These are our views concerning Marriage, Sexual Identity, & Gender Identity. We believe this is what the Scripture teaches and what God has intended to communicate with humanity. There are so many other topics that could be added to this list but due to the present climate of our world, these are the most pressing issues in our opinion. If you have questions concerning other views we may hold regarding the Bible, please send us an email (see below). Please understand, we are not looking to argue with people but rather believe that iron sharpens iron and our conversations should be seasoned with salt with the desire for edification. "Whether, then, you eat or drink or whatever you do, do all to the glory of God." 1 Corinthians 10:31
Marriage
We believe the Bible teaches that the appropriate place for sexual expression is in the context of a marriage relationship. The biblical description of marriage is one man and one woman in a lifelong commitment. In Matthew 19:4-5, Jesus says, “Have you not read that he who created them from the beginning made them male and female, and said, 'Therefore a man shall leave his father and his mother and hold fast to his wife, and the two shall become one flesh'?”
Repeatedly, God uses the symbolism of His relationship with believers as the picture of marriage. Husbands are exhorted to love their wives as Christ loves the Church and wives are exhorted to honor their husbands as the Church does Christ. With this imagery and the truth of God’s ideal for marriage in mind, any sexual relationship outside the marriage context is described in the Bible as either fornication or adultery and (as stated in the sixth commandment) is prohibited throughout the Old and New Testaments. Therefore, sexual advance, activity, or relationship between individuals not in a Biblical marriage covenant is sin.
Sexual Identity
We believe Scripture is clear in sharing that all Christians are to find their identity in Christ, including sexual identity. 1 Peter 2:9-10 tells us, “He called you out of the darkness into his wonderful light. Once you had no identity as a people; now you are God’s people.” Because of God’s redemption of our identity, we find complete and appropriate expression of who we are, including our sexuality, when our actions align with God’s design. God’s design for sexual expression is in the context of a biblical marriage relationship.
We believe Scripture is clear that sexual activity or sexual relationships between individuals of the same gender is sin (Romans 1:26-27) just as is any sexual relationship falling outside of God’s biblical design.
Gender Identity
We believe Scripture is clear that God created two genders, distinct and mutually exclusive. Genesis 1:27 tells us, “So God created man in his own image, in the image of God he created him; male and female he created them.” God’s created order has given unique identities to men and women for His glory, and each person’s gender identity is assigned to them by God’s design.
The purpose of these policy statements is not intended to judge, exclude or punish. It is to seek to maintain consistent with Scripture’s prescriptions for those who deal with sexual and gender identity issues, and to see every person experience the fullness of identity possible only in Christ’s redemption of our lives, including our sexuality.
Marriage
We believe the Bible teaches that the appropriate place for sexual expression is in the context of a marriage relationship. The biblical description of marriage is one man and one woman in a lifelong commitment. In Matthew 19:4-5, Jesus says, “Have you not read that he who created them from the beginning made them male and female, and said, 'Therefore a man shall leave his father and his mother and hold fast to his wife, and the two shall become one flesh'?”
Repeatedly, God uses the symbolism of His relationship with believers as the picture of marriage. Husbands are exhorted to love their wives as Christ loves the Church and wives are exhorted to honor their husbands as the Church does Christ. With this imagery and the truth of God’s ideal for marriage in mind, any sexual relationship outside the marriage context is described in the Bible as either fornication or adultery and (as stated in the sixth commandment) is prohibited throughout the Old and New Testaments. Therefore, sexual advance, activity, or relationship between individuals not in a Biblical marriage covenant is sin.
Sexual Identity
We believe Scripture is clear in sharing that all Christians are to find their identity in Christ, including sexual identity. 1 Peter 2:9-10 tells us, “He called you out of the darkness into his wonderful light. Once you had no identity as a people; now you are God’s people.” Because of God’s redemption of our identity, we find complete and appropriate expression of who we are, including our sexuality, when our actions align with God’s design. God’s design for sexual expression is in the context of a biblical marriage relationship.
We believe Scripture is clear that sexual activity or sexual relationships between individuals of the same gender is sin (Romans 1:26-27) just as is any sexual relationship falling outside of God’s biblical design.
Gender Identity
We believe Scripture is clear that God created two genders, distinct and mutually exclusive. Genesis 1:27 tells us, “So God created man in his own image, in the image of God he created him; male and female he created them.” God’s created order has given unique identities to men and women for His glory, and each person’s gender identity is assigned to them by God’s design.
The purpose of these policy statements is not intended to judge, exclude or punish. It is to seek to maintain consistent with Scripture’s prescriptions for those who deal with sexual and gender identity issues, and to see every person experience the fullness of identity possible only in Christ’s redemption of our lives, including our sexuality.
If you have any questions or would like to talk through anything you have read here, we are more than willing to have a polite, God-honoring conversation that holds the Bible as our authority on all matters. Feel free to email us at christianboardgamers.com or use our contact form.