How to respond to “ex-gay” claims
As a gay Christian, I often hear people claim that any gay person could become straight if they wanted to be. But it’s just not true. Here’s how I respond when I hear people say this.
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As a gay Christian, I often hear people claim that any gay person could become straight if they wanted to be. But it’s just not true. Here’s how I respond when I hear people say this.
Here’s another “responding to my critics” video—this one responding to the old “Adam and Eve, not Adam and Steve” bit.
I often hear people say, “You shouldn’t call yourself ‘gay’ if you’re a Christian; your identity should be in Christ.” At first, that sounds reasonable…but it’s not at all. Here’s why.
I often hear from LGBTQ-affirming Christians who are thrilled to discover a solid affirming Bible argument—then frustrated when they can’t get others to listen to it. The reality is, sending Bible arguments to people rarely changes their minds…unless you do one very important thing first.
If your parents’ faith leads them not to support you when you come out but you still want to maintain that relationship, here are several things you can do. By the way, I also have a page of resources just for parents.
These powerful stories of young gay Christians have been remastered and are freely available to stream.
These days, I speak on a lot of subjects, to a lot of different kinds of audiences. But I got my start telling my story of coming out to myself as a gay Christian….
When an openly gay speaker like me gets invited to speak at a relatively conservative, prominent Baptist university like Baylor, it’s a really big deal….
You’ve probably heard this story before, but probably not like this. Here’s a children’s story, a history lesson, and something important about human nature all rolled into one video.
I’m back with new content, starting with this brand-new (and fully captioned) talk. I really enjoyed this one.