My Gay Son Changed My Understanding of Evangelical Christianity (Re-Air)

我的同性恋儿子改变了我对福音派基督教的理解(重播)

The Opinions

2025-12-31

19 分钟
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Changing your mind can be a difficult thing to do, especially when it also means reconsidering the foundation of your faith. That’s what happened for the evangelical pastor Bill White when his 15-year-old son Timothy came out as gay to him at Starbucks. On this episode of “The Opinions,” Bill reads from his journal documenting the personal transformation that led him to thank God for making his son gay. This episode originally aired on August 6, 2025.
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  • My name is Bill White and I'm an evangelical pastor in Long Beach, California.

  • My name is Timothy White.

  • I grew up in Long Beach, California in the early 2000s.

  • My dad, Bill, was an evangelical pastor from the time that I was born.

  • And before I was even born, my dad wrote a letter to my future wife.

  • But he didn't know then what we both know now that I'm gay.

  • April 1999.

  • Dear daughter, our son Timothy is about to be born.