Loving Homosexuals as Jesus Would

Loving Homosexuals as Jesus Would: A Fresh Christian Approach
By: Chad W. Thompson
ISBN: 1587431211 ISBN-13: 9781587431210
Publisher: Brazos Press (2004-11-01)
Paperback | 184 Pages | List Price: $18.00 (USD) | Sales Rank: 392257
Product Dimensions: 8.4 x 5.4 x 0.6 inches

Refreshing, encouraging, and transparently written - a great resource!
After hearing Chad Thompson speak at Urbana06, I ordered his book and have thoroughly enjoyed reading and responding to it. The book is well written and accomplishes a number of things: it stretches typical default assumptions regarding how the church ought to show love tangibly to the LGBT (Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgendered) community and challenges the Christian community to act in love; it helps one to overcome certain stigmatisms that come as a result of a certain degree of unfamiliarity with the issue of homosexuality, homophobia, or simply the lack of being in a friendship with someone who struggles with and/or identifies themselves as homosexual; it encourages those who struggle with same-sex attraction but do not want to embrace the lifestyle (for whatever reason) that there really are healthy alternatives; finally, this book is at heart the story of Chad's journey written with great transparency, compassion, graciousness to all parties, and humility.

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