Grenville Kent

Grenville Kent lectures in Old Testament and Arts at Wesley Institute in Sydney, Australia, and has spoken at evangelical meetings in 25+ countries, particularly for young adults on campus. He wrote a chapter on ‘Preaching the Song of Solomon’ in a recent IVP book entitled ‘He Began with Moses...’: Preaching the Old Testament Today. His PhD from Manchester University analyses Old Testament narrative.  Grenville also holds a BA and MA in Film and is producing an apologetics film series found out  www.bigquestions.com.

2011 Forum Sessions

Luncheon Workshops

Sex in the Bible: Teaching from the Song of Solomon

Offering balanced biblical teaching about sex is important not just pastorally but apologetically. Sex can point beyond itself to the numinous and divine. Our culture tells us we are “nothing but mammals”, but sex can offer hints that we are souls. People want to know that Christianity is true in a modernist sense, but also that it is life-enhancing – that it ‘works’. When seekers are examining Christian sexual ethics, they may be really asking: is your God a cosmic killjoy or an all-wise friend in whose presence is fullness of joy and pleasure for evermore? That is a fair theological question which deserves both experiential and intellectual answers, and to which the Song of Solomon is very relevant. But does anyone teach it? In this session the speaker will explore the Biblical view of sex, in contrast with other popular views, concluding that Christian ethics on sexuality are indeed life-enhancing, and thus reflect God’s character and good purposes. 

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