When You Come Out to Someone and They Say, “I Don’t Care.”
It happened again last week. I was hanging out with a straight Christian friend—not a good friend, but a new friend—and he brought up “the issue” of same-sex sexuality. He had lots to say about it, which is fine, though I’m sometimes surprised at the passion some straight Christian folks have about non-straight people without […]
Prioritizing Mercy When Discussing Sexuality
By Tony Scarcello. Tony is a church planter, writer, and the pastor of Open Table Church in Eugene, Oregon. He regularly speaks all over the country, helping churches and leaders think biblically and lovingly about their LGBTQ+ neighbors. His first book, Regenerate: Following Jesus After Deconstruction, is available wherever books are sold. You can connect with […]
Introducing Our New Director of Church and Ministry Relations!
By Preston Sprinkle, President of the Center for Faith, Sexuality, and Gender I’m excited to announced that we just hired Lou Phillips as our new Director of Church and Ministry Relations! I could not be more thrilled about bringing Lou onto our team. The Center has been plowing forward for the last several years, producing […]
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) […]
Pros and Cons of Coming Out
By Gregory Coles. Greg is a Senior Research Fellow at The Center and is the author of Single, Gay, Christian and No Longer Strangers. “Should I come out to the world as a celibate gay Christian?” I get this question a lot—and to tell you the truth, I’m pretty leery of answering it. […]
Equivocation and the Ex-Gay Script
By Greg Johnson. This blog post is adapted from Greg’s forthcoming book Still Time to Care: What We Can Learn from the Church’s Failed Attempt to Cure Homosexuality (Zondervan, 2021). www.StillTimeToCare.com It was the question I dreaded most. I sat in the university medical center that day in 1997 and stared at the paper. […]
On Scandalous Housing Arrangements
By Gregory Coles. Greg is a Senior Research Fellow at The Center and is the author of Single, Gay, Christian and No Longer Strangers. I am an unmarried man. I live with an unmarried woman. It’s just the two of us in the house, alone and unchaperoned. Yet somehow—though this may shock you […]
Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity Change Efforts, Part 3: The Ontological Problem
This blog series is drawing from the research paper: “The Problems with Correlating Sexual Orientation Change Efforts and Gender Identity Change Efforts,” available for free here. Written by Drs. Paul Eddy and Preston Sprinkle. In the previous post, we discussed the language problem that’s built into the correlation between Sexual Orientation Change Efforts (SOCE) and […]
The Tale of the Presumptive Lesbian
By Gregory Coles. Greg is a writer and member of the Center’s Collaborative Team. Be sure to check out his new book No Longer Strangers. This is a story about my straight friend Rachel. Why my straight friend, you ask? Why don’t I just call her my friend? Great question, Imaginary Reader. I’m […]
The Gay Church-Hunter’s Paradox
By Gregory Coles. This blog post is adapted from an excerpt of Greg’s new book No Longer Strangers. Used with permission. How am I supposed to go church-hunting as an openly gay person living by a historic biblical sexual ethic? This isn’t one of those clever opening questions I plan to answer later […]