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Gay and Christian? I’m tempted to demonize conservative Christian thinkers such as Robert Gagnon, Denny Burk, and Albert Mohler, who claim that people like me—people who put together the words gay and Christian—pervert orthodoxy and...

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In George Saunder’s novel Lincoln in the Bardo, Abraham Lincoln gazes at his dead son, Willie, and says: (Say it, though, for truth. Say the word rising up in you.) Oh my little fellow. (Absent...

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During a protracted argument with a friend, she asked, “Why is this so intense for you?” Her question helped me dig into my heart, and eventually, I realized that by attempting to win the argument,...

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Is the church a truth-telling agent in the world? That hasn’t characterized its conversation about sexuality. In this article, I show how both conservatives and liberals can move toward a more truthful dialogue. read more

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All the gay drama over the Orlando shooting must, for some, feel frustrating. It may feel like another potent weapon in the fight for the radical gay agenda (aka: Trojan horse for sexual permissiveness); a...

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Republican Tennessee Gov. Bill Haslam signed into a law a bill that allows counselors to refer patients to others when the patient’s goals differ from their own sincerely held principles. As a gay man, I...

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Tim: Ken, I read your book A Letter to My Congregation and appreciated so much the combination of the pastoral heart and the biblical scholarship and the carefully thought through theology. And you’ve also lived out...

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Reba Place Fellowship (RPF) has decided that both sides in the difficult debate over LGBT inclusion should “wash one other’s feet.” After a “slow conversation” that took three years, the community embraced a position that allows...

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The most personal relationships can be the places of greatest pain. Space at the Table tells of a conflict between an evangelical pastor and a gay son. Brad (father) and Drew (son) Harper take turns...

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I sat there, wedged between an evangelical pastor and a devout catholic student. In front of me sat several students from the campus InterVarsity Christian Fellowship, and members of the LGBTQ community. The row behind...

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