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more archived review	Evangelicals Concerned Inc. review by Dr. Ralph Blair
	Current Quarterly review REVIEW. Summer 2010, Vol. 35. No. 3. The Unlikely Disciple: A Sinner’s Semester at America’s Holiest University by Kevin Roose (Grand Central, 2009, 319 pp.) These archived issues of EC's quarterly review go back to the first issue in 1976. In some cases, sentence structure has been edited for clarity and misspellings have been corrected. Updates are added in brackets to indicate that an author has since changed his or her position, e.g., no longer viewing homosexuality as incompatible with Christian faith or no longer claiming to be "ex-gay". REVIEW. Spring 2010, Vol. 35. No. 2. “Seeking Truth: Three Views on the Calvin Approach to Academic Freedom” by Anthony Diekema, George Marsden and Nicholas Wolterstorff ,The Calvin Spark, Winter 2009 “Can Homosexuals Be Christian?” by C. Michael Patton, Reclaimingthemind.org, January 4, 2010 “Love of Unimaginable Proportions” by Mark Galli, ChristianityToday.com, March 4, 2010. REVIEW. Winter 2010, Vol. 35. No. 1. “The Tornado, the Lutherans, and Homosexuality” by John Piper, www.desiringgod.org/blog, August 20, 2009. “A Moral Crossroads for Conservatives” by Jonathan Rauch, www.nationaljournal.com, August 8, 2009. Leaving Homosexuality: A Practical Guide for Men and Women Looking for a Way Out by Alan Chambers (Harvest House, 2009, 155 pp.) REVIEW. Fall 2009, Vol. 34. No. 4. Through My Eyes, The Gay Christian Network, 2009. “What to Do about Unbiblical Unions” by Susan Wunderink, Christianity Today online, June 25, 2009. “Is the Gay Marriage Debate Over?”, by Mark Galli, Christianity Today, July, 2009. REVIEW. Summer 2009, Vol. 34. No. 3. “The Worst Thing about Gay Marriage” by Sam Schulman, The Weekly Standard, June 1, 2009. “Going with the Flow” by Joel Belz, World, June 6, 2009. REVIEW. Spring 2009, Vol. 34. No. 2. “Let’s Talk – Seriously”, Christianity Today, February 2009. Christianity and Homosexuality: Some Seventh-day Adventist Perspectives edited by David Ferguson, Fritz Guy and David Larson (Adventist Forum, 2008, 370 pp.) REVIEW. Winter 2009, Vol. 34. No. 1. “Get Real” by Joel Belz, World, November 15/22, 2008. “The Plain Truth” by Joel Belz, World, August 9/16, 2008. Exchanging the Truth of God for a Lie by Jeremy Marks (RPM, 2008), 84 pp. REVIEW. Fall 2008, Vol. 33. No. 4. “A Dark Day: Post-Christian America?” by Pat Buchanan, The Washington Times, June 2, 2008. “The Christian Pop Cultures of Rapture Ready” by Sarah Pulliam, Christianity Today.com, June 19, 2008. “Tim Russert’s Contagious Faith” by Steve Sjogren, The Church Report, June 20, 2008. REVIEW. Summer 2008, Vol. 33. No. 3. *“Can Sexual Orientation Change?”* by Mark A. Yarhouse and Stanton L. Jones, Christian Counseling Connection, Vol. 15, Issue 3, 2008. “Good from bad” by Lynn Vincent, World, February 9/16, 2008. REVIEW. Spring 2008, Vol. 33. No. 2. “Homosexuality & the Church: Scripture & Experience” by Luke Timothy Johnson, Commonweal, June 15, 2007. “Is Homosexuality Compatible with Christianity?” by Scott Pruett, Lifeway.com, 2007. REVIEW. Winter 2008, Vol. 33. No. 1. EX-gays? A Longitudinal Study of Religiously Mediated Change in Sexual Orientation by Stanton L. Jones and Mark A. Yarhouse (InterVarsity Press, 2007), 414 pp. “Sexual Identity Therapy” by Mark A. Yarhouse, Christian Counseling Today, Vol. 15, No. 2. 2007. REVIEW. Fall 2007, Vol. 32. No. 4. “My Romney Problem” by John McWhorter, The New York Sun, August 9, 2007. “Choosing Truth Rather Than Words” by Alan Billings, Church Times, May 25, 2007. “Clobber Passages” by Misty Irons, musingson.com, June 7, 2007. REVIEW. Summer 2007, Vol. 32. No. 3. “The Road to Healing” by Anonymous, Christianity Today, April 2007. “My Secret Struggle with Same-Sex Attraction” by Julie Lyons, Charisma, May 2007 REVIEW. Spring 2007, Vol. 32. No. 2. “Facts & Fictions About Homosexuality: Debunking the Socio-Biblical Myths of the Religious Gay Community” by Linda L. Belleville. Cultural Encounters: A Journal for the Theology of Culture, Winter 2005, Vol. 2, No. 1. REVIEW. Winter 2007, Vol. 32. No. 1. Right Wing, Wrong Bird: Why the Tactics of the Religious Right Won’t Fly with Most Conservative Christians by Joel C. Hunter (Distributed Church Press, 2006) 190 pp. REVIEW. Fall 2006, Vol. 31. No. 4. Is the Bible Intolerant?: Sexist? Oppressive? Homophobic? Outdated? Irrelevant? by Amy Orr-Ewing (InterVarsity Press, 2005), 144 pp. REVIEW. Summer 2006, Vol. 31. No. 3. “Putting Asunder” by Jamie Dean, World, June 10, 2006. “A Coming Storm” by Lynn Vincent, World, June 10, 2006. “Bus Stop” by David M. Howard, Jr., The Wall Street Journal, May 5, 2006. “Open-Door Policy” by Frederick J. Gaiser, The Christian Century, May 2, 2006. “Battle for the Bible” by Mark Noll, The Christian Century, May 2, 2006. REVIEW. Spring 2006, Vol. 31. No. 2. *Jesus, The Bible, and Homosexuality: Explode the Myths, Heal the Church* by Jack Rogers (Westminster/John Knox, 2006) 169 pp. REVIEW. Winter 2006, Vol. 31. No. 1. *The Dominance of Evangelicalism: The age of Spurgeon and Moody* by David W. Bebbington (InterVarsity, 2005), 288 pp. REVIEW. Fall 2005, Vol. 30. No. 4. “Losing My Fear of Religion” by Mubarak Dahir, AlterNet.org, September 16, 2005, story 20585. “The Case Against Marriage” by James Withers, New York Blade, September 30, 2005. “Sex and Spirituality” by Deborah Emin, Gay City News, 27 October – 2 November, 2005. REVIEW. Summer 2005, Vol. 30. No. 3. *What God Has Joined Together? A Christian Case for Gay Marriage* By David G. Myers and Letha Dawson Scanzoni (HarperSanFrancisco, 2005) pp. 180. “Sacrificing Science” by Chuck Colson, BreakPoint, May 26, 2005. REVIEW. Spring 2005, Vol. 30. No. 2. “Body and Soul” by Marvin Olasky, World, March 5, 2005. “From Mental Disorder to Civil-Rights Cause” by Marvin Olasky, World, February 19, 2005. *Gay Religion* edited by Scott Thumma and Edward R. Gray (Altamira Press, 2005) 454 pp. REVIEW. Winter 2005, Vol. 30. No. 1. “Homosexuality: A review of recent medical research papers” by Kenneth V. Dodgson, The Inspiriter, Summer/Fall 2003. “Choosing Life” by Gerald Bray, Modern Reformation, September/October, 2004. REVIEW. Fall 2004, Vol. 29. No. 4. “Husbands and Wives: What gay marriage won’t change” by Tod Lindberg, The Weekly Standard, August 2, 2004. “Justly Protecting Marriage” by Bob De Moor, The Banner, May 2004. “The Prohibition of Gay Marriage” by Collin Hansen, www.christianitytoday.com/history/newsletter/2004/jul15.html REVIEW. Summer 2004, Vol. 29. No. 3. *The Truth About Same-Sex Marriage* by Erwin W. Lutzer (Moody Publishers, 2004, 115 pp.) “Love Supreme: Gay nuptials and the making of modern marriage” by Adam Haslett, The New Yorker, May 31, 2004. REVIEW. Spring 2004, Vol. 29. No. 2. “Leaving out the Lord” by Joel Belz, World, February 28, 2004. “Multiple Choice,” by Andree Seu, World, March 13, 2004. “A Marriage Made in History?” by Don Browning and Elizabeth Marquardt, The New York Times, March 9, 2004. REVIEW. Winter 2004, Vol. 29. No. 1. “The Gay Embrace” by James M. Kushiner, Touchstone, May 2003. “The Folly of Racism, Then; Of Sexual Liberation, Now” by Russell D. Moore, SBC Life, October 2003. “Biblical Marriage” by William G. Johnsson, Adventist Review, October 2003. REVIEW. Fall 2003, Vol. 28, No. 4. “The Gay Dilemma,” by J. Lee Grady, Charisma, October 2003. “The Marriage Amendment,” by The Editors, First Things, October 2003. “Sowing Confusion,” by Charles Colson, Christianity Today, October 2003. REVIEW. Summer 2003, Vol. 28, No. 3. “The Pride Game” by Joel Belz, World, June 28, 2003. “Line in the Sand” by Joel Belz, World, July 19, 2003. “Christ and Commitment” by Marvin Olasky, World, June 7, 2003. REVIEW. Spring 2003, Vol. 28, No. 2. “The Gospel vs. Scripture?” An interview with Walter Brueggemann by Julie A. Wortman, Voice of Integrity, Winter, 2003. “Telling Our Stories: Good Words Offered About Good Sex” by Anonymous. “Being Normal May Hurt Us All” by Frank Faine. “Sexual Ethics on the Margin Shaped by Personal Experience” by Jim Sauder, Dialogue, Fall, 2002. REVIEW. Winter 2003, Vol. 28, No. 1. “Initial Empirical and Clinical findings Concerning the Change Process for Ex-Gays” by Warren Throckmorton, Professional Psychology: Research and Practice, June 2002, Vol. 33, No. 3. REVIEW. Fall 2002, Vol. 27, No. 4. *The Bible and Homosexual Practice* by Robert A. J. Gagnon (Abingdon, 2001), 520 pp. REVIEW. Summer 2002, Vol. 27, No. 3. “NIV's Twisted Sister,” World, February 9, 2002. “Word Games” by Joel Belz and “Sad Day” by Marvin Olasky, World, February 16, 2002. “Claim it – or Concede it” by Joel Belz, World, May 25, 2002. “Should We Trust the TNIV?” by Susan Olasky. “The His-and-Hers Bible” by Emily Nussbaum, The New York Times Magazine, February 10, 2002. “Why the TNIV Draws Ire,” Christianity Today editorial, April 1, 2002. “Statement of Concern ” ad, World, June 15, 2002. REVIEW. Spring 2002, Vol. 27, No. 2. “No Easy Victory” by Anonymous, Christianity Today, March 11, 2002. REVIEW. Winter 2002, Vol. 27, No. 1. "Can Christians Be Gay?" by Bill Shepson, Charisma & Christian Life, July 2001. REVIEW. Fall 2001, Vol. 26, No. 4. *Faith Beyond Resentment: Fragments catholic and gay* by James Alison (Crossroad, 2001), 239 pp. REVIEW. Summer 2001, Vol. 26, No. 3. “Expanding Alternatives to Same-Sex Attraction and Behavior in Men” by Mark A. Yarhouse. “Overcoming Male Homosexuality: Growth into heterosexuality” by Alan Medinger, Christian Counseling Today, Vol. 9, No. 2, 2001. REVIEW. Spring 2001, Vol. 26, No. 2. *Homosexuality: The use of scientific research in the church’s moral debate* by Stanton L. Jones and Mark A. Yarhouse (InterVarsity Press, 2000), 189 pp. REVIEW. Winter 2001, Vol. 26, No. 1. "Homosexuality: Speaking as Followers of Jesus" by John Suk. "What I Learned About Homosexuality" by Al Hoksbergen. "The Church’s Response to Sexual Disorder" by Melvin Hugen. "Why We Cannot Heal Among You: An Open letter to Our Christian Community" by Don and Carmen Bergman. "Homosexuality, First Person" by Paul Wise; and two related news items. The Banner, August 14, 2000. REVIEW. Fall 2000, Vol. 25, No. 4. *Homoeroticism in the Biblical World: A historical perspective* by Martii Nissinen (Fortress Press, 1998), 208 pp. REVIEW. Summer 2000, Vol. 25, No. 3. Welcoming But Not Affirming: An Evangelical Response to Homosexuality by Stanley J. Grenz (Westminster John Knox, 1998, 210pp.) REVIEW. Spring 2000, Vol. 25, No. 2. “The Triumph of Theology Over Tradition” by Dennis Wheeler, The Web site of the Georgia Council of Conservative Citizens, November 3, 1999. “Rather off his Rocker: Calculating every little innuendo to make abnormal seem normal” by Joel Belz, World, January 22, 2000. REVIEW. Winter 2000, Vol. 25, No. 1. “My Daughter – a Lesbian?” by Kathleen Bremner as told to Candace Walters. Update, December 1999. *Witness: Gay and Lesbian Clergy Report from the Front* by Dann Hazel (Westminster John Knox, 2000), 147pp.
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