Full of Grace and Truth

Vaughan Roberts is a much-respected leader of immense courage and integrity. He has faithfully taught and pastored one of the largest churches in Oxford for 27 years. He addresses complex and challenging issues with the authentic voice of vulnerability and sensitivity.

In the war-torn field of sexual identities, preferences, lifestyles, ethics and conflicts, it gets harder and harder for biblically faithful Christians to simultaneously both teach what Jesus taught (the truth about God’s good gifts of sex and marriage) and to love like Jesus loved (the tender grace that he lavished on sexual sinners, such as we all are one way or another). That is why this small but potent book is so helpful. Vaughan Roberts speaks not only with theological conviction of the authority of Scripture in this matter, but also with authentic credibility as one who is openly resolved to submit his own sexuality to the Lordship of Christ and the clear teaching and warnings of God’s Word. Grace and truth also shine through his pastoral heart for those whose struggles are compounded by loneliness and a crushing lack of understanding in churches. May they find comfort and courage in these pages.

This book meets the crying need for a biblically grounded, bold, compassionate, and holy response to the revolution we are seeing in views about sexuality. It gives clear guidance and hope to those seeking to be faithful to God but faced with a confusing array of voices calling for their attention.

A call to countercultural Christian sexuality” This is a book for church leaders and Christians of all cultures and ethnicities. It is a challenge to churches to faithfully preach a Biblical sexual ethic while offering grace, compassion, and hope to those who falter. And a call to all Christians, especially youth to live a life in keeping with God’s good design for sex and gender even when it clashes with the convictions of our sexualised permissive culture.