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Highly Recommemded

 

How do you reach youth and young adults

with a message of sexual purity and integrity?

 

You've taught them all the "thou shalt nots" and they've even made various pledges, but somehow none of it seems to work very well. So how do you convince them that "God knows best" when the culture so loudly tells them otherwise?

 

Let us introduce you to the work of Leslie and Eric Ludy, a young couple from Windsor, Colorado, who are passionate about transforming the lives of their generation. Their best-selling books are:

  • When God Writes Your Love Story: The Ultimate Approach to Guy/Girl Relationships (For youth and young adults)

  • Meet Mr. Smith: Revolutionize the Way You Think about Sex, Purity and Romance (For older youth and young adults)

  • When Dreams Come True: A Love Story Only God Could Write (The Ludy's personal testimony)

  • God's Gift to Women: Discovering the Lost Greatness of Masculinity (By Eric for guys)

  • Authentic Beauty (By Leslie for gals)

  • Teaching True Love to a Sex-at-13 Generation (For parents and youth leaders)

Instead of hammering young people with judgmental Bible passages or scaring them with statistics about sexually transmitted diseases, the Ludys invite them to discover how beautiful their love stories and lives can be when God (the Author of Romance) takes care of every detail.  In contrast, the culture's "imposter sex" is exposed for the fraud and disappointment it really is. And because Eric and Leslie are brutally honest about their own lives - both their personal successes and failures - their writing has an authenticity that is hard to dismiss.

 

You can find out more about the Ludys, including how to schedule them for teaching events, by checking out their website at www.setapartlife.com

 

  

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Books

 

Theology and Bible

  • Theology of the Body Explained, Heaven's Song and other works by Christopher West

  • Two Sexes, One Flesh: Why the Church Cannot Bless Same-Sex Marriage by Stephen F. Noll

  • The Bible and Homosexual Practice: Texts and Hermeneutics by Robert Gagnon (also check out Dr. Gagnon's website for shorter articles based on his work - http://www.robgagnon.net/)

  • The Church and Homosexuality: Searching for a Middle Ground by Merton Strommen

  • Transsexuality: A Report by the Evangelical Alliance Policy Commission (out of print)

 

Sexual Stewardship

  • Real Sex: The Naked Truth About Chastity by Lauren Winner

  • When God Writes Your Love Story and Teaching True Love to a Sex-at-13 Generation by Eric and Leslie Ludy

  • The Game Plan by Joe Dallas

  • The Thrill of the Chaste by Dawn Eden

 

Pastoral Care for Sexual Strugglers

  • Leaving Homosexuality: A Practical Guide for Men and Women Looking for a Way Out by Alan Chambers

  • Strength in Weakness: Healing Sexual and Relational Brokenness by Andrew Comiskey

  • Desires in Conflict: Hope for Men Who Struggle with Sexual Identity by Joe Dallas

  • Restoring Sexual Identity: Hope for Women Who Struggle with Same-Sex Attraction by Anne Paulk

  • Sexual Identity: A Guide to Living in the Time Between the Times by Yarhouse and Burkett  (also visit Dr. Yarhouse's website for the Institute for the Study of Sexual Identity for resources for youth, parents and youth pastors - www.sexualidentityinstitute.org)

 

Pastoral Care for Families

  • When His Secret Sin Breaks Your Heart: Letters to Hurting Wives by Kathy Gallagher

  • When Homosexuality Hits Home by Joe Dallas

  • Someone I Love is Gay by Anita Worthen and Bob Davies

 

Prayer and Healing

  • Breaking Free: Understanding Sexual Addiction and the Healing Power of Jesus by Russell Willingham

  • Sexual Healing: A Biblical Guide to Finding Freedom from Sexual Sin and Brokenness by David Kyle Foster (through Mastering Life Ministries)

 

Outreach

  • God's Grace and the Homosexual Next Door by Alan Chambers

  • The Church and Homosexuality: Searching for a Middle Ground by Merton P. Strommen

  •  Unwanted Harvest? by Brad Sargent and Mona Riley (out of print)

  • Welcoming But Not Affirming by Stanley Grenz (out of print)

Sexual Misconduct

  • The Stain That Stays: The Church's Response to the Sexual Misconduct of Its Leaders by John H. Armstrong

  • Restoring the Fallen: A Team Approach to Caring, Confronting and Reconciling by Wilson, Friesen and Paulson

                                                                                         

Scientific Research and Public Policy

  • Homosexuality: The Use of Scientific Research in the Church's Moral Debate by Jones and Yarhouse

  • Homosexuality and the Politics of Truth by Jeffrey Satinover

  • Same-Sex Matters: The Challenge of Homosexuality and Homosexuality and American Public Life by Christopher Wolfe

  • After the Ball: How America Will Conquer Its Fear and Hatred of Gays in the 90s by Marshall Kirk and Hunter Madsen. Written by two pro-gay activists, this book spells out the self-acknowledged propaganda campaign that was launched during the 90s. (Out of print)

 

 

Where to Buy

 

Books in print can be found at Exodus Books, Cokesbury online and at discounted prices at Christian Book Distributors. Out of print books can be found at Amazon or through an online search at Advanced Book Exchange.

 
 

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Revised: March 31, 2009