Taboo Topics

Ep 01

Additional Resources:

Books

• Irreversible Damage – Abigail Shrier

• Lost in Trans Nation: A Child Psychiatrist’s Guide Out of the Madness – Dr. Miriam Grossman

• Is God Anti-Gay? – Sam Allberry

• God and the Transgender Debate – Andrew T. Walker

Articles

• CBMW (Council on Biblical Manhood & Womanhood) – cbmw.org (doctrinal, confessional resources on gender and sexuality)

• The Gospel Coalition: “Humanity as Male and Female” – Claire Smith

• 9Marks Journal issue: Biblical Theology and the Sexuality Crisis

Podcasts / Talks

• The Briefing with Albert Mohler

  (Regular coverage of gender/sexuality issues in culture)

• Unbelievable?

  Debate episodes on gender and sexuality

• Sam Allberry talks at TGC

• Living Out

Ep 02

Additional Resources:
Books

• A Christian Manifesto – Francis Schaeffer

• Politics According to the Bible – Wayne Grudem

• God and Politics – Mark Dever

  (Shorter, accessible introduction)

• City of God – Augustine

  (Classic for historical grounding)

• Christ and Culture Revisited – D.A. Carson

Articles

• 9Marks - Political Life Begins in the Church

• Albert Mohler – Foundations of Political Action

• Council on Biblical Manhood & Womanhood

Podcasts / Talks

• Albert Mohler – Thinking in Public

  Interviews on political theology

• Jonathan Leeman – Pastors Talk

  Podcast episodes on church and politics

• Andrew T. Walker – Ethics & Public Theology

Ep 03

Additional Resources:
Video

• Dying Mother Gives Last Words - Life Changing - Rachel Barkey

Books

• Why Pro-Life? – Randy Alcorn

  (Short, practical, highly conversational)

• Pro-Choice or Pro-Life? – Randy Alcorn

  (More in-depth, apologetics-style)

• The Case for Life – Scott Klusendorf

  (Robust apologetic and training resource)

• Life’s Work: A Moral Argument for Abortion

  (Not supportive, but sometimes helpful to know pro-choice reasoning if leaders want to prep)

Articles

• The Gospel Coalition: “Abortion and the Christian”

• Desiring God: “Abortion: The Greatest Moral Outrage of Our Time”

• 9Marks: journal issue on Life and Death Ethics

• ERLC (Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission) resources on abortion and end-of-life issues

Podcasts / Talks

• Scott Klusendorf interviews on Think Biblically

• Albert Mohler’s The Briefing

  (Coverage on abortion & euthanasia laws)

• Apologia Studios

  (Jeff Durbin’s debates on abortion)

Practical / Advocacy Resources

• Stand to Reason (Greg Koukl)

  (Pro-life conversation training)

• We Need a Law – weneedalaw.ca

  (Canadian pro-life advocacy)

• Canadian Centre for Bio-Ethical Reform (CCBR)

  Training and apologetic tools

• Life Training Institute (Scott Klusendorf)