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Transparently: 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…
Read MoreThe Bible, Christianity & Homosexuality
REVIEW NOT ON AMAZON “The Bible, Christianity & Homosexuality” by Justin Cannon The Bible, Christianity and Homosexuality provides a crisp, concise overview of a subject which continues to stir controversy in the modern church. Short, easy read. Cannon writes from the position of a Christian who also happens to be gay and reconciles his gay…
Read MoreA Life of Unlearning: A Journey to Find the Truth
“A Life of Unlearning” by Anthony Venn-Brown Completely engrossing autobiography. This is an extremely moving account of an ex-minister’s journey to find his total purpose in life during the midst of a high profile ministry and at the expense of losing everything he had. But arising from the ashes of despair, he awakens to a new…
Read MoreThou Shalt Not Love: What Evangelicals Really Say to Gays
REVIEW NOT ON AMAZON “Thou Shalt Not Love” by Dr. Patrick Chapman Provides a thorough and scholarly rebuttal to arguments Evangelicals use against homosexuals and same-sex marriage. Highlights the arguments and misleading information used by the Religious Right. Includes the latest science on what causes homosexuality and if it can be changed, and cultural evidence of…
Read MoreBulletproof Faith: A Spiritual Survival Guide for Gay and Lesbian Christians
“Bulletproof Faith: A Spiritual Survival Guide for Gay and Lesbian Christians” by Candace Chellew-Hodge (2008). The book helps readers reclaim the spiritual self . This book is not an argument against Christian conservative viewpoints, but instead a guide to being Christian and gay. It focuses on how to strengthen your inner life and self-esteem as one…
Read MoreWhat the Bible Really Says About Homosexuality
Helminiak, a Roman Catholic priest, has done careful reading in current biblical scholarship about homosexuality. While cautioning against viewing biblical teaching as “the last word on sexual ethics,” he stresses the need for accurate understanding of what the biblical “facts” are and concludes that “the Bible supplies no real basis for the condemnation of homosexuality.”…
Read MoreHomosexianity: Letting Truth Win The Devastating War Between Scripture, Faith & Sexual Orientation
REVIEW NOT ON AMAZON “Homosexianity: Letting Truth Win The Devastating War Between Scripture, Faith & Sexual Orientation” by Pastor Romell Weekly (2009). One of the clearest, most easily understood reads on the subject of Homosexuality and the Bible written by a dear friend of mine, Pastor Romell Weekly. Romell was a married man, pastoring a church in…
Read MoreHoly Terror | Lies the Christian Right Tell Us to Deny Gay Equality
REVIEW NOT ON AMAZON HIGHLY RECOMMENDED. Education, engagement and encouragement between the Christian Church and the gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender Christian community is what I do. I talk with, listen to, read and follow seemingly otherwise kind and Jesus-esque people but, when the topic switches to the gay community, some become machines motivated by fear…
Read MoreThe Rainbow Kingdom | Christianity & the Homosexual Reconciled
REVIEW NOT ON AMAZON David W. Shelton’s “The Rainbow Kingdom | Christianity & the Homosexual Reconciled” is a great entry level read for someone who is trying to imagine the concept of being a gay Christian. Personal stories are powerful tools to help us connect with empathic ears and hearts that may be wondering or…
Read MoreFROM DISGUST to HUMANITY” | Sexual Orientation & Constitutional Law
“FROM DISGUST to HUMANITY” | Sexual Orientation & Constitutional Law” by Martha C. Nussbaum (2010) Martha Nussbaum is a professor of law, philosophy and divinity at the University of Chicago. The premise of Nussbaum’s book is that disgust is the prime motivating factor fueling the fight against equality for LGBT citizens. As part of the…
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