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. […]
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 […]
Should We Avoid Every Appearance of Evil?
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 the wake of my comments last week about scandalous housing arrangements, I’ve been pondering the degree of responsibility we bear as followers of Jesus for how we are perceived […]
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 […]
Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity Change Efforts, Part 2: The Language 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 looked at the widespread correlation between Sexual Orientation Change Efforts (SOCE) and Gender Identity Change Efforts […]
Family Planning for Eunuchs
By Gregory Coles. This blog post is adapted from an excerpt of Greg’s new book No Longer Strangers. Used with permission I am not, in the physiological sense of the word, a eunuch. And yet, based on the amount of sex I’m currently having and the number of biological offspring I expect to leave behind […]
Marginalized Jesus
By Preston Sprinkle, President of the Center for Faith, Sexuality, and Gender. We’re so familiar with the Christmas story that we hardly notice its scandal. But think about the scenario. Mary was found pregnant out of wedlock in a culture where such shameful deeds were intolerable, and her “Holy Ghost” story would only intensify the […]
Tavistock: A Microcosm of the Debate on How Best to Care for Trans* Kids
By Dr. Paul R. Eddy and Dr. Preston Sprinkle. The cultural tensions surrounding transgender experience are evident. But no aspect of the transgender discussion has ignited more controversy than how best to care for children who experience gender dysphoria. This issue has become, as one scholar puts it, the “Transgender Battle Line.”[1] Perhaps the […]
Webinar for Parents with Gay Kids
Greetings! I’m very excited to announce our next webinar—“A Christian Perspective on Parenting Gay Children.” I know this is a huge need in the church right now, and parents with gay kids are eager to learn from others who have gone about it well. I have two special guests who will lead us […]
Youth Project on Christian Sexuality
Hey friends, We just wrapped up 10 days of filming for our youth project titled “Christian Sexuality.” Christian Sexuality is a comprehensive, video-based, conversational curriculum focused on helping youth (ages 13-18) engage God’s vision for sex, sexuality, and gender in a way that’s relational, down to earth, biblical, and compelling. This 12 week […]