same sex attraction

Nature vs. Nurture vs. Sexual Fluidity

I've been interacting with Lisa Diamond’s fascinating book Sexual Fluidity: Understanding Women's Love and Desire. In my previous post, I summed up Diamond’s conclusions about sexual fluidity and ended with her thoughts about the whole nature vs. nurture debate. 

Nature vs. Nurture vs. Sexual Fluidity

People to Be...Misunderstood: A Response to the Gospel Coalition

The Gospel Coalition just published a review of my two booksPeople to Be Loved and Living in a Gray World. The author of the review was Anne Paulk. As a writer, I enjoy good, constructive criticism of my work, and I’m so thankful to have people in my life who give it to me. Since I’m not Jesus, everything I say contains a mixture of truth and error, and I’m on a mission to weed out the latter.

People to Be...Misunderstood: A Response to the Gospel Coalition

Sexual Fluidity: Understanding Women's Love and Desire

Well, that title’s going to attract a wide range of readers. I’ll never forget reading Lisa Diamond’s book Sexual Fluidity: Understanding Women’s Love and Desireat my kids’ afterschool events and getting some rather strange “ewe, what a creeper” looks from the other moms. 

Sexual Fluidity: Understanding Women's Love and Desire

Growing Up Gay and Christian

 had the pleasure of interviewing my new friend Rob Wood. Rob is the co-author of the forthcoming book Satisfaction Guaranteed and has also jointly launched a new website called Satisfied in Christ (http://satisfiedinchrist.com), which is aimed at helping Christians who experience same-sex attraction. 

Growing Up Gay and Christian

5 Bad Reasons for Believing that Homosexuality Is a Sin

There may be good reasons for believing that homosexuality is a sin, but there are also some very bad reasons. For what it’s worth, I don’t even like the phrase “homosexuality is a sin.” I explain why in my book People to Be Loved.

5 Bad Reasons for Believing that Homosexuality Is a Sin

Put Homophobia to Death

n my last post, I summed up my challenge to the evangelical church about its approach to homosexuality from my book People to Be LovedI mentioned my first two challenges, which are:

Put Homophobia to Death

Why Homosexuality Is not just an Issue

In one week, my book People to Be Loved: Why Homosexuality Is not just an Issue will be released. If I can be honest, I've got mixed feelings about this book. On the one hand, it's for an author whenever a new book is released.

Why Homosexuality Is not just an Issue

My Recovery in the Evangelical Church with Same Sex Attraction

April 5, 2015, Easter Sunday was the first time in 23 years I stepped foot in a church. Having struggled with Same Sex Attraction, the Evangelical Church severely damaged me and wiped out my faith by treating people with SSA with hate, rejection, and disgust.

My Recovery in the Evangelical Church with Same Sex Attraction

A (More Critical) Review of Ken Wilson’s “Third Way:" Part 2

As stated in my previous blog, there are many things I appreciated about Ken Wilson’s book, A Letter to My Congregation. I need to say this up front because this blog is going to be pretty critical.

A (More Critical) Review of Ken Wilson’s “Third Way:" Part 2

A Review of Ken Wilson’s “Third Way” Approach to Homosexuality: Part 1

Ken Wilson has written a very important and provocative book on homosexuality and the church. Ken is the founding pastor of Vineyard church in Ann Arbor, Michigan, and has been thinking about questions related to homosexuality and the church for many years.

A Review of Ken Wilson’s “Third Way” Approach to Homosexuality: Part 1

Why a (yet another) White, Straight, Male Decided to Write a Book about Homosexuality

I just found out that the release date for my books about homosexuality ( adults and another for teens) got moved up from the original Jan 2016 date to Nov 2015.

Why a (yet another) White, Straight, Male Decided to Write a Book about Homosexuality

Preston Sprinkle and Jeff Cook: A Debate about Homosexuality

Pastor Jeff Cook and I hosted a debate (or discussion) about homosexuality a month ago on my blog, and I’ve had several people ask for a “one stop” link for all the blogs. Therefore, I’ve included all the links to our discussion below, with a short description of what each post is about. 

Preston Sprinkle and Jeff Cook: A Debate about Homosexuality

Living in Terror as a Gay Christian

*The following post is by a friend of mine who wishes to remain anonymous. He's a conservative Christian who experiences same-sex attraction.

Living in Terror as a Gay Christian

How to Talk about Homosexuality: 6 Things Every Straight Christian Should Know

1. Avoid the phrase “the gays” and the term “homosexual.” If you’re a white male and don’t like to be called “white boy,” then you should not refer to gay people as “the gays.”

  How to Talk about Homosexuality: 6 Things Every Straight Christian Should Know

Kevin DeYoung's New Book on Homosexuality: A Critical Review (Part 1)

*I've updated this blog on 5/6/2015. After re-reading the blog, I felt that some things sounded condescending and I apologize to Kevin and everyone else who may have been put off by my previous tone.

Kevin DeYoung's New Book on Homosexuality: A Critical Review (Part 1)

The New Testament and Same-Sex Relations

By Preston Sprinkle and Jeff Cook This will be our final post in the 8 part dialogue in which we discussed the question: “Does the New Testament forbid same sex relationships?” We were originally going to post 10 blogs but we both felt like there’s been a good number of points raised that we could chew on for many weeks and months to come.

The New Testament and Same-Sex Relations

Gay Sex—What is Paul Cranked Up About?

The following post is by Jeff Cook, where he responds to my opening argument about the Bible and same-sex relations. This post is part 6 of 10 in the debate between Jeff and me about homosexuality.

Gay Sex—What is Paul Cranked Up About?

The Sin "of" Homosexuality?

The following post is number 5 of 10 in the discussion about homosexuality between Jeff Cook and me. In this post, I lay out my approach to the question: "Does the Bible prohibit same-sex relations?"

The Sin "of" Homosexuality?

Meet Sam Allberry

Today, we’re going to get to know author and pastor, Sam Allberry. Sam is the assistant pastor of St. Mary’s Church in Maidenhead, U.K. and is the author of several books including, Connected: Living in Light of the Trinity,Lifted: Living in Light of the Resurrection, and Is God Anti-Gay. 

Meet Sam Allberry