What About Same-Sex Marriage? raises this question for Filipino Christians who are still thinking and weighing their stance on the controversial decision of the U.S. Supreme court to legalize same-sex marriage. This book aims to start grace-filled conversations on this personal and universal issue that affects us all.
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Content:
Condemning Same-Sex Marriage?
A thought-provoking piece based on author Rei Lemuel Crizaldo’s original blog posts on same-sex marriage. Can one be both pro and anti same-sex marriage at the same time? If so, how?
Same-Sex Orientation and Gender Identity
Psychologist and counselor Dr. Violeta Bautista and her husband, theologian Prof. Lorenzo Bautista explore the issue of identity when it comes to homosexuals. Do science and the Bible come to terms on this issue?
What Science Knows About Homosexuality
First published in Is Gay Ok?, by OMF Literature. Dr. Michelene Escobar-Buot answers the frequently asked, and even some not so frequently asked, questions on the subject of homosexuality from the side of the science of psychology.
The Unchanging Gospel in a Changing World
World Evangelical Alliance Secretary General Bishop Efraim Tendero takes the time in between meetings to talk about the official stance of the church on the issue of same-sex marriage, and offers his personal stance on how the church can begin addressing this issue.
What is God’s Design for the Family?
Dr. Harold J. Sala presents God’s design for marriage and family in a drastically changing 21st century society.
Personally Speaking
Former transgender, and now a man of the Lord, Vins Santiago shares his views about same-sex marriage, and the danger of becoming a spokesperson for the entire evangelical community on the matter.
A Gospel Approach to Homosexuality
In this paper originally presented at the Asian Theological Forum, Zuriel Bernardino challenges his readers to look beyond the gay stereotype and look at what the Bible says about understanding and reaching out to the homosexual.
Thank God for the Gift of Marriage! Thank God for the Gift of Family!
Rene Futalan shares his testimony of how God freed him from a homosexual lifestyle and showed him the joys of having a family that he would have missed had he stayed in his old life.
“We are Citizens of Two Kingdoms”
Bishop Manny Carlos of Every Nation answers questions on how the local church should understand both the civil and spiritual sides to the LGBT issues in the Philippines.
Seeds
From San Diego, California, Matthew Amargo reflects on the changing social and political landscape of the United States of America in the light of the U.S. Supreme Court ruling. How should he respond? How does he raise his children to follow the ways of the Lord in a world that couldn’t care less about it?