Do Ask, Do Tell, Let's Talk Quotes

“cutting ties, turning away, or becoming offended when people choose to believe or live in a manner contrary to Scripture is not a Christian response. We are called to love our fellow believers (John 13:34-35), our neighbors (Mark 12:31), and even our enemies (Matthew 5:44). Surely this list encompasses those who have embraced a gay identity. By this point in the book I hope you have begun to see that as a rule those who experience SSA are not enemies but at least neighbors if not fellow believers.”
― Brad C. Hambrick, Do Ask, Do Tell, Let's Talk: Why and How Christians Should Have Gay Friends

“The local church can—indeed, must—become a safe place in which to acknowledge the struggle of SSA. Only then will Christians who experience SSA have something God intends for every believer: a community of support in which to process their own experience of suffering and temptation.”
― Brad C. Hambrick, Do Ask, Do Tell, Let's Talk: Why and How Christians Should Have Gay Friends

“Asking questions that allow your friend to tell his or her story—rather than giving quick solutions or judgments—is liberating. Not liberating from the experience of SSA but from the turmoil of being misunderstood that often surrounds it.”
― Brad C. Hambrick, Do Ask, Do Tell, Let's Talk: Why and How Christians Should Have Gay Friends

“discipleship is more a matter of identity formation than of behavior modification or even the head knowledge of mere doctrinal education”
― Brad C. Hambrick, Do Ask, Do Tell, Let's Talk: Why and How Christians Should Have Gay Friends