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March 8, 2021

By Gregory Coles. This blog post is adapted from an excerpt of Greg’s new book No Longer Strangers. Used with permission

I am not, in the physiological sense of the word, a eunuch...

The Gospel of Uniformity

March 1, 2021

By Gregory Coles. This blog post is adapted from an excerpt of Greg’s new book No Longer Strangers. Used with permission.

I often hear the accusation that celibate gay Christians...

The Gay Church-Hunter’s Paradox

February 18, 2021

By Gregory Coles. This blog post is adapted from an excerpt of Greg’s new book No Longer Strangers. Used with permission.

How am I supposed to go church-hunting as an openly gay...

The Tavistock Controversy: A Follow-Up Report

February 9, 2021

By Dr. Paul R. Eddy and Dr. Preston Sprinkle.

In September, we posted a piece on the controversy involving the Tavistock’s London-based Gender Identity Development Service (GIDS), the...

Why I Wrote a Book on Transgender Identities

February 1, 2021

My book Embodied drops today, and I’m both nervous and excited to see how it’s received. The first question people ask me when I mention this book is, why did you write Embodied? My answer is...

Was Joseph Trans*? An Exercise in Gender Stereotypes

January 25, 2021

The following post is taking from my book Embodied: Transgender Identities, the Church, and What the Bible Has to Say, chapters 5 and 6.

The story of Joseph (Gen...

Why I Don’t Use the Term “Transgenderism”

January 18, 2021

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

Understanding the importance of language is crucial in the LGBTQ conversation, and the transgender...

The End of Gender: A Review of Deborah Soh’s Recent Book

January 11, 2021

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

It just so happened that Deborah Soh’s book, The End of Gender, came out just a weeks after Abigail Shrier’s...

Embodied: Transgender Identities, the Church, and What the Bible Has to Say

January 4, 2021

Writing a book is hard work. Writing a book on a controversial topic is even harder. Writing a book on transgender identities—especially as someone who doesn’t identify as trans*—has...