A Mother’s Humble Prayer
By Melissa Russell. Melissa is a mom of three adult kids, an interviewee for the Parenting LGBTQ Kids video series, and a group facilitator for Helping Parents Love. We learned of our son’s gender dysphoria and his decision to begin transitioning on the same day we received my husband’s cancer diagnosis. From that day forward, we were […]
Is Reintegrative Therapy Making People Straight?, Part 2
By Gregory Coles. Greg is a Senior Research Fellow at The Center and is the author of Single, Gay, Christian and No Longer Strangers. In our last episode, I suggested that the Journal of Human Sexuality isn’t a highly credible venue for a groundbreaking study of sexual orientation change to be published. Still, a dubious venue doesn’t necessarily mean […]
New Testament Gentiles and Gay Christians
The following post, written by Misty Irons, is adapted from her presentation at the Revoice conference on October 8, 2021. Because her argument offers fresh insight into much-debated questions about sexual identity and Christian faithfulness, we’re grateful for her permission to publish her words here. Misty is a graduate of Westminster Seminary California (M.A., Biblical Studies) […]
The Faith of Coming Out Colton
By Gregory Coles. Greg is a Senior Research Fellow at The Center and is the author of Single, Gay, Christian and No Longer Strangers. In a blog post I wrote for The Center almost three years ago, I made a passing reference to Colton Underwood, who at the time was making headlines as the […]
Am I Incomplete?
By Andrew Bunt. Andrew is an assistant pastor and a part of the team at Living Out. He’s the author of People Not Pronouns: Reflections on Transgender Experience‘ and is a regular contributor at Think. To my great distress, I recently discovered that I am incomplete! Apparently, spouses should be able to look at each […]
Sex, Gender, and Transgender Experiences: Part 2—Biological Sex and Gender Role
This is part 2 in an ongoing series on gender by Dr. Preston Sprinkle. Click here to see the first post. What is gender, and how is it related to sex? In my previous post, we saw that the definition of biological sex is widely agreed upon, the same is not true of […]
Sex, Gender, and Transgender Experiences: Part 1—Biological Sex
I’m going to do two things that I thought I’d never do: blog about gender and allow for comments. Don’t get me wrong. I love getting feedback, especially critical feedback. But as you might know, the comment section on blogs can be a dumping ground for dehumanizing rhetoric, and the topic of gender seems to […]
The Center at the Q Conference
Last week, the Lord provided a fantastic opportunity for The Center to address the LGBTQ conversation at the annual Q Conference in Nashville. The Q Conference is sort of like a Christian version of the TED talks, where some of the most influential Christian leaders present their big ideas in 9 or 18 minutes […]
Free Pastoral Paper: What Does Discipleship Look like for Transgender People?
Guidance for Churches on Baptism, Membership, Service, Leadership, and Communion for Transgender People A New Pastoral Paper by Robert S. Smith Jesus’s call to “make disciples of all nations” (Matt. 28:19) necessarily involves his followers in taking the gospel to the transgender community. Because the gospel is God’s power to save and […]
Is a Traditional Theology of Marriage Intrinsically Harmful Toward LGBTQ People? Part 2
By Preston Sprinkle, President of the Center for Faith, Sexuality, and Gender. In the previous post, I wrestled with the question: Is a traditional theology of marriage intrinsically harmful toward LGBTQ people? I raised some logical concerns about this line of reasoning, especially when the argument is used to weaponize a particular ideology. It […]