#312: Born (Again) This Way: Rachel's Story

Java with Juli - Making Sense of God and Sex

Authentic Intimacy®

Relationships, Society & Culture, Christianity, Religion & Spirituality

4.9 • 1.7K Ratings

🗓️ 25 May 2020

⏱️ 45 minutes

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Summary

This may sound like a conversation about being a gay Christian, and it is. But more importantly, it's a conversation about wrestling with the question: Can I trust God? I know what he says, but do I believe that what he says is best for me? In this episode, Juli's guest Rachel Gilson shares her story and how she came to answer that question. And whether you're married, single, gay or straight, you'll have to answer it too.

Guest: Rachel Gilson

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0:00.0	Well, hey, friend. This is Julie, and I'm just checking in with you to see how you're doing during these crazy COVID days.
0:07.9	I hope you've been able to visit Authenticinimacy.com to find some of the resources we've created to help you wrestle through what's going on in a world right now.
0:16.8	We've got a new devotional, a Java pack on learning to trust God, the date nights in video series, and even our first rethinking sexuality online small group for couples.
0:28.4	Yeah, we've been pretty busy.
0:30.2	These are challenging days, and I want to encourage you to hang in there.
0:33.9	God is faithful.
0:35.0	I want to help you see his faithfulness and goodness, even as we sit with
0:39.1	perhaps some pain and loss and definitely uncertainty in this pandemic. Authentic intimacy is a
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1:02.1	to authentic intimacy.com slash give. I'd love to hear from you. Now let's head to the coffee shop.
1:19.6	Music Now let's head to the coffee shop. Hey friends, thanks for joining me for this Jabba with Julie episode.
1:24.3	This podcast is a production of authentic intimacy, a ministry dedicated to reclaiming God's
1:29.5	design for sexuality.
1:30.8	Today I spoke with Rachel Gilson, who is an author in campus ministry with Crewe, and
1:37.2	she's written a book called Born Again This Way.
1:40.0	I'm excited to have Rachel on job with Julie because she has thought deeply and writes and speaks beautifully about questions that many Christians are wrestling with when it comes to being gay as a Christian.
1:52.1	She speaks and writes out of her own journey.
1:54.4	Rachel is same-sex attracted, she's married, and she loves Jesus.
1:58.7	What I love about this conversation is that on the surface, it may appear just to be a conversation
2:03.5	about same-sex attraction, but actually, it's a conversation about all of us.
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