Living Out Podcast

In this special episode, featuring the occasional serious answer and several shameless plugs, the Living Out team reflect on 2025 and look ahead to 2026. We hope you enjoy seeing in the new year with us!The questions What’s one moment in 2025 that you’re grateful for?What habit or practice have you found helpful in the last year?Who has inspired you this year?What book, film, or song has shaped your thinking?What’s one challenge that you overcame this year, or something brave that you did?Describe your faith journey in 2025 in one word.What has surprised you about yourself this year?What’s one hope or goal you have for 2026?Resources mentioned and related Kaleidoscope The Intimacy Deficit by Ed Shaw Unfollow by Megan Phelps-Roper The Witch Trials of J.K. Rowling John Piper’s series on Hebrews John Piper’s series on Romans The Psalms: A Christ-Centered Commentary by Christopher Ash The Horse and His Boy by C. S. Lewis The Last Battle by C. S. Lewis Pray Without Ceasing by Wendell Berry (found in Fidelity: Five Stories) The ‘film with some kind of musical theme’ that Andy considers himself brave for enduring

Does the Bible actually prohibit same-sex sexual relationships? And if it does, are those prohibitions binding on us today? Ashleigh, Andy and Andrew talk through some of the arguments here, the things we can agree or empathise with in those arguments, and why ultimately we believe in the historic Christian sexual ethic.Resources mentioned and relatedDid Jesus Affirm Same-Sex Sexual Relationships?, Andrew Bunt People to be Loved: Why Homosexuality is Not Just an Issue by Preston Sprinkle Does the Bible Support Same-Sex Marriage?: 21 Conversations From a Historically Christian View by Preston Sprinkle Why Do Christians Trust the Bible?, Andrew Bunt Can Christians Trust What the Bible Says on the Topic of Sex?, Andrew Bunt  Does the Bible Affirm Same-Sex Relationships?: Examining 10 Claims about Scripture and Sexuality by Rebecca McLaughlin What Does Sexuality Have to Do With the Gospel?, Ashleigh HullAnd if this series is raising more questions than it answers, ask us those questions here!

Why is it important to engage with objections and disagreement? Can we actually do that while still loving people? Andrew is joined by Preston Sprinkle (Centre for Faith, Sexuality and Gender) and Katherine Brown (Evangelical Alliance) to chat about these questions.In the second half of the episode, they talk through some principles for having fruitful conversations from Preston’s book Does the Bible Support Same-Sex Marriage? Resources mentioned and relatedPreston’s podcast, Theology in the Raw Andrew's conversation with Charlie Bell on Premier Unbelievable? Katherine’s story Does the Bible Support Same-Sex Marriage? by Preston Sprinkle (in particular see Ch1, ‘Foundation 1: How to Have a Fruitful Conversation’) Engaging With LGBT Mental Health, Andrew Bunt The Righteous Mind by Jonathan Haidt. And some things on our website engaging with Haidt's work: How We Determine What is Good (and How That Helps Us Communicate Better), Ed Shaw Understanding Youth Culture feat. Mike Snowdon (Youth Leaders' Crash Course #1) Think Again by Adam Grant The Art of Disagreeing by Gavin Ortlund  And if this series is raising more questions than it answers, ask us those questions here!

When people hear that Living Out - a group of same-sex attracted Christians - believe that sex is reserved for the marriage of a man and a woman, they tend to have questions...

How does our intimacy (or lack of intimacy) with creation impact our intimacy with God, ourselves and others? Will the sea be warmer in the new creation? And when's the Intimacy Deficit merch dropping? Ed and Andy are joined by Anne to answer all the important questions.Resources mentioned and related The Intimacy Deficit by Ed ShawGod of All Things: Rediscovering the Sacred in an Everyday World by Andrew WilsonBrickHabiticaiNaturalist  MerlinKeswick Convention talks on the intimacy deficit