782: #782 - Gay Christian, Celibacy, and the Lord's Prayer: Dr. Wesley Hill

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🗓️ 9 March 2020

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Summary

Preston sits down with one of his "mentors from a distance"--the one and only, Wes Hill. Wes is a celibate gay Christian (or a Christian who happens to be attracted to the same sex and not the opposite sex) and a biblical scholar. Wes and Preston talk a lot about the phrase "gay Christian" and why it's become so volatile in some evangelical circles. They also talk about Wes' most recent book "The Lord's Prayer" and what the prayer means in the context of Matthew's gospel.

Wesley Hill is associate professor of biblical studies at Trinity School for Ministry in Ambridge, Pennsylvania and an ordained deacon in the Episcopal Church. He is the author of Washed and Waiting: Reflections on Christian Faithfulness and Homosexuality (Zondervan, second edition 2016), Paul and the Trinity: Persons, Relations, and the Pauline Letters (Eerdmans, 2015), Spiritual Friendship: Finding Love in the Church as a Celibate Gay Christian (Brazos, 2015), and The Lord's Prayer: A Guide to Praying to Our Father (Lexham, 2019). A contributing editor for Comment magazine, he writes regularly for Christianity Today, The Living Church, and other publications, including SpiritualFriendship.org which he co-founded.

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1:21.7	My guest on today's show is somebody that I cannot believe, haven't had on before, Dr.
1:29.4	Wesley Hill.
1:30.8	Dr. Wesley Hill is a graduate of Wheaton College of Durham University where he did an MA and his
1:36.6	PhD in New Testament studies.
1:40.5	He's been a professor for a number of years at Trinity School for Ministry.
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