25 must-read christian books like Single, Gay, Christian: A Personal Journey of Faith and Sexual Identity by

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Single, Gay, Christian: A Personal Journey of Faith and Sexual Identity

By: None

3.33

Format: 120 pages, Paperback

In an age where neither society nor the church knows what to do with gay Christians, Greg Coles tel…

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1. Hannah Coulter

By: Wendell Berry

4.38

Format: 190 pages, Paperback

Hannah Coulter is Wendell Berry's seventh novel and his first to employ the voice of a woman charac… read more

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"Time doesn't stop. Your life doesn't stop and wait until you get ready to start living it."

-Wendell Berry, Hannah Coulter

"And so I learned about grief, and about the absence and emptiness that for a long time make grief unforgettable."

-Wendell Berry, Hannah Coulter

"Living right on called for nothing out of the ordinary. We made no changes. We only accepted the changes as they came."

-Wendell Berry, Hannah Coulter

"Grandmam came back from that distance in time that separates grandmothers from their grandchildren and made herself a mother to me."

-Wendell Berry, Hannah Coulter

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2. Washed and Waiting: Reflections on Christian Faithfulness and Homosexuality

By: Wesley Hill

3.82

Format: None pages, Paperback

"Gay," "Christian," and "celibate" don't often appear in the same sentence. Yet many who sit next t… read more

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  • christian
  • memoir
  • religion
  • nonfiction
  • sexuality
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3. Liturgy of the Ordinary: Sacred Practices in Everyday Life

By: Tish Harrison Warren

4.08

Format: 31 pages, Paperback

Many of us go through the day feeling like we don't have time for God. But God can become present t… read more

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  • nonfiction
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4. Garden City: Work, Rest, and the Art of Being Human.

By: John Mark Comer

4.12

Format: None pages, Hardcover

You've heard people say "Who you are matters more than what you do". Does the Bible really teach th… read more

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5. Single, Gay, Christian: A Personal Journey of Faith and Sexual Identity

By: None

3.33

Format: 120 pages, Paperback

In an age where neither society nor the church knows what to do with gay Christians, Greg Coles tel… read more

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  • christian
  • biography
  • memoir
  • lgbt
  • religion
  • nonfiction
  • sexuality

6. Spiritual Friendship

By: Wesley Hill

3.52

Format: 257 pages,

Friendship is a relationship like no other. Unlike the relationships we are born into, we choose ou… read more

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7. Torn: Rescuing the Gospel from the Gays-vs.-Christians Debate

By: Justin Lee

3.55

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

As a teenager and young man, Justin Lee felt deeply torn. Nicknamed "God Boy" by his peers, he knew… read more

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8. The Secret Thoughts of an Unlikely Convert: An English Professor's Journey Into Christian Faith

By: Rosaria Champagne Butterfield

4.08

Format: 176 pages, Paperback

Rosaria, by the standards of many, was living a very good life. She had a tenured position at a lar… read more

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9. White Awake: An Honest Look at What It Means to Be White

By: Daniel Hill

3.93

Format: 300 pages, Paperback

Daniel Hill will never forget the day he heard these words: "Daniel, you may be white, but don't le… read more

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10. People to Be Loved: Why Homosexuality Is Not Just an Issue

By: Wesley Hill , Preston Sprinkle

3.73

Format: 216 pages,

Christians who are confused by the homosexuality debate raging in the US are looking for resources … read more

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11. Gay Girl, Good God: The Story of Who I Was and Who God Has Always Been

By: Jackie Hill Perry

4.36

Format: 193 pages, Paperback

"I used to be a lesbian." In Gay Girl, Good God, author Jackie Hill Perry shares her own story, … read more

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"Do you know why we have a hard time believing that a gay girl can become a completely different creature? Because, we have a hard time believing in God. ..."

-Jackie Hill Perry, Gay Girl, Good God: The Story of Who I Was and Who God Has Always Been

"From the outside looking in, it could be assumed that Preston's and my relationship was God's proof of turning a "gay girl good." But really, He'd already done that the moment He'd set me free from s…"

-Jackie Hill Perry, Gay Girl, Good God: The Story of Who I Was and Who God Has Always Been

"Trying to contain the small giggle welling up in her chest from the sincerity of my question, Santoria, full of confidence, responded while looking toward my direction, "Yes, Jackie.The gospel didn't…"

-Jackie Hill Perry, Gay Girl, Good God: The Story of Who I Was and Who God Has Always Been

"LGBT culture has done an excellent job of renewing or should I say, destroying, the mind of many, mainly by consistently using words as their greatest tool in their efforts to draw people into findin…"

-Jackie Hill Perry, Gay Girl, Good God: The Story of Who I Was and Who God Has Always Been

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12. Practicing the Way: Be with Jesus, Become Like Him, Do As He Did

By: John Mark Comer

4.63

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

The author of the international bestseller The Ruthless Elimination of Hurry calls us to rediscover… read more

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  • christian
  • nonfiction
  • religion
Cover of Embodied: Transgender Identities, the Church, and What the Bible Has to Say by Preston M. Sprinkle

13. Embodied: Transgender Identities, the Church, and What the Bible Has to Say

By: Preston M. Sprinkle

4.32

Format: 288 pages, Paperback

Compassionate, biblical, and thought-provoking, Embodied is an accessible guide for Christians who … read more

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  • nonfiction
  • sexuality
  • lgbt
Cover of Praying Like Monks, Living Like Fools: An Invitation to the Wonder and Mystery of Prayer by Tyler Staton

14. Praying Like Monks, Living Like Fools: An Invitation to the Wonder and Mystery of Prayer

By: Tyler Staton

4.60

Format: 272 pages, Paperback

Prayer is the source of Jesus's most astonishing miracles and the subject of Jesus's most audacious… read more

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  • christian
  • nonfiction
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Cover of Single, Dating, Engaged, Married: Navigating Life and Love in the Modern Age by Ben Stuart

15. Single, Dating, Engaged, Married: Navigating Life and Love in the Modern Age

By: Ben Stuart

4.43

Format: 272 pages, ebook

God has given us a specific, compelling reason for each of the four seasons of relationships: singl… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • religion
"Finding someone is easy, but finding the RIGHT someone the RIGHT way is not. What we are looking for is character and chemistry That is vision we are aiming for in a marriage : a couple hand in hand,…"

-Ben Stuart, Single, Dating, Engaged, Married: Navigating Life and Love in the Modern Age

"When someone says to me, "I have been talking with this girl for a while. We're trying to figure out when to make it official, like, Facebook official. What's your advice?" I always ask in response, …"

-Ben Stuart, Single, Dating, Engaged, Married: Navigating Life and Love in the Modern Age

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16. A Change of Affection: A Gay Man's Incredible Story of Redemption

By: Becket Cook

4.52

Format: 224 pages, Paperback

The powerful, dramatic story of how a successful Hollywood set designer whose identity was deeply r… read more

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"God! You have my life! It’s all yours!"

-Becket Cook, A Change of Affection: A Gay Man's Incredible Story of Redemption

"I had to become a fool before I could become wise."

-Becket Cook, A Change of Affection: A Gay Man's Incredible Story of Redemption

"Somewhere in the last decade, “I disagree with you"

-Becket Cook, A Change of Affection: A Gay Man's Incredible Story of Redemption

"Everyone has a past, but Jesus is sanctifying our present."

-Becket Cook, A Change of Affection: A Gay Man's Incredible Story of Redemption

Cover of She Deserves Better: Raising Girls to Resist Toxic Teachings on Sex, Self, and Speaking Up by Sheila Wray Gregoire

17. She Deserves Better: Raising Girls to Resist Toxic Teachings on Sex, Self, and Speaking Up

By: Sheila Wray Gregoire

4.49

Format: 272 pages, Paperback

This research-based, biblically informed book helps moms reject harmful teachings from the church a… read more

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Cover of A War of Loves: The Unexpected Story of a Gay Activist Discovering Jesus by David    Bennett

18. A War of Loves: The Unexpected Story of a Gay Activist Discovering Jesus

By: David Bennett

4.44

Format: 272 pages, Paperback

At 14, David Bennett came out to his parents.At 19, he encountered Jesus Christ.At that moment, his… read more

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Cover of The Evangelical Imagination: How Stories, Images, and Metaphors Created a Culture in Crisis by Karen Swallow Prior

19. The Evangelical Imagination: How Stories, Images, and Metaphors Created a Culture in Crisis

By: Karen Swallow Prior

4.25

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

Contemporary American evangelicalism is suffering from an identity crisis--and a lot of bad press. … read more

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"For Hardy and other critics of the evangelical movement, too often the desire for purity encouraged hypocrisy, earnest ideals became mere performance, and the valuation of hard work turned into pursu…"

-Karen Swallow Prior, The Evangelical Imagination: How Stories, Images, and Metaphors Created a Culture in Crisis

"The novel [ Pamela ] is also a very powerful early expression of the modern self, one who sees her soul as equal in human worth and dignity to anyone, regardless of social class or power--and this, t…"

-Karen Swallow Prior, The Evangelical Imagination: How Stories, Images, and Metaphors Created a Culture in Crisis

Cover of Tell Her Story: How Women Led, Taught, and Ministered in the Early Church by Nijay K. Gupta

20. Tell Her Story: How Women Led, Taught, and Ministered in the Early Church

By: Nijay K. Gupta

4.35

Format: 224 pages, Paperback

Women were there. For centuries, discussions of early Christianity have focused on male leaders in … read more

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Cover of Honest Advent: Awakening to the Wonder of God-with-Us Then, Here, and Now by Scott Erickson

21. Honest Advent: Awakening to the Wonder of God-with-Us Then, Here, and Now

By: Scott Erickson

4.48

Format: 201 pages, Paperback

In a world that's difficult to make sense of, and a season that's so often overtaken by consumerism… read more

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Cover of How Far to the Promised Land: One Black Family's Story of Hope and Survival in the American South by Esau McCaulley

22. How Far to the Promised Land: One Black Family's Story of Hope and Survival in the American South

By: Esau McCaulley

4.62

Format: 240 pages, Hardcover

From the New York Times contributing opinion writer and award-winning author of Reading While Black… read more

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"There is no Black faith that doesn't wrestle with the problem of evil. My reply to these questions is: We who have suffered must have some say in how that suffering is interpreted. We won the right, …"

-Esau McCaulley, How Far to the Promised Land: One Black Family's Story of Hope and Survival in the American South

Cover of The Great Sex Rescue: The Lies You've Been Taught and How to Recover What God Intended by Sheila Wray Gregoire

23. The Great Sex Rescue: The Lies You've Been Taught and How to Recover What God Intended

By: Sheila Wray Gregoire

4.56

Format: 272 pages, Paperback

What if it's not your fault that sex is bad in your marriage? Based on a groundbreaking in-depth s… read more

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24. Born Again This Way

By: Rachel Gilson

4.47

Format: 160 pages, paperback

As a Christian who experiences same-sex attraction, is it possible to live a life that's faithful a… read more

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"...sin loves to grow in secrecy."

-Rachel Gilson, Born Again This Way

"Natural doesn't automatically mean good... every one of us was born sinful."

-Rachel Gilson, Born Again This Way

"Singleness for the Christian testifies to the sufficiency of Christ - to the world and to the church."

-Rachel Gilson, Born Again This Way

"What is the motivation to obey a law that seems nonsensical? It can only be deep trust in the one who asks."

-Rachel Gilson, Born Again This Way

Cover of No Greater Love: A Biblical Vision for Friendship by Rebecca McLaughlin

25. No Greater Love: A Biblical Vision for Friendship

By: Rebecca McLaughlin

4.26

Format: 176 pages, Paperback

Greater love has no one than that he lay down his life for his friends. –John 15:13 Our culture id… read more

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  • christian
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Cover of Heavy Burdens: Seven Ways LGBTQ Christians Experience Harm in the Church by Bridget Eileen Rivera

26. Heavy Burdens: Seven Ways LGBTQ Christians Experience Harm in the Church

By: Bridget Eileen Rivera

4.50

Format: 240 pages, Paperback

Foreword INDIES 2021 Finalist for Religion Religious faith reduces the risk of suicide for virtu… read more

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"It would seem counterintuitive for Christians to embrace a word that prioritizes sex as the focal point of identity (homosexual) over a word that intentionally decenters the importance of sex (gay). …"

-Bridget Eileen Rivera, Heavy Burdens: Seven Ways LGBTQ Christians Experience Harm in the Church

Cover of Unwanted: How Sexual Brokenness Reveals Our Way to Healing by Jay  Stringer

27. Unwanted: How Sexual Brokenness Reveals Our Way to Healing

By: Jay Stringer

4.61

Format: 288 pages, Paperback

Unwanted. It describes how we feel about some of the things we do. We don't wake up in the morning … read more

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Cover of 7 Myths about Singleness by Sam Allberry

28. 7 Myths about Singleness

By: Sam Allberry

4.56

Format: 175 pages, Paperback

If marriage shows us the shape of the gospel, singleness shows us its sufficiency. Much of what… read more

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"We need to remind ourselves, daily, that our singleness is not for us but for the Lord."

-Sam Allberry, 7 Myths about Singleness

"And having people with whom to do nothing is not necessarily a need [married people are] conscious of."

-Sam Allberry, 7 Myths about Singleness

"Some of my friends have said something along the line of “You know where you are and you’re always welcome. Don’t wait for us to invite you."

-Sam Allberry, 7 Myths about Singleness

"And singleness isn't actually a bad thing. In the Bible it's good. It's even described as a blessing. In and of itself it's a wonderful gift from God that should be affirmed and celebrated."

-Sam Allberry, 7 Myths about Singleness

Cover of An Impossible Marriage: What Our Mixed-Orientation Marriage Has Taught Us About Love and the Gospel by Laurie Krieg

29. An Impossible Marriage: What Our Mixed-Orientation Marriage Has Taught Us About Love and the Gospel

By: Laurie Krieg

4.49

Format: 224 pages, Paperback

"People say our marriage is impossible." Laurie and Matt Krieg are in a mixed-orientation a marria… read more

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Cover of Still Time to Care: What We Can Learn from the Church’s Failed Attempt to Cure Homosexuality by Greg     Johnson

30. Still Time to Care: What We Can Learn from the Church’s Failed Attempt to Cure Homosexuality

By: Greg Johnson

4.39

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

At the start of the gay rights movement in 1969, evangelicalism's leading voices cast a vision for … read more

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Cover of Good and Beautiful and Kind: Becoming Whole in a Fractured World by Rich Villodas

31. Good and Beautiful and Kind: Becoming Whole in a Fractured World

By: Rich Villodas

4.41

Format: 241 pages, Kindle Edition

ECPA BESTSELLER • An invitation to love like Jesus and step beyond distraction and division into th… read more

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Emily P. Freeman

4.01

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