Is God Anti-gay? And Other Questions about Homosexuality, the Bible and Same-Sex Attraction (Questions Christians Ask)

by Sam Allberry

Publisher:

The Good Book Company

, 2013

Overview

Christians, the church and the Bible seem to be out of step with modern attitudes towards homosexuality and there is growing hostility towards those who hold a different view to the culture's.

So is God homophobic? And how do we relate to both Christians and non-Christians who experience same-sex attraction?

In this short, simple book, Sam Allberry wants to help confused Christians understand what God has said about these questions in the scriptures. Drawing on his own experience, he offers a positive and liberating way forward through the debate.

This revised and updated version includes answers to some new questions, including:

Should Christians attend gay weddings?

Isn't the Christian view of sexuality dangerous and harmful?

Is it sinful to experience same-sex attraction?

Key Features

• Shares the author's own testimony
• Offers a positive and liberating way forward through the debate
• Helps confused Christians understand what God has said about homosexuality

Contents

• Getting started: the Bible, marriage and sex
• The Bible and homosexuality
• Homosexuality and the Christian
• Homosexuality and the church
• Homosexuality and the world

Praise for Is God Anti-gay?

Empathetic and wise, learned and clear, hopeful and kind--this book by Sam Allberry is on a topic that can be very challenging. It would be helpful for just about anyone to read.

Mark Dever, Pastor, Capitol Hill Baptist Church

This short book is outstanding. Sam Allberry handles people carefully, texts wisely and issues sensitively, and the result is a supremely helpful book on perhaps the most challenging issue western Christians face today. I highly recommend it.

Andrew Wilson, pastor and blogger at thinktheology.co.uk

Truly marvellous. Sam writes from the perspective of a pastor who himself struggles with same sex attraction. This makes the book more compassionate and compelling. Sam's humanity shines through every page; his understanding of weakness undergirds the whole; his compassion for those facing that which he himself faces each day is deeply moving. This book would make an excellent resource for pastors and elders to keep on hand, given that this is an issue which is set to become more, not less, significant and contentious.

Carl R. Trueman, Reformation21 blog

Product Details

• Title: Is God Anti-Gay? And Other Questions about Homosexuality, the Bible and Same-Sex Attraction
• Author: Sam Allberry
• Series: Questions Christians Ask Series
• Publisher: The Good Book Company
• Print Publication Date: 2013
• Logos Release Date: 2018
• Pages: 96
• Language: English
• Resources: 1
• Format: Digital › Logos Reader Edition
• Subject: Homosexuality › Religious aspects--Christianity
• ISBNs: 9781909559318, 1909559318
• Resource ID: LLS:9781909559318
• Resource Type: Monograph
• Metadata Last Updated: 2022-09-29T21:20:21Z

About Sam Allberry

Sam Allberry is the associate pastor at Immanuel Nashville. He is the author of various books, including What God Has to Say about Our Bodies and Is God Anti-Gay?; and the cohost of the podcast You’re Not Crazy: Gospel Sanity for Young Pastors. He is a fellow at the Keller Center for Cultural Apologetics.