Jackie Hill Perry follows a fairly chronological timeline, dividing the book into two parts. ( Born Again This Way by Rachel Gilson and Boy Erased by Garrard Conley being the other two.) It was one of the first memoirs recommended to me when I began this journey of educating myself on Christian LGBTQ+ perspectives. Gay Girl, Good God is a book that had been on my radar for a while. Suffice it to say that I think if a person with same-sex attraction feels convicted in not acting on that attraction, I believe it is a conviction they should follow. In this review, I don’t want to unpack my own theological position with all its nuances. I’ve read scholarly studies and theological treatises, but I wanted to turn to the writings of those who have same-sex attraction but also believe acting on that to be sinful. And the way in which I educate myself is by reading books.

To that end, I have taken a journey to educate myself.

It is imperative that our churches-pastors and laypeople-be able to define their theology of sexuality and gender identity, appropriately engage with people in the LGBTQ+ community, and lead them to begin or deepen their relationship with Christ.

There is perhaps no bigger social and relational issue in the church right now than LGBTQ+ issues. Or read in order, like Jackie, to be made new. God broke in and turned her heart toward Him right in her own bedroom in light of His gospel. And not in a church, or through contact with Christians. But was she supposed to change herself? How was she supposed to stop loving women, when homosexuality felt more natural to her than heterosexuality ever could?Īt age nineteen, Jackie came face-to-face with what it meant to be made new. She knew that Christians had a lot to say about all of the above. Jackie grew up fatherless, experienced gender confusion, and embraced both masculinity and homosexuality with every fiber of her being. , author Jackie Hill Perry shares her own story, offering practical tools that helped her in the process of finding wholeness. Genres: Non-Fiction, Christian Life, Memoir Published by B&H Publishing on September 3, 2018 Gay Girl, Good God: The Story of Who I Was and Who God Has Always Been by Jackie Hill PerryĪlso by this author: His Testimonies, My Heritage: Women of Color on the Word of God

Gay Girl, Good God by Jackie Hill Perry