Hello, friends. Welcome back to another episode of Theology in Iraq. I have on the show today,

Mark Leverton. Mark is a born and bred Texan. He's married to his wife, Vicki. They've had two kids,

several grandkids. And several years ago, one of the daughters came out as a lesbian and Mark and

Vicki are both theologically conservative Christians. And so that was, you know, that that

presented a challenge to the relationship. But man, as you will hear, Mark has a heart of gold.

And he is at a fantastic job navigating this relationship with his wonderful daughter. Now,

I, Mark was, I got to know Mark a couple of years ago, because he has helped us with a project

that we have recently produced called Parenting LGBTQ Kids. When I say we, I mean, we at the Center

for Faith Sexuality and Gender, this ministry that I help run. And over the last year, we have

put our heart and soul into producing a video-based discipleship resource to help Christian

parents embody both the grace and truth of Jesus toward their LGBTQ kids. So if this is you,

if you're a parent, your kids come out as gay, lesbian, trans, bi, and you're asking the question,

how can I hold true to what I believe the Bible says about marriage and same-sex sexuality and

gender identity? But how can I love my child the way Jesus would? If you're in that space,

then I want you to check out this resource. We created this for you. So if you go to parenting

LGBTQkids.com, parenting LGBTQkids.com, all the Infos in the show notes, you can take advantage of a

pre-order discount on this project. We released it on February 28th. So from now until February 28th,

if you pre-order parenting LGBTQ kids, you'll get a discount on that resource.

Okay, so let's get to know the one and only Mark Leverton, and let's hear him talk about how

awesome Jesus is and how Jesus has been so present in his relationship with his daughter.

All right, hey friends. I'm here with my friend from a distance, Mark Leverton. Mark,

thanks so much for being on Theologian Rock. Right to be here. I was just telling you off line

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