A War of Loves
Go to this Review on Amazon & Vote “Helpful” at end of the Review Twenty-nine year old David Bennett, an Australian living in the UK, has just released his first book, “A War of Loves” (Zondervan, 2018). Bennett self-identifies as a gay celibate Christian. Bennett states, “Identifying with others in the LGBTQI world can open up…
Read MoreHoly 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 MoreThe Cross in the Closet
Go to this Review on Amazon & Vote “Helpful” at end of the Review “The Cross in the Closet”by TImothy Kurek (2012) COMPLETE review Timothy Kurek exhibits fine story telling in his new book The Cross in the Closet. It is admirable that a young straight man would undertake a radical experiment to confront his own homophobia by “coming…
Read MoreWhat Does the Bible Really Teach About Homosexuality?
Go to this Review on Amazon & Vote “Helpful” at end of the Review Kevin DeYoung’s What Does the Bible Really Teach About Homosexuality? offers yet another utterly maddening viewpoint of “God’s truth” about gay people. I’ve read the bulk of such books written over the past few decades, beginning with the first “gays are out to destroy America” book…
Read MoreOutlasting the Gay Revolution
Go to this Review on Amazon & Vote “Helpful” at end of the Review Lacking Academic Research & Understanding. Brown called the last public review I posted on one of his books Brown a “revision” not a review. I expect this one will receive a similar response, in particular when Mr. Brown suggests that his…
Read MoreMy Exodus: From Fear to Grace
Go to this Review on Amazon & Vote “Helpful” at end of the Review Alan Chambers’ newly released book—My Exodus: From Fear to Grace—written with his wife, Leslie, is self described as “ . . . simply our story. It’s a story about our parents, our childhood, our coming of age, our marriage, and our…
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