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A review by adamrshields
Loving My (LGBT) Neighbor: Being Friends in Grace and Truth by Glenn T. Stanton
4.0
Short Review: I think this is a broadly helpful book that is a good reminder that LGBT people are neighbors in the Christian sense and to be loved. Really the basic book is just a charge to be a Christian and be a decent human being.
There is some good discussion about instances that Christians may have issues with, Should you attend a gay wedding? Should your church allow LGBT people to attend, volunteer, participate in bible studies, etc? What should parents do if their child comes out to them. And while I am not sure I agree with all of the results, the discussion is the more important part.
In the end I am not sure the book is really for me. I started with these assumptions. This book is really for people that need permission to love people properly. There is a heartbreaking story about a mother with a gay child that thanked the author at an event for being given permission to love her child. That type of understanding is really incomprehensible to me.
My full review is on my blog at http://bookwi.se/loving-my-lgbt-neighbor/
There is some good discussion about instances that Christians may have issues with, Should you attend a gay wedding? Should your church allow LGBT people to attend, volunteer, participate in bible studies, etc? What should parents do if their child comes out to them. And while I am not sure I agree with all of the results, the discussion is the more important part.
In the end I am not sure the book is really for me. I started with these assumptions. This book is really for people that need permission to love people properly. There is a heartbreaking story about a mother with a gay child that thanked the author at an event for being given permission to love her child. That type of understanding is really incomprehensible to me.
My full review is on my blog at http://bookwi.se/loving-my-lgbt-neighbor/