Loving Homosexuals as Jesus Would

Loving Homosexuals as Jesus Would: A Fresh Christian Approach, by Chad Thompson

Obviously, this is a controversial issue.  But it's one that Christians need to rethink and readdress.  Constantly.  Our view on loving our gay friends (not to mention the gay and lesbians in our nation as a whole) needs to be constantly resubmitted to Christ and His love for these children of His.  

This book addresses practical ways to demonstrate love and acceptance to a group largely rejected by the Church.  Written by a self-proclaimed "ex-gay", Chad explains why he believes that through love (not necessarily clinical rehabilitation, or those awful and oft-stereotyped classes our more liberal friends like to poke fun at and loathe), it is possible for homosexuals to change... but here's the catch... if they want to.  The opportunity is there.  As one who is living this process (because, as he says, it is a process, a journey), Chad offers a sort of inside perspective for those of us who are not gay, or those who do not have close gay friends. 

Read this book.  You may disagree with his approach, but it is just about impossible to disagree with his heart, and his aim: to merely represent Jesus in relationship with the gay community.  Love as Jesus would.  Not just in theory, in practice. 

Little children, let us not love in word or talk but in deed and in truth.

1 John 3:18