglected these kinds of raw conversations and we're all paying the price for it, as we see hook up culture invade the Church, pornography infest our lives, marriages broken apart, and abuse take place in the lives of those we love. Our hope is to normalize these kinds of conversations amongst our friends, communities, churches so that we can know the redemption Jesus lived and died to give us.  Stand with us as we fight by joining the Disruptor Initiative and continue to share these conversations with the community around you! Support the show

Josh and Dan join us to discuss how Christians should live and parent in a pornographic world. Join the Disruptor Initiative here! Watch this episode here! Get Josh and Daniel's new book on parenting through porn here! Joshua Glaser and Daniel Weiss—authors of the book, Treading Boldly through a Pornographic World: A Field Guide for Parents— provide parents with the tools they need to navigate a hypersexualized culture. As leaders of Christ- centered ministries aimed at helping families live in God’s beautiful design for sexuality, Josh and Daniel are passionate about helping parents raise healthy kids—both relationally and emotionally. In Treading Boldly through a Pornographic World, Josh and Daniel are the experts parents need to help their kids navigate a digital world full of landmines. Check out Josh Glaser's resources here!Check out Daniel Weiss's resources here! Support the show

Sean McDowell joins us to discuss what we should do when we're trapped in porn or sex-addiction. He also helps us to process how Christians can approach a sexualized culture. Check out The Disruptor Initiative here!Watch this episode here! Dr. Sean McDowell is a gifted communicator with a passion for equipping the church, and in particular young people, to make the case for the Christian faith. He connects with audiences in a tangible way through humor and stories while imparting hard evidence and logical support for viewing all areas of life through a Biblical worldview.  Sean is an Associate Professor in the Christian Apologetics program at Talbot School of Theology, Biola University. https://seanmcdowell.org/https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCC321oNTD2yrszfYoz3-X1wSupport the show

In this episode, Brad Huddleston joins us to talk about what technology is doing to our relationships and our sexuality. Specifically, Shane and Brad work through how technology is shaping our Christianity. Become a Disruptor! Click here to watch this video! Brad Huddleston is an internationally respected speaker, consultant, teacher and author on the important issues such as technology and culture. He has worked with universities, schools, churches and law enforcement, and spoken to hundreds of thousands around the world on both the advantages of well-used technology tools and the dangers of the growing trend toward technology addiction. Brad has an on-going collaboration with the Bureau of Market Research (BMR) and its Neuroscience Division at the University of South Africa. Brad has a degree in Computer Science and a Diploma of Biblical Studies and is a credentialed minister in the Acts 2 Alliance (A2A) movement in Australia. He's also a frequent guest on radio and television and author of Digital Cocaine: A Journey Toward iBalance and The Dark Side of Technology: Restoring Balance in the Digital Age.Brad and his wife, Beth, live in the beautiful Shenandoah Valley in Virginia (USA).Podcast: bradhuddleston.com/podcastWebsite: bradhuddleston.comMinistry Facebook page: facebook.com/bradhuddlestonministriesPersonal Facebook page: facebook.com/rbradleyhuddlestonSupport the show

Brenna Blain is a same-sex attracted woman who is in a wonderful heterosexual marriage with two kids! Join us as we hear her story and what it's been like to follow Jesus in a sexualized culture. Check out the Disruptor Initiative Here! Watch this episode here!Brenna Blain is a wife, mom, christian speaker and podcast producer from the PNW. She has a BA in Theology and Biblical Studies from Multnomah University and uses her degree to help christians pursue a deeper and more authentic relationship with the living God. While she speaks on many topics, Brenna is most passionate about God’s involvement in our pain and personal struggles including mental illness, same sex attraction and abuse. You can connect with Brenna on social media and hear more of her speaking as well as check out her podcast by searching for @bunonmyhead Check out Brenna's website here! Support the show

Shane is getting married so we're taking May off! Get some rest and check out older episodes, we've got plenty! Thank you for thinking and processing alongside of us. You folks are a gift! Support the show

Shane and Kaylee are one week out from their wedding day. For this episode they share their fears about sex, the wedding night, vows, and finding Jesus in marriage. Check out the Purity Assessment here!And watch this episode at: thenakedgospel.org Support the show