EvangelicaLGBTQ
February 12, 2020 | Doctrinal Matters
When a liberal church goes pro-gay, we yawn. When an Assemblies of God congregation announces it’s “gay affirming”, we wake up. Hopefully.Last Sunday Rev.…
When Someone You Love is Gay
January 7, 2020 | Doctrinal Matters
Approval Accepted; Acceptance DeniedWhen someone says “Mom and Dad, I’m gay”, are Mom and Dad automatically forced into a choice between approval or rejection,…
Banned by Amazon
July 18, 2019 | A Cuppa Joe
What Happened to My Book and Why it MattersOn July 8 my publisher informed me that my book Desires in Conflict, along with a…
Pride of Ownership
June 13, 2019 | Relational Matters
The California Assembly will soon vote on a resolution laying the framework for what many of us have feared and predicted for years: the…
Dances with Snakes
November 13, 2018 | Uncategorized
Sunday’s CBS Special on Conversion Therapy Made Christian Counselors Look Like Snake Handlers In some parts of the country, churches pull out live rattlesnakes…
3 Concepts that are Choking our Conversations about LGBTQ
September 20, 2018 | Relational Matters
“The smart way to keep people passive and obedient is to strictly limit the spectrum of acceptable opinion, but allow very lively debate within…
Hug Addicts
August 27, 2018 | Keeping It Clean
Is Hugging People at LGBT Parades the New Evangelism? Popular author and speaker Jen Hatmaker made headlines two years ago when she declared her full…
“So Are You Now, or Have You Ever Been, an Evangelical?”
August 20, 2018 | Uncategorized
“Are you now, or have you ever been, a Communist?” That dreaded question reduced corporate heads and A-list celebrities to Jello during the notorious…
In Other Words: LGBTQ Language and the Church
August 7, 2018 | Uncategorized
Side B Christians and Sexual MinoritiesPart 3 of a 3-Part Series “… but My servants will be called by another name.” Isaiah 65:15…
Talking about Transgender
November 18, 2017 | A Cuppa Joe
In the province of the mind, what one believes to be true either is true or becomes true.-John Lilly “Because I said so” often…
Trans Actions
November 14, 2017 | Doctrinal Matters
Tolerance is a belief in nothing. When we preach tolerance without declaring truth, we have set ourselves up to never set a boundary. We…
4 Straight Facts about ‘Gay Conversion’ Therapy
March 10, 2017 | A Cuppa Joe
prop·a·gan·da noun 1.derogatory – information, especially of a biased or misleading nature, used to promote or publicize a particular political cause or point of view. Last…
Jen Hatmaker: Hermeneutics, Hurt, and Human Affection Part II
November 4, 2016 | A Cuppa Joe
In yesterday’s post we looked at what can be a dry topic – hermeneutics – and applied it to what’s definitely a hot topic:…
Jen Hatmaker: Hermeneutics, Hurt, and Human Affection (Part I)
November 3, 2016 | Relational Matters
Popular author and speaker Jen Hatmaker’s declaration that she now condones same-sex marriage is another cog in an expanding wheel of leaders who are…