{"product_id":"washed-and-waiting-reflections-on-christian-faithfulness-and-homosexuality-9780310534198","title":"Washed and Waiting: Reflections on Christian Faithfulness and Homosexuality","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWesley Hill's personal experiences and biblical reflections offer insight into how a nonpracticing gay Christian can \"prove, live out, and celebrate\" the grace of Christ and the power of the Holy Spirit.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFor many who are on this path, it's a lonely one. The reality of loneliness and isolation of the celibate homosexual Christian is something that Hill lives and takes seriously in his pursuit of the gospel-centered life. To those on a similar journey, it's often a life of uncertainties and questions.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn \u003cem\u003eWashed and Waiting\u003c\/em\u003e, Hill explores the three main struggles that have been part of his daily effort to live faithfully: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWhat exactly does the gospel demand of gay and lesbian Christians, and how can it enable them to fulfill its commands?\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHow do Christians who experience homoerotic desires live with the loneliness such desires entail? Is there any relief for it? What comfort does the gospel offer?\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCan those of us who struggle with homosexuality please God and truly experience his pleasure in the midst of sexual brokenness?\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003eInterspersed throughout these main sections are character sketches and stories of people who have experienced this journey's trials and triumphs.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHill offers wise counsel that is biblically faithful, theologically serious, and oriented to the life and practice of the church. As a celibate gay Christian, he gives us a glimpse of what it looks like to wrestle firsthand with God's \"No\" to same-sex sexual intimacy and contemplate serious and difficult questions.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eHill, Wesley:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cp\u003eWesley Hill (PhD, Durham University, UK) is assistant professor of biblical studies at Trinity School for Ministry in Ambridge, Pennsylvania. He is the author of \u003cem\u003eWashed and Waiting: Reflections on Christian Faithfulness and Homosexuality\u003c\/em\u003e (Zondervan, 2010), \u003cem\u003ePaul and the Trinity\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cem\u003e?: Persons, Relations, and the Pauline Letters\u003c\/em\u003e? (Eerdmans, 2015), and \u003cem\u003eSpiritual Friendship: Finding Love in the Church as a Celibate Gay Christian\u003c\/em\u003e (Brazos, 2015). He is on the editorial board for \u003cem\u003eChristianity Today \u003c\/em\u003eand writes regularly for that magazine as well as for \u003cem\u003eBooks \u0026amp; Culture\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eFirst Things\u003c\/em\u003e, and other publications.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Zondervan","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50526947541266,"sku":"9780310534198","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_b3b5c32f-da13-4090-951e-9a0db1db9919.jpg?v=1731287430","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/washed-and-waiting-reflections-on-christian-faithfulness-and-homosexuality-9780310534198","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}