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The Complete Christian Guide to Understanding Homosexuality: A Biblical and Compassionate Response to Same-Sex Attraction By Joe Dallas & Nancy Heche * What is homosexuality? How should believers address this hot-button issue? In this reader-friendly guide, Dallas and Heche offer insights on how to respond when a friend announces that he or she is gay; the legal ramifications; gay marriage and adoption; and more. The go-to manual for families, pastors, counselors, and those who struggle with same-sex attraction. 450 pages, softcover from Harvest. |
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When Homosexuality Hits Home: What to Do When a Loved One Says, I'm Gay By Joe Dallas The heart-wrenching declaration that a loved one is a homosexual is increasingly being heard in Christian households across America. How can this be? What went wrong? Is there a cure? In this straightforward book, Joe Dallas offers practical counsel, step by step, on how to deal with the many conflicts and emotions parents, grandparents, brothers and sisters or any family member will experience when learning of a loved one's homosexuality. Drawing from his own experience and from his many years of helping families work through this perplexing and unexpected situation, Joe offers scriptural and compassionate advice to both struggling gays and those who love them. |
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When Gay Comes Home: Learning to Build Bridges Wilna van Beek beautifully weaves together two profound stories into a tapestry of faith, hope, and love. The first story is her story. It is told with compelling courage and refreshing transparency and desperately needs to be heard today. Wilna's honest vulnerability projects us beyond the predictable and tired cultural norms of individualism, self-identification, and sensual pleasure and allows us to see that there is another, higher way to live: the way of humility and repentance, which leads to transformation and genuine life! The second story is the well-worn but often misunderstood story of Jesus and how Jesus loves and cares for people... all people. It is Jesus who enables the transformation we all so desperately require. |
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Divine Prayers for Despairing Parents: Words to Pray When You Don't Know What to Say By Susanne Scheppmann Are the dreams you had for your child crumbling under the weight of teenage rebellion? Do you find it difficult to know what to say when you pray? Scheppmann offers authentic heart-felt reflections on hope, forgiveness, freedom, encouragement, wisdom, and love. These reflections are accompanied by Scriptures and "whisper" prayers to God for you to personalize. Paperback. |
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Your Child Says, I'm Gay By Tim Geiger Four little words that will rock any parent's world: "I think I'm gay." If your child said this, you are probably experiencing a combination of shock, denial, anger, confusion, and uncertainty. Despite your shock you still want to respond well. What should you say? What questions should you ask? How do you move forward in your relationship? Tim Geiger walks with you through the ups and downs of dealing with your child's revelation. With the wisdom and compassion of Scripture, he offers helpful advice for navigating the new complexities in your relationship with your child and hope for moving forward together. |
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Healing Victims of Sexual Abuse: How to Counsel and Minister to Hearts Wounded by Abuse By Paula Sandford * An experienced prayer and personal counselor, Sandford offers help and hope to all the victims of sexual abuse---those who've been molested, the offenders, and their families. Applying biblical principles and sharing powerful stories, she reveals a way of complete healing that prevents such problems from being perpetuated from one generation to the next. 176 pages, softcover from Charisma. |
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Spouses of Sex Addicts By Richard Blankenship Trauma and healing spouses of sex addicts are trauma survivors facing the devastation of a partner's sexual addiction begins with feelings of grief, pain, and trauma. Amazingly it is a journey that can lead to hope and healing. The trauma is massive, and the journey is difficult. This book has been written using the stories of many spouses who have navigated their way through the darkness of the night and into the light of hope and healing. Spouses of Sex Addicts is a continuation of S.A.R.A.H. (Spouses of Addicts Rebuilding and Healing.) It includes updated stories, more emphasis on healing from trauma, and information on working with children who have been exposed to sexual addiction. |
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The Truth Comes Out - eBook By Nancy Heche Five children and 25 years of marriage later, it seemed as if they were the perfect family. Then Nancy's Don was diagnosed with AIDS--the shocking discovery of his homosexual secret was only the beginning of loss and heartache. Shortly after Don's death, their 18-year-old son, Nathan, died in a car crash and Nancy fell into years of personal darkness. Eventually, as she was drawn into a long journey of growth and healing, her youngest daughter, Anne, began a very public lesbian love affair. Despite Nancy's life circumstances, she held on to what she knew of God's promises from Scripture and is discovering how to look at people and the world with God's perspective through eyes full of love and blessing. |
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Shattered, and Then: A Journey to Sexual Healing and Integration By Laurie Morris Laurie's testimony of healing and hope after being ravaged by betrayal of a sexual nature. In a poignant, practical and powerful way, Laurie gives hope to the hurting and valuable insights to those called to heal them. |
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Secure Daughters, Confident Sons: How Parents Guide Their Children into Authentic Masculinity and Femininity - eBook By Glenn T. Stanton Explains why gender matters in how we raise our children, exposing the problems with stereotypes and damaging cultural assumptions, then presenting a practical pathway for guiding children into healthy manhood and womanhood. |
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Critical Conversations: A Christian Parents' Guide to Discussing Homosexuality with Teens By Tom Gilson Christian parents need to be prepared to answer the myriad challenges teens might hear in today's increasingly pro homosexual culture. To start the discussion, Gilson provides a brief history of the issues, explaining how and why cultural attitudes have reversed on this subject in such a short timespan. Parents need not have pat answers ready before they dive into conversations on this topic with their teens and preteens. Learning together can have relational benefits. The author provides manageable, nontechnical answers to common questions surrounding this issue, as well as a guide to further resources. |
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Help! My Teen Struggles with Same-Sex Attractions By Ben Marshall Homosexuality is perhaps one of the most hotly debated subjects today, both in the media and within Christian circles. But what do you do when the issue comes closer to home: when your teen tells you that he or she is gay? This booklet goes to the Bible to find clear answers, direction, and hope at a time when anger and grief may threaten to overshadow wisdom and discernment. |
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Raising Gender Confident Kids In this practical and thought-provoking guide to the critical periods when gender imprinting takes place, parents will learn how to overcome the odds, bond with sons and daughters and help them grow into secure, confident members of their birth genders. Gender security is something only you can give your child. |
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Stone Cold in a Warm Bed
Paul and Kathryn Wilson share a deeply personal and moving story of their struggle with pornography and its impact on their marriage. Buy from Amazon |
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Triage This booklet provides help, guidance, and encouragement to those who find themselves in a marriage impacted by homosexuality. |
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Our Secret Paradise Through practical discussions and humorous illustrations of the ups and downs of marriage, relationship expert Jimmy Evans takes readers on a journey of discovery toward the keys to a strong and beautiful marriage relationship. |
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Out From Under Dawn shares her experience of what it was like to grow up with a homosexual father, his partners, and a chronically ill and passive mother. |
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