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"Can a person be gay and a Christian?"

This is a question that countless thousands of people have asked themselves in the course of their lives. Whether they are struggling with this issue themselves or if they know loved ones who are wrestling with their sexual orientation, there's now hope!

The Rainbow Kingdom: Christianity & the Homosexual Reconciled, a new book by David W. Shelton, answers that question and many others that we deal with as GLBT and GLBT-affirming Christians. In the first half, The Rainbow Kingdom addresses the "clobber" verses that are used to condemn gay and lesbian people throughout the world. Then, the message shifts from instruction to ministry, meeting many of today's issues head-on.

The Rainbow Kingdom: Christianity & the Homosexual Reconciled is a practical, Biblical approach to interpreting Scripture. There are no apologies, no attacks, and no condemnation. The Rainbow Kingdom sets aside complex theology and presents its message in an easy-to-read format that's appropriate for everyone. The message of this book is simple: reconciliation with Jesus Christ and with our deeply-held faith.

If you or someone you love is unsure whether or not they can be gay and Christian, you owe it to yourself to find the answer. With this book, you can begin that process to the kind of peace and contentment that Christ has for ALL of us!.
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Questions are raised and answers unfold dramatically yet tenderly as three different couples are each ministered to by their local Christian Crisis Pregnancy Center. Through Sarah's determination to obtain an abortion, Beverly's Post-Abortion Syndrome, and Lauren's obedience to testify of her Lord's healing grace; the reader is better equipped to understand the complexities and common themes involved in a crisis situation. Better still, we see how God can move in the midst of difficulty, and how the truth of God's word can both protect and restore human life. This novel comes straight from the heart, soul, and experience of Elisabeth Grace Daniel, who is a post-abortive woman. After struggling with Post-Abortion Syndrome for many years before being set free, her passion since has been to connect with and bring hope to those facing similar circumstances today. To this end, Elisabeth has worked tirelessly for the past eleven years. She first began working as a lay-counselor with her local Christian Crisis Pregnancy Center. She then began to give her testimony in churches, and on television. At the same time, she began working to pass legislation in her state that would protect not only the unborn but also their mothers. She has spent the past seven years penning "Reconciled", in hopes of reaching those whom she would otherwise never reach in person. Elisabeth is a full-time wife and mother of two teenagers..
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First Be Reconciled seeks to recover the church as a unique reconciled body in a world of enmity, particularly via civil litigation It traces the church s historic reticense to litigate within the body and with non-believers through key biblical texts, a historical survey, with a particular focus on the Anabaptist witness, and a constructive theological defense of the necessity of eschewing certain forms of civil litigation contrary to the church's witness of reconciliation.
Church retraces the history of Christians in the courts: Apostle Paul, Augustine, Luther, Calvin and the Anabaptists. A constructive theological argument is made for the continuing relevance of a radical stance within the church toward litigation both among believers and with non-Christians. The book argues that the gospel s claim that reconciliation is a product of Christ s life, death and resurrection and the maintenance of the church as an alternative politics is at stake when the church fails to live as a reconciling body through its participation in certain forms of civil litigation..
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Being Reconciled is a radical and entirely fresh theological treatment of the classic theory of the Gift in the context of divine reconciliation It reconsiders notions of freedom and exchange in relation to a Christian doctrine which understands Creation, grace and incarnation as heavenly gifts, but the Fall, evil and violence as refusal of those gifts. In a sustained and rigorous response to the works of Derrida, Levinas, Marion, Zizek, Hauerwas and the 'Radical Evil' school, John Milbank posits the daring view that only transmission of the forgiveness offered by the Divine Humanity makes reconciliation possible on earth. Any philosophical understanding of forgiveness and redemption therefore requires theological completion.
Both a critique of post-Kantian modernity, and a new theology that engages with issues of language, culture, time, politics and historicity, Being Reconciled insists on the dependency of all human production and understanding on a God who is infinite in both utterance and capacity. Intended as the first in a trilogy of books centered on the gift, it is an original and vivid new application of a classic theory by a leading international theologian..
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A dramatic and instructive account of how a marriage met doom in the courts which kept the parties captive for ten years. Simultaneously they begged for the mediation process as an alternative means of settlement likely within ten days. Their story serves as assistance and hope for millions with marriage difficulties which could end in lengthy court involvement unless alternative means are explored. Written largely in day-by-day journal style..
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The Reconciled Life seeks to join the dialogue between Christian theology and clinical psychology. R. Paul Olson aims not to "Christianize" psychology or "psychologize" Christianity, but he intends to use the spiritual wisdom of Jesus as a theoretical framework for a practical approach to counseling. As he writes: "I want to construct a theory of counseling grounded in the teachings of Jesus and relevant to clinical practice." In a time when the winds of spirituality are blowing from every direction, Olson thinks it legitimate to look to Jesus and to the wisdom of the Judeo-Christian tradition for informing his theory of clinical counseling. Such a bold integration of faith and analytical psychotherapy will find critics among those who wish to keep the notion of God on the sidelines when it comes to understanding the human condition, but for those who see the reconciling work of God as a basis for understanding the human condition, The Reconciled Life will prove both stimulating and provocative..
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