The resources provided on this website have been compiled with the assistance of Journey Church staff, and Christian Life School staff and faculty. These recommendations cover topics including Gender and Sexuality, Singleness, Healthy Relationships, Marriage, and Parenting.
We encourage you to use these resources as a starting point for further exploration and discussion, and to seek personalized advice when needed. Thank you for your understanding and cooperation.
While these resources are intended to offer helpful guidance and information, please be advised of the following disclaimer:
1) Educational Purposes Only
The resources provided are for educational and informational purposes. They are not intended to replace professional advice or consultation with qualified professionals.
2) Personal Responsibility
It is important to exercise personal discretion and judgment when utilizing these resources. Each individual’s circumstances are unique, and what may be suitable for one person or family may not be applicable to another.
3) Not Endorsement
The inclusion of specific resources on this list does not constitute an endorsement or guarantee of their effectiveness or appropriateness for every situation.
4) Consultation
For specific concerns or questions regarding the topics covered in these resources, we recommend seeking guidance from licensed counselors, therapists, pastors, or other trusted professionals.
5) Limitation of Liability
Journey Church and Christian Life School do not assume any responsibility or liability for the use of the recommended resources or the outcomes resulting from their use.
Sexuality
Does the Bible Support Same-Sex Marriage?: 21 Conversations from a Historically Christian View
New York Times–bestselling author Dr. Preston Sprinkle provides a resource that will encourage respectful and thoughtful conversations around the question “Does the Bible support same-sex marriage?”
Equipped with thorough research, history, and biblical context, this book will enable you to wade into some of the main arguments against the historically Christian view of marriage.
Preston Sprinkle draws on Scripture, as well as real-life stories of individuals struggling with gender dysphoria, to help you understand the complexities and emotions of this highly relevant topic. This book fills the great need for Christians to speak into the confusing and emotionally charged questions surrounding the transgender conversation.
Author Jackie Hill Perry shares her own story, offering practical tools that helped her in the process of finding wholeness. Jackie grew up fatherless and experienced gender confusion. She embraced masculinity and homosexuality with every fiber of her being. She knew that Christians had a lot to say about all of the above. But was she supposed to change herself?
Read in order to understand. Read in order to hope. Or read in order, like Jackie, to be made new.
Dr. Christopher Yuan explores the concept of holy sexuality—chastity in singleness or faithfulness in marriage—in a practical and relevant manner, equipping readers with an accessible yet robust theology of sexuality. Whether you want to share Christ with a loved one who identifies as gay or you’re wrestling with questions of identity yourself, this book will help you better understand sexuality in light of God’s grand story and realize that holy sexuality is actually good news for all.
Today whole groups of female friends in colleges, high schools, and even middle schools across the country are coming out as “transgender.” These are girls who had never experienced any discomfort in their biological sex until they heard a coming-out story or discovered the internet community of trans “influencers.”
Abigail Shrier has dug deep into the trans epidemic. She offers urgently needed advice about how parents can protect their daughters.
In today’s world, the topic of homosexuality seems to be part of daily conversation in the media, in politics, and even inside churches, with pressure to accept one view or the other.
Through honest conversation, real-life examples, and biblical research, Dr. Preston Sprinkle unpacks what we can know to be true, and how Scripture’s overall message to us today allows us to move forward and find answers that align with God’s intent.
Dr. Linda Seiler draws from her academic research and her own eleven-year journey out of transgender desires and same-sex attractions.
Whether you are a Christian leader, concerned parent, or conflicted adult, Trans-Formation will equip you with a theological, scientific, and restorative response to LGBTQ.
Grace/Truth 1.0: Five Conversations Every Thoughtful Christian Should Have About Faith, Sexuality & Gender
Grace/Truth 1.0 is a five-week small group learning experience that introduces Christians to LGBT+ people, the language to use and avoid, a theologically faithful view of marriage and sexuality, and practical guidance on how to embody the love of Christ toward sexual and gender minorities.
Grace/Truth 2.0: Five More Conversations Every Thoughtful Christian Should Have About Faith, Sexuality & Gender
Grace/Truth 2.0: Five More Conversations Every Thoughtful Christian Should Have About Faith, Sexuality & Gender
Grace/Truth 2.0 is an additional five-week learning experience that dives deeper into LGBT+ questions. It discusses why some Christians are changing their view toward affirming same-sex relations, addresses some of the strongest affirming arguments, explores a biblical and theological view of transgender and intersex persons, and offers practical advice on how to embody the grace/truth way of Jesus in the context of ministry.
LindaSeiler.com
Dr. Linda Seiler is an ordained Assemblies of God minister and currently serves as a National Chi Alpha missionary, training missionaries in the U.S. and overseas in applied theology and culture. She also serves as the Executive Director of ReStory Ministries.
Called of God to equip believers regarding LGBTQ, Linda Seiler shares candidly from own story coupled with a biblical theology of sexuality and the latest research regarding the origins of same-sex attractions and gender dysphoria. View a complete list of Linda’s recommended resources.
Moral Revolution | LGBTQ+ & Same-Sex Attraction
Moral Revolution | LGBTQ+ & Same-Sex Attraction
In today’s culture, opinions and ideas run high on sexual orientation, same-sex-attraction (SSA), transgenderism, and what love is or should be. We realize this is a sensitive area to address and finding loving truth sometimes feels impossible.
Moral Revolution’s goal is to provide language, resources, hope and support from a team that includes pastors, leaders, counselors, and men and women who’ve come out of homosexuality. They work to demystify the experience of homosexuality and offer strategies to love extravagantly while upholding biblical truth.
ReStory Ministries
ReStory is committed to providing believers with biblical resources and training that address LGBTQ, so that pastors and leaders can be equipped for effective ministry, individuals and families can find hope and support, and congregations can become healing communities.
Singles
Sincerely, Singleness: To Whom I Am Concerned With
There is a growing concern regarding singleness and its existence within the church, and with the combination of varying perspectives on relationships and the Bible, singleness brings with it many questions.
Join in the discussion surrounding singleness and singleness within the Christian church. Looking at what our views on singleness tell us about ourselves, at how single people can be supported within the church, and at the reminder that there is only one thing that truly matters for all people—and it’s not the status of single or married.
Whether you’re satisfied with being single, haven’t found that right one yet, or you’re still trying to figure out life in general, we understand. Being single can be one of the most enjoyable, or one of the most vulnerable and frustrating parts of life. The goal at Moral Revolution is to equip you with everything you need to live out this season healthy, whole, and wildly free!
The Carey Nieuwhof Leadership Podcast
Episode 644 | Annie F. Downs On The Opportunity Churches Are Missing With Single Men and Women
Annie F. Downs talks about how churches are missing opportunities in ministry to and with single men and women. Plus, she discusses a new take on sexual purity, how to finish well, why your 50s, 60s, and 70s are your best decades, the state of publishing and podcasting, and lessons from New York.
Episode 857 | Singleness in the Church with David Platt
There’s a lot of beauty to being single in the church, but there’s also a lot of hurt, misunderstanding, and disappointment, so Annie and Pastor David Platt have an honest conversation about how singles can thrive in their church, what conversations we could be having with our pastors and church leaders (and vice versa) and how we help single people not feel invisible.
TSF Q&A: Singleness
After receiving over 700 questions in 24 hours about how to live well in the season you are in right now, particularly speaking to singleness, Annie F. Downs narrowed it down to around 100 questions, trying to cover every area/topic that was asked. Hopefully our single friends find this conversation helpful!
THINQ Media Podcast
Episode 050 | Singleness: Annie F. Downs
What does it mean to think well about singleness? It’s easy for the church to make marriage into an idol, but our single friends have much to offer and are a vital part of the conversation. Listen in as Annie F. Downs shares about her experience and how she’s striving for fulfillment in singleness, whatever the outcome.
Being single isn’t easy. Finding joy in it isn’t either. It’s easy to feel like you’ve been left behind, or overlooked. Speaking from experience, singleness is one of the most difficult, yet unappreciated seasons in life. What is God’s purpose in this? What should I be doing with my singleness? How can I maximize this season of life I have been loathing for quite some time now?
Join us every episode to find wisdom and inspiration on how you can find joy, purpose, and adventure in this season of life.