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Barbie, Augustine, and the Beauty We Were Made For

August 16, 2023

By Gregory Coles. Greg is a Senior Research Fellow at The Center and is the author of Single, Gay, Christian and No Longer Strangers.

Last week, I donned my best pink t-shirt[1] ...

"I Used to Experience Same-Sex Attraction": A Language Ambiguity Anecdote

June 27, 2023

By Gregory Coles. Greg is a Senior Research Fellow at The Center and is the author of Single, Gay, Christian and No Longer Strangers.

Not too long ago, I sat across a brewery...

On Growing Old with Jesus

March 28, 2023

By Gregory Coles. Greg is a Senior Research Fellow at The Center and is the author of Single, Gay, Christian and No Longer Strangers.

Have you ever met an old married couple and...

Being and Becoming

February 14, 2023

By Sam Wan. Sam is a ministry worker in the space of sexuality and gender and a board member for several disability ministries. He loves researching in practical theology, reading poetry, looking...

The Answer to LGBTQ+ Shame

December 13, 2022

By Andrew Bunt. Andrew is a speaker and writer and is part of the team at Living Out. He explores themes like the one in this blog in his new bookFinding Your Best Identity: A short...

Advent, Unprepared

December 6, 2022

By Gregory Coles. Greg is a Senior Research Fellow at The Center and is the author of Single, Gay, Christian and No Longer Strangers.

I...

Understanding Celibate Partnerships and Committed Friendships

September 28, 2022

By Gregory Coles. Greg is a Senior Research Fellow at The Center and is the author of Single, Gay, Christian and No Longer Strangers.

Christians often think and talk about the...

Challenges Faced by Parents of LGBTQ Kids

September 6, 2022

Last summer, The Center took a survey of over 500 Christian parents who have LGBTQ+ or same-sex attracted kids. We wanted to better understand the challenges these parents were currently facing—...

Did Consensual Same-Sex Sexual Relationships Exist in Biblical Times? A Response to Matthew Vines

August 30, 2022

By Preston Sprinkle, President of the Center for Faith, Sexuality, and Gender

Matthew Vines from the Reformation Project has recently released a video series where he offers an...

Introducing Our New Director of Church and Ministry Relations!

July 26, 2022

By Preston Sprinkle, President of the Center for Faith, Sexuality, and Gender

I’m excited to announced that we just hired Lou Phillips as our new Director of Church and Ministry...

Rainbow Flags and Symbolic Ambiguity

July 21, 2022

By Gregory Coles. Greg is a Senior Research Fellow at The Center and is the author of Single, Gay, Christian and No Longer Strangers.

This is a blog post about rainbow...

Curiously Fluid Data on Sexual Fluidity

June 9, 2022

By Gregory Coles. Greg is a Senior Research Fellow at The Center and is the author of Single, Gay, Christian and No Longer Strangers.

Last month, I wrote a blog post discussing the...