The topics we’re exploring during our Let’s Talk About It series are challenging and complex. To supplement what we’re able to cover during our sermons, we want to provide you with additional resources designed to help you learn more the subjects we discuss.
Whether you’re seeking further insights, answers to specific questions, or looking for ways to apply what you’ve learned in your life, we hope you find these helpful, as we seek understanding together.
BONUS WEEK: Dr. Christopher Yuan
Holy Sexuality and the Gospel: Sex. Desire, and Relationships Shaped by God’s Grand Story
Book by Christopher Yuan
Affirming God’s Image: Addressing the Transgender Question with Science and Scripture
Book by J. Alan Branch
A Change of Affection: A Gay Man’s Incredible Story of Redemption
Book by Becket Cook
What Does the Bible Really Teach about Homosexuality?
Book by Kevin DeYoung
Love Thy Body: Answering Hard Questions about Life and Sexuality
Book by Nancy R. Pearcey
The Rise and Triumph of the Modern Self: Cultural Amnesia, Expressive Individualism, and the Road to Sexual Revolution
Book by Carl R. Trueman
Out of a Far Country: A Gay Son’s Journey to God. A Broken Mother’s Search for Hope
Book by Christopher Yuan and Angela Yuan
Is Being Gay Genetic?
Video by Christopher Yuan
Download a list of more all of Dr. Christopher Yuan’s recommended resources
WEEK SIX: LGBTQ+ Issues
Holy Sexuality and the Gospel: Sex. Desire, and Relationships Shaped by God’s Grand Story
Book by Christopher Yuan
Confronting Christianity
Book by Rebecca Mclaughlin
Gay Girl, Good God: The Story of Who I Was, and Who God Has Always Been
Book by Jackie Hill Perry
Holy Sexuality interview
Podcast with Christopher Yuan
WEEK FIVE: Sex, Singleness and Marriage
Loveology: God. Love. Marriage. Sex. And the Never-Ending Story of Male and Female
Book by John Mark Comer
Single, Dating, Engaged, Married: Navigating Life and Love in the Modern Age
Book by Ben Stuart
Divine Sex: A Compelling Vision for Christian Relationships in a Hypersexualized Age
Jonathan Grant
Authentic Intimacy
Website by Juli Slattery
WEEK FOUR: Politics + Relationships
Boundaries
Book by Dr. Henry Cloud and John Townsend
Boundaries in Marriage
Book by Dr. Henry Cloud and John Townsend
Boundaries in Dating
Book by Dr. Henry Cloud and John Townsend
Boundaries with Kids
Book by Dr. Henry Cloud and John Townsend
How to Have That Difficult Conversation
Book by Dr. Henry Cloud and John Townsend
Boundaries.me
Courses and podcast by Dr. Henry Cloud
WEEK THREE: Why is there suffering?
Out of the Cave
Book by Chris Hodges
Suffering: Gospel Hope When Life Doesn’t Make Sense
Book by Paul David Tripp
It’s Not Supposed To Be This Way
Book by Lysa Terkeurst
Suffering Is Never For Nothing
Book by Elisabeth Elliot
Dark Clouds, Deep Mercy
Book by Mark Vroegrop
Walking With God Through Pain and Suffering
Book by Timothy Keller
WEEK TWO: What makes Christianity uniquely true?
One Way
Book excerpt by D. A. Carson
Clarifying Inclusivism and Exclusivism
Blog post by Kevin DeYoung
Salvation sans Jesus
Article by J. I. Packer
Only One Way?
Book by Richard Phillips
What Happens to Those who Never Heard the Gospel?
Audio by John Piper
What about Those Who Have Never Heard about Jesus?
Article by Justin Taylor & Francis Schaeffer
Stop Asking Jesus Into Your Heart
Book by J.D. Greear
Start Here: Beginning a Relationship with Jesus
Book by David Dwight & Nicole Unice
Can I Lose My Salvation?
Video by Lead Pastor David Smith
WEEK ONE: Is the Bible true and relevant?
Cold-Case Christianity: A Homicide Detective Investigates the Claims of the Gospel
Book by J. Warner Wallace
Cold-Case Christianity for Kids: Investigate Jesus with a Real Detective
Book by J. Warner Wallace and Susie Wallace
How Do We Know the Bible Is True?
Book by John Ankerberg and Dillon Burroughs
You Are a Theologian: An Invitation To Know and Love God Well
Book by Jen Wilkin and J.T. English
What is the Bible?
Video by the Bible Project