Ross Johnston Discusses The LGBTQ community, The Biblical Call To Truth And Love With Lecrae
The Deep End With Lecrae
Lecrae
4.8 • 602 Ratings
🗓️ 18 August 2025
⏱️ 60 minutes
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Summary
Ross Johnston's story is anything but ordinary. Conceived through artificial insemination and raised by two moms, Ross grew up far from church and never expected to follow Jesus. But at 15, one simple invitation changed everything.
In this conversation with Lecrae, Ross opens up about navigating faith, identity, and family tension—while still loving and honoring his mom. They discuss the cultural shift in the LGBTQ community, the biblical call to truth and love, and what it means to find your identity in Christ alone.
From street preaching in Hollywood to leading revivals nationwide, Ross shares powerful testimonies of transformation and freedom, and why he believes the presence of God—not just arguments—changes lives.
If you've wrestled with how to love people well without compromising your convictions, this conversation is a must-watch.
Let's go to the Deep End!
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| 0:00.0 | In 2015, the White House was lit up with the pride flag. |
| 0:03.0 | My question is, when I saw that picture, how can 5% or less of the population have enough influence to get their flag on the White House? |
| 0:10.0 | Because they're actually using a biblical construct, and they've applied it to their movement, and they've seen victory through it. |
| 0:15.0 | You being the product of artificial insemination, that's new to a lot of people. |
| 0:19.0 | So my mom was with this lady. They were together from when I was one to 15 years old. They split up the week I got saved. Oh, wow. I had a real point-blank conversation with mama. I'm like, Mom, why don't you want to follow Jesus? Our generation has been almost doctinated or even manipulated, coerced to think that if I don't agree with you, I hate everything about you. |
| 0:38.6 | Loving somebody is not just affirming their gender or sexual preference so that they feel comfortable |
| 0:44.0 | around you or you feel comfortable around them. But then one day, when they wake up in eternity, |
| 0:48.0 | they're separated from the father. That's not love. This doesn't matter if you're homosexual, |
| 0:51.7 | heterosexual, whatever term you want to apply to yourself. |
| 0:59.3 | We all have a void inside of us that cannot be filled until God fills us. |
| 1:04.1 | If someone comes to you and says, hey, Ross, you want me to look at my lifestyle, |
| 1:08.0 | but why should I change my lifestyle if I don't believe in your God or your body? |
| 1:09.2 | What do you say to that person? |
| 1:10.1 | Let me say it like this. |
| 1:23.0 | This is the deep end with La Cray. All right. Ladies and gentlemen, I'm excited for everybody today. |
| 1:28.7 | We have an incredible individual. Now, lots of people have heard of him for lots of different reasons. |
| 1:37.4 | Some of them are pretty kind of eye-opening for the average person. And we're going to like really talk to someone who's been through some things that most of us haven't been through |
| 1:40.9 | or experienced things most of us haven't experienced. But we're going to get to the nitty gritty. |
| 1:45.4 | Some of you may know him because he came through artificial insemination or because he was raised by two lesbian women or because he's leading revivals around the country and making a lot of noise. |
| 2:00.3 | But who is he? |
| 2:02.6 | We want to know who he is and what his mission is. |
| 2:07.4 | So ladies gentlemen, I have Ross Johnston here today. |
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