A Change of Affection (with Becket Cook)

Think Biblically: Conversations on Faith & Culture

Talbot School of Theology at Biola University / Sean McDowell & Scott Rae

Talbot, Church, Christianity, Christian, Culture, Biola, Sean Mcdowell, Religion & Spirituality, Scott Rae, Think Biblically

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🗓️ 13 February 2020

⏱️ 31 minutes

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Becket Cook has a remarkable story of transformation by the gospel. Before becoming a Christian, he lived as a gay man in Hollywood as a successful set designer. His life centered around celebrity-filled Hollywood parties and he traveled to society hot-spots around the world — until a chance encounter with a pastor at an LA coffee shop one morning changed everything. Sean interviews Becket about his story and his excellent new book. Read a transcript of this episode at: https://...

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0:00.0	Welcome to the podcast Think Biblically, conversations on faith and culture.
0:07.4	I'm your host Sean McDowell, professor of apologetics at Taubet School of Theology,
0:12.0	Biola University.
0:14.0	Today I'm here with a special guest who's written a fantastic new book.
0:17.7	I want to commend to our listeners.
0:19.8	And the title is A Change of Affection, A Gay Man's Incredible Story of Redemption.
0:25.6	I'm here with Beckett Cook.
0:26.8	So Beckett, thanks for joining us.
0:28.4	Thank you for having me, Sean.
0:29.6	Now we're actually recording this in my home with about 20 or 25 high school students, many of whom are potential
0:37.0	Biola students, I might add.
0:40.0	But if you hear a little excitement in the background, that might explain a little bit of the noise and enthusiasm.
0:46.4	But I want to jump straight into your book.
0:48.6	I thought it was really interesting that you began
0:50.9	with a brief encounter you had in 2009 with a Christian at a restaurant in
0:57.2	Hollywood.
0:58.8	Tell us why you began there and why that encounter was so significant.
1:02.1	Well I was with my best friend who was also gay.
1:05.5	And we, I had lived in Hollywood for 15 plus years
1:11.0	as a gay man.
1:12.0	I had many relationships with guys over the years and my best friend was
1:16.0	gay too and we would go to this coffee shop every weekend. It was kind of our little
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