Setting Love in Order: Hope and Healing for the Homosexual (Paperback)

by Mario Bergner (Author)
Key Phrases: gender complementation, healing from homosexuality, homosexual neurosis, Holy Spirit, Leanne Payne, Loving the Other Sex (more...)

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Product Description
A former homosexual tells his redemptive story of "healing." With great vulnerability, Mario Bergner describes his struggle to be free from what he calls "same-sex ambivalence," and addresses a controversial, timely issue in a redemptive, biblically sound manner.

About the Author
Mario Bergner is a frequent lecturer on the subject of homosexulaity and is the director of Redeemed Life, a ministry of pastoral care for the sexually broken. He has a M. Div. from Trinity Episcopal School for Ministry.

Product Details

• Paperback: 208 pages
• Publisher: Baker Books (January 1, 1995)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 080105186X
• ISBN-13: 978-0801051869
• Product Dimensions: 9 x 6 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 12.2 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars See all reviews (17 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #157,032 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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42 of 46 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars healing for ANYONE with gender identity broken/woundedness, February 1, 1999

By A Customer

After i read Mario's book, i was almost sorry it has the subtitle it does --- (Hope and healing for the homosexual), as i found it profoundly helpful in understanding and coming to terms with my own female/feminine identity (heterosexuality): what that really is, as opposed to what i "came to believe" about myself, growing up in a dysfunctional, abusive family of origin. With unusual candor, Mario details his personal thought life and experience with his homosexual behavior patterns and his journey from sexual/gender woundedness toward wholeness through Jesus Christ; affirming much, yet challenging long-held moral prejudices towards homosexuals, in general. Autobiographically written,his story exemplifies that "the truth," indeed, "shall make you free," and that it is indeed possible to learn how to "hate the sin," but "love the sinner," if we will but take the time to listen and hear and understand that many of us became "products" of the environments we were borne into and that our "woundedness" manifests itself in many different ways. Mario offers the untimate comfort to those who suffer -- the hope and healing available to anyone who rightly desires it, thru Christ Jesus.

42 of 47 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars At the Center of the Issue., July 23, 2000

By A Customer

Bergner's book demonstrates the need apparent in broken sexuality. For the person who longs to rightly understand the painful roots of gender identity confusion and is willing to walk through that pain to the glorious end of wholeness, this book is an absolute MUST read. While certain societal groups will seek to censor this book for daring to look honestly at the emotional and spiritual roots of such brokenness, Bergner's book pinpoints the exact center of the pendulum swing, which in this culture functions out of two extremes regarding the homosexual debate - the full and celebrated acceptance of the homosexual life as natural and even healthy, or the complete and utter condemnation and hatred of the person dealing with homosexuality. Bergner aims right to the middle of these two extremes and so ends up with the truth.

24 of 26 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Sensitive, intelligent, and hopeful story of healing, August 24, 1999

By A Customer

This is a great book for hetero- and homo- sexual people alike. It gives us all a compassionate framework for understanding, growth, and healing. After reading this book anyone, even the heterosexual person, will see areas of possible healing and growth in their own lives.