People to Be Loved: Why Homosexuality Is Not Just an Issue

Not bad some good points throughout.

While Preston Sprinkle is more compassionate than most who write books in the “non-affirming” camp, he is still wrong and I cannot recommend this book.

Bad theology kills.

Short Review: While I don't think it is perfect, I do think People to be Loved is the best presentation of the traditional position on homosexuality. Sprinkle sets up the book as being about people more than theory, we care about this issue because we care about real live people that are gay.

The bulk of the main book is then dealing with the main six bible passages that could be about homosexual activity. This is occasionally technical language stuff, but it is accessibly written.

The end of the book walks through ministry implications.

I think this is the best book I have read from a traditional position. But I think there are some problems. First it uses the traditional six passage format. That has been done over and over, and while this is better than most, it feels a bit overdone. Second, while I do think the tone is better than most books I have read from a traditional position, there are multiple places where I think cultural bias creeps in, even though I think he tries to be fair. Third, I think it would be better to mix up the structure a bit. Even though I read a fair amount of bible and theology, I got a bit bored in the middle of the bible section.

My slightly longer review is on my blog at http://bookwi.se/people-to-be-loved/