Is God anti-gay?
July 4, 2013
Sam Allberry's book 'Is God Anti Gay?' is very helpful on many
different levels. It is excellent for those struggling with sexuality
issues, it's great for members of the congregation to learn how
to respond biblically to the gay question, and it's very useful for us
as pastors and church staff to think through how our congregation is
handling and addressing the issue of sexuality.
I cannot speak highly enough of the material. It is
brief; only 83 pages, clear with good exposition of scriptures, it
answers questions that we are being asked - 'Surely a same sex
partnership is ok if it's committed and faithful?', 'Jesus never
mentions homosexuality. How can it be wrong?' 'Aren't we just picking
and choosing which Old Testament laws apply?' and then they key issue
'Can't Christians just agree to differ on this?'. Every minister should
read this book and we should endeavour to get it into the hands of as
many of our congregation as possible.
However 'Is God Anti Gay?' is a prime example of 'Don't
trust a book by its appearance and feel!!' The Good Book Company have
obviously decided to go down the Bengali sweat shop approach to
publishing books. It's produced as cheaply as possible and content of
this quality should have been given better treatment.
Watch an interview with Sam here
The book is avvailable in the UK here, US here
Watch an interview with Sam here
The book is avvailable in the UK here, US here