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What does it actually mean to be faithful to Jesus — not just culturally Christian, but genuinely biblical? In this episode of The Deep End, we go deep with Dr. Preston Sprinkle, biblical scholar, author, podcaster, and co-founder of the Center for Faith, Sexuality & Gender.

Preston shares how a rigorous study of Scripture led him to unexpected conclusions on two of the most emotionally charged debates in the church today: women in leadership and LGBTQ+ sexuality. We talk about his new book From Genesis to Junia — an honest, real-time exegetical journey through what the Bible actually says about women and church leadership — and why he didn't know where he'd land before he started writing it.

We also get into the nuance behind yes-or-no culture, why "homosexuality is sin" isn't as simple a question as it sounds, the 83% statistic about LGBT people raised in the church, and what pastoral compassion actually looks like when someone asks "Did God make me gay?"

This is a conversation about truth AND grace — not one or the other.

Topics covered:

• What faithfulness to Jesus really looks like
• The debate over women in church leadership (complementarian vs. egalitarian)
• Primogeniture, Genesis 1–3, and what Adam's creation order actually means
• Same-sex attraction, celibacy, and navigating hard pastoral questions
• Why Preston refuses to give thin answers to thick questions
• The danger of cultural Christianity and sound-bite theology

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0:00 Intro & Cold Open Clips
1:42 Welcome — Introducing Dr. Preston Sprinkle
2:49 How Preston Became a Voice on Sexuality & Faith
4:20 Cultural Christianity vs. Biblical Conviction
5:29 What Does It Actually Mean to Be Faithful to Jesus?
6:51 "God Said It, I Believe It" — The Interpretation Gap
11:32 Introducing From Genesis to Junior — Women & Church Leadership
13:50 Adam & Eve, Primogeniture, and the Firstborn Argument
18:25 Wrestling with 1 Corinthians 11 — The Hardest Passage in Paul
23:03 Egalitarian vs. Complementarian — What Do These Terms Actually Mean?
26:14 Preston Reveals His Conclusion on Women in Leadership
29:51 Gender Identity, Sex, and Keeping Up with Shifting Terms
33:17 Navigating Pronouns — What Would Paul Do?
37:42 Homosexuality in the Ancient World — What We're Missing
42:03 Why These Issues Are So Divisive in Church & Culture
47:54 The Woman Stuck in a Patriarchal Marriage — What Do You Tell Her?
50:31 "Did God Make Me Gay?" — Responding with Curiosity & Care
53:15 Is Same-Sex Attraction Sin? Why Preston Refuses a Yes/No Answer
57:20 Jesus Never Gave Sound-Bite Answers Either
58:22 Is LGBTQ a Monolith? Tensions Within the Acronym
1:01:23 The Spectrum of Same-Sex Experience & What Scripture Actually Addresses
1:18:39 Deconstruction, Christian Hip-Hop & Navigating Bad Evangelical Spaces
1:20:27 How This Book Changed How Lecrae Reads His Own Marriage
1:23:18 Closing — Why Scholarship + Pastoral Care Both Matter
1:24:03 Outro

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