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This book is part memoir and part biblical interpretation of the "Clobber" scriptures. Pastor Martin told his Conservative Evangelical church that while he agreed with the denomination on the issue of homosexuality, he struggled with his church's policies on homosexuals, sin, and involvement in the church. His questioning led to his dismissal. In his opinion, these six scriptures are used to "clobber' someone and 'win' the 'homosexuality as sin' debate. He believes these verses were misinterpreted, mistranslated from Hebrew or Greek, and misapplied.

Every other chapter takes a scripture and dissects the language. While he doesn't claim to have the right answer, or interpretation, the cloudiness of the verses opens up the discussion about whether a God who says and demonstrated love would say homosexuals should be excluded from the church or are 'an abomination.'

Whether you agree with the interpretations of the six scriptures or not isn't as much the issue, as is the opening of the dialogue on the church's stance towards the LGBTQ community. It is interesting to read the pastor's viewpoint and see how he points out his examples of misinterpretations.

The bottom line of this book is that the pastor believes "homosexuality as an orientation" isn't condemned, but what the bible condemns is rape, sexual molestation, orgies, prostitution, sex slavery, and exploiting people for sex.

This book adds to the conversation and gives information for further discussion. People will make up their own mind and it's important to add to the dialogue. I received an ARC of the book from NetGalley. The review is my honest opinion.