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When Grace Meets Conviction

Loving God and Your LGBT Child — for parents who refuse the false choice between loving their child and remaining faithful to Christ.

Estimated Delivery Date: Fall 2026

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Why I Wrote This Book

 

Many parents today feel trapped between two impossible options: affirm everything or lose the relationship. That false dilemma has wounded families, fractured churches, and left faithful parents unsure how to move forward.

I wrote When Grace Meets Conviction for those who love their children deeply and desire to remain obedient to Christ — without panic, or rejection.

Private Bonus for Early Readers

Live Webinar: When Love and Conviction Collide (during the week of the book's releasein the fall of 2026)

  • A live, private Zoom gathering for parents who desire to walk faithfully with Christ while staying tender and present with their child. Participant cameras will remain off so you may attend confidentially
  • How to move from panic to steadiness
  • Relational posture: warmth without compromise
  • What “faithful presence” looks like in real conversations
  • How to stay connected without surrendering your conscience
 

What You’ll Receive

  • First notice when the book releases
  • Invitation to the private live webinar for early readers (during the week of the book's release around October 2026)
  • Occasional reflections as we wait for the book's release
  • Priority invitations to future parent conversations connected to this work
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Endorsements for When Grace Meets Conviction
“
Rob Jackson is the right person to write this book. He thoroughly and accurately understands the key issues, and he has years of experience discussing them with parents. He understands the parent-child dynamic and, most importantly, he believes in God’s truths, addressing them with joy and passion. When Grace Meets Conviction will help you feel known and not alone with your confusion, fear, or grief. With kindness and compassion, Rob offers clarity, confidence, peace, and hope. While it’s important to him to help you solve problems, he considers the quality of your relationship with your child most significant. That’s why you should read this book.
Dr. Kathy Koch
Speaker, Podcaster, Founder of Celebrate Kids, Inc., and Author of Several Parenting Books Including Start with the Heart, Parent Differently, and Raising Gender-Confident Kids
“
When Grace Meets Conviction is a lifeline for those with a gay- or trans-identifying loved one. Rob Jackson is a trusted Christian therapist who has helped thousands of clients through almost every struggle imaginable. This book tackles one of the toughest issues of our day with straight talk, grace, and biblical backing. It’s a resource I’ll keep close at hand for the students and families we work with in our ministry.
Jeff Myers, PhD
President of Summit Ministries and Coauthor of Raising Gender-Confident Kids
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As a psychiatrist who spends his days at the intersection of brain science, broken hearts, and the breathtaking grace of Jesus Christ, I’m always looking for resources that tell the truth without forgetting to love the person. When Grace Meets Conviction does exactly that, while also managing to lower everyone’s blood pressure in the process. Rob Jackson offers parents something rare and desperately needed: a way to stay rooted in historic, biblical Christianity without turning dinner conversations into theological cage matches. He treats loss, confusion, and love not as abstract ideas, but as parts of real family life. This book is clinically wise, pastorally tender, and refreshingly sane, helping parents separate identity from behavior, conviction from control, and love from fear. If you want a resource that speaks clearly, loves deeply, and doesn’t require a counseling degree to understand, this is it. Grace and conviction don’t have to be enemies, and Rob’s book shows they can be teammates.
Dr. Karl Benzio
Board-Certified Psychiatrist and Cofounder / Medical Director of Honey Lake Clinic
“
In When Grace Meets Conviction, Rob Jackson delivers foundational biblical insights and practical tools for navigating an unexpected, complex, and often divisive and painful dynamic. This comprehensive resource goes beyond theory, equipping parents for difficult conversations with the grace and wisdom needed to maintain connection and pursue lasting healing through an understanding of God’s steadfast love and incredible design for sexuality. This is a must-have resource for parents!
Danny Huerta
Vice President of Parenting and Youth at Focus on the Family
“
In this thoughtful and carefully written book, Rob Jackson draws on Scripture and his many years of counseling experience to offer counsel and guidance for parents and their LGBT children, addressing the personal, emotional, and familial challenges associated with these issues. Wrestling with dozens of real-life questions, Jackson offers both conviction and clarity, doing so with compassion, care, and concern. Even those who might disagree with Rob’s counsel will recognize his efforts to navigate these questions with both grace and truth. I am grateful for Rob’s writing and ministry, and I am glad to recommend this book. It genuinely manifests grace and conviction while encouraging parents to love God and their LGBT children.
Dr. David S. Dockery
President and Distinguished Professor of Theology
Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary

Who This Book is For

 

  • Christian parents navigating a child’s sexual or identity journey
  • Parents who want to remain relationally present without surrendering conviction
  • Those weary of culture-war reactions and longing for a more faithful way
  • Pastors, counselors, and leaders walking alongside families with wisdom and care

What This Book Is Not

 

  • A political manifesto or debate script
  • A shame-driven response
  • A simplistic “how-to” guide
  • A book written to win arguments

Join the Early Readers List

Receive first notice when the book releases (fall 2026), plus access to a private live webinar created exclusively for early readers.

A Few Common Questions

Faithfulness does not require fear.
Love does not require surrendering truth.

Grace Meets Conviction

A Guided Group for Discernment, Boundaries, and Faithful Love

When your child is distant, resistant, or gone—
how do you love well without enabling, overreacting, or losing yourself?

This group exists to help you discern your next faithful steps—with clarity, wisdom, and trust in God’s work.

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