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Would you believe that 86 percent of LGBT people-from the proud marcher at the Pride Parade to the quiet, closeted teen-spent their childhood in church? More than half of them left those religious communities as adults; three out of four would be happy to come back. For decades now, we have found our-selves caught up in a culture war: us versus them. Good news: there is no them. Our culture war has been a civil war: Us versus Us. And there is a path...
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Grounding evaluation in the theological and organizational context of mission (everyone a minister), Hudson describes case studies of four successful evaluation models that include the whole church. She suggests how "whole church" reviews might result in stronger pastoral ministry and new directions for mission. An important resource that will help clergy and laity explore mutual ministry, judicatory executives strengthen congregations, and new pastors...
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Este libro es una disertación doctoral que presenta la enseñanza de Adrienne von Speyr y de Hans Urs von Balthasar sobre la hondura y consistencia divina del amor que se expresa y realiza en la diferencia y reciprocidad de varón y mujer. El autor funda su trabajo en dos convicciones. En primer lugar, que la cuestión de la diferencia sexual es central para la teología cristiana. En segundo lugar, que la visión teológica de la sexualidad de Adrienne...
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In this fascinating new inquiry into contemporary culture, Charles Pickstone, a priest, argues that the pervasiveness of sex in our society mirrors religion's former glory. Indeed, according to Pickstone, sex has usurped religion's position on the spiritual pedestal. In this time of increasing secularization, our traditional views of sex have fallen by the wayside. The religious right bemoans our so-called hedonism as a retreat from religion and values....
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Christian Holiness & Human Sexuality is a study guide for Episcopalians who want to understand how all Christian people can exercise their baptismal vocation in the fullness of their sexual identity. This short booklet attempts to frame the discussion in a way different from how it has been addressed in many of the debates in our church and culture: How can we as Christians combine sexual expression with Christian holiness? Looked at afresh, what...
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The author, a non-transgender pastor, spent three years serving a church where ten percent of the congregation identified as trans men, trans women, cross-dressers, or genderqueer. This motivated her to learn about gender-variant people and to expand her previous understanding of the Bible. A must-read for all pastors, chaplains, counselors, and congregants, and for family and friends of transgender people, as well as for gender-variant individuals...
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Every day we are bombarded with information and experiences that shape our decision-making. If we are not conscious, we will begin to make decisions and adopt beliefs that are un-Scriptural. Eventually this leads to failure of destiny and secular mindsets being placed on our relationships. If you want to experience total transformation in your relationships and walk in the power of Agape Love, then Beloved is for you. Everything from renewing the...
9) Soul Fusion
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This book reveals the spiritual purpose and true meaning of sex and explains why we desire it. It will teach you how to gain control of your sexual desires and beliefs, describing how an abstinent life style will help to regain self-worth and rebuild your authentic you. It reveals why today's concept of dating is rarely successful. It also explains the abuse of sex and the affect of promiscuousness on the soul, going into the deep results of a fragmented...
10) God Loves Gays
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Are you a member of the LGBTQIA community and curious about becoming a Christian?
Do you have a gay friend or family member that you'd like to share your Christian faith with?
Do you have questions about Christianity?
Are you ready for a new, unique take on Christianity?
Dean Holbrook tackles the issue of homosexuality in the Bible and shares his own unique perspective on it.
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The theological debate about homosexuality has changed and many Christians are beginning to ask questions:
• What is same-sex attraction and is it sinful?
• Are people born gay and is it possible to overcome homosexual desires?
• Does it matter if a Christian chooses to identify with the LGBTQ+ acronym?
These questions are the result of the influence of the Revoice movement-a group of "same-sex attracted Christians" who want to see the church...
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El Primer Gran Despertar fue un avivamiento sin precedentes que se vivió principalmente en los Estados Unidos de América entre el 1730-1743 y que conmovió al país en todos los ámbitos de la vida nacional. Edwards fue calvinista y puritano, pero su predicación fue encendida ?e incendiaria, podríamos decir? recalcando la necesidad de una experiencia real con Jesucristo y una respuesta inmediata a la predicación del evangelio.
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OtherWise Christian: A Guidebook for Transgender Liberation by Mx. Chris Paige is a love letter to transgender communities, a self-defense manual against Bible abuse and Christian trans-antagonism, and the beginning of a historical record of how far we have come.
OtherWise Christian reviews 25 years of transgender-affirming biblical scholarship. Mx. Chris Paige argues that the Bible shows us story after story of OtherWise-gendered people being used...
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In the modern era certain ideologies have appeared with growing rancor that threaten the truth and meaning of human sexuality. Gender ideology is one of the greatest moral errors of our times. It is essentially the mistaken notion that gender is not necessarily connected to the sex of the body, but is a personal construct. The Church in her wisdom has stood up to stem the tide of this harmful new attack. In this book, Dr. Grabowski lays out where...
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Escribiendo desde una perspectiva cristiana evangélica y con una profunda empatía, Schmidt trata el debate actual sobre la homosexualidad:
La definición bíblica de la homosexualidad
Lo que la Biblia dice sobre la homosexualidad
¿Se puede nacer con orientación homosexual?
Las recientes reconstrucciones pro-gay de la Historia y de la Biblia
Los efectos del comportamiento homosexual sobre la salud
Debido a toda la investigación que el autor...
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Homosexuality has taken center stage in our nation, churches, and homes. Everyone knows or cares deeply for someone who experiences same-sex attraction, sexual confusion, or practices homosexuality. While the entire world talks about homosexuality, the subject remains taboo in many churches. The fear of being labeled as hateful, a bigot, or ignorant has kept many Christians out of the conversation. The church remains silent, leaving many people who...
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Sam Allberry, autor de muchos libros, entre ellos Is God Anti-Gay?, expone el buen diseño de Dios para la expresión de la sexualidad humana, mostrando que Dios mismo es amor y que sólo él puede satisfacer nuestros deseos más profundos.
Una perspectiva bíblica de lo que el sexo está diseñado para ser, significar y hacer por nosotros.
Los cristianos son cada vez más vistos como anticuados, restrictivos y prejuiciosos cuando se trata de sexo...
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Forty years ago, most Americans said they didn't know anyone who was homosexual and claimed to know little or nothing about homosexuality. Today, there's hardly a sitcom without a prominent gay character, movies like Milk and Brokeback Mountain have won Oscars, and even People magazine celebrated the marriage of Ellen Degeneres and Portia DeRossi. A Queer Thing Happened to America chronicles the amazing transformation of America over the last forty...
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This book showcases the best in modern medieval and religious scholarship, deploying spirited and progressive approaches to the study of Christian mysticism and the philosophy of religion. The volume explores excessive forms of desire and eroticism at play within Christian mystical texts and the historiographical, theological, and philosophical problems bound up in the interrogation of extraordinary experiences of the divine. The author examines how...
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The place of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgendered people in the Christian churches is a highly controversial issue. The stance of all the mainline churches is that homosexuality is sinful and incompatible with Christianity. In seeking to respond to attacks on their lives, identities and relationships LGBT Christians have moved over recent decades from a defensive position to a more, affirmative position, which asserts that there is evidence in...
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