How to love a prodigal who left the faith for an LGBTQ+ identity

The useful part

Nobody is better at navigating these challenging situations, says Allie Beth Stuckey, than former lesbian turned Christian apologist Rosaria Butterfield. In the first voicemail, a "Relatable" listener shared a predicament now common in many Christian families: a loved one leaves the faith after embracing an LGBTQ+ identity. "The first thing you always do, always do, is affirm your love for your prodigal, and you do that in every way you can," says Butterfield.

How it works

• As the LGBTQ+ movement that seeks to deconstruct gender and normalize all sexualities continues to collide with orthodox Christian teaching, many believers find themselves in a painful tension: how to love...
• The second order of business, she says, is to commit to "consistently praying for your prodigal." "One of the things you're praying for, and especially if your nephew doesn't live close...
• [is] that the Lord's going to put many Christians in his life," says Butterfield.
• "There is no such thing as a gay marriage, and so what you're going to do is pray that the Lord would destroy that — in fact, that the Lord would remove all unholy, ungodly i...

Details worth keeping

loving him but also bringing him back to the Lord?" she asked.