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Sex, Singleness & Marriage, February 1-10, 2012

What place does sex have in God’s design for the world?  How should singles relate to their sexuality? This series will explore the theological side of this topic as well as seek to help students answer questions like what criteria should I use to pick a spouse?  How can I avoid certain temptations?  And what should I do with my loneliness?

So God created man in his own image, in the image of God he created him; male and female he created them. And God blessed them. And God said to them, “Be fruitful and multiply and fill the earth and subdue it, and have dominion over the fish of the sea and over the birds of the heavens and over every living thing that moves on the earth.” Genesis 1:27-28 (ESV)

Schedule (All sessions are free and open to the public and held in Rudd Auditorium)

Wednesday, February 1, 10 a.m.
Gary Phillips, Sexuality and the Being of God
 
Friday, February 3, 10 a.m.
Marriage Stories at Bryan College
 
Monday, February 6, 10 a.m.
Mark Regnerus, What If We Don’t Kiss Dating Goodbye?
 
Wednesday, February 8, 10 a.m.
Mark Regnerus, What My Christian College Failed to Teach Me about Sex and Marriage
 
Friday, February 10, 10 a.m.
Bonnie-Marie Yager, Singleness and Marriage
 

Guest Speaker Information

Dr. Gary Phillips

Dr. Phillips holds degrees from Vanderbilt University (B.A.), Dallas Theological Seminary (Th.M.), and Grace Theological Seminary (Th.D.). He was Distinguished Professor and Chair of Biblical Studies at Bryan College, where he taught for 24 years. 
In 1985 Dr. Phillips planted Signal Mountain Bible Church, which he pastored part-time for sixteen years while teaching at Bryan; in 2001 he became their full-time pastor. Gary and his wife Betsy have three grown children.

Dr. Mark Regnerus

Dr. Regnerus is an associate professor of sociology at the University of Texas at Austin and author of Premarital Sex in America (Oxford University Press, 2010). Before that, he wrote Forbidden Fruit: Sex and Religion in the Lives of American Teenagers (Oxford, 2007), which tells the story of how religion shapes teen sexual decision-making. His op-ed on the benefits of early marriage appeared in the Washington Post on April 26, 2009.

Author of over 30 published articles and book chapters, Mark's research is in the areas of sexual behavior, family, and religious behavior.  He lives in Austin with his wife Deeann and their three children.