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Host Radell Lewis sits down with Pastor LaTrina Slater, a mental health professional with over twenty years in the field and author of a new book chronicling her journey reconciling Christianity with her identity as a gay woman. LaTrina serves as pastor of an affirming church and founded Grace Revolution, a ministry focused on youth, adults, and families in marginalized communities.
This conversation lands in the middle of a national reckoning over Christian nationalism, after President Trump posted (and deleted) an AI generated image depicting himself in the likeness of Jesus Christ, sparking backlash from evangelicals, Catholics, and Pope Leo XIV. LaTrina and Radell unpack how MAGA Christianity has hijacked the faith, why so many Christians have been duped into tolerating anti Christian behavior in the name of two wedge issues (abortion and gay marriage), and what genuine Biblical values actually demand of believers.
Topics covered include: affirming theology and LGBTQ Christianity, the weaponization of scripture against the queer community, why choice and free will are one hundred percent Biblical, how Christian values (generosity, charity, healing, feeding the hungry, sacrificing for neighbors) align with progressive and left leaning politics, the Pope Leo XIV feud, Christian nationalism versus authentic Christianity, and why the "fake Christian" crisis is really a political power grab dressed in religious clothing. LaTrina also offers a framework for reading sin through the lens of harm rather than inherited dogma, and makes a direct case to skeptical left leaning listeners that Christians belong in the progressive coalition.
Whether you are agnostic, atheist, LGBTQ Christian, a person of faith feeling politically homeless, or someone who grew up in the church and walked away, this episode opens space for a conversation the mainstream refuses to have.
Learn more about LaTrina's work at grace-revolution.net
Keywords: Christian nationalism, affirming faith, LGBTQ Christianity, MAGA Christians, Trump Jesus image, Pope Leo XIV, Christian left, progressive Christianity, fake Christians, weaponized religion, gay marriage, faith and politics, love thy neighbor, Christian values, Jesus teachings, 2026 politics, political hypocrisy, religious freedom, pro choice theology, separation of church and state
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