Responding to Concerns with LGBT+ Terminology
The following blog is written by Greg Coles and is part 6 of our series, “Gay” vs. ‘”Same Sex Attraction:” A Dialogue. Greg is part of The Center’s collaborative team and is the author of the book Single, Gay, Christian. Rachel Gilson is one of my favorite people to disagree with. By that, I don’t mean that she’s easy […]
What the Church Gets Wrong About Singleness and Marriage
By Preston Sprinkle. This article was originally posted at Relevant. Church can be a tough place for single people. Most Christians don’t realize it, unless they’re single, but if you step back and look at our Christian culture, you’ll see that we elevate marriage. In some cases, we idolize it. We see a beautiful girl […]
What Do We Actually Know about Sexual Orientation? Part 2
In the previous post, we saw that measuring sexual orientation is much more complicated than people realize. Sexual orientation is, in the words of Rebecca Jordan-Young, a “great example of a commonsense’ concept that seems fairly transparent, but turns out to be complicated and slippery when you try to pin it down.”[i] We now know […]
A Celibate Lesbian’s Cold Hard Look at Sexual Immorality in the Church
By Bridget Eileen What I’m saying in this post regarding sexual desire is pretty simple, but it’s difficult for people to swallow. I’m saying that sexual fulfillment does not come through a sexual relationship but instead through sublimation to Christ. It’s astonishing to me that this needs to be said, but it does. Christians will accept the […]
Taking the Family of God Seriously
The following is a guest post by Bridget Eileen, a celibate lesbian who writes about Christian sexuality and LGBT+ issues in the church. Read more about her thoughts on life as a celibate, gay Christian at www.meditationsofatravelingnun.com. Original post can be found here. Re-posted by permission. Celibate gay Christians are frustrated. And not for the reasons you […]
What Pronouns Should Christians Use For Transgender People?
Gregory Coles is on the Collaborative Team for The Center. His academic research on rhetorics of marginality (how language works in society for disadvantaged groups) has appeared in or is forthcoming from College English, Rhetorica, and Cambridge University Press. You can read his whole bio by clicking here. As Christians, what pronouns should we use when we […]
The High Cost of Low-Cost Weddings
*The following blog is written by Dr. Branson Parler. Branson is an ordained pastor in the Reformed Church of America and a professor of Theological Studies at Kuyper College in Grand Rapids, MI. In my previous blog post, I posed the question: how does our practice of weddings help or hinder a focus on the biblical meaning […]
Survey: Parents of LGBT+ Loved Ones
Our friends and partner orgnization, Lead Them Home (LTH), is in the process of expanding their top-selling resource, Guiding Families of LGBT+ Loved Ones. In doing so, they want parents to hear directly from other parents in learning how to best engage, relate to, care for, and foster faith identity in LGBT+ loved ones. Bill Henson, the founder and president […]
Gay Celibacy is Weird, and That’s a Good Thing
*The following post is written by Greg Coles. Greg is a Ph.D. student at Penn State and is part of the collaborative team for The Center. Greg is also the author of the recently released book Single, Gay, Christian, which is published by InterVarsity Press. I’ve always been bad at blending in. I grew up in […]