Uninvited Guests - Grace & Truth: Helping Our Kids Navigate Today’s Sexual Confusion, Part 2

Living on the Edge with Chip Ingram Daily Podcast

Living on the Edge

Religion & Spirituality, Christianity

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🗓️ 31 October 2025

⏱️ 25 minutes

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Summary

Chip Ingram continues his conversation with apologist Sean McDowell, offering guidance for parents whose child is struggling with their gender identity or sexuality. They explain how to reject parental guilt, adopt a long-term perspective, and initiate dialogue rooted in both love and biblical truth.

Key Topics:

Your Initial Response: How to lead with love and preserve the relationship.
Giving Yourself Grace: Avoiding the trap of self-blame and the "perfect parent" myth.
Moving Forward: The power of asking questions and listening to understand.
Holding Firm: How to balance unconditional love with biblical conviction.
A Proactive Culture: Creating a safe home for conversations about faith and sexuality.
Defending God's Design: Answering the "outdated Bible" objection with Scripture and reason.

Actionable Steps for Parents:

Lead with Unconditional Love: Affirm your relationship first to establish a foundation of safety and trust.
Listen More, Lecture Less: Ask thoughtful questions to understand their heart and experience, not just to correct them.
Hold Firm with Grace: Maintain your biblical convictions with compassion, establishing loving boundaries without compromising truth.
Build a Culture of Conversation: Intentionally create a home where it’s safe to discuss any topic before it becomes a crisis.
Know the "Why": Be ready to explain the goodness and purpose behind God's design, not just the rules.
Use Their Interests as a Bridge: Use your child’s passions (movies, hobbies, etc.) as a natural starting point for deeper conversations.

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0:00.0	What do you do and what do you say when your son or your daughter comes to you privately and says,
0:07.9	Mom, Dad, I'm transgender, or I'm really struggling with same-sex attraction?
0:15.4	Where does the conversation begin?
0:17.7	How do you walk the fine line of I love you, I accept you, and you're not going to
0:23.5	compromise biblical principles? That's today. You don't want to miss it.
0:30.5	Thanks for listening to this edition of Living on the Edge with Chip Ingram. We are an international
0:36.3	teaching and discipleship ministry that encourages and equips Christians
0:40.3	to live like Christians.
0:42.2	Well, in this program we'll pick up in our series Unadvited Guests with the second half
0:46.5	of Chip's insightful interview with best-selling author and renowned apologist Sean McDonnell.
0:52.1	They'll continue to help God-fearing moms and dads guide their families
0:55.8	through the confusing sexual narratives of culture. Chip and Sean also challenged parents to have
1:01.6	heartfelt conversations with their kids that lead with compassion and are also rooted in truth.
1:07.7	Well, they have a lot to get to, so here again as Chip with part two of his interview, Grace and Truth. If you were walking through some passages that teach about sexuality
1:19.2	and why it is God's plan for thriving, because we somehow forget that the whole goal of someone
1:27.4	who has made you and loves you, this is not
1:30.4	about restrictions. This is about Jesus wants you to flourish. And there's some guidelines and
1:36.9	guardrails to allow you to flourish, not out of some pressed down obedience, but out of a concern, a care, and knowing that there's
1:46.9	lots of off paths that will take you down places that you can't see now, but bring a lot of
1:52.9	pain. If you were walking through passages that people really need to understand, and you would
1:59.5	say to this person, you should at least study these for
2:02.5	yourself. Where would you take them? Almost every ethical issue, there's a core question. So with
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