God and the Gay Christian

<p><b>The landmark book exploring what the Bible actually says—and doesn’t say—about same-sex relationships.</b><br><i>  </i><br> As a young Christian man, Matthew Vines harbored the same basic hopes of most young people: to some-day share his life with someone, to build a family of his own, to give and receive love. But when he realized he was gay, those hopes were called into question. The Bible, he’d been taught, condemned gay relationships. <br>  <br> Feeling the tension between his understanding of the Bible and the reality of his same-sex orientation, Vines devoted years of intensive research into what the Bible says about homosexuality. With care and precision, Vines asked questions such as: <br>  <br> • Do biblical teachings on the marriage covenant preclude same-sex marriage or not? <br> • How should we apply the teachings of Jesus to the gay debate? <br> • Can celibacy be a calling when it is mandated, not chosen? <br> • What did Paul have in mind when he warned against same-sex relations? <br>  <br> Unique in its affirmation of both an orthodox faith and sexual diversity, God and the Gay Christian has sparked heated debate, sincere soul search­ing, and widespread cultural change on the issue of what it means to be a faithful gay Christian.</p>