The Gospel DOES attack who we ARE. All of us. Every single one of us. That’s why Christ calls us to die.

Actually Christians do get them. They don’t get Christians. The only difference between non believers and Christians is that we repented. Every Christian sinned before, no Christian is perfect. No, we don’t think we’re better than non believers. We lived both lives. A life of sin and a life serving Jesus. We know the truth and how corrupted and wicked this world is.

I’m sorry but my whole lens is not my sexual identity. That’s a huge identity crisis if you find that you’re sexual life is your entire being.

LGBT: I am born this way Jesus: You must be born again

Jesus said to all who want to be with Him deny yourself take up your cross and follow me. So we all must die to our personal desires whatever they may be to walk after him. It is a struggle for me and others but he The Holy Spirit gives us strength and grace Thank-you Father in Jesus name!

I wasn't apart of that particular community, but as far as losing my sense of community I can relate. I lost friends, a long-term relationship, and was ostracized by family. By choosing to follow Christ, I was actually accused of being in a cult. Even missed out on certain networking opportunities; Initially I really lost alot, pretty much everything I knew and loved, but God absolutely restored and healed me. It can be seriously difficult to walk away from all u know, but following Christ really does lead to discovering a life of purpose. If anyone is going through anything remotely similar, I pray you're strength and encouragement, peace, and joy in the Lord.❤

Love everybody …share the word and if they don’t accept it, shake the dust off your sandals and move on.

Romans 8:7- “The mind governed by the flesh is hostile towards God. It does not submit to Gods law, nor can it do so.” Sinners taking offense to the gospel is nothing new. The only way to eternal life is humbling yourself and admitted how guilty and deserving of death we are and then living obediently in response to the death Christ died in our place. God bless

A lot of Christians DO understand this. And that is why it is so heart wrenching to see an entire community of ppl, which spans nations and borders, convinced that all they are at their core, and everything that defines their beauty is rooted in their sexuality. We are all idolatrous sinners who place everything before God. I am a musician and before Christ graciously wrecked my whole worldview, if you asked who I was I would say I was simply a musician and nothing more. But now I would say that by God’s grace I am in Christ first, and that God created me with an inclination toward music. We are all so much more than just our sexuality and our passions. They can certainly be driving forces, but are by no means what defines our being. We, whether Christians or non are image bearers of God himself, created for the purpose of reflecting God’s goodness in order to glorify him. Our own selfish pride and sinful nature has marred God’s image in us, but thankfully through Christ can be made whole again! It is very important for Christians to approach every potential relationship with the utmost humility. Christ our redeemer, brought himself low in order to save us. He humbled himself to the point of being brought into the world that HE created as a helpless baby, to live perfectly obedient, to count himself as equal to man despite being wrongfully accused, mocked, beaten, and eventually put to death in the most humiliating way by the very same “man” He came to the world to save. If we are called to love as Christ loved us, then we can inject ourselves into communities like LGBTQ and hear them out and care for them and earn their trust so that we may share the good news of the Gospel. It is our only job after all. Christ condescended to be with man, but we ARE actually man. That means as long as we walk the earth, we are no better than our neighbors - though we might consider ourselves better off in terms of the afterlife. But doesn’t that make it even more important to share God’s truth with the world?! God bless y’all!!!

For a long time, I felt so defined by my sexuality. I felt like I would never be able to live a Godly life because of my struggles with same sex attraction. As time has gone on, I haven’t lost my attraction to other girls, but I’ve learned that my identity is FAR more than who I am attracted to. I am a daughter of God, who is currently living for Him and His will for my life. The struggles are real, but they do not have to define us.

Maybe if people were more focused on listening than defending themselves in the comments we could be better.

I just love what you are sharing! God is really using your testimony. I cannot what to see what is in store for you as you walk with Him. Thank you for choosing obedience in Christ. Thank you for showing others the way to freedom. So thankful!

Sexual drives are not who we are. My identity is in Christ. Everything she said is backwards. We are not to be of or love the world. We are set apart. God made one man and one woman and called it marriage. Pretty cut and dry. I love gay people. I’m not surrounded by gay people. I love them by giving them truth. Gods truth. I don’t join them.

Thank you so much for this. I've lost all my friends and they're taking my faith as a personal slam towards them. Also having a hard time listening to other Christians not only focus on and condemn this one sin they haven'nt committed, but also using derogatory terms to discuss the issue

I'm going to have to strongly disagree I was a super promiscuous reckless drunkard and thought I was enjoying myself... Me and Jesus became reacquainted and I surrender my life now the emptiness I use to try to fill with 🍆 and 🍻🍾🍸 is filled with purpose and joy APTTMHG 🙏🏾 I don't drink and I'm celibate my life is flourishing 😁

Hey I think its awesome of you to take the time to make this video! That being said I believe the Gospel offends everyone evenly, because a sinner IS WHO I AM, its not what I do, but biblically, its who I am, as Jesus said, "Gods wrath hovers over the sinner". And when I came to Christ, although I was straight, I still had to make all those adjustments in my life, with friends and family, changes that where uncomfortable, but by the Grace of God and His strength in me I was able. I even had to break up with my girlfriend of 3 years. But I was content with Jesus Christ. So what is the point I'm trying to make? Christians need to realize that those who practice homosexuality are no better or worst then thieves, liars, fornicators, adulterers, and all who have broken Gods law. We ALL fall short, we ALL need the gospel which attacks who we ARE, and a new birth by the Holy spirit to make us BE who we ARE in Jesus Christ. We need more humble christians to engage with the LGBT community. God bless

Maybe if people focus more on God and less on their sexuality they'll have less sexuality and identity problems. God wants you to focus on your relationship with HIM so that He can guide your relationships with others.

You do have a heart for this group. God bless you and please keep saying it until we see it with His eyes.

I believe a lot of Christian are understanding, but they also know that enemy has lied to the LGBT community. If you saw a friend making a choice to believe a lie from someone and tell them to walk out in front of a truck would you try and save them? People who love Jesus won’t compromise the truth. They love the lost because Jesus loves the lost. I believe a lot of people understand especially those who have come out of that lifestyle and see the lies of the enemy. They try to tell others the truth in love, but some won’t listen. That’s the sad part.

Jackie just pointed out something that we as Christians need to know. I have Christian friends who used to be Lesbians. Talk to them several times a week. However, I would caution though, only STRONG Christians should befriend someone living in unrepentant sin. Some people are led astray and will even start agreeing with the lifestyle of their friend since an emotional bond can be built with friends. So while one can be friends we must always remember that Satan can and does use relationships formed out of "good intentions" for evil..........for example, a married man who just wants to "help out" a female coworker in her time of need.........that many times lead to adultery. Good points.........but be led by the Holy Spirit before taking on such assignments.

I wrote this as a reply but will put it here for all to see. What I am hearing is that as Christians, we are not very good at supplying fellowship and community; especially not for those who needed to leave theirs- be it LGBTQ... people or those who came from different cultures/religions. Christians are called to one-body-ness and one-anothering, and we are not doing much of that. I am an introvert, and too much "togetherness" actually stresses me, but I can see how lonely (certain) converts must be after leaving what is described as a close-knit community that supports each other out of sheer felt necessity.

What Christians needs to understand is that not everyone is a Christian

Thank you for your wisdom on this situation, you are a light in this broken world, keep letting Him shine through you!

God over worldly things and ideals. This isn’t bible based. This is feeling based.

Until Christ is your identity you are lost. Jesus didn’t teach us to be “ practical “.

I have said this for so many years, and it's so comforting to see someone in the church who truly understands this.

"I was born this way." Jesus: "You must be born again."

The second we start doing what other people want, is the moment we stop being Christians - to be a Christian is to follow what Christ desires, not what other people desire.

Christians need to share the gospel more…His command…and the gospel is what changes hearts….Gods work….nothing more and certainly nothing less….

"Befriending" Non-Christians is nothing but an assignment. We have to be very CAREFUL. Gracious and empathetic, yes. Good choiced words

This is great that you're sharing this as its really insightful, I am a born again christian who used to identify as a homosexual man pursuing multiple relationships with men but I do have to admit though like you said it is complicated, I was a typical playboy, I would hook up with guys and cheat on relationships I was just a wreck but at the time I loved it. But the LGBTQ community for me never felt "safe" deep down I didn't want to grow old with a man or even commit to anything like that and I often found myself just hating my identity. I would sleep with men and feel shame within myself, I was in a on and off relationship with a man for about 2/3 years and I would never sleep towards him I just felt yuck within myself. I didn't even begin to think about Jesus, but my cousin got saved one day and she told me about Jesus and about heaven and hell, the thing that got me though was she explained she was a sinner, I was a sinner and so is everyone else it wasn't this is worse than that, it was just all sin pulls us away from God. That really stuck with me so I began attending church with my boyfriend at the time and the Holy Spirit was just working in me through the preaching and one day I just gave up and said hell is where I'm going I'll never be able to change my "identity" and that same week I met God at the alter of the church like a light rush through my body and just glow inside of me. That was in 2017, (after that I tried in my own strength to fight this thinking if I was straight it would then please God, that failed 😂 so one day I just surrendered and said "God I don't want to go back to the world, I want to live pleasing to you but IDK how, You have to do it) then in 2019 I walked into my church and God took me back, I saw a woman singing worship and I saw beauty in her a pure just wow who is that. I literally had to walk out and compose myself then go inside😂 God has given me a new identity, He alone has set me free and given me a life I don't even deserve let alone a place in heaven. I want to encourage anyone reading this, I was a member of the LGBTQ community and someone had the courage to share their faith with me (I have friends who are now happily married man and wife with children that used to identify as Gay). There's a saying by ray comfort: If someone told you to jump into ice cold water you could die within two minutes you wouldn't even think of doing it, but if you saw a four year old boy in the water drowning you would just jump into that freezing cold water to save his life. It's love, perfect love casts out fear❤

Jesus said take up your Cross and follow me. So that is what we have to do...We all are offended by the gospel, because the gospel condemns/offends our gossipping, our lying, our boyfriend or girlfriend if we are fornicating with them. Jesus came that we can STOP the sin business and become Saved, FREE from sin.

“Christians need to...”. It kind of gets “old” to hear what Christians need to do. I own and read the instruction manual! I have the author of the instruction manual living in me! I appreciate the additional heartfelt instruction but would ask those instructors to use the instruction manual when instructing me. Otherwise, those instructors always start with, “It seems to me...”.

It took me years after having accepted Jesus into my heart to come out from the LBGTQ lifestyle. I have to say, there are people that I know and love in both these lifestyle's, the only safe place is truly with Jesus. That is my experience.

As Christians, we have to understand that we battle against the spiritual corruption. The devil is a great deceiver and the master of confusion. Demons can come in through sexual abuse. They just need deliverance to be how they really were created. God made us all wonderful from the womb. We need to pray when ppl are not in alignment with the word. We can't beat it out of them. I agree that we do need to speak in love & be patient. Nothing is impossible with God.

Jackie Hill Perry, I think you don't get either. There has never been a time when truth has been received with open arms by falsehood. Only people who know deep down that they in the wrong, act hostile towards the truth.

If someone’s identity is their sexuality than it would make your whole personality built around being successful with that pursuit so what motivation would you have to befriend anyone outside of your sexual circles? This is why it is far greater to have your identity be in God, a being of maximal greatness, your Creator, that loves and cares for you enough to tell you what is best and how you can work for it.

I saw someone once say “lgbtq+ was just a test made to god to see if christians were actually nice“ I'm not christian but this comment is so right

God Bless you Jackie; few words and to the point!!

Show me anywhere in The Bible where we are taught to compromise the Gospel? Telling people what they demand to hear will not save anyone. All sexual sin, whether it be incest, fornication, bestiality, adultery, paedophilia, rape, etc etc will be judged! Luke 13:3 I tell you, Nay: but, except ye repent, ye shall all likewise perish!

Finding that balance, where you lovingly yet clearly tell people like this young lady about God's stand has become the most daunting challenge faced by everyone especially believers; why! because we are living in a culture that is increasingly demanding that the divine order of God should conform as its archaic and no longer fit for purpose.

Of course we are attacking who someone is. I don't need to be attacked for anything besides who I am, whether I am gay or straight, I am a sinner by nature in opposition to God..... Here's the thing.... we all get saved the same way in the sense that we are all sinners in need of a Savior and it's the same story, the same truth the same Gospel that saves, the same Good news that is to bring all of us to repentance and Faith in Christ.. and yes, we definitely need to have more compassion on gay people, but once someone is saved... they have the power to overcome those struggles.

Ma’am if I may, its not Christians you need to convince of anything, we can’t redeem, reform, and rescue anyone, your argument is with God.

I was conversing with a friend today and we were talking about how the mantra "Be yourself" is so against God's saying, "Be ye holy as I am holy"....

Wow. So well said. Thank you.

I shouted Amen to this!

What's described here is idolatry, making something besides God "everything," to you, in this case "sexuality." Christian understand this better than everyone else, coming out of this is the very thing that makes most of us a Christian, we have given up manufacturing excuses for our sins as "just doing me," and "this is who I am." Which of us doesn't "have friends that don't look like you," "aren't part of your church," or "don't have the same sexual preference you do." If you're actually a Christian almost everybody you've ever known will fall into one of those group, and not friends only, but husbands, wives, children, parents, brothers and sisters. My friends and family are, almost to the man, pagans. They are outright hostile to Christ and to me as a Christian. Above all, Christians must remain repentant in Christ, living out our commission to be a light of holiness in a sin darkened world. Let the Holy Spirit decide how many friends are gained and how much family falls away because of our faith in Him. We suffer loss and endure in this world, we don't become of this world by seeking to befriend it, "know you not that the friendship of the world is enmity with God." -James 4:4 Encouragement: - everyone who has left houses or brothers or sisters or father or mother or children or farms for My name’s sake, will receive many times as much, and will inherit eternal life. - You will be hated by all because of My name, but it is the one who has endured to the end who will be saved. - Blessed are you when people insult you and persecute you, and falsely say all kinds of evil against you because of Me. - After you have suffered for a little while, the God of all grace, who called you to His eternal glory in Christ, will Himself perfect, confirm, strengthen and establish you.

This was so helpful. Thank you!!

100% agree with befriending people who are different in whatever way from how yourself are. We tend to find commonalities we never knew we had and understand each other on a deeper level.

thank you so much, youve completely vocalized everything i was feeling, it is terrifying and painful and even more so leaving people behind in the darkness when youve stepped into the light. it was and still is tough leaving people i love, and loked up to, and trusted to guide me and affirm my identity, but i know the truth now, im not saying i like boys now or im going ro be a housewife or anything, it just gets a little easier and just because these feelings arent ok doesnt mean theyre not real

This helps a lot, I've been praying about this, praise God He always answers our prayers. I have been looking at the story of Ruth and it touched how she said to Naomi "Your God will be my God" there was so much of God in Naomi that Ruth was willing to forsake all and follow her. I want people to look at my life and say "I want your God!!" we need to die to ourselves daily and let Jesus be seen. Vessels are dead containers

Thank you all for honestly speaking up on these things, because many churches are caving to feelings and abandoning what Christ said.

If your friend is standing on train tracks, and they don't believe a train is coming at them, do you continue to let them deceive themselves, or do you tackle them and get them out of the way? It is NOT love to lie. If you do not warn those you love about their eternal destination, how is that compassionate? We must love as Christ did. That is irrefutable. To do so, we must be kind but firm. John MacArthur talks about the "Primrose path to Hell", and he is spot on. If you affirm their sin and refuse to help them repent, their damnation is partially on you. How's that for love?

Wow, this is insightful!

Thank you for this video. It has been so helpful.

This was so helpful. Thank you for sharing this.

Friendship with the world is ENMITY with GOD Jackie!

Thank you Jackie. I remember you saying somewhere else (paraphrase) that the Lord's beauty caught your attention and wasn't being preached enough. I agree. I am not good with words but whenever I read Isaiah 53, I am broken by what my Best Friend suffered for me willingly. I saw the most beautiful person ever when I read it and understood. Humanity has a shared experience in suffering, but to think this one person took on all of ours, in ways that we won't fully understood until we see Him face to face, in order to save us from eternal separation from Him and everything that is beautiful and good. I can go on and on, but the crucifixion is the event that should break down the hardest of hearts and show us if we are children of God, who IS love. edit: I meant to add, realizing the Father's broken heart over us and His Son leads me to repent every day. I'd rather stay single than hurt His heart again.

Thank you Jackie. I appreciate the way you articulated your view. I've been reading the responses . Some of them really make sad. Sometimes we listen, but we don't really hear. Sometimes we hear, but we don't really listen. Sometimes we don't pay attention to what Jesus said when he used the Pharisees as an example of what we shouldn't do. You asked me to be "gracious " and "empathetic" . You said I don't have to go to your events like the pride parade. I just include you in my circle. That's nothing more than what Jesus would want. Based on some of the comments I've just read, I understand part of the reasons you feel more safe with your community than with some church people. We all need a support system. It isn't correct to tell people to leave the community that supports them, be it because of sexual expression, false religion, unethical income methods, substance misuse, gang affliations or anything else that becomes a part of our identity with out being prepared to be a better family than the one the Bible says they must leave. I will grow from what you have said. My prayers are with you 🙏

This is helpful. Thank you, Jackie!

I want more open conversation like this!!! I am a Christian and The more gay and trans people I talk to without the intention or CONVERT the more I see that they are not radicals they are not a threat they are not snakes trying to lure me away. They are people who want to be treated like human beings. Not talked at not told they are horrible and sinful because we ALL are.

Good point. Why would I leave a community that loves me for a community that just wants to change me?

I think this is a very good video. It reminds us Christians not to be judgmental to others, even when they do not live according to the Christian standards. Instead we are encouraged to approach them with Christian empathy without having to sacrifice our doctrines and principles.

This is so well said

As a Christian, I personally never understood why so many Christians had such a problem with sexual preferences, like why is that a thing? Idk, I just don't get it. I myself am bisexual and I have felt shame from other Christians and even thought maybe God doesn't love me and tried to "pray the gay away" but obviously that doesn't work because that's like praying a part of me that makes me me away, if that makes sense. I wish I could answer why Christians act inappropriately by being hateful towards the LGBTQ+ community, but I'm still baffled and trying to still figure that out myself. I also don't see anything wrong with being friends who believe differently than you, in fact it's healthy because you can empathize and see somethings you might be missing or forgot about in your spiritual journey. I have a best friend I've known since second grade who is Wiccan, and we are still joined at the hip. Hate is dumb and illogical especially if it's towards someone's beliefs, preferences that has nothing to do with you in the first place. I think many Christians don't mind their business and are too quick to find fault in others without checking their self first and practice what they preach, because at that point they are just like the pharisees

As someone who has a past with a bi-sexuality ---which i am still now, the urges are still there ofcourse, only thing different is i can deny it now, i can say without an apology that God hs helped me fight it--- i think what she said was correct, that's some of the feelings i used to feel when i used to fight against chrsitians, without knowing i'll be one someday thanks be to God i did. It just felt like a very personal attack, which it was, but it was very damaging because it was the whole me, but my mistake was i never understood why they keep on tapping on my shoulder and peeking on my life, and then they'll say that i won't go to heaven, which was also my childhood trauma because since i was a child, i cry about that alot because people say it alot, but they never explain what it means, they never told me that "hey, no homosexuals will enter the kingdom of heaven, but with God, nothing is impossible, accept Jesus Christ and He will change you" maybe a little that would've helped, but i guess it was fine, God is sovereign, He knows what to will to happen and what not. I'm just still hoping that we Christians will know how to treat other people outside the church the right way, not just cherrypicking a verse and leaving them but also never telling them what it means.

The beauty of the cross is that once we were dead in our sins, and now we're alive. When you get so entrenched in who Jesus is, the reliance on our community starts to dim. The world becomes more hazy, less interesting, less required. When I'm wrapped up in Christ I don't need anyone else. Fellowship is an absolute blessing and serves its purpose and we need it, but it doesn't replace Jesus' work in us and the relationship we have with him. It's taken me years to realise that and it has changed who I am.

This is good stuff that many need to hear, I learned this first hand.

Tbh, as someone who happens to be bi, I don't really understand Christians either. I have met some who were honestly amazingly kind people but sadly a lot of others (usually the ones that make sure everyone knows how much of devoted Christian they are) that are rude, spiteful and self-righteous. And to be frank it kind of funny that LGBTQ people also reflect this. Lots of them are kind, loving people while others are superficial, rude and toxic people. So from my viewpiont (which you should take with a grain of salt) Both groups have good and bad people, so it's best to remember that everyone is human and thus not perfect.

I want to help, not hurt. I want to share the gospel as Jesus did. In Truth and love. Thank you Jackie

My she thinks she sounds so wise. It’s amazing how powerful the gospel is to cut through human “I thinks.”

The grace of God on Jackies life, on Hillsong from Australia. You just kust God is 10 steps ahead. God knows everything that is possible to happen.

Based on the comments section, it sounds like Jackie's main point was missed? Pretty sure she would agree with what people are writing here about the cost of discipleship as leaving the old completely behind and knowing that the gospel is naturally offensive. Jackie doesn't seem to be talking about the "call to repentance" part of the witnessing process... I think she's talking about the "come and see!" part, or even earlier. How to relate & build bridges to pave the way for the gospel. To be fair, the video/message could use a bit more context and clarity so that the audience at large does not misinterpret and miss the main thing.

A lot of Christians have to realise that there is also romantic attraction to the same sex. It isn't just about having sex (although there is a LOT of promiscuity in LGBT circles) - there can also be a deep love between two people like what a husband and wife may feel for one another. Not all LGBT people are engaging in hookups or promoting the destruction of the nuclear family. Many just want to be with their earthly soulmate, just like monogamous, committed straight couples.

Beautifully said. God bless you 💖

Thanks for wonderful insight.

I understand, thank you for this sis.

Not true..I'm a 50 year old gay Atheist man..and my identity is not seen through a lens of sexuality, and I know many others like me....Sexuality is a part of me just as much as heterosexuals is..Gay people are an oppressed people culturally and that results in effecting how some gay people reflect themselves and see themselves ..

If you’ve had a bad experience with the church I really am sorry. I’m not gay, but everything you said in this video I had to go through to. I had to stop hanging round with certain friends I’d know all my life. I still have many non Christian friends but I removed myself from situations I knew was only going to lead me to sin. The problem is it’s not your identity, and I know it can feel that way! But as Christians are identity is in Christ, this is easier said than done and I compete understand that! But I pray you’ll be able to find a church you can talk to and that will understand!

It's a hard line. Broad is the way to destruction.

People are always sinning. The main thing thing is to help them find Jesus without pointing out a particular sin and than let him remake them in his image like he does all of us. I di notice how alot of Christian's single this out and that is why we are not well recieved.

Reminds me of a cross cultural missions workshop! I think Jackie's unto something here emphasizing the importance of building genuine relationships with unbelievers as a key to effective witnessing. It would've been really helpful to hear a few examples though, not too much so that we won't have an excuse not to *actually* befriend people who aren't like us. 2 potential benefits: (1) Helps Christians become aware of the kinds of stumbling blocks that WE could put in the unbeliever's way (e.g. ungodly spirit or approach to witnessing, personal sins, "the bad and the ugly" of Christian history, etc. NOT the same thing as the offensive nature of the gospel!) & (2) Encourages us to become more thoughtful witnesses. Contextualization isn't everything, and it certainly doesn't mean watering down the gospel, but it's what Paul did when he became all things to all people (1 Cor. 9:22-23). No, nothing can "stop" the gospel, and God is absolutely sovereign! Still, that doesn't remove the possibility of Christians putting stumbling blocks in the way of gospel work. Can God use us in spite of us and redeem the broken? Of course! Praise Him! But that's no excuse for Christians to merely communicate the gospel as if people are homogenous, one-dimensional, without stories or ethnic backgrounds. Like our Lord Jesus, we should really sit down and get to know people, especially the marginalized (despised by both society at large and the religious elite). How humbling that our Lord Jesus, who knew people's hearts, still chose to hang out with sinners like us, get to know us, offer us redemption, and ultimately die for our sins and overcome death by resurrection! All the more reason to befriend people who are not like us to share the love of Christ, while being watchful that we do not become "of this world" or conform to its patterns.

So much to take in from just a 2 minute clip - your books/content have been (somewhat passively) on my list for some time now, Jackie, as I do want to have a better understanding of how I, as a follower of Jesus, who does not have to deal with this temptation, but sees how it would feel like a core part of me if I did. The way that Christianity has generally treated this group of people has often felt disconnected from how Jesus dealt with people and sin, at least the sin of those who were not in power or did not claim to have authority to speak on behalf of God. This clip has me looking forward to engaging with your content even more.

We have extremists in both camps. And, in better news, we also have decent people in both camps.

The Gospel is confrontational and offensive to all sinners, even many times to s Christians.

Identity is found either in Jesus Christ or Satan. One of the other. It’s never in your sexuality. But believing that it is grounds your identity in Satan.

Perfectly said. Thank You.

What a great perspective. People need to feel safe.

That's why Christ tells us that we have to leave it all behind for the sake of Him, and also why the church should be a family and build that trust and relationship of being a safe place to leave their LGBTQ family behind. We don't compromise the standards of holy living but we don't forget love either. It's a very difficult balance to play.

To the people who think that being gay is a choice, does that mean when you were young you could have chosen to be gay if you wanted to? If you answer no to that question, why would you think that someone else could choose to be gay? I honestly don't know why I am gay, but I do know that it had nothing to do with how my parents raised me. I was nowhere near a "momma's boy". I was actually much closer to my dad and spent more time with him than I did with my mom, and he treated me just like any "normaI" dad would treat his son. I was raised exactly the same way and in the same house as my older brother, who turned out to be straight. And I was never sexually abused when I was a kid. I never even knew anyone who was gay until I was 17. Nothing about my childhood was abnormal or out of the ordinary. If it were as easy as just being a choice, I would have chosen to be straight a long time ago, because the discrimination and hatred that many gay people face has tormented me for most of my life. Because of that, I still haven't accepted myself for being gay, unfortunately, from the time I knew that I was different when I was 7-8 years old, all the way up until today. I thank God that there are caring people out there who support and understand the LGBTQ community.

Honestly I didn't get the psychology of it until you shed light on it all and it gave me a new perspective on the whole subject through your book "Gay girl, good God" ... Thank you for that...and God bless you.

She articulated this so well.

"Victim mentality is a personality trait in which a person considers themselves as a victim of the negative actions of others and to behave as if this were the case in the face of contrary evidence"

thanks for this, but I personally disagree with "everything is seen through the lens of our sexuality." I'm gay, but that's only a piece of me. not nearly anything big enough to be a lens I see my world through.

As a straight white Evangelical Christian Minister, I hear you. I see you. I accept you right now where you are at in your life. You are just as much a child of God as I am. It is not my job to change you. It is not my job to convict you of whatever sin you have in your life and it's not my place to judge you. It is my job to tell you that God the Father loves you unconditionally, and I do too. It is my job to encourage you, minister to you when you ask for help and show you the love of Christ through my actions, works and words. It is my job to pray with you and for you. I will go and seek out those in the LGBTQ community and offer my friendship unconditionally and try to learn and grow to understand your perspectives on life. God gave me the gift of grace. Who am I that I would withhold that grace from someone else...

Safety is very important. Not knowing whether or not it's 'safe' to leave one thing and go into another is critical and it's why people will always hesitate to take a leap of faith. I believe it's something the body of Christ has to make sure we work on.. That is assuring people that they'd be safe by loving them and accepting them with open arms when they do leave their past behind.

She is very lost to say your sexuality is who you are or becomes part of who you are. In the beginning God made us in HIS IMAGE..... Our image is in Christ and in Christ does not contain any sexual immoral attributes. That's a lie Satan uses to keep persons trapped and defined by things that are not in our original nature. Your sexual mistakes or behavior DOES NOT DEFINE who you are....that's a lie from the pit of hell

I totally get where she's coming from and she's right on so many fronts. In my experience (and opinion) the lack of understanding is weightier on the lgtbq side. Naturally, both sides need understanding and compassion. In the lgtbq community, being happy is of the highest importance. In the Christian community, people's eternal life is of upmost importance, or it should be.

🤣🤩😂 After commenting on this, I subscribed. Other clips reveal that this woman is a powerful preacher. You make me think of proverbs 11:30

Sin is sin … we are all sinners and are save because of his grace. Of course the gospel confronts our sins, our life style, our choices, our priorities, our weaknesses, our preferences, our sexual immoralities, etc. Paul said… I am crucified with Christ: nevertheless I live; yet not I, but Christ liveth in me: and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by the faith of the Son of God, who loved me, and gave himself for me. “Being crucified with Christ means that we are no longer slaves of the world. We’re free” J. P.