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Topic

Books

Gay Affirming: Bible Study

  • Calling the Rainbow Nation Home (Sundby)

  • The Children Are Free (Miner)

  • Openly Gay, Openly Christian (Kader)

  • Is the Homosexual My Neighbor? (Scanzoni)

  • What the Bible Really Says About Homosexuality (Helminiak)

  • Homosexuality and Christian Faith (Pattison)

  • This Far by Grace: A Bishop's Journey Through Questions About Homosexuality (Alexander)

  • New Testament and Homosexuality (Scroggs)

  • The Good Book: Reading the Bible with Mind and Heart (Gomes)

  • Steps To Recovery from Bible Abuse (Truluck)

  • Jonathan Loved David: Homosexuality in Biblical Times (Horner)

  • Gay Theology Without Apology (Comstock)

  • Gay/Lesbian Liberation: A Biblical Perspective (Edwards)

  • Over The Wall: What the Bible Does Not Say About Homosexuality (Allen)

  • Science, Scripture, and Homosexuality (Bellis)

  • A Biblical Defense Guide for Gays, Lesbians and Those Who Love Them (Bettendorf)

  • Jesus, the Bible, And Homosexuality: Explode the Myths, Heal the Church (Rogers)

  • Gay Christian 101 (Brentlinger)

   
Angels
  • A Divine Revelation of Angels (Baxter)
  • Angels (Capps)
  • Angels and Their Mission: According to the Fathers of the Church (Danielou)
  • Angels Watching over Me (Malz)
Bible Study: Acts
Bible Study: Covenant
  • The Covenants (Conner)
  • Blood Covenant (Trumbull)
  • The Threshold Covenant  (Trumbull)
  • The Salt Covenant  (Trumbull)
  • The Blood Covenant (Kenyon)
  • The New Covenant Unveiled (Wilkerson)
  • The Power of the Blood: Healing For Your Spirit, Soul, and Body (Baxter)
Bible Study: Epistles
  • Hebrews, Verse-By-Verse: A Classic Evangelical Commentary (Newell)
  • Romans Verse by Verse: A Classic Evangelical Commentary (Newell)
  • A Marked Destiny : In God's Eternal Glory (Gililland)
  • Paul for Everyone: Romans: Chapters 9-16 (Wright)
  • Paul for Everyone: The Prison Letters (Wright)
  • Paul for Everyone: 1 Corinthians (Wright)
  • Paul for Everyone: 2 Corinthians (Wright)
  • Paul for Everyone: Galatians and  Thessalonians (Wright)
  • Paul for Everyone: The Pastoral Letters: 1 and 2 Timothy and Titus (Wright)
  • The First Epistle Of Paul The Apostle to The Corinthians (Greene)
  • The Epistle to the Romans (Barth)
  • Through the Bible Book by Book: Epistles to Revelations/Part 4 (Pearlman)
  • The Moral Teachings of Paul (Furnish)
Bible Study: Gospels
  • An Introduction to the Gospel of John (Brown)
  • The Community of the Beloved Disciple (Brown)
  • The Gospel and Epistles of John: A Concise Commentary (Brown)
  • The Interpretation of the Fourth Gospel (Dodd)
  • The Gospel According to Matthew (Greene)
  • Through the Bible Book by Book: Gospels to Acts/Part 3 (Pearlman)
  • Gospel Light (Shea)
  • The Spiritual Wisdom of the Gospels for Christian Preachers and Teachers: On Earth as It Is in Heaven (Shea)

Bible Study: Key Verses

  • The Bible Promise Book (Sorter)

  • The Jesus Pocket Promise Book (Wilkerson)

Bible Study: Misc.

  • Creation and Fall: Temptation (Bonhoeffer)

  • Bible Truth (Greene)

  • The second death and the restitution of all things (Jukes)

  • Whose Bible Is It? A History of the Scriptures Through the Ages (Pelikan)

  • Passion for Jesus (Bickle)

  • Reading the Bible Again For the First Time: Taking the Bible Seriously But Not Literally (Borg)

Bible Study: Names of God

 

  • Names of God (Stone)

  • Names of God: Discovering God As He Desires to Be Known

  • Knowing God by Name (Pearlman)

Bible Study: New Testament
  • Introduction to the New Testament (Brown)
  • The New Covenant Unveiled (Wilkerson)

Bible Study: Old Testament and Levitical Laws

  • The Law of the Offerings (Jukes)

  • Dirt, Greed, and Sex (Countryman)

  • Through the Bible Book by Book: Genesis to Esther/Part 1 (Pearlman)

Bible Study: Parables
  • Studies In The Sermon On The Mount: God's Character And The Believer's Conduct (Chambers)

  • Kingdom, Grace, Judgment: Paradox, Outrage, and Vindication in the Parables of Jesus (Capon)

  • Parables of Judgment (Capon)

  • The Parables of the Kingdom (Capon)

Bible Study: Redemption and Salvation

  • The Bible in Light of Our Redemption (Kenyon)

  • What Happened From the Cross to the Throne (Kenyon)

  • Salvation (Asch)

  • Our great salvation: And other sermons (Greene)

Bible Study: Revelation
  • Interpreting the Book of Revelation (Conner)

  • Revelation Chapter-By-Chapter (Newell)

  • The Revelation (Greene)

Bible Study: Rights and Authority of the Believer

  • The Believers Authority (Hagin)

  • In Him (Hagin)

  • Authority in Three Worlds (Capps)

  • Advanced Bible Course (Kenyon)

  • New Creation Realities (Kenyon)

Bible Study: Study Tools

  • The Church in the New Testament (Conner)

  • Interpreting the Symbols and Types (Conner)

  • Interpreting the Scriptures (Conner)

Bible Study: Summary

  • Seeing the Story of the Bible (Pearlman)

  • Knowing the Doctrines of the Bible (Pearlman)

  • A Guide to Understanding the Bible: The Development of Ideas Within the Old and New Testaments (Fosdick)

  • The Foundations of Christian Doctrine (Conner)

  • Old Testament in the New (Dodd)

  • Streams of Living Water: Celebrating the Great Traditions of Christian Faith (Foster)

  • Bible Truth (Greene)

Bible Study: Tabernacles and Feasts

 

  • The Feasts of Israel (Conner)

  • The Tabernacle of Moses (Conner)

  • The Tabernacle of David (Conner)

  • The Temple of Solomon (Conner)

Church History

  • The Fingerprints of God: Tracking the Divine Suspect Through a History of Images (Capon)

  • The Churches the Apostles Left Behind (Brown)

  • History of Primitive Christianity (Conzelman)

  • The First Six Hundred Years (Danielou)

  • Present Day Truths (Iverson)

  • The Early Church (Chadwick)

  • Early Christian Thought and the Classical Tradition: Studies in Justin, Clement, and Origen (Chadwick)

  • The Church in Ancient Society: From Galilee to Gregory the Great (Chadwick)

  • History of the Christian Church (Schaff)

  • Catholic Church : A Short History (Kung)

  • The Christian Tradition: A History of the Development of Doctrine, Volume 1 : The Emergence of the Catholic Tradition (100-600) (Pelikan)

  • Whose Bible Is It? A History of the Scriptures Through the Ages (Pelikan)

Coming Out

  • Coming Out to Parents: A Two-Way Survival Guide for Lesbians and Gay Men and Their Parents (Borhek)

  • Beyond Acceptance : Parents of Lesbians & Gays Talk About Their Experiences (Griffin)

  • Now That You Know (Fairchild)

  • When Someone You Know is Gay (Cohen)

  • Coming Out as a Sacrament (Glaser)

  • Coming Out to God: Prayers for Lesbians and Gay Men, Their Families and Friends (Glaser)

  • Coming Out As Parents - You and Your Homosexual Child (Switzer)

  • Coming Out: An Act of Love (Eichberg)

  • Outing Yourself: How to Come out as Lesbian or Gay to Your Family, Friends and Co-Workers (Signorile)

Emotional, Depression and Physiological Disorders

  • The Scarred Soul (Alderman)

  • Amongst Ourselves: A Self-Help Guide to Living With Dissociative Identity Disorder (Alderman)

  • Queer Blues: The Lesbian and Gay Guide to Overcoming Depression (Berzon)

  • Healing for Damaged Emotions (Seamands)

  • Redeeming the Past: Recovering from the Memories that Cause Our Pain (Seamands)

  • Door Of Hope Recognizing And Resolving The Pains Of Your Past (Frank)

  • You Can Be Happy No Matter What: Five Principles Your Therapist Never Told You (Carlson)

  • Freeing your mind from memories that bind (Littauer)

  • Excuse Me, Your Rejection is Showing (Gibson)

End Time Church

  • The Eternal Church: A Prophetic Look at the Church-Her History, Restoration, and Destiny (Hamon)

  • Apostles, Prophets and the coming moves of God (Hamon)

  • Present Day Truths (Iverson)

  • The Days of His Presence (Frangipane)

  • When God Invades the Earth: The Outpouring of Heaven's Power for the Harvest (Hammond)

  • The Vision A Two-in-one Volume Of The Final Quest And The Call (Joyner)

Evangelism

Ex-Gay

  • Anything but Straight: Unmasking the Scandals and Lies Behind the Ex-Gay Myth (Besen)

Faith

Famous Christians Vol. 1

  • God’s Generals, Why they Succeeded and Why some failed (Liardon)

  • God's Generals II: The Roaring Reformers (Liardon)

  • John G. Lake The complete collection of His Life Teachings (Liardon)

  • Smith Wigglesworth: The Complete Collection of His Life Teachings (Liardon)

  • Maria Woodworth-Etter: The Complete Collection of Her Life Teachings (Liardon)

  • Mary Through the Centuries : Her Place in the History of Culture (Pelikan)

  • Foxe's Book of Martyrs (Foxe)

  • The Prisoner in the Third Cell (Edwards)

  • The Secret Identity Of The Beloved Disciple (Grassi)

  • The Secret of Paul the Apostle (Grassi)

  • The Nazarene (Asch)

  • Apostle (Asch)

  • The Prophet (Asch)

  • Moses (Asch)

  • Mary (Asch)

Famous Christians Vol. 2
  • Great Christian Thinkers (Kung)
  • Daughter of Destiny; Kathryn Kuhlman, her story (Buckingham)
  • E.W. Kenyon - The True Story (Kenyon)
  • Hannah Hurnard: The Authorized Biography (Hurnard)
  • Oswald Chambers: Abandoned to God: The Life Story of the Author of My Utmost for His Highest (Chambers)
  • Confessions (translation of St. Augustine's prayer) (Chadwick)

  • Streams of Living Water: Celebrating the Great Traditions of Christian Faith (Foster)
  • The Collected Works of Saint John of the Cross (St. John of the Cross)
  • The Desert Fathers (Waddell )
  • A Preaching Ministry: Twenty-One Sermons Preached by Harry Emerson Fosdick at the First Presbyterian Church in the City of New York, 1918-1925 (Fosdick)
  • The Kathryn Kuhlman I Knew (Kuhlman)

  • My Struggle for Freedom: Memoirs (Kung)

Gay Affirming: Bible Study

  • Calling the Rainbow Nation Home (Sundby)

  • The Children Are Free (Miner)

  • Openly Gay, Openly Christian (Kader)

  • Is the Homosexual My Neighbor? (Scanzoni)

  • What the Bible Really Says About Homosexuality (Helminiak)

  • Homosexuality and Christian Faith (Pattison)

  • This Far by Grace: A Bishop's Journey Through Questions About Homosexuality (Alexander)

  • New Testament and Homosexuality (Scroggs)

  • The Good Book: Reading the Bible with Mind and Heart (Gomes)

  • Steps To Recovery from Bible Abuse (Truluck)

  • Jonathan Loved David: Homosexuality in Biblical Times (Horner)

  • Gay Theology Without Apology (Comstock)

  • Gay/Lesbian Liberation: A Biblical Perspective (Edwards)

  • Over The Wall: What the Bible Does Not Say About Homosexuality (Allen)

Gay Affirming: Church History
  • Christianity, Social Tolerance, and Homosexuality (Boswell)
  • Same-Sex Unions in Pre-Modern Europe (Boswell)
  • Unrepentant, Self-Affirming, Practicing: Lesbian/Bisexual/Gay People Within Organized Religion (Comstock)

  • Don't Be Afraid Anymore: The Story of Reverend Troy Perry and the Metropolitan Community Churches (Perry)

Gay Affirming: History

  • Homosexuality and Civilization (Crompton)

  • A Natural History of Homosexuality (Mondimore)

  • Stonewall : The Riots That Sparked the Gay Revolution (Carter)

  • Hidden from History: Reclaiming the Gay and Lesbian Past (Duberman)

  • Homosexuals in History (Rowse)

  • Making Gay History: The Half Century Fight for Lesbian and Gay Equal Rights (Marcus)

Gay Affirming:  Inspiration and Christian Living

  • Reconciling Journey (Pepper)

  • The Word Is Out: Daily Reflections on the Bible for Lesbians and Gay Men (Glaser)

Gay Affirming: Liturgy
  • Equal Rites: Lesbian and Gay Worship, Ceremonies, and Celebrations (Cherry)
  • Coming Out as a Sacrament (Glaser)
  • Reformation of the Heart: Seasonal Meditations of a Gay Christian (Glaser)
Gay Affirming: Ministry
  • A Whosoever Church: Welcoming Lesbians and Gay Men into African American Congregations (Comstock)

Gay Affirming: Personal Story
  • Calling the Rainbow Nation Home (Sundby)
  • Stranger at the Gate : To Be Gay and Christian in America (White)
  • Lord Is My Shepherd and He Knows I'm Gay: The Autobiography of the Reverend Troy D. Perry (Perry)

  • Surprised By Peace (Britton)
  • Uncommon Calling (Glaser)
  • Over The Wall: What the Bible Does Not Say About Homosexuality (Allen)
  • This Far by Grace: A Bishop's Journey Through Questions About Homosexuality (Alexander)
  • Courage to Love : A Gay Priest Stands Up for His Beliefs (Leckie)
  • Prayers for Bobby : A Mother's Coming to Terms with the Suicide of Her Gay Son (Aarons)
  • In the Courts of the Lord (Ferry)
  • Gay Priest: An Inner Journey (Boyd)
  • Both Feet Firmly Planted in Midair (McNeill)
  • Prayer Warriors (Miller)
  • Let Our Voices be Heard (Solberg)
  • Reclaiming the Spirit (Shallenberger)
  • A Christian Lesbian Journey: a continuation of Loving Road to Love (Bogle)

Gay Affirming: Prayer and Contemplation

  • Coming Out to God: Prayers for Lesbians and Gay Men, Their Families and Friends (Glaser)

  • Prayer Warriors (Miller)

Gay Affirming: Relationships, Families and Marriage

  • Legal Guide for Lesbian and Gay Couples (Curry)

  • Permanent Partners : Building Gay and Lesbian Relationships That Last (Berzon)

  • The Intimacy Dance: A Guide to Long-Term Success in Gay and Lesbian Relationships (Berzon)

  • Break Up or Break Through (Bachelor)

  • What God Has Joined Together? : A Christian Case for Gay Marriage (Myers)

  • Pursuit of Happiness (Myers)

  • The Lesbian Couples Guide (McDaniel)

  • Heather Has Two Mommies (Newman)

  • What is Marriage For? : The Strange Social History of Our Most Intimate Institution (E.J. Graff)

Gay Affirming: Scientific Research and Studies
  • Biological Exuberance : Animal Homosexuality and Natural Diversity (Bagemihl)
  • A Natural History of Homosexuality (Mondimore)

Gay Affirming: Social Justice

 

(also see "Gay Marriage")

  • A Place at the Table (Bawer)

  • Stealing Jesus : How Fundamentalism Betrays Christianity (Bawer)

  • Beyond Queer : Challenging Gay Left Orthodoxy (Bawer)

  • Faithful Conversation: Christian  Perspectives on Homosexuality (Childs)

  • Rescuing the Bible from Fundamentalism (Spong)

  • Virtually Normal : An Argument About Homosexuality (Sullivan)

  • Gay Theology Without Apology (Comstock)

  • The Antigay Agenda : Orthodox Vision and the Christian Right (Herman)

  • Know My Name: A Gay Liberation Theology (Cleaver)

  • Gay/Lesbian Liberation: A Biblical Perspective (Edwards)

  • Adventures in Missing the Point (McLaren and Campolo)

Gay Affirming: The Church and the Body of Christ

  • Gifted by Otherness: Gay and Lesbian Christians in the Church ( Countryman)

  • The Church and the Homosexual (McNeill)

  • More Than Welcome: Learning to Embrace Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, and Transgendered Persons in the Church (Waun)

  • Silent Lives: How High a Price? (Boesser)

Gay Affirming Misc. Topics

  • Taking a Chance on God (McNeill)

  • Freedom, Glorious Freedom: The Spiritual Journey to the Fullness of Life for Gays, Lesbians, and Everybody Else (McNeill)

  • Homosexuality and Christian Faith: Questions of Conscience for the Churches (Wink)

  • Holy Homosexuals : The Truth About Being Gay or Lesbian and Christian (Piazza)

  • We Were Baptized Too: Claiming God's Grace for Lesbians and Gays (Alexander)

  • Come Home: Reclaiming Spirituality and Community As Gay Men and Lesbians (Glaser)

  • Living in Sin? (Spong)

  • Queer Commentary and the Hebrew Bible (Stone, Ken)

  • Take Back the Word (Goss)

  • Is It a Choice? (Marcus)

Gay Marriage
  • Get Over the Rainbow (Redmond)

  • What God Has Joined Together? : A Christian Case for Gay Marriage (Myers)

  • Same-sex Marriage: The Moral And Legal Debate (Baird)

  • Gay Marriage : Why It Is Good for Gays, Good for Straights, and Good for America (Rauch)

  • Why Marriage Matters : America, Equality, and Gay People's Right to Marry (Wolfson)

  • Same-Sex Marriage and the Constitution (Gerstmann)

  • Civil Wars (Moats)

 

Grief and Difficult Times

Healing and Miracles

  • Jesus the Healer (Kenyon)

  • Miracles Do Happen! The Power and Place of Miracles as a Sign to the World (Jackson)

  • When Heaven Invades Earth: A Practical Guide To A Life Of Miracles (Johnson)

  • The Supernatural Power of a Transformed Mind: Access to a Life of Miracles (Johnson)

  • Smith Wigglesworth on Healing (Wigglesworth)

  • A More Excellent Way : A Teaching on the Spiritual Roots of Disease (Wright)

  • The Power of the Blood: Healing For Your Spirit, Soul, and Body (Baxter)

  • I believe in Miracles (Kuhlman)

  • A Glimpse into Glory (Kuhlman)

  • Daughter of Destiny (Kuhlman)

  • Healing Words (Kuhlman)

  • Nothing is Impossible with God (Kuhlman)

  • God Can Do It Again (Kuhlman)