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    God and the Gay Christian: The Biblical Case in Support of Same-Sex Relationships
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    God and the Gay Christian: The Biblical Case in Support of Same-Sex Relationships
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    God and the Gay Christian: The Biblical Case in Support of Same-Sex Relationships

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    About this audiobook

    As a young Christian man, Matthew Vines harbored the same basic hopes of most young people: to someday share his life with someone, to build a family of his own, to give and receive love. But when he realized he was gay, those hopes were called into question. The Bible, he'd been taught, condemned gay relationships.

    Feeling the tension between his understanding of the Bible and the reality of his same-sex orientation, Vines devoted years of intensive research into what the Bible says about homosexuality. With care and precision, Vines asked questions such as:

    • Do biblical teachings on the marriage covenant preclude same-sex marriage or not?
    • How should we apply the teachings of Jesus to the gay debate?
    • What does the story of Sodom and Gomorrah really say about human relationships?
    • Can celibacy be a calling when it is mandated, not chosen?
    • What did Paul have in mind when he warned against same-sex relations?

    Unique in its affirmation of both an orthodox faith and sexual diversity, God and the Gay Christian is likely to spark heated debate, sincere soul search­ing, even widespread cultural change. Not only is it a compelling interpretation of key biblical texts about same-sex relations, it is also the story of a young man navigating relationships with his family, his hometown church, and the Christian church at large as he expresses what it means to be a faithful gay Christian.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherPenguin Random House Audio
    Release dateApr 22, 2014
    ISBN9780804190756
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    • 5/5
      Excellent book written by a gay author. The theology is well explained, and inclusion of part of the author's own story growing up in a conservative, Evangelical background provides nice context. There is not need to throw out portions of the Bible to affirm same-sex marriage, as Vines nicely shows.
    • 3/5
      Matthew Vines, the author of this book, started a new outreach group to Christian fundamentalists. Having some experience with Christian fundamentalists, I am rather dubious about the success of this endeavor; nonetheless, it made me curious about the book he wrote while starting the outreach.The same Bible verses have been used to bludgeon gays for hundreds of years, and Vines covers much of the same ground in the same way as was covered in the 1980s and 1990s when I last looked at this topic in depth. The only difference in this book is the approach, written as if a fundamentalist were to be reading the book (doubtful, unless the reader is trying to reconcile a gay sexual orientation with their fundamentalist beliefs).I was disappointed in the book, and thus rated it only two and a half stars.
    • 4/5
      This is an intelligent, thoughtful, relatable, and articulate book written with open-minded Christian Conservatives in mind. If you are open to persuasion or sincerely believe that orientation is not a "choice," then you will find rich insights here. If you still believe that orientation is a "choice" and that every word of the English Bible should be followed literally to its interpretation without understanding history and context, then you will likely do nothing but find faults with Vines' argument.
    • 4/5
      Great starting point if you come to questions of Christian sexual ethics from a conservative Biblical hermeneutical tradition and want to see what LGBTQIA-affirming arguments are being made about the big six Biblical passages. I admire Vines for how hard he works to engage with people who disagree with (and in some cases have dismissed or condemned) him on their territory, claiming it as his own home turf and refusing to cede it.
    • 4/5
      I found myself quite impressed with this book. Vines makes thoughtful and reasoned arguments for his belief that committed, same-sex relationships are not condemned by the Bible. I specifically appreciated how clear it was that this is a man who has a deep respect for the Biblical text, and has carefully studied to find an answer he believes to be true, not just the answer he wants to be right. Will it still be a hard sell for most conservative Evangelical Christians? Certainly. But I think Vines has earned the right to be heard, and his clear and well-researched thesis deserves a place at the table. Important stuff, this. (To be clear - I agree with Mr. Vines' conclusions, and am grateful to him for his work.)

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    • 1/5
      Matthew Vines hermeneutic has more holes than swiss cheese. This is a great book if you are looking for a reason to validate homosexual practices and you don't really care about careful exegesis.

      3 people found this helpful