Christianity & LGBTQ Issues
Of all the issues I write and speak about, I am most widely known for my decades of work at the intersection of Christian faith and LGBTQ issues.
Scroll down for my blog posts on these two topics. In addition:
- My book Torn is the best introductory resource I know of for Christians who are new to the LGBTQ conversation and want to understand better.
- You can bring me to speak to your church or group—not only on LGBTQ issues, but also on topics like forgiveness, rebuilding lost faith, and handling division and disagreement.
- I have an ongoing LGBTQ & Christian video series on YouTube to answer many common questions.
- For more on the Scripture arguments, my Bible and Homosexuality page offers a deeper dive.
Posts on Christianity and/or LGBTQ issues
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This may be the most powerful song you hear all year.
Last week, I had the privilege of speaking, alongside my friend Ron, at Gordon College, a Christian school in Massachusetts. We were there to talk about faith and sexual orientation as part of “Sexuality Week,” a week of presentations addressing issues from rape culture to LGBT dialogue. But one of the most powerful things I…
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Questions from Christians #6: “Shouldn’t your identity be in Christ, not your sexuality?”
Part 6 in my series of questions Christians ask about gay people. I talk to a lot of Christians about LGBT issues, and I always encourage them to ask the questions they’ve been afraid to ask. One of the most common is this one: “Why do gay people make their sexuality the core of their…
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My “debate” (dialogue) with Christopher Yuan at Malone University
I’ve just gotten back from speaking to a packed chapel at Malone University, and I had a blast! If you’re not familiar with Malone, it’s a Christian school in a more conservative denomination; their official view is that gay relationships are sinful. They’ve been sponsoring a series of “Worldview Forums” in which proponents of diverse…
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Congress could learn something from Jesus.
In Jesus’ famous story of the Good Samaritan, a Jewish man is beaten and left for dead on the side of the road, and it is a Samaritan—a man he wouldn’t normally associate with, someone from the other side of the tracks—who stops, cares for him, and pays for his recovery. “Who was this man’s…
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Shoot Christians say.
This is the truest thing I think I have ever seen about Christianese, especially in American evangelical circles. “Their language, it was new to me, but Christianese got through to me; now I can speak it fluently. I want to be a clone.” —Steve Taylor
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Questions from Christians #5: “Isn’t calling yourself a gay Christian like calling yourself an adulterous Christian?”
Part 5 in my series of questions Christians ask about gay people. An open letter to Christians everywhere about the “adulterous Christian” analogy. Dear Christians of the world: Please, please, please don’t use this analogy. I know what you mean, but this one really ticks gay people off, and it gets you nowhere. Here’s why.…
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Questions from Christians #4: “Why do you have to tell people you’re gay? Can’t you keep it in the bedroom?”
Part 4 in my series of questions Christians ask about gay people. Today’s question is suuuuuuper common, and gay people hear it in a lot of different ways: “Why do you have to let people know you’re gay?” “Isn’t your sexuality a private matter?” “Can’t you keep it in the bedroom? I don’t tell people…
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Questions from Christians #3: “Why do you have gay pride parades? We don’t have straight pride parades. (And isn’t pride a sin?)”
Part 3 in my series of questions Christians ask about gay people. Gay pride parades/marches are popular for a number of reasons: They provide a sense of community to people who have sometimes been isolated and outcast, even from their own families. They bring attention to political or social causes that are important to many…
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Questions from Christians #2: “Why do gay people want to redefine marriage? What’s their real goal?”
Part 2 in my series of questions Christians ask about gay people. (The image is of Del Martin and Phyllis Lyon, the first same-sex couple to legally marry in San Francisco. At the time of their civil marriage, they had been together for more than 50 years.) First, let’s get four things out of the…
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C.S. Lewis on civil marriage vs. church marriage.
As we wait for a Supreme Court ruling about marriage, I’m thinking about one of my favorite quotes from Christian author C.S. Lewis. Lewis was very opposed to divorce, and in his book Mere Christianity, he argued that Christians shouldn’t consider divorce an option. But then he said this: Before leaving the question of divorce, I…
