Hello and welcome to Unbelievably with me Justin Briley. Today's show is a broadcast of the live stream that I recently hosted with African American author poet and teacher Jackie Hill Perry on sexuality theology and culture.

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Plus a story here in the UK of interest especially to those in the apologetics world and evangelist to Muslims.

Hadontash who got stabbed this past week at speakers corner. Bit more on that later and your feedback as well to our big conversation on Judaism and Jesus.

But for now on to today's show the broadcast of our recent live stream with Jackie Hill Perry.

You're listening to unbelievable with Justin Broerley.

Well hello and welcome along to today's special edition of unbelievable live stream edition of the show I'm Justin Broerley.

And really pleased to be joined this evening here in the UK by Jackie Hill Perry it's a live Q&A Jackie is an author, a poet, a teacher, a music artist and more besides and Jackie's first book gay girl good god told her own story of becoming a writer.

Coming a Christian and her decision to leave behind her identity as a lesbian but in her new book holier than thou she explores the holiness of God and the good news it brings us and well please say there's a copy of both books that will be giving away tonight and I'm going to give more detail about that a bit later on but let me first of all welcome Jackie to the live stream Jackie welcome along great to see you there.

Coming to us coming to us from Atlanta Georgia is that right that where you're.

It is in the Atlanta Georgia inside of my office.

What's the weather doing there because we are in the middle of a heat wave here in the UK so it's raining even though it's.

Oh well I'm kind of jealous in that case I could do I could do with a bit of rain right now it's really really hot here.

Now tonight if you're watching and you'd like to get involved yourself you'd like to ask a question of Jackie we're going to try and squeeze some of those in towards the end of the day.

Of the interview as I mentioned we've got a lovely giveaway and Jackie's kind of given us a couple of her books to give away and here's the way to do it.

All you have to do is subscribe to our newsletter and you'll be entered automatically for the draw so that's a copy of both gay girl good God and holier than thou is is what we're looking at there.

So so if you want to be entered for that then do make sure you're signed up at premier dot org dot UK slash unbelievable newsletter.

So Jackie let's start with sort of just introducing you to those who maybe haven't heard your story.

Tell us about growing up I think you grew up in a in a Christian context is that correct.

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