Is God anti-gay?: and other questions about homosexuality, the Bible and same-sex attraction (Practical and sensitive exploration of the Bible's teaching on sexuality) (Questions Christians Ask)

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When someone asks this question, I believe at the heart of their question is this: Is God against LGBTQ people?

Sam comes from Sevenoaks in Kent, but studied theology at Wycliffe Hall in Oxford, and has since worked at St Ebbe's Church, Oxford, and now serves at a church in Maidenhead. Allberry maligns the Word of God as a book created in his image and for his own masochistic prohibitions that have been projected on the lives of others who see no need for such a violence. Instead, they’re rooted in two key things: the goodness of God’s word, and the author’s own experience of same-sex attraction. In doing so, Allberry transitions to talk about homosexuality in relation to a believer, to the church, and to the unbelieving world.You can flip through it in a couple minutes and wonder if there really is nothing new under the sun. It can be hard to understand or explain SSA in light of the gospel because we sometimes take a “Strong’s concordance” approach to ethics, assuming the most relevant texts are the ones that directly mention the issue we’re trying to explain. Allberry covers topics like what to do when a gay couple visits your church, as well as specific and practical suggestions that pastors and church leaders would do well to implement as they seek to be proactive in supporting saints in their congregations with SSA. I definitely recommend this book, and I appreciate Sam’s willingness to make himself vulnerable before the Christian community for our own good. addresses the topic of homosexuality—or as Allberry prefers, “same-sex attraction”—in the Christian context.

I hope frankly, that older more conservative Christians do read it and that, despite its faults, it can have a positive impact around the way we treat and speak about LGBT people/SSA in our churches. It is not biblical Christianity that insists someone’s sexual disposition is so foundational to who they are, and that to fail to affirm their particular leaning is to attack who that person is at their core.Here at last is a concise book written with sensitivity and insight by a Christian who is himself gay. Allberry interprets the Torah to condemn even victims of aggravated sexual violence and assault, citing it as proof that all forms of queer expression and existence are impermissible (short of his own obedience to narrow and corrosive ideology). Allberry is a frequent contributor with The Gospel Coalition, Desiring God, and a speaker for Ravi Zacharias International Ministries, in addition to being a self-described Christian apologist. Dan works part time for his church in Bristol and part time for Living Out as the Digital Content Manager. This denial of queer desire is no surprise: for many queer Christians, the most difficult cross to carry is the cross that which leads away from our families.