I’m encouraged by this book and have to trust that the power of God’s truth, love, and grace will be revealed to those who hear it. Allberry holds fast to biblical ethics and provides a framework for engaging the LGBTQ community in a way that is loving and filled with truth. God is powerful enough to heal you and take away SSA but it’s not promised and should not be expected. Few Christians today subscribe to the Pauline views on head covering and hair braiding, dismissing them as applicable only in culture in which they were given.

I believe that it is a very useful contribution to the overall debate going on in the church generally, and that it will help anyone struggling personally, with how to get a "handle" on same sex attraction and homosexuality generally, either to help them understand their own feelings and the appropriate christian response to them, or to help them understand how best to respond when a friend or family member "comes out" to them. As someone who works for the church and anticipates that this question will come up in the life of the church many times in the future, I found 'Is God Anti Gay? Likewise, sound doctrinal foundations with a sound, biblical sexual ethic are fundamental to an accurate understanding of the challenge of homosexuality. For some, SSA may be a serious but temporary temptation; for others, however, it will be a lifelong struggle.I came that they may have life, and have it abundantly,” (John 10:10) and instead projected, “Let them deny themselves and take up their cross and follow me,” (Mark 8:34) on those like him. Most purchases from business sellers are protected by the Consumer Contract Regulations 2013 which give you the right to cancel the purchase within 14 days after the day you receive the item.

I won’t go into all the details here but he addresses the greek words, what natural vs unnatural means, consensual vs nonconsensual, temptations, and the other sins listed with homosexuality. There is simply no room in Allberry’s interpretation and ideology for the existence of positive or healthy queer expression, let alone physical “oneness” in marriage. This book will primarily appeal to Christians who want to better understand their beliefs, and to Side B Christians who experience same-sex attraction and hold to a traditional ethic themselves.

I found Allberry’s personal accounts to be moving and his practical advice to be poignant, but the book is just too short for its own good. In this short, simple book, Sam Allberry wants to help Christians understand what God has said about these questions in the scriptures. It can be skim-read in an afternoon, but it’s worth taking your time to absorb each chapter, to reflect, and to pray. Help TGC bring biblical wisdom to the confusing issues across the world by making a gift to our international work. He invites everyone, burdened with all kinds of sins, to come to him, to repent, and be free from the chains of self-worship.