“The whole story of creation, incarnation and our incorporation into the fellowship of Christ’s body tells us that God desires us.…We are created so that we may be caught up in [the self-giving love of the Trinity]; so that we… — Wesley Hill Copy Share Image
“I once faced a temptation that was so persistent and so overwhelming that I literally believed my whole world would go dark if I… — Wesley Hill Copy Share Image
“I know that whatever the complex origins of my own homosexuality are, there have been conscious choices I've made to indulge - and therefore to intensify, probably - my homoerotic inclinations. As I look back over the course of my life, I regret the nights I have given in to temptations to lust that pulsed like hot, itching sores in… — Wesley Hill Copy Share
“in some old Teutonic and Scandinavian religions and mythologies there is an ideal of the “fated warrior.” This is the champion who heads into battle fully aware that doom awaits him at the end. “Defeat rather than victory is the mark of the true hero; the warrior goes out to meet his inevitable fate with open eyes.”14 Since making this… — Wesley Hill Copy Share
“Rowan Williams, Archbishop of Canterbury, expresses it this way: “To desire my joy is to desire the joy of the one I desire: my… — Wesley Hill Copy Share Image
“There is, however, one way of speaking that I've tried to avoid. Rather than refer to someone as "a homosexual," I've taken care always to make "gay" or "homosexual" the adjective, and never the noun, in a longer phrase, such as "gay Christian" or "homosexual person." In this way, I hope to send a subtle linguistic signal that being gay… — Wesley Hill Copy Share
“The whole story of creation, incarnation and our incorporation into the fellowship of Christ’s body tells us that God desires us.…We are created so… — Wesley Hill Copy Share Image
“Washed and waiting. That is my life – my identity as one who is forgiven and spiritually cleansed and my struggle as one who… — Wesley Hill Copy Share Image
“One of the most striking things about the New Testament teaching on homosexuality is that, right on the heels of the passages that condemn… — Wesley Hill Copy Share Image