The first episode in a 4-part series titled “The Bible, the Body, & the Brain”

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Episode Summary/For Further Exploration

These are lessons and recordings from our Young Adult Ministry-wide "Summer Bible Study Series" in the summer of 2023. In this episode, join our Young Adult Minister, John Lemons, along with special guests Shelley Mills, Cameron Howell, and Ian McGuinness as they talk about what the Bible has to say about our physical health and why it is an important part of how we follow Jesus.

*If you have thoughts or questions, we’d love to talk with you! Email your questions to youngadults@fbchav.org or john@fbchsv.org*

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Items Referenced in the Episode:

Scriptures Referenced:

Galatians 5:19-21

19 The acts of the flesh are obvious: sexual immorality, impurity and debauchery; 20 idolatry and witchcraft; hatred, discord, jealousy, fits of rage, selfish ambition, dissensions, factions 21 and envy; drunkenness, orgies, and the like. I warn you, as I did before, that those who live like this will not inherit the kingdom of God.

1 Corinthians 3:3

...for you are still of the flesh. For while there is jealousy and strife among you, are you not of the flesh and behaving only in a human way?

Romans 7:5

5 For when we were in the realm of the flesh,[a] the sinful passions aroused by the law were at work in us, so that we bore fruit for death.

Footnotes

Romans 7:5 In contexts like this, the Greek word for flesh (sarx) refers to the sinful state

of human beings, often presented as a power in opposition to the Spirit.

1 John 4:2

This is how you can recognize the Spirit of God: every spirit that confesses that Jesus Christ has come in the flesh is from God…

2 John 1:7

For many deceivers have gone out into the world, people who do not confess that Jesus Christ has come in the flesh. Any such person is the deceiver and the Antichrist!

James 1:27

Religion that God our Father accepts as pure and faultless is this: to look after orphans and widows in their distress and to keep oneself from being polluted by the world.

Ephesians 6:12

...for our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the world rulers of this darkness, against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly realms.

Romans 8:22-24a

22 We know that the whole creation has been groaning as in the pains of childbirth right up to the present time. 23 Not only so, but we ourselves, who have the firstfruits of the Spirit, groan inwardly as we wait eagerly for our adoption to sonship, the redemption of our bodies. 24 For in this hope we were saved…

1 Corinthians 6:12, 18-20

12 “I have the right to do anything,” you say—but not everything is beneficial. “I have the right to do anything”—but I will not be mastered by anything… 18 Flee from sexual immorality. All other sins a person commits are outside the body, but whoever sins sexually, sins against their own body. 19 Do you not know that your bodies are temples of the Holy Spirit, who is in you, whom you have received from God? You are not your own; 20 you were bought at a price. Therefore honor God with your bodies.

Key Questions to Consider:

What does it mean to be human?
Will we place a wvlue on live, in-person, handwritten things (school, theatre, notes)?
Will we emphasize the need to “Buy Human”?
Will the imperfect = perfect, because we will know it's human?

Questions Asked of the Panel:

Question 1:

Tell us who you are and where we might see you around the church…

Question 2:

Briefly tell us about your relationship with your physical health. How has it become something you’ve become more aware of?

Question 3:

How do you see being in-tune to your (or us being in-tune to our) physical health as connected to and contributing to your discipleship or growing faith in Jesus?

Question 4:

When talking about or personally addressing the topic of physical health, it’s easy for people to feel body-shamed. How do you approach your physical health from a healthy rather than shame perspective, and how would you encourage others to do the same?

Question 5:

Paying attention and making changes to our physical health is hard and usually involves a long, incremental process. How would you encourage someone to get started in taking their physical health more seriously, and/or to push through when it can get discouraging?

Questions Asked by Our Audience:

Has physical health been a solo journey or did you find support with others?
What role does fasting have in a healthy diet/lifestyle?
How many cups of coffee a day is too much?

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Resources & References for After You Listen

Bible App Devotional on Rest

Sacred Strides: Sabbath as a Command, a Practice, and a Gift

"God and Our Bodies" - sermon series from New Life Fellowship in NYC

Check out All our Other Episodes on our Podcast & Keep an Eye Out for Episode 2 of Season 4 soon!

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