Homosexuality and the Church

  1. The Authority of Scripture in the “Homosex” Debate by Robert A. J. Gagnon, Ph.D. Associate Professor of New Testament, Pittsburgh Theological Seminary Author of: The Bible and Homosexual Practice: Texts and Hermeneutics (Abingdon, 2001)
  2. The Limits of Tolerance a paper given by Dr. Robert Benne, Roanoke College presented Fri. Oct. 25,2002 at the American Lutheran Publicity Bureau (ALPB) on Christian Sexuality, in Kansas City, Missouri.
  3. ChurchMoralDebate.com Website (an excellent site with numerous resources, articles and information)
  4. The Kingdom of God and the Homosexual by Andrew Comiskey. Desert Stream Ministries. 2000
  5. Trojan Horse: The Homosexual Ideology and the Christian Church by Donald L. Faris. Welch Publishing, 1989
  6. Human Sexuality: A Christian Perspective by Roger Sonnenberg. Concordia Publishing House, 1998
  7. Homosexuality: An Open Door? by Colin Cook. Pacific Press Publishing. 1985 (Concise, readable examinination of the relevance of Romans 6-8 to the homosexual struggle and victory.)

A Healing approach to Homosexuality

  1. NARTH - National Association for Research and Therapy of Homosexualityhttp://www.narth.com/ NARTH's function is to provide psychological understanding of the cause, treatment and behavior patterns associated with homosexuality, within the boundaries of a civil public dialogue.
  2. Pursuing Sexual Wholeness: How Jesus Heals the Homosexual by Andrew Comiskey. Creation House Publishers. 1989
  3. The Broken Image: Restoring Personal Wholeness Through Healing Prayer by Leanne Payne. Crossway. 1981 (Excellent, beautifully'written book that exposes the roots of homosexuality to the healing presence of the Holy Spirit.)

Homosexuality - General Information

  1. Desires in Conflict: Answering the Struggle for Sexual Identity by Joe Dallas. 1991
  2. A Strong Delusion by Joe Dallas. Harvest House Publishers
  3. Legislating Immorality by George Grant and Mark A. Home. Moody Press, 1993
  4. Eros Defiled by John White. InterVarsity Press, 1977
  5. Eros Redeemed by John White. InterVarsity Press, 1993
  6. Homosexuality: A New Christian Ethic by Elizabeth Moberly. Attic Press, 1983 (A ground breaking re-evaluation of the psychodynamic roots of homosexuality. Dr. Moberly emphasizes the homosexual's deprivation of same-sex love needs and his striving to repair that deficit through homosexual relationships.)
  7. Shaping Your Child's Sexual Identity by George Rekers. Routledge and Kegan Paul Limited, 1982 (Rekers draws from his vast clinical experience in order to explain the need for a child to become secure in his gender identity.)
  8. Crisis in Masculinity by Leanne Payne. Crossway, 1985 (Another great book by Payne that goes beyond homosexuality to include other "symptoms" of sexual and emotional brokenness in men.)
  9. Straight and Narrow by Thomas E. Schmidt InterVarsitv Press. 1995
  10. Out of the Shadows by Patrick Carries. Comp Care, 1983 (Understanding sexual addictions)
  11. Psychogenesis: The Early Development of Gender Identity by Elizabeth Moberly. Routledge and Kegan Paul Limited, 1983 (A far more clinical version of Homosexuality: A new Christian Ethic, without specifically Christian references.)
  12. The Homosexual Movement, a response by The Ramsey ColloquiumFirst Things at www.firstthings.com

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