God and the Gay Christian

Contents:

• WHY ‘GOD AND THE GAY CHRISTIAN’ IS WRONG ABOUT THE BIBLE AND SAME-SEX RELATNSHIPS
• GOD VS. GAY?: THE RELIG CASE FOR EQUALY (QUEER IAS/QUEER ACTN) PAPERBACK – MAY 8, 2012
• GOD AND THE GAY CHRISTIAN: THE BIBLIL CASE SUPPORT OF SAME-SEX RELATNSHIPS
• DO J REALLY LOVE ME?: A GAY CHRISTIAN'S PILGRIMAGE SEARCH OF GOD AMERI KDLE EDN
• GOD AND THE GAY CHRISTIAN
• GOD AND THE GAY CHRISTIAN?: A RPONSE TO MATTHEW V (CONVERSANT BOOK 1) KDLE EDN
• I RONATE—AND DISAGREE—WH THIS GAY CHRISTIAN

WHY ‘GOD AND THE GAY CHRISTIAN’ IS WRONG ABOUT THE BIBLE AND SAME-SEX RELATNSHIPS

In March 2012, Matthew V posted a vio on YouTube suggtg that "beg gay is not a s, " and that the Bible "do not nmn, lovg, mted same-sex relatnships.

So V sought to arm himself wh biblil scholarship on the affirmatn of same-sex relatnships and strove to nvce his fay and church that they were wrong—that homosexualy is not a s.

V's new book, God and the Gay Christian: The Biblil Case Support of Same-Sex Relatnships, expounds further on the arguments ma his vio. " V stat that universal nmnatn of same-sex relatnships has been damagg and stctive for those who intify as gay Christians, producg bad u (prsn and suici, for stance). Unlike others who advote rpectful dialogue on this divisive issue, V charg that those who do not affirm same-sex relatnships are sng by distortg the image of God and are sentially rponsible for the suicis of many gay Christians.

GOD VS. GAY?: THE RELIG CASE FOR EQUALY (QUEER IAS/QUEER ACTN) PAPERBACK – MAY 8, 2012

One of the ma weakns of God and the Gay Christian is that V's methodology of biblil terpretatn clash wh the high view of the Bible he claims to hold.

GOD AND THE GAY CHRISTIAN: THE BIBLIL CASE SUPPORT OF SAME-SEX RELATNSHIPS

Michael Carn, a ge gay Catholic who dabbl astrology, has wrten on the "homo-erotics of atonement" and ntributed to the Queer Bible Commentary, which draws upon "femist, queer, nstctnist, utopian theori, the social scienc and historil-cril disurs.

" Dale Mart, an openly gay man, believ neher that J' rurrectn is a historil fact, nor that the historil J believed he was dive.

DO J REALLY LOVE ME?: A GAY CHRISTIAN'S PILGRIMAGE SEARCH OF GOD AMERI KDLE EDN

V exhorts gay-affirmg Christians to help her a morn reformatn by "speakg the tth, " which for him starts wh personal life stori.

GOD AND THE GAY CHRISTIAN

I pletely agree wh V that many gays, lbians, and other same-sex attracted people have stggled to rencile their fah and sexualy whout much help om the church.

Other church only talk about the immoraly of , while neglectg to discs how the transformative msage of the gospel is also for gays and lbians. Christopher Yuan () is -thor, wh his mother, of Out of a Far Country: A Gay Son's Journey to God, A Broken Mother's Search for Hope (WaterBrook Prs).

GOD AND THE GAY CHRISTIAN?: A RPONSE TO MATTHEW V (CONVERSANT BOOK 1) KDLE EDN

Feelg the tensn between his unrstandg of the Bible and the realy of his same-sex orientatn, V voted years of tensive rearch to what the Bible says about homosexualy. Unique s affirmatn of both an orthodox fah and sexual diversy, God and the Gay Christian has sparked heated bate, scere soul searchg, and wispread cultural change on the issue of what means to be a fahful gay Christian.

This book mak signifint ntributns, not only to ongog scholarly nversatns but also to the average person who wants to probe more eply how to thk about God and the gay Christian. A reful scty of the six biblil passag that somehow addrs same-sex behavr leads V to make a pellg argument agast mandatory celibacy for gay Christians.

I RONATE—AND DISAGREE—WH THIS GAY CHRISTIAN

Matthew V’s well-read and well-argued book serv to be read by all those who have suffered silence, but also by members and misters of Christian muni stgglg wh the regnn and appreciatn of their gay members. Coupled wh his poignant scriptns of the damage done by tradnal exclnary terpretatns, his book is an sential rource for all who seek to fd their beargs the current bate over the Bible’s teachgs for gay people.