A lot has changed since Jackie Hill Perry wrote her book “Gay Girl, Good God,” but what has not changed is that “God still saves, and God still sanctifies.” Perry reflected on her book in a video posted to her social media Monday, Sept. 8.
“Seven years ago this month, I wrote this book,” said Perry, who is an author, poet, hip-hop artist, and Bible teacher. “So much has changed in seven years, you know what I’m saying?” she said, holding up a copy of “Gay Girl, Good God: The Story of Who I Was, and Who God Has Always Been.”
The book recounts her experience “coming out of the gay lifestyle and into a brand-new world of loving God His way.”
“I got more kids than I did when I wrote it. I be wearing lip moisturizer and things,” said Perry. “But I also think the conversation around sexuality in the church is not necessarily new, but I do think it’s interesting.”
“I think we have a lot of conversation around temptation and the nature of temptation and deliverance and all these things,” she said. “And I think all I want to say is that God still saves, and God still sanctifies.”
Jackie Hill Perry: ‘God Can Save You’
Jackie Hill Perry is married to Preston Perry, who is a poet, performance artist, teacher, and apologist. The couple cohosts a podcast called “With the Perrys,” and they have four children. Preston is the author of “How to Tell the Truth: The Story of How God Saved Me To Win Hearts—Not Just Arguments.”
Perry went on in her video to elaborate on God’s gift of salvation, which he offers to people who are obvious sinners and people who appear to be righteous but are not. “On the salvation piece,” she said, “if you are a person who is lustful, God can save you. If you are a drunkard, God can save you. If you are a whoremonger, God can save you. If you’re a lesbian, God can save you. If you a crackhead, God can save you.”
“You know who else he can save, is self-righteous people,” Perry continued. “Because the thing with self-righteousness is that it is a form of godliness, meaning that there is not actual godliness there. It is the projection of it. God can save you too.”
“Let’s just say you know the law, you know the Scriptures, you are zealous for righteousness and all the things, but in your heart is selfish ambition and you’re a slave to it,” said Perry. “In your heart is envy, and you’re a slave to it. In your heart is covetousness, and you’re a slave to it. God can you save you too.”
