A Compassionate, Yet Orthodox, Approach to Homosexuality and Gender Incongruence in the Church, with Pieter Valk

<p>Jonathan is joined by Pieter Valk for a conversation about how churches that adhere to traditional Christian teaching on sexuality and sexual ethics can care for and support gay and trans Christians.</p> <p><br></p> <p><a href="https://www.pieterlvalk.com" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferer">Pieter Valk</a> is the founder and director of <a href="https://equipyourcommunity.org/author/pieter/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferer">Equip</a>, a consulting ministry aimed at helping churches to be places where gay and LGBT Christians can thrive in line with the church&#39;s traditional and historic sexual ethic. Valk is also the founder of the <a href="https://www.familyofbrothers.org" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferer">Family of Brothers</a>, an organisation aimed at fostering family and community among men called to vocational singleness.</p> <p><br></p> <p>The Political Animals is hosted by Dr <a href="https://www.jonathancole.com.au/" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">Jonathan Cole</a>, a scholar, writer and translator specialising in political theology: the intersection of religion and politics. Jonathan was a senior terrorism analyst at Australian intelligence agency the Office of National Assessments where he worked on Islamist terrorism and the global jihadist movement. He is the author of <a href="https://www.bloomsbury.com/au/reign-of-god-9780567707468/"><em>The Reign of God: A Critical Engagement with Oliver O&#39;Donovan&#39;s Theology of Political Authority</em></a> and <a href="https://wipfandstock.com/9781532679346/christian-political-theology-in-an-age-of-discontent/" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer"><em>Christian Political Theology in an Age of Discontent: Mediating Scripture, Doctrine, and Political Reality</em></a>.</p> <p><br></p> <p>You can follow Jonathan and the show on <a href="https://www.facebook.com/ThePoliticalAnimalsPodcast" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferer">Facebook</a>, <a href="https://twitter.com/polanimalspod" target="_blank" rel="ugc