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What Jen Hatmaker Gets Right about Christian Love
Reactions to her message to LGBT people highlight how confused we are about love and repentance.
Katelyn Beaty
Religion News Service writer Jonathan Merritt recently noted an apparent "shift" in stance from popular writer and speaker Jen Hatmaker. Hatmaker is best known for her wildly popular books and her and her family's home-renovation reality TV show. After a speaking event in Raleigh this weekend, she wrote the following post on Facebook: ". . . So whatever the cost and loss, this is where I am: gay teens? Gay adults? Mamas and daddies of precious gaybees? Friends and beloved neighbors of very dear LGBT folks? Here are my arms open wide"... continue reading >>

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