Ed Shaw is the pastor of Emmanuel City Centre in Bristol, England, and part of the editorial team at Living Out (www.livingout.org). He loves his family and friends, church and city, gin and tonic, and music and books.

As a Christian who also knows same-sex desire first-hand, I would put a few things differently from how Ed Shaw does here. But that doesn’t stop me from applauding this biblically thorough, evangelistically zealous, humbly self-disclosing, and pastorally compassionate defence of traditional Christian sexual ethics. Ed Shaw’s life and teaching are an inspiring variation on what the church throughout history has celebrated as consecrated, holy virginity. May his tribe increase!

Ed Shaw is the pastor of Emmanuel City Centre in Bristol, England, and part of the editorial team at Living Out (www.livingout.org). He loves his family and friends, church and city, gin and tonic, and music and books.

As a Christian who also knows same-sex desire first-hand, I would put a few things differently from how Ed Shaw does here. But that doesn’t stop me from applauding this biblically thorough, evangelistically zealous, humbly self-disclosing, and pastorally compassionate defence of traditional Christian sexual ethics. Ed Shaw’s life and teaching are an inspiring variation on what the church throughout history has celebrated as consecrated, holy virginity. May his tribe increase!