Tonight, after our group dinner, Chris and Chloe Verdick, our college-break visitor Rebecca, and I had some really deep discussions about all kinds of difficult issues -- the death penalty, spanking, singles adopting, gay marriage, building relationships with unbelievers, the signs of true conversion, how believers deal with besetting sins, politics, alcoholism -- pretty much you name it, we covered it. Our discussions got heated at times, but it was good for us; iron sharpening iron. It's not easy having your thoughts on certain subjects stretched, but it's so beneficial to talk these things out with other believers.
I wanted to share one particular article which has to do with one topic we discussed at length: homosexuality, and what it looks like when a GLBT person comes to faith in Christ. I haven't yet read Rosaria Butterfield's book, The Secret Thoughts of an Unlikely Convert but it has been receiving great reviews, including this one by Carl Trueman. Rosaria was a radical feminist lesbian Queer Theory specialist and English professor at Syracuse University before becoming a Christian and marrying a Reformed Presbyterian pastor. I heard her speak at the Rose Point RP Church while I was in college, and I was so impressed and inspired by her story. This review is well worth a read, and I'm looking forward to getting my hands on a copy of the book (Kindle version!).
There's a lot we can learn from Rosaria about how to be loving to GLBT people we may meet at work, at school, in church. According to Carl Trueman, every pastor should be required to read this book, especially the two chapters in which she describes with brutal honesty what she thought of Christians before she met the RP couple who would later lead her to Christ. I hope this book might be a blessing to some of you.
~Emily
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