• Homosexuality: The Use of Scientific Research in the Church's Moral Debate, By Stanton L. Jones and Mark A. Yarhouse
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    Homosexuality

    The Use of Scientific Research in the Church's Moral Debate

    by Stanton L. Jones and Mark A. Yarhouse

    How prevalent is homosexuality? What causes it? Is it a psychopathology? Can it be changed?

    Questions like these often accompany discussions of homosexual behavior. For answers we naturally look to scientific studies. But what does the scientific research actually show? More important, what place should this research have in shaping the church's response?

    Stanton Jones and Mark Yarhouse ...

  • Wired for Intimacy: How Pornography Hijacks the Male Brain, By William M. Struthers
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    Wired for Intimacy

    How Pornography Hijacks the Male Brain

    by William M. Struthers

    Pornography is powerful. Our contemporary culture as been pornified, and it shapes our assumptions about identity, sexuality, the value of women and the nature of relationships. Countless Christian men struggle with the addictive power of porn. But common spiritual approaches of more prayer and accountability groups are often of limited help. In this book neuroscientist and researcher William Struthers ...

  • Marriage at the Crossroads: Couples in Conversation About Discipleship, Gender Roles, Decision Making and Intimacy, By Aída Besançon Spencer and William David Spencer and Steven Tracy and Celestia Tracy
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    Marriage at the Crossroads

    Couples in Conversation About Discipleship, Gender Roles, Decision Making and Intimacy

    by Aída Besançon Spencer, William David Spencer, Steven Tracy, and Celestia Tracy

    Have you ever wondered how egalitarian and complementarian marriages play out differently on a day-to-day level? In this unique book Aída and William Spencer and Steve and Celestia Tracy, two couples from the differing perspectives of egalitarianism and soft complementarianism, share a constructive dialogue about marriage in practice. They cover a variety of topics like marriage discipleship, headship ...

  • Same-Sex Attraction and the Church: The Surprising Plausibility of the Celibate Life, By Ed Shaw
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    Same-Sex Attraction and the Church

    The Surprising Plausibility of the Celibate Life

    by Ed Shaw
    Foreword by Vaughan Roberts

    • The Gospel Coalition Top Books of 2015 in Christian Living
    • Tim Challies' Top Books of 2015
    • ProdigalThought.net's Top Reads of 2015
    • Leadership Journal's Best Ministry Books of the Year

    When Christians have same-sex attraction, how should the church respond? ...

  • Slaves, Women & Homosexuals: Exploring the Hermeneutics of Cultural Analysis, By William J. Webb
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    Slaves, Women & Homosexuals

    Exploring the Hermeneutics of Cultural Analysis

    by William J. Webb
    Foreword by Darrell L. Bock

    In Slaves, Women & Homosexuals William J. Webb tackles some of the most complex and controversial issues that have challenged the Christian church--and still do.

    He leads you through the maze of interpretation that has historically surrounded understanding of slaves, women and homosexuals, and he evaluates various approaches to these and other biblical-ethical teachings. Throughout, ...

  • Global Theology in Evangelical Perspective: Exploring the Contextual Nature of Theology and Mission, Edited by Jeffrey P. Greenman and Gene L. Green
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    Global Theology in Evangelical Perspective

    Exploring the Contextual Nature of Theology and Mission

    Wheaton Theology Conference Series

    Edited by Jeffrey P. Greenman and Gene L. Green

    Jeffrey P. Greenman and Gene L. Green edit this collection of essays from the proceedings of the 2011 Wheaton Theology Conference. The essays explore the past, present and future shape of biblical interpretation and theological engagement in the Majority World. Leading scholars from around the world interact with the key theological issues being discussed in their regions. In addition, some theological ...

  • Global Evangelicalism: Theology, History and Culture in Regional Perspective, Edited byDonald M. Lewis and Richard V. Pierard
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    Global Evangelicalism

    Theology, History and Culture in Regional Perspective

    Edited by Donald M. Lewis and Richard V. Pierard

    Evangelicalism is not merely a North American religiously charged ideology that dominates the popular mind. Over the last century, evangelicalism has taken on global proportions. It has spread from its northern heartlands and formed burgeoning new centers of vibrant life in the global South. Alongside Islam, it is now arguably the most important and dynamic religious movement in the world today. ...

  • The End of Sexual Identity: Why Sex Is Too Important to Define Who We Are, By Jenell Williams Paris
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    The End of Sexual Identity

    Why Sex Is Too Important to Define Who We Are

    by Jenell Williams Paris

    Sexual identity has become an idol in both the culture at large and in the Christian subculture. And yet concepts like "gay" or "straight" are relatively recent developments in human history. We let ourselves be defined by socially constructed notions of sexual identity and sexual orientation--even though these may not be the only or best ways to think about sexuality. Anthropologist Jenell ...

  • Are You Waiting for
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    Are You Waiting for "The One"?

    Cultivating Realistic, Positive Expectations for Christian Marriage

    by Margaret Kim Peterson and Dwight N. Peterson

    Does God want to write your love story? Well, maybe not—especially not if it is the culture's romanticized ideal of happily ever after! Margaret and Dwight Peterson help us sort out the difference between how our surrounding society often depicts marriage and how Christians really should approach this particular gift of God to all humanity. They guide us through many aspects of a growing, maturing ...

  • Bringing Sex into Focus: The Quest for Sexual Integrity, By Caroline J. Simon
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    Bringing Sex into Focus

    The Quest for Sexual Integrity

    by Caroline J. Simon

    In a culture that includes sex in everything from advertising to climbing the corporate ladder, it's easy to feel fuzzy about the true purpose and place of sexuality. In this book philosopher and ethicist Caroline J. Simon identifies six "lenses" through which people understand sex and sexuality: covenantal, procreative, expressive, romantic, power and "plain sex." Guided by a virtue ethic, she ...

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