Welcome to the podcast Think Vivically, conversations on faith and culture.

I'm your host Sean McDow, Professor of Apologetics at Taublet School of Theology

Biola University.

Today we're here with a dear friend of mine that I have been looking forward to having on the

Think Vivically podcast for a long time.

Christopher Yawn is the author of a couple books, one of them that I gave to my wife and

she passed to all of her friends, which is the first book that you wrote,

Christopher I think is wonderful, out of a far country.

And then today we're going to talk about your book, Holy Sexuality and the Gospel which just released.

So, Christopher, thanks for joining us.

Oh, thanks for having me on, Sean.

I also want to mention that you speak regularly and also teach at Moody Bible Institute,

clearly a friend Institute of Biola.

Well, let's start by taking you back to 1993,

you mentioned that's when you announced to your parents that you were gay will you walk us through that story and really to where you got today

Yeah, so I Sean I wasn't raised in a Christian home, but I wrestled with my sexuality and I kept it hidden through high school college, even the Marine Corps Reserves.

I came out of the closet, so I'm from Chicago. I came out of the closet when I was, I moved to Louisville,

Kentucky, I was pursuing my doctor to dentistry there, and I came out of the closet, told

my parents and what's so, parents, and through that crisis, my parents actually

came to faith.

And it's really interesting because initially, as unbelievers, my parents rejected me, and

it wasn't until after they became Christians that they

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