Moving Beyond the Dead End: My Journey with the Concept of Celibacy
“Whoever told you that you were supposed to get married?” The words jolted me awake. In my dream, Jesus had gotten in my face, speaking loud and clear. It was the first time He had ever visibly appeared to me in my sleep, despite years of having many spiritual dreams. My immediate response was to […]
“The One Who Can Accept This Should Accept It”: Misinterpreting Matthew 19:10-12
By Gregory Coles. Greg holds a PhD from Penn State, is a Senior Research Fellow at The Center, and is the author of Single, Gay, Christian, No Longer Strangers, and The Limits of My World. Last week, my church had what we call a “reading service”: a ninety-minute Sunday read-aloud through six or seven chapters […]
Where did you get your dishes from?
By Louis Phillips. Louis is Director of Church Relations at The Center for Faith, Sexuality, and Gender. A few weeks ago, I went to a friend’s thirtieth birthday party in Austin. It was probably my favorite birthday party I’ve ever attended, because it was much more than just an event celebrating another year of life. […]
Responding to Rosaria Butterfield’s Claims about Preston Sprinkle and The Center
By Preston Sprinkle. Preston is the author of several books, including Embodied and Does the Bible Support Same-Sex Marriage?, and serves as President of The Center for Faith, Sexuality & Gender. Over the last several months, Dr. Rosaria Butterfield has made claims about me and The Center (along with other great organizations like Cru and Revoice) that accuse us of […]
The Answer to LGBTQ+ Shame
By Andrew Bunt. Andrew is a speaker and writer and is part of the team at Living Out. He explores themes like the one in this blog in his new bookFinding Your Best Identity: A short Christian introduction to identity, sexuality and gender. When I was a young teenager, some of my friends used to […]
Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity Change Efforts, Part 4: The Diagnostic 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. Sexual Orientation Change Efforts (SOCE) and so-called Gender Identity Change Efforts (GICE) might overlap in some ways, as I pointed out […]
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 […]
The Gospel of Uniformity
By Gregory Coles. This blog post is adapted from an excerpt of Greg’s new book No Longer Strangers. Used with permission. I often hear the accusation that celibate gay Christians talk about our sexuality too much—or, perhaps, that we insist on talking about it at all when we ought to be silent and blend in. […]
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 […]
Clothed with Suffering
The following post was written by Laurie Krieg, a member of our Collaborative Team, and Founder and Executive Director of Hole in My Heart Ministries. Sometimes, when I am meeting with people, I hit what I call a “suffering sentence.” A suffering sentence is a brick wall of unavoidable pain I do not […]