Wesley Hill is an assistant professor of biblical studies whose work thoughtfully explores the intersection of Christian faithfulness and homosexuality. He brings a reflective approach to understanding personal commitment within a faith context. Through his contributions to prominent publications, he engages in important conversations surrounding faith and identity.
Set against the backdrop of the summer of 2020, the narrative explores the profound interconnectedness of individuals during challenging times. It delves into themes of community, resilience, and the essential support systems that emerge when faced with adversity. The story highlights personal and collective experiences that reveal the importance of solidarity and understanding in navigating a crisis, ultimately emphasizing our shared humanity.
Wesley Hill explores the experiences of gay Christians grappling with their faith and sexuality in a candid blend of memoir and theological reflection. He addresses the challenges they encounter while striving to adhere to God's teachings on homosexuality. This updated edition features a new afterword, offering insights into Hill's personal journey since the book's original publication, enhancing its relevance for readers navigating similar struggles.
Exploring the depth of the Lord's Prayer, this book emphasizes its simplicity and profound significance in the Christian faith. It highlights how Jesus taught his followers to pray without pretense, encouraging a heartfelt dialogue with God akin to speaking with a caring father. Wesley Hill delves into each petition, revealing insights into Jesus' prayer life and his desire for a genuine connection with believers. The work invites readers to reconsider their understanding and belief in the prayer that unites Christians across time and tradition.
"Gay," "Christian," and “celibate” don't often appear in the same sentence. Yet many who sit next to us in the pew at church fit that description, says author Wesley Hill. As a celibate gay Christian, Hill gives us a glimpse of what it looks like to wrestle firsthand with God's "No" to same-sex relationships. What does it mean for gay Christians to live faithful to God while struggling with the challenge of their homosexuality? What is God's will for believers who experience same-sex desires? Those who choose celibacy are often left to deal with loneliness and the hunger for relationships. How can gay Christians experience God's favor and blessing in the midst of a struggle that for many brings a crippling sense of shame and guilt? Weaving together reflections from his own life and the lives of other Christians, such as Henri Nouwen and Gerard Manley Hopkins, Hill offers a fresh perspective on these questions. He advocates neither unqualified "healing" for those who struggle, nor their accommodation to temptation, but rather faithfulness in the midst of brokenness. "I hope this book may encourage other homosexual Christians to take the risky step of opening up their lives to others in the body of Christ," Hill writes. "In so doing, they may find, as I have, by grace, that being known is spiritually healthier than remaining behind closed doors, that the light is better than the darkness."
Paul’s ways of speaking about God, Jesus, and the Spirit are intricately talking about any one of the three, for Paul, implies reference to all of them together. However, much current Pauline scholarship discusses Paul’s God-, Christ-, and Spirit-language without reference to trinitarian theology.In contrast to that trend, Wesley Hill argues in this book that later, post-Pauline trinitarian theologies represent a better approach, opening a fresh angle on Paul’s earlier talk about God the Father, Jesus Christ, and the Spirit. Hill looks critically at certain well-known discussions in the field of New Testament studies -- those by N. T. Wright, Richard Bauckham, Larry Hurtado, and others -- in light of patristic and contemporary trinitarian theologies, resulting in an innovative approach to an old set of questions.Adeptly integrating biblical exegesis and historical-systematic theology, Hill’s Paul and the Trinity shows how trinitarian theologies illumine interpretive difficulties in a way that more recent theological concepts have failed to do.Watch a 2015 interview with the author of this book
