Respectful LGBT Conversations

“Through several different channels, Harold Heie has worked very hard at getting Christian believers to talk to each other directly, even on sensitive issues like the subject of this book. As someone who leans strongly toward traditional views on sexuality and marriage, I find myself leaning even more strongly toward efforts at encouraging charity, mutual comprehension, and respect for the extraordinary diversity within the body of Christ. This book should be appreciated by all who share a commitment to those ideals.”  


—Mark Noll, University of Notre Dame





“Harold Heie has an excellent track record as a convener of conversations on vexing topics—genuine conversations, in which the participants listen carefully and engage one another. Are their differences magically resolved? Not at all. But such conversations serve as a model for the ‘confident pluralism,’ as John Inazu calls it, to which we should aspire. We should all be grateful to Heie and the conversation-partners who contributed to this volume. May their tribe increase.”


—John Wilson, Christianity Today





“Harold Heie is one of the few people in evangelical Christianity who could manage what he will be able to do in this book—host and synthesize a thoughtful conversation about LGBT issues among evangelicals. . . . His track record is impeccable.”


—David Gushee, Mercer University