Queer Prophets

by Greg Paul

Overview

This is the story of a spiritual journey, a theological quest to find better biblical answers (ones that work in real life) to the challenging questions that plague many of us surrounding gender and sexual identity. If God is love, why does he seemingly reject LGTBQ2+ people? How can Christians truly embrace them without abandoning their biblical convictions? How are queer Christians supposed to live? No story ends where it began. If we follow the story instead of treating the Bible as a document recording a set of precepts, we find that the angst, division, and abuse set in motion by the fall in the garden are reconciled and resolved in the city of the new Jerusalem. And just possibly, we may also find that "queer" people have a prophetic function for our age.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781725266568
Publisher:	Wipf & Stock Publishers
Publication date:	10/07/2020
Pages:	144
Product dimensions:	5.50(w) x 8.50(h) x 0.31(d)

About the Author

Greg Paul is a member, pastor, and founder of the Sanctuary community in Toronto. He is the author of God in the Alley (2004); The Twenty-Piece Shuffle (2006); Close Enough to Hear God Breathe (2011); Simply Open (2015); and Resurrecting Religion (2018).

What People are Saying About This

From the Publisher

“In this hermeneutic of the street Greg Paul invites us to join him on the twisted, confusing, and conflicted path that has led him to a place of LGBTQ+ affirmation. This is a path taken with deep integrity, courage, and humility. Whether or not you can walk with Paul to the same destination, you will find him to be a good companion and guide along the way.”

—Brian Walsh, co-author of Romans Disarmed and Beyond Homelessness



“Regardless of what you think of Greg Paul’s book Queer Prophets, he’s done us and the church a massive service by writing it. Where Christians have too often bogged down in fruitless, bitter debates about an issue, he sees this man, this woman. He knows their names, has listened well to their stories, and now tells those stories with humility, compassion, and wisdom. No one is more qualified to do so. Greg can navigate Scripture with depth and deftness, but he is no armchair theologian. He has walked with queer folk for more than three decades, and here brings us the fruit of that journey. Many will read this book and disagree with some or all of it. But it is impossible to read this book and not be deeply moved, profoundly convicted, and left with a longing for a more excellent way.”

—Mark Buchanan, author of God Walk: Moving at the Speed of Your Soul



“If you would prefer to avoid linking lived experience with the biblical narrative, this book will be irritating. It seeks to weave together personal story with God’s story. If you prefer strident arguments, this book will be frustrating. It is invitational, and welcoming. If you like books that provide linear and definitive conclusions on controversial matters, this book will be disorienting. It is humble and winsome. If your perspective on the LGBT community is issue-, topic-, and debate-oriented, this book will be disappointing. It is filled with faces, names, and stories. Put your irritation, frustration, disorientation, and disappointment on hold for a short time and listen to this master storyteller.”

—Rod Wilson, author of Exploring Your Anger and How Do I Help a Hurting Friend?

Editorial Reviews

In this hermeneutic of the street Greg Paul invites us to join him on the twisted, confusing, and conflicted path that has led him to a place of LGBTQ+ affirmation. This is a path taken with deep integrity, courage, and humility. Whether or not you can walk with Paul to the same destination, you will find him to be a good companion and guide along the way.”

—Brian Walsh, co-author of Romans Disarmed and Beyond Homelessness



“Regardless of what you think of Greg Paul’s book Queer Prophets, he’s done us and the church a massive service by writing it. Where Christians have too often bogged down in fruitless, bitter debates about an issue, he sees this man, this woman. He knows their names, has listened well to their stories, and now tells those stories with humility, compassion, and wisdom. No one is more qualified to do so. Greg can navigate Scripture with depth and deftness, but he is no armchair theologian. He has walked with queer folk for more than three decades, and here brings us the fruit of that journey. Many will read this book and disagree with some or all of it. But it is impossible to read this book and not be deeply moved, profoundly convicted, and left with a longing for a more excellent way.”

—Mark Buchanan, author of God Walk: Moving at the Speed of Your Soul



“If you would prefer to avoid linking lived experience with the biblical narrative, this book will be irritating. It seeks to weave together personal story with God’s story. If you prefer strident arguments, this book will be frustrating. It is invitational, and welcoming. If you like books that provide linear and definitive conclusions on controversial matters, this book will be disorienting. It is humble and winsome. If your perspective on the LGBT community is issue-, topic-, and debate-oriented, this book will be disappointing. It is filled with faces, names, and stories. Put your irritation, frustration, disorientation, and disappointment on hold for a short time and listen to this master storyteller.”

—Rod Wilson, author of Exploring Your Anger and How Do I Help a Hurting Friend?

From the Publisher