Product Description: The church is going through a time of severe fracture over the issue of homosexuality. This book addresses the arguments from the gay Christian movement and revisionist theologians and exegetes on a single point: Can they withstand the evidence of the primary sources? In Unchanging Witness, Donald Fortson and Rollin Grams articulate the consistent orthodox view on homosexuality by presenting primary sources throughout Christian history and by interpreting the biblical texts in their cultural contexts...read more

Product Description: In the early 2000’s, Mark Achtemeier embarked on a personal journey with the Bible that led him from being a conservative, evangelical opponent of gay rights to an outspoken activist for gay marriage and a fully inclusive church...read more

"God and the Gay Christian is a game changer. Winsome, accessible, and carefully researched, every page is brought to life by the author's clear love for Scripture and deep, persistent faith. With this book, Matthew Vines emerges as one of my generation's most important Christian leaders, not only on matters of sexuality but also on what it means to follow Jesus with wisdom, humility, and grace.  Prepare to be challenged and enlightened, provoked and inspired. Read with an open heart and mind, and you are bound to be changed."-- Rachel Held Evans, author of A Year of Biblical Womanhood and Faith UnraveledAs a young Christian man, Matthew Vines harbored the same basic hopes of most young people: to someday share his life with someone, to build a family of his own, to give and receive love. But when he realized he was gay, those hopes were called into question. The Bible, he'd been taught, condemned gay relationships.  Feeling the tension between his understanding of the Bible and the reality of his same-sex orientation, Vines devoted years of intensive research into what the Bible says about homosexuality. With care and precision, Vines asked questions such as:  * Do biblical teachings on the marriage covenant preclude same-sex marriage or not? * How should we apply the teachings of Jesus to the gay debate? * What does the story of Sodom and Gomorrah really say about human relationships? * Can celibacy be a calling when it is mandated, not chosen? * What did Paul have in mind when he warned against same-sex relations?  Unique in its affirmation of both an orthodox faith and sexual diversity, God and the Gay Christian is likely to spark heated debate, sincere soul search­ing, even widespread cultural change. Not only is it a compelling interpretation of key biblical texts about same-sex relations, it is also the story of a young man navigating relationships with his family, his hometown church, and the Christian church at large as he expresses what it means to be a faithful, gay Christian.

Product Description: Some church leaders assert that same-sex practices are incompatible with Christian teaching. The issues threaten to divide our churches and our nation.  Michael B. Regele explores current scientific findings in biological brain research, psychology, and sociology, which he compares with scriptural teaching from the Bible, to show that a faithful reading of the Scriptures is consistent with Christian teaching that affirms same-sex love leading to same-sex marriage and full participation of LGBT people in church leadership...read more

The subject of homosexuality and the Church remains as controversial as ever. This book includes all Rowan Williams' comments on the subject since his appointment as the Archbishop of Canterbury as well as the thoughts of many others.

Product Description: The Bible on the Question of Homosexuality addresses the hotly debated topic of whether the Bible condemns homosexuality by a close reading of the biblical texts without taboo or prejudice, without personal or church interpretation...read more

Product Description: The subject of homosexuality brings out a melting pot of opinions in today’s church world. It is probable that no single issue in recent history exhibits such a lack of unity among God’s people. Beliefs and actions vary from total acceptance and ordination into the ministry, to outright condemnation...read more

Product Description: The authors of this book sensitively navigate between an unloving rejection of homosexual people and an uncritical acceptance of homosexual behavior. Holiness and Sexuality brings together contributions from a biblical scholar, a theologian and a physician, as well as a homosexual Christian who is single, celibate and director of a dynamic ministry to those struggling with homosexuality...read more

Product Description: Many disparate and conflicting voices are addressing the contentious issue of homosexuality. The hope is that this book, rather than heightening the polarization, will begin to build bridges across the factions.

Product Description: "Steps to Recovery from Bible Abuse," says Dr. Truluck, "is over 550 pages of information and encouragement to equip gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgendered people and all others who have been abused and oppressed by religion to learn the truth and to rejoice and grow in their God-given worth as individuals...read more