Can You Welcome LGBTQ People While Holding a Traditional Sexual Ethic? Tony Scarcello
Theology in the Raw
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🗓️ 2 April 2026
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Tony Scarcello has served in pastoral ministry since 2011, and is currently the pastor of discipleship at Red Hills Church just outside Portland, Oregon. He is the author of Regenerate: Following Jesus After Deconstruction and his most recent book Love All Our Neighbors: How Churches That Hold a Traditional Sexual Ethic Can Care for LGBTQ People, which is forwarded by Preston Sprinkle. It’s a fantastic book, and Tony is a fantastic friend and person.
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| 0:00.0 | 30% of Gen Z identifying as LGBTQ is like a huge sign that this isn't going away anytime soon. |
| 0:07.1 | And what I've seen, especially over the last 10 years, is people completely forgetting that we're called to be peacemakers. |
| 0:13.5 | We're called to bear witness. |
| 0:14.7 | We're called to be reconcilers between heaven and earth. |
| 0:17.3 | And this has been such a politicized culture-waring issue that what's getting lost in all |
| 0:22.4 | of that is that there are like thousands of spiritually curious LGBTQ people who are like terrified |
| 0:27.7 | to go to church because they're afraid that they're going to be turned into a punching bag. |
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| 1:02.3 | in the raw.com. Okay, my guest today is Tony Scarcello, who has served in pastoral ministry |
| 1:08.3 | since 2011 and is currently the pastor of discipleship at Red Hills |
| 1:12.4 | Church just outside of Portland, Oregon. He's the author of a couple of books, |
| 1:17.0 | Regenerate following Jesus after deconstruction. And his most recent book is Love All Our |
| 1:22.5 | Neighbors, How Churches that Hold a Traditional Sexual Ethic can care for LGBTQ people, which is forwarded by |
| 1:29.8 | Preston Spinkle. It's a truly fantastic book, and Tony is a fantastic friend and person. This |
| 1:35.8 | interview is recorded in person in Portland, Oregon. So if you're listening to the podcast, |
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