This book was handed to me by the author, who was on roller skates, at Brooklyn Pride. I'm so thankful to have received it! It's a stunning work of scholarship and goes extremely in-depth into every relevant topic. The author is (as far as I can tell) non-denominational Evangelical, so we obviously differ on some theological issues/perspectives, and she's quite a bit more conservative than me.

Most glaringly, the second appendix includes quite a few pages about the phenomenon of "speaking in tongues," which I haven't really been exposed to. It felt a bit out of place and lengthy when it's something that most mainstream Christians do not practice. But I did learn a lot!

The other thing that struck me was an almost offhand remark that states, "it is appropriate that the wife submit to the husband." There is more context in the paragraph, but it really bothered me that this sexist, conservative belief was being taken seriously in an otherwise very new and healing text.

This is definitely a book about lesbian and gay Christians, and although it obviously fights for bisexual Christians' rights/values, it does not specifically mention bisexuality or take bisexual Christians' specific struggles into account. It mentions transgender and intersex people a couple times, positively, but does not go into depth. (Not a complaint, just a note—it says "LGBTQ Christians" on the back, so I wanted to clarify.)

To be clear, we need affirming conservative evangelical perspectives! Diversity of thought in itself is important, but also, we need models to help non-affirming Christians shift their opinion. 

Overall, I very much appreciate all the work that the author has done and would recommend this book to anyone unsure about the inclusion of gay people in the church, as well as people sure of their position but wishing to gain more information.