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July 2015

July 31, 2015

Making Room for the Celibate and Gay

When it comes to facing down the shrill imprecations of televangelists and street protesters, or...

July 02, 2015

“40 Questions For Christians Now Waving Rainbow Flags”

Kevin DeYoung of the Gospel Coalition asked 40 questions to Christians who support LGBT equality....

June 2015

June 28, 2015

Will Someone Please Tell Christians That the LGBT War Is Over?

Christians across the country refuse to accept the implications of the Supreme Court decision. Like...

June 12, 2015

A Transgender Christian Loses Her Church but Keeps Her Faith

Because I live “simply open” about who and what I am, at some point when...

June 10, 2015

A Christian Response to the Transgender Discussion

Caitlyn Jenner’s public transformation on the cover of Vanity Fair last week forcefully pulled the...

June 02, 2015

Again: Raping Angels and Being Gay Are Not the Same Thing

There is perhaps no more abused passage in the Bible for condemning gays and lesbians...

February 2015

February 06, 2015

A Navy SEAL’s life-changing secret

"Lady Valor" is a story about one person’s extraordinary journey from the pinnacle of military...

December 2014

December 15, 2014

Are Non-LGBT-Affirming Christians Committing Blasphemy?

Some of the Jewish leaders in Jesus' day accused Jesus of blasphemy because they felt...

December 12, 2014

Back to the ’90s: My Hometown (Again) Spurns the LGBT Community

I still love going to Fayetteville a few times a year; I look forward to...

October 2014

October 16, 2014

To Gay-Affirming Christians Who Dismiss the “Third Way”

I understand why people are so opposed to the idea of a third way. To...

October 07, 2014

Cutting Through the (You Know What) on the LGBT Issue

Until the church can come to a place of full inclusion (acceptance and affirmation) of...

September 2014

September 16, 2014

“Queers in the Kingdom” shares the stories of LGBT students at Wheaton College

Markie Hancock's new documentary film casts a much needed light on the stories of Wheaton...

September 12, 2014

Be Who You Are and Help the Church Be the Church

One cannot fault any of our LGBT sisters and brothers for their dislike of Christians...

July 2014

July 18, 2014

Left Behind (for being gay)

A woman's childhood fears return, big time.

July 10, 2014

Baptist pastor on why the Bible supports LGBT equality

I believe that Christians who condemn LGBTQ persons are not only misinterpreting Scripture and standing...

June 2014

June 11, 2014

When is the Southern Baptist Convention a cult?

Not much that comes out of the Southern Baptist Convention (SBC) shocks me anymore. As...

May 2014

May 14, 2014

I lost my editor’s job–but marriage equality won

As the state moves forward on the issue of same-sex marriage, its residents should try...

April 2014

April 14, 2014

Love your neighbor as yourself–unless they’re gay

If Christians were truly following the Golden Rule--we would be at the forefront of the...

April 10, 2014

World Vision and Children: Love Loses

Must a starving child be told that homosexuality is a sin while they’re being given...

April 02, 2014

Top 7 claims for why homosexuality is “unnatural” refuted

Debunking the 7 most common myths about homosexuality being "unnatural."

March 2014

March 13, 2014

Is “So don’t be gay” missing from my Bible’s translation of the Sodom and Gomorrah story?

I certainly have a bad Bible translation. What else could possibly explain how any rational...

February 2014

February 26, 2014

Thanks, Christians, for making me live a lie

I am a liar. I have no choice but to be. And for that I...

February 01, 2014

Something needs to change here

A student at Wheaton College shared with us this photo of a sheet of paper...

November 2013

November 07, 2013

I’m Christian, gay, and too angry to even read the Bible anymore

Got this letter in. My answer follows it: Dear John, I love your blog. I've...

October 2013

October 22, 2013

Are not the Bible’s “laws” on homosexuality unbiblical?

As proof that God condemns homosexuality, anti-gay Christians commonly point to the laws prohibiting homosexuality...

September 2013

September 19, 2013

Of Cakes and Christians

If your Christian faith is causing you to be unkind to people, then it is...

September 13, 2013

Why The Not All Like That (NALT) Christians Project works

The NALT Christians Project, only one week old, is clearly an idea whose time has...

September 06, 2013

My dog in the fight for LGBT equality

Claiming the "clobber passages" of the old Testament represent the mind of God and the...

September 04, 2013

Introducing The Not All Like That (NALT) Christians Project

Inspired by and modeled upon It Gets Better, The NALT Christians Project is a platform...

August 2013

August 06, 2013

“I lived 30 years alone”: A Christian lesbian grandmother tells her story

"I am a 72-year-old Christian mother and grandmother. I had a wonderful career as a...

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