“We need to recognize the cost of discipleship for everyone. For many in our churches, the cost of discipleship for LGBT-background people looks cruel and unusual. I suspect in most cases that’s because we’re not counting the cost of discipleship in other areas of life. Jesus says all of us have to say a profound ‘no’ to some of our deepest longings and intuitions. That is discipleship. Jesus says it upfront; he doesn’t bury it in the small print. . . . The wonderful paradox of the Christian faith is that as we deny self we become our real selves.” — Sam Allberry
Date: May 9, 2018
Event: TGC Council Meeting
Related:
- Why God’s Sexual Ethic Is Good for the World (Sam Allberry, Jackie Hill Perry, Rosaria Butterfield)
- Talking with Our Children about Homosexuality (Lucy Olson)
- What Christianity Alone Offers Transgender Persons (Sam Allberry)
