Bishop Stuart Ruch on Human SexualityOn Friday evening, April 16 and Saturday morning, April 17, Bishop Stuart Ruch of the ACNA Diocese of the Upper Midwest (based in Wheaton, Illinois) visited the Hillsdale College campus and offered some constructive teaching on human sexuality at the request of the Anglican Student Fellowship. The talks were well attended by a wide representation of the campus Christian community, including evangelical Protestants and Roman Catholics. On Friday evening, he spoke on the deeper prevailing spiritual realities that have led to so much confusion about human sexuality in our current culture. In particular, the bishop noted the deep parallels between modern notions of "self" and its relationship with our inherent materiality and the ancient error of Gnosticism, and how the doctrine of the Incarnation challenges both the same way. On Saturday morning over breakfast, he and his wife Katherine provided a more focused teaching on God's purposes for marriage more generally, and his intent that husbands and wives be fruitful with each other more specifically. This powerful presentation focused on childbearing as an exercise of discipleship, and explored the ways the Anglican tradition in particular has dealt with the issue of family planning (with a quick look at the fateful 1920 and 1930 Lambeth Conferences). Download recordings and PDFs from Bishop Ruch's talks below. Understanding the Anti-Christ Applying the Theology of the Body to our Lives Today talk given at Hillsdale College on Friday, April 16, 2021 by Bishop Stuart Ruch, Anglican Diocese of the Upper Midwest Download audio recording below:
Be Fruitful and Multiply The Marital Vocation of Childbearing and Discipleship talk given at Hillsdale College on Saturday, April 17, 2021 by Stuart and Katherine Ruch Download audio recording below:
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