Transgender

"Have this on your bookstand"

‘Transgender’ is short, accessible, and yet theologically robust and emotionally sensitive. It answers many of the questions Christians may have, equipping them to speak clarity into the confusion. Every church should have this on their bookstand.... continue reading

"An essential read"

Transgender is an essential read for anyone wanting to get to grips with this important issue. Accessible enough to be read by a youth group; deep enough to provide a helpful starting point to church leaders, parents, teachers and others … It’s not the last word on the matter, but it’s a great place to start.... continue reading

“Fantastic starting place for parents, educators, church leaders and anyone who loves people!”

As a mental health worker who frequently works with teens and young adults, it is no surprise that I get to spend time frequently with some who question their gender identity, as culture encourages young minds to do. This book will be a strong tool in the hands of parents, educators and church leaders as we equip ourselves for challenging conversations to influence others to imitate Christ - not culture. Our culture has pushed such a measure of individualism and what we "create" ourselves to become, that we've often missed the great value that the Lord CREATED us with in our identity as His masterpiece.

This book is a great starting resource for anyone who wishes to get a proper perspective on the issue of transgender people in the huge perspective of God's plan for eternity. People who pick this book up may have a loved one who identifies as a sexual identity other than their sex assigned at birth. Prayerfully reading this resource is a great place for Christ-followers to get into a right frame of mind ahead of stumbling through conversations that may be harmful if we don't approach them with wisdom and Godly insight. So get some sticky tabs and a highlighter ready as you will want to come back to some powerful framing of this issue.

I'm ordering a few more copies to have handy on my office shelf.

“Very Good Read!”

This book opened my eyes to an area that was foreign to me before; and it did so in a biblical way; which I am truly grateful for; to understand someone in order to share the love of God with them is very important; and because of the "plain language" information shared within these pages, I feel so much more equipped to do so. Thank you!

“Excellent introduction”

A really brief helpful book for Christians wanting an introduction to transgender from a biblically orthodox stand point.

It's not evangelistic/apologetic (and isn't trying to be) so I wouldn't give it a non-Christian.

“Great place to start...”

I was clueless about Transgender. The issue was forced on me when a young person in our Christian community came back from Uni as a transgender person. This book, for me, was a great place to start.

“Balanced and helpful”

The book is clearly written, informative and balanced, without being too long or complex

“light weight but good”

If, like me, you have an interest in the whole lgbt issue, then this book on gender dysphoria or transgenderism will provide a basic introduction. It traces the issues as to why transgenderism is growing and challenges the worldly reaction that either says yuk or yes. I am sure, like me, the initial reaction is yuk, partly because it is so obviously at odds with what God has created. But Mr Roberts makes the very real Biblical point that just as true believers are trophies of grace, so we should see unbelievers as targets of grace and not as yuk. We really can be gracious without condoning the sin and we must remember that for all of us, our sins (whatever they are) separate us from God. We also need to realise that very soon (if not already), lgbt people will come into our churches, get saved and start to grow in Christ. We have to be there to help them in their journey towards greater Christlikeness.

“Helpful, truthful and compassionate”

This is a wonderful book to lay out clearly key ideas about the topic of transgender. I would recommend this book to everyone.

“Manipulative and Mis-informed”

The author spend most of the pages promoting idea of "body over soul" and comparing racism, species confusion to transgenderism. The author confused between transgenderism and LGB, he attempted to mis-inform the reader. In chapter 2, the author put the blame on technology development. He uses a very bad example of racism, equates it with species confusion, and brought the topic further to transgenderism. This is a tactic trying to create confusion among readers who are unfamiliar with the topic. The author only started to discuss about the Bible in chapter 3. The author further suggest on what the reader should do. Therefore, this book is not a thought provoking book, but a manual according to what he believe as "what the Bible says". Lastly, the author expressed about his concern that his freedom of speech are pretty much suppressed. However, this phenomena happened on both sides, pro-LGBT Christians were suppressed in most of the chruches and in most of the circumstances too. It was a great dissapointment that the author only mentioned about the Eunuchs once in his book. This is clear that the author doesn't give a fair discussion and biblical information to the reader on the great debate of transgenderism and the Bible. As a conclusion, this is not a helpful book for Christian, but a manupulative book.

“Very helpful introduction”

This book is an excellent intro into the topic of transgenderism from a christian and a solid biblical perspective. One little point of disagreement but other 99,9% brilliant. I think it is a very informed and biblically sound booklet.