My current job was my first secular job after university, and my first day began as most do - with an Human Resources (HR) induction. After explaining workplace policies and handing over my new work ID card, the friendly HR assistant gave me a lanyard to wear it on. It bore the logo of my new department, surrounded by a number of LGBTQ flags. I thanked her, took it, and followed her directions to my new office. In February that year I joined True Freedom Trust after struggling on and off with same-sex attraction for several years.
Articles referring to the modern Western culture
“The heavens declare the glory of God;the skies proclaim the work of his hands.Day after day they pour forth speech;night after night they reveal knowledge.They have no speech, they use no words;no sound is heard from them.Yet their voice goes out into all the earth,their words to the ends of the world.” Psalm 19 vs 1-4
There’s a time and a place for almost everything, and that I believe includes identifying oneself by the terms ‘LGBTQ+’, ‘gay’ or ‘lesbian’ etc. Note that I said identifying oneself by these terms, not identifying with them. The distinction is essential, especially for a Christian who holds to biblical morality and a biblical worldview. The ways we identify ourselves are important. In the Bible, names are almost never just names, but rather have a prophetic value-proclaiming (even just subtly) who a person is or who they are becoming.
In December 2024, I published an academic paper entitled, “Too Gay for the Evangelicals. Too Evangelical for the Gays: A Narrative and Autoethnograpic Study of a Celibate-Gay Testimony”. In the paper, I was seeking to explore the place of testimonies by same-sex attracted Christians within the church.
"The Six Conversations: Pathways to Connecting in an Age of Isolation and Incivility" by Heather Holleman
Every book review is likely to reveal as much about the biases of the reviewer as it is about the book. I don’t think this one will be any different!
This article explains why Capernwray Bible School is planning to extend and deepen its curriculum regarding what the Bible teaches about gender and sexuality for its students.