Kelly Edmiston

Christlike Acceptance across Deep Difference

Church Leadership & Ministry

“I read Christlike Acceptance across Deep Difference in one sitting, like a ravenous woman in a wilderness. I have held my convictions around gender and sexuality for many years now, but I have struggled with how to engage this topic with those in my context with whom I disagree. I have served in evangelical churches for over twenty years, locally and abroad. I have seen more conflict, church splits, and dissension over debates around sexuality than any other issue. This book offers a solution to these problems and one that is deeply rooted in Christ. Christlike Acceptance across Deep Difference is a must-read for anyone looking to responsibly engage the topic of human sexuality from both a pastoral and a theological perspective. Offering comprehensive guidance, the contributors to this volume provide everything you need from scholarship to practical theology to personal testimonies that inspire and instruct all believers to accept one another as Christ has accepted us. This book will live on my shelf, and I will reach for it often.”