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Growth into Manhood: Resuming the Journey

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This would be a good book for you if:

1). You believe that the fact that humans are male and female,
and can experience the qualities of masculinity and
femininity, is reflective of a divine intent and not the
result of accidental evolution.

2). You are a man who experiences sexual attractions and
emotional longings for other men, but who also has the
intellectual integrity and emotional courage to ask what
these obvious desires for maleness/male connection
signify and what experiences in your past may have
contributed to them, and if you have a sneaking suspicion
that conventional gay orthodoxy doesn't provide all the
answers, despite whatever oversimplifications or
judgmental attitudes that professing Christians have
exhibited.

This book is like a gift from a warm, wise and perceptive uncle. As I read it, I feel like I am being mentored by a good man who is telling me about myself in ways I could not find words for. One memorable point is his use of the word "nonman" to explain how I have often felt--can't identify with other men very well yet certainly not a woman. His clear and systematic articulation of what the problem is and how to fix it and his constant encouragement all along the way is wonderful. Even his writing style and the look of the book is attractively masculine. This is a Christian book but even non-Christians would probably enjoy and certainly benefit from Medinger's insights. I highly recommend it, along with Frank Pittman's "Man Enough."

This book, if you let the truth drill into the core of who you are, will change your life. So many of us, homosexual or even weak hetersexual, refuse to face the facts. At some point in our life we experienced something traumatic, real or even imagined. It injured us in such a way that we withdrew into ourselves and our fantasies.
I think I always knew this, but I was afraid to admit it. More, I had no idea how to get beyond my self-pity and feelings of being victimized.
Alan Medinger's book gave me the road map I needed, a road map gleaned from painful experience. Just reading the back page in the bookstore I began to feel something working in me. I realize now it was the Spirit of God, the Spirit of truth.
In Christ, and with the power of the His Spirit, I know I can be the man God always wanted me to be. And you (if you're a man, of course) can too.

I have to confess I didn't buy the book for me. I got it to help me understand how others struggle and the issues they face. Instead I found it to be a great help to my own personal life. As a man and father with three sons. It was very biblical, practical, and honest. It is a great book for any man who wants to understand God's design for masculinity. This is a great book if your looking for something that is quick and easy to read and understand.

I would recommend this for any male, not necessarily limited to those struggling with homosexual issues. It is an in-depth look at what is needed for growth into manhood, and being OK with being a man, and what being a man entails.

Growth into Manhood: Resuming the Journey This book appears at first glance to be directed toward men recovering from homosexual tendencies. But it is equally helpful in understanding the process by which any boy gains a true sense of manhood. Medinger contends that homosexually oriented men are men whose growth into comfortable and confident manhood was arrested, often by lack of affirmation (or worse yet, outright rejection by) their father figure. For dads looking to avoid and compensate for mistakes in raising their boys, this book identifies the real "hot button" issues, the ones that can make or break their boys. For men wanting to "resume the journey" this book provides helpful insights.

A practical guide for getting back in the journey. For those of us that gave up years ago, this book explains what manhood is, how to get there, and Who is available to help.

There are many good books about struggling with unwanted same-sex thoughts or for some, actions. This book is outstanding, but I couldn't read it the first time I found it because I wasn't ready for the religious background of the book. It's not heavy-handed, but it is part of the book. After two years of reading and a year of therapy I have found a path for healing and growth, and was ready for this book. When you are ready for that..... read this outstanding book. I can't recommend it enough. Also read Cohen's, Coming Out Straight and Van Den Aardwig's, The Battle for Normality.

This book hits the nail square on the head. For those who don't believe in God, it may be a difficult read, because the author bases a lot of the healing from unwanted homosexual attractions on a strong and solid relationship with God.

I would say that the key point in the book is not necessarily how to abolish your same-sex attractions (although i believe that is possible as well), rather it is focused on encouraging a man to feel like a man. Men who experience same-sex attractions simply do not feel like men; we can't identify ourselves as a MAN...that word doesn't seem to fit us. Thats exactly how i feel, and this book has given me a very feasible plan to which i know that i can and will obtain true manhood through healing from God (along with additional counselling and other resources).

This book isn't the bible for recovery. It is a starting point...an additional resource to be used to enhance your understanding about homosexuality, and to gain a deeper understanding of yourself or someone you know who struggles. If you are daring enough to see where God will take you if you are willing, take a little insight from this book and rely on God for the rest.

This book is the helpful product of the author's Biblically informed experience, from dealing with both himself and those he has served for over 25 years in the Exodus ministry. In distinction from other excellent books on the subject of same-sex attraction, this one focuses on identity issues, and argues that it is a boy's arrested gender-identity development that prompts him to grow up craving male affirmation in unhealthy, excessive, ultimately idolatrous ways. The author writes about the practical outworkings of overcoming the profoundly spiritual, psychological, and emotional challenges presented by the struggle for sexual wholeness. This book helped me significantly.