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People to Be Loved

Why Homosexuality Is Not Just an Issue

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People to Be Loved

By: Preston Sprinkle, Wesley Hill - foreword
Narrated by: Adam Verner
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Christians who are confused by the homosexuality debate raging in the US are looking for resources that are based solidly on a deep study of what Scripture says about the issue. In People to Be Loved, Preston Sprinkle challenges those on all sides of the debate to consider what the Bible says and how we should approach the topic of homosexuality in light of it.

In a manner that appeals to a scholarly and lay-audience alike, Preston takes on difficult questions such as how should the church treat people struggling with same-sex attraction? Is same-sex attraction a product of biological or societal factors or both? How should the church think about larger cultural issues, such as gay marriage and gay pride? How (or if) Christians should do business with LGBT persons and supportive companies?

Simply saying that the Bible condemns homosexuality is not accurate, nor is it enough to end the debate. Those holding a traditional view still struggle to reconcile the Bible's prohibition of same-sex attraction with the message of radical, unconditional grace. This book meets that need.

©2015 Preston M. Sprinkle (P)2019 Tantor Bible Study Bibles & Bible Study Christian Living Christianity Social Sciences Marriage

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Preston does an extremely balanced and intelligent overview of the same sex marriage debate, it helped me understand the arguments and have more compassion towards both camps

Clearly balanced presentation of the same sex marriage argument

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I’m a better person for having listened .

I think all people who want to understand better and remain close to Gods heart & intent would do well to read this book.

Intelligent , informative - very, and most importantly Compassion&integrity the under-currant

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Though his logic/reason has inconsistent application, this book takes quite a thorough look at the controversies around scriptures which allude to or directly address same-sex acts and homosexuality. The author presents ideas from multiple viewpoints and explores their values. He comes across as mostly humble and interested in changing the way Christians approach people, to be, well, people-based.

Thought provoking

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That's honestly how much (or rather, how little) this audiobook means to anyone who isn't both...

a) A Christian, and...

b) One of the (thankfully) shrinking minority of Christians who use their own self-serving (mis?)-interpretation of the Bible to justify and rationalise their own bigotry while eating shell-fish, not selling everything they own and donating the money to the poor and refusing to cut off their own hand if it causes them to sin. Because in the end, Christianity is reading 5% of the Bible, claiming to live by 1% of it and arguing to the death with other Christians over which 1% is 'Correct' and how it's 'Supposed' to be interpreted.

So when all is said and done in fact, within the coming century, the 'Literal' reading of scripture which condemns homosexuality, Transgender identity and what have you will go the way of the countless verses which directly command and celebrate slavery and genocide or are blatantly misogynistic. Because they will have likewise joined the 95% of the Bible which is to be ignored, taken allegorically or otherwise twisted to mean the exact opposite of what it literally says, because society has finally moved on.

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Overall, a very good book; Sprinkle presents a balanced discussion of a variety of views held by both affirming as well as non-affirming Christians on what the bible says about sexuality and being gay, comparing and contrasting views, covering some of the various implications of these views and how they could be outworked by people and the church. I believe this book could be a good starting point for someone who finds the "homosexuality issue" a difficult discussion; just to open the door to understand this topic a bit more and realise there is more to it than often first appears to people. The issue I have is that Sprinkle contradicts his own logic in places when he begins to draw a conclusion. For example, in one situation in scripture he arrgues that the Bible doesn't say explicitly that it is addressing what we understand today as same sex attraction expressed in a healthy mutual monogamous relationship, therefore we cannot with certainty condem gay people, only later to use another scriptural situation to argue that even with the uncertainty we have about an interpretation it is safer for us to assume that the Bible is speaking about what we understand today as same sex attraction expressed in a healthy mutual monogamous relationship. Obviously, I am over simplifying the point as Sprinkpe takes about a whole chapter to express each of these points, however, the lack of continuety in his logical argument is worrying for such a complex discussion and cast dispersions on his ultimate conclusion. Nonetheless, this is a very helpful work that approaches the topic in a heartfelt genuine way. It is worth reading, however, I would advise to keep your mind switched in gear to follow his points thoroughly, as they do not all land securely in my opinion, that doesn't make them "wrong", but it also does not make them unquestionably correct either.

Great Book, Questionable Logic, Worth Reading

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