Gay Girl, Good God with Jackie Hill Perry

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4.9 • 809 Ratings

🗓️ 8 July 2020

⏱️ 67 minutes

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Jackie Hill Perry is an incredible writer, poet, artist and a gifted communicator of Christian truth. She is also the author of one of Hank’s favorite books in years, Gay Girl, Good God and joins Hank to discuss her journey out of a homosexual lifestyle, offering a much needed testimony for a time when society has embraced radical changes to traditional views of sexual identity. Jackie Hill Perry didn’t write Gay Girl, Good God to merely point out the mistakes of her past, but to shine light on the power of a relationship with God while helping people understand the realities of same-sex attraction. This is a truly a can’t miss conversation. https://www.equip.org/product/cri-resource-cri2007hup/

Topics discussed include: What made Jackie Hill Perry go against the cultural perspective of sexuality in favor of a biblical perspective (3:00); the power of words and narratives (6:25); how personal autonomy relates to the issues of abortion, sexual freedom and sexual identity (8:50); the impact of abuse and fatherlessness (12:05); the role of conscience in our lives as a reminder of truth (16:00); the error of what Jackie Hill Perry calls the heterosexual gospel, believing that only a fraction of our humanity needs saving (18:55); the different ways we identify ourselves (24:50); God didn’t come into the world to give us joy, but to be our joy (28:15); Jackie Hill Perry reacts to a negative review of her book Gay Girl, Good God on Amazon (30:45); learning to see ourselves through the lens of Scripture rather than through the lens of culture (33:35); how sin can feel natural (36:30); the role of the church to impact society and the importance of discipleship in the church (38:00); the stereotype that pornography is only a male problem (41:30); does Jackie Hill Perry still experience same-sex sexual temptation? (43:05); Jackie Hill Perry’s passion for poetry (44:20); the power and significance of apologetics (46:40); a passion for scripture and the beauty of being able to give biblical answers (48:10); how Jackie Hill Perry came up with the title Gay Girl, Good God and what she hopes people get from the reading the book (51:20); a lightning round of questions on Gay Girl, Good God (53:50); the importance of having an eternal perspective (1:00:25).

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0:00.0	And welcome to another edition of the Hank Unplugged podcast, the podcast that is committed to bringing the most interesting, informative, inspirational people directly to your earbuds.
0:34.2	And I hope that if you really love this podcast, your rate and review makes a big difference.
0:42.2	One of the recent ratings that I just read as I walked in the studio today is from Alan, who says
0:47.9	congratulations in reaching episode 100.
0:51.6	I think I've listened to all of them over the last couple of years.
0:55.0	You and your guests have been a great blessing, and that's the whole goal, is to be a blessing to not only the body of Christ, but to be informational to the population of the world as well.
1:07.0	And this is a podcast that is now reaching around the globe, making a difference
1:13.1	for time and for eternity. I have a very, very special guest today. Can't wait to get into the
1:18.8	interview. Her name is Jackie Hill Perry. She's an incredible writer. She's a poet, an artist,
1:27.3	and for the last 12 or so years, she's been using
1:30.3	her gifts to authentically share the light of the gospel. She's the author of a book of the
1:37.0	month. This is a book that we have been promoting as one of our books of the month, and you can get
1:43.2	your copy for your support of the Ministry of the Christian Research Institute
1:47.6	on the web at equip.org.
1:50.8	And you can also just talk to one of a resource consultants at AAA 7,000 in the letter CRI.
1:57.3	Or you can write me at Box 8500, Charlotte, North Carolina, zip code 28271.
2:04.7	The book, Gay, Girl, Good God is the story of how Jackie once was and how God has always been.
2:15.4	And I think this is an extraordinary book for a number of reasons, including
2:19.0	the fact that a poet has composed this book. She appreciates words. She has an affection for phrases,
2:28.1	and she has a way of correlating these words and phrases to evoke images and memories and emotions.
2:36.8	Jackie is now wife to Preston.
2:39.3	She's a mother to Eden in autumn.
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