Andrew Marin - Love is an orientation

I was attracted to this book due to the strong recommendation in  Andrew Goddard’s review.

Marin, brought up as a conservative evangelical, was stunned when over a short period three of his close friends declared they were gay.

The book explores his journey in coming to terms with this.  If you are looking for an definite answer to questions on the issues raised then this is not the book.  Instead Marin describes his journey and the setting up of his foundation.

There are some very challenging things in the book such as why is it the GLBT community are more loving than the church or as he puts it, they "out Jesus us".  Also the old expression to love the sinner but hate the sin loses credence when the sin is such an integral part of a persons make up.  God doesn’t wait for the wandering eye of the heterosexual to stop wandering before he welcomes them – how do I react to those in gay relationships?

It certainly made me think about all sin quite differently.  I do think Jesus’ call to repentance is central to Christianity but maybe there are things I need to repent of first.