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“We must lead with our embrace, not our theology. When we lead with our theology, we tend to get all caught up in the “wrongness” of some people’s behavior, and the humanness of the person is easily lost.”
― Debra Hirsch, Redeeming Sex: Naked Conversations About Sexuality and Spirituality

“While we were still sinners, Christ died for us,” provide for us Christ’s example. Jesus didn’t wait for us to get our behaviors cleaned up before he embraced us; he embraced us first, with open arms.”
― Debra Hirsch, Redeeming Sex: Naked Conversations About Sexuality and Spirituality

“The truth is we all entertain a legion of little delusions.”
― Debra Hirsch, Redeeming Sex: Naked Conversations About Sexuality and Spirituality

“Opening people up to redemptive forward principles will help them move closer to God way more than by telling them how far they fall short. Engaging with people wherever they find themselves or we find them, and then slowly and intentionally pointing them toward the ideals of the kingdom and therefore God, is wonderfully liberating.”
― Debra Hirsch, Redeeming Sex: Naked Conversations About Sexuality and Spirituality