Jackie Hill Perry on the Gospel for Sinners

I interact with a lot of women who want to teach the Bible, but something holds them back. They seem to be waiting for a different stage of life, waiting until they are invited, waiting for the right situation, waiting until the kids are grown, waiting until they know everything they think they need to know to be able to stand up and teach.

Not Jackie Hill Perry. Perry is an incredible person, a godly woman, and a really compelling Bible teacher. We talked about her mentors (“the Pipe”), her method (ask questions of the text), her tools (her phone), as well as her new book, Gay Girl, Good God, in which she says she is “leveraging my story so you can see the gospel rightly.”

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Editors’ note:

Jackie Hill Perry will be leading a workshop on the topic of “Gay Girl, Good God “at our 2019 National Conference, April 1 to 3 in Indianapolis. Nancy Guthrie will be recording a live episode of Help Me Teach the Bible with David Platt. You can browse the complete list of 74 speakers and 58 talks. Register soon!

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Nancy Guthrie (MATS, Reformed Theological Seminary) teaches the Bible at her home church, Cornerstone Presbyterian Church, in Franklin, Tennessee, as well as at conferences around the country and internationally, including through her Biblical Theology Workshop for Women. She is the author of numerous books and the host of the Help Me Teach the Bible podcast from The Gospel Coalition. She and her husband founded Respite Retreats for couples who have faced the death of a child, and they’re cohosts of the GriefShare video series.

Jackie Hill Perry has been compelled to share the light of gospel truth through teaching, writing, poetry, and music since coming to know Christ at the age of nineteen. She is the author of several books and Bible studies and has been featured on The Washington Times, The 700 Club, Desiring God, The Gospel Coalition, and other publications. She and her husband, Preston, have four children and live in the Atlanta area.