Rachel Gilson

Rachel serves on the leadership team of Theological Development and Culture with Cru, and is the author of Born Again This Way: Coming Out, Coming to Faith, and What Comes Next (The Good Book Company, 2020). Her writing has appeared in Christianity Today and for Desiring God and The Gospel Coalition, and she speaks nationally and internationally at churches and on college campuses. Rachel holds a Master of Divinity from Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary, a history degree from Yale College, and is a PhD student at Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary. She lives in the Boston area with her husband and daughter.

Guest Episodes

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Rachel Gilson: Same-sex attraction–and my story

October 28, 2022

Rachel Gilson

Rachel Gilson knows what it's like to deal with same-sex attraction, confusion, trying to relate to straight friends, and generally have it out with God.

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Rachel Gilson: Same-sex attraction--and my story

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FamilyLife Today® Podcast

A Different Type of Love Story

August 28, 2020

Rachel Gilson

Rachel Gilson shares about her ongoing struggle against sexual brokenness. She suggests some helpful things Christians can do to enter into this important cultural conversation with love and wisdom.

FamilyLife Today

A Different Type of Love Story

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FamilyLife Today® Podcast

Jesus Is Enough

August 27, 2020

Rachel Gilson

Rachel Gilson talks about the importance of responding with God's loving design for a sexuality that is not arbitrary or cruel, on FamilyLife Today.

FamilyLife Today

Jesus Is Enough

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FamilyLife Today® Podcast

Full of Grace and Truth

August 26, 2020

Rachel Gilson

Rachel Gilson experienced same-sex attraction from an early age, but when she became a Christ-follower as an adult, God began to bring her views about sexuality under the authority of the cross.

FamilyLife Today

Full of Grace and Truth

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