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Men's Resources

Desires in Conflict
Joe Dallas (Harvest House, 1991) ISBN: 0890818975

For more than a decade, Desires in Conflict has been the definitive “must–read” for those who wonder “Can a homosexual change?” This new edition with updated information offers more compelling reasons why the answer is “yes!”


Desires In Conflict

Strength in Weakness
Andrew Comiskey (InterVarsity Press, 2003) ISBN: 0830823689

Help and hope for men . . .
• undermined by silent fathers
• harassed by pornography and sexual temptation
• afraid of failing those they love most
• angered by past relationships with women


Strength In Weakness

You Don't Have To Be Gay
Jeff Konrad (Pacific Pulishing House, 1987) ISBN:0942817087

You can overcome same-sex feelings and desires and this book leads the way. Birthed out of his own struggles, the author seeks to educate people on the root causes of homosexuality and offers sound counsel on changing one's homosexual identity. Based on a series of letters written to a struggling friend, You Don't Have to Be Gay is both informal and personal.

You Don't Have To Be Gay

 

Women's Resources

Restoring Sexual Identity
Anne Paulk (Harvest House, 2003) ISBN: 0736911790

Restoring Sexual Identity offers answers to the most commonly asked questions from both homosexuals desiring change and friends and relatives of women struggling with same–sex attraction.


Restoring Sexual Identity

Into the Promised Land: Beyond the lesbian struggle
Jeanette Howard (Monarch Books, 2005) ISBN: 082546076X

The journey requires leaving Egypt, traveling through the wilderness, and having the courage to enter the Promised Land, the land which Howard calls "resting in God’s perfect plan for our life." She wants others to experience with her a "purposeful pilgrimage" there, rather than a "weary wandering" heading nowhere.


Into The Promised Land

The Truth Comes Out
Nancy Heche (Regal Books, 2006)ISBN: 0830739122

This is the beginning of a beautiful love story, Nancy wrote in her diary after meeting Don Heche, the man she was to marry. Five children and 25 years of marriage later, it seemed as if they were the perfect family. Then Don was diagnosed with AIDS-the shocking discovery of his homosexual secret. This was only the beginning of loss and heartache.


The Truth Comes Out

Out of Egypt: Leaving Lesbianism Behind
Jeanette Howard (Regeneration Books and Monarch Publications) ISBN:0825460018

A practical tool to help Christians struggling with homosexuality and those who counsel them.


Out of Egypt

Emotional Dependency
Lori Thorkelson Rentzel (InterVarsity Press) ISBN:0877840849

Lori Thorkelson Rentzel describes the signs of emotional dependency and shows how God can bring healing and wholeness to these unhealthy relationships.

Emotional Dependency

 

Both

101 Frequently Asked Questions About Homosexuality
Mike Haley (Harvest House, 2004) ISBN: 0736914706

101 Probing Questions...101 Compassionate and Scriptural Answers from Focus on the Family’s Mike Haley

Almost daily we hear news reports that confirm the acceptance of homosexuality in our culture. Homosexuals are adopting children, appearing as characters on television programs, taking vacations catering to an exclusively gay clientele, and even seeking the right to “marry” their partners. But is this acceptance healthy for society?


101 Frequently Asked Questions About Homosexuality

Coming out of Homosexuality
Bob Davies & Lori Rentzel (InterVarsity Press, 1993) ISBN:0830816534

Do you want God's will for your life -- but struggle with gay or lesbian desires? The authors of this book understand your dilemma. This is not a theoretical book: it is a practical guide for people struggling with same-sex desires. You'll find answers to your questions about what it means to be a man or woman, how your past relates to your present tensions, how biblical principles apply to your daily life, how you can form healthy relationships, and how your healing may eventually prepare you for heterosexual romance and marriage.


Coming Out of Homosexuality

Questions I'm Asked Most About Homosexuality
Sy Rogers (Worthy creations)

This booklet is an Interview with Sy Rogers. In it you will read answers to many of the most commonly asked questions, to Sy, about homosexuality.

 

 


Questions I'm Asked Most about Homosexuality

Setting Love in Order: Hope and Healing for the Homosexual
Mario Bergner (Crossway Books, 1993) ISBN: 0891077022

A former homosexual tells his redemptive story of "healing." With great vulnerability, Mario Bergner describes his struggle to be free from what he calls "same-sex ambivalence, " and addresses a controversial, timely issue in a redemptive, biblically sound manner.

 


Setting Love in Order

The Broken Image
Leanne Payne (Baker Books, 1996) ISBN: 080105334X

As a trail blazer in ministry to homosexuals, Leanne Payne rejects the view, "once gay always gay". The Broken Image documents stories of men and women who have been reoriented through applied "healing prayer". Through prayer as a means of recovering sexual wholeness, this book gives hope to the sexually broken and help to those who minister to them.

The Broken Image

 

Youth

Truth & Tolerance DVD
Exodus International

Truth & Tolerance features powerful testimonies from young men and women who struggled as teens with unwanted same-sex attractions, and also a look at biblical insights with the director of Exodus Student Ministries. It will powerfully transform student's perceptions of homosexuality.

Truth and Tolerance

 

Family/Friends

Someone I Love is Gay
Bob Davies and Anita Worthen (InterVarsity Press, 1996) ISBN: 0830819827

Finding out that a child, spouse, relative or friend is homosexual can be an unwelcome surprise. You're hit with a complex combination of emotions--grief, shame, fear, guilt. You are flooded with questions ranging from why to what's next. You wonder what a biblical response would be. At the same time, someone you care about deeply may be awaiting your response.


Someone I Love Is Gay

When Homosexuality Hits Home:
What to Do When a Loved One Says They're Gay

Joe Dallas (Harvest House, 2004)ISBN: 0736912010

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?


When Homosexuality Hits Home

God’s Grace and the Homosexual Next Door

Alan Chambers (Harvest House, 2006)ISBN: 0736916911


Author Alan Chambers—a former homosexual himself—and four of his colleagues at Exodus International offer practical and biblical insights on how both individuals and churches can become a haven for homosexuals seeking freedom from same–sex attraction.


Gods Grace and the Homosexual Next Door

The Gay Gospel? How pro-gay advocates misread the bible
Joe Dallas (Harvest House)ISBN: 0736918345

In this updated edition of A Strong Delusion, author and counselor Joe Dallas helps readers understand what pro–gay theology is and how to confront it. In a biblical manner, Dallas examines believers’ personal responses and the need for bold love and commitment ...


The Gay Gospel

Homosexuality 101 DVD

Homosexuality is an issue which has been largely misunderstood by much of society, including Christian society. This lack of understanding has led many Christians to mishandle this issue, thus responding ineffectively. Educating Christians on this very important topic will help them become equipped to respond more effectively.

Exodus International
Homosexualit 101

A Parents Guide To Preventing Homosexuality

Joseph Nicolosi, Ph.D, Linda Ames Nicolosi (InterVarsity Press) ISBN:0830823794


Homosexuality: is it learned, biological or both? The answer to this question deeply concerns parents. They want to know how they can best raise their children.

Parents Guide To Preventing Homosexuality

 

General Issues

Homosexuality: The Use of Scientific Research in the Church's Moral Debate
Stanton Jones & Mark A. Yarhouse (InterVarsity Press, 2001)ISBN: 0830815678

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?


Homosexuality

My Genes made me do it: A scientific look at sexual orientation
Neil and Briar Whitehead (Hunington House Publishers,1999) ISBN:1563841657

Taking a mainstream scientific position, this clear, comprehensive and accessible book concludes that a close and careful examination of the scientific evidence does not support current views that homosexuality is genetic, intrinsic or fixed.

My Genes Made Me Do It!

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