Posts by Kathy Baldock
Holy Sexuality and the Gospel: Sex, Desire, and Relationships Shaped by God’s Grand Story
Go to this Review on Amazon & Vote “Helpful” at end of the Review I understand why Yuan’s work is popular. First, he’s a nice guy and is a great speaker with a compelling story, the kind that Christians love to hear—the classic bad boy, really bad boy, to preacher story. It also titillates us…
Read MoreA Change of Affection—A Gay Man’s Incredible Story of Redemption
Go to this Review on Amazon & Vote “Helpful” at end of the Review If you search my Amazon profile, you will see that I read and review books — almost four dozen books, now — in the Christian non-LGBTQ affirming niche. They all share a few similar core messages: homosexuality is sexual brokenness.…
Read MoreThe Grace of Shame
Go to this Review on Amazon & Vote “Helpful” at end of the Review Tim Bayly authored “The Grace of Shame” (Warhorn Media, 2017). To understand Bayly’s writing and worldview, it may be useful to know some of his background. Bayly was ordained in the John Knox Presbytery (the Iowa, Minnesota, Wisconsin portion) of…
Read MoreThe War on Psychotherapy: When Sexual Politics, Gender Identity, and Mental Health Collide
Go to this Review on Amazon & Vote “Helpful” at end of the Review Christopher Doyle’s book “The War on Psychotherapy: When Sexual Politics, Gender Identity, and Mental Health Collide” (Institute for Healthy Families, 2019) is the author’s reaction and response to the past forty-five years of increasing awareness of homosexuality and the desire of…
Read MoreWhat Does the Bible Teach About Lust?
Go to this Review on Amazon & Vote “Helpful” at end of the Review Owen Strachan and Gavin Peacock recently co-authored a trilogy of books offering their views on “what the Bible teaches about” lust, homosexuality, and “transgenderism.” I’ve read and reviewed over 6 dozen books in the Bible and sexual orientation/gender identity genre. Typical of…
Read MoreA Christian Lesbian Journey
“A Christian Lesbian Journey” by Darlene Bogle Darlene had been Directing an Exodus Referral Ministry for 10 years when she met and fell in love with Des. This story shares her exit from Exodus and how she came to embrace and understand God’s unconditional love and acceptance of all LGBT people. The twelve years of…
Read MoreWondrous Love
Go to this Review on Amazon & Vote “Helpful” at end of the Review Reading “Wondrous Love” By David J Harvey is like sitting across the table from a very excited and passionate friend wanting to share so much with you. David’s writing resembles his speaking voice–excited to share bits of wonderful news and thrilled…
Read MoreLove is an Orientation
REVIEW NOT ON AMAZON “Love is an Orientation” by Andrew Marin This book is an “acceptable” read for most Christians because it will not challenge any Scriptural beliefs on the verses attributed to the discussion of Homosexuality and Christianity. Andrew recounts the story from being fairly homo-stressed to accepting when several of his college friends came…
Read MoreStranger at the Gate
REVIEW NOT ON AMAZON “Stranger at the Gate” by Mel White An excellent read. Once I started it, I became so involved in the story , I could not stop reading. This book made it very easy to put myself in Mel’ssituation and try to understand being a gay Christian and a gay person. Stranger…
Read MoreTransparently: Behind the Scenes of a Good Life
Go to this Review on Amazon & Vote “Helpful” at end of the Review Transparently: Behind the Scenes of a Good Life by Lisa Salazar is a compelling and intimate narrative of a person bearing her soul to a close friend. At times, the story is painful, but one has to expect that transitioning from one…
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