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Summary: healing for ANYONE with gender identity broken/woundedness
Review: 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.
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Summary: I've read better..
Review: I've read several books in this series and this one is the poorest. The others were good. The other books are better.
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Summary: The truth is often painful
Review: It's very interesting to read other peoples reviews and reactions to marios book, which is all about sexual brokenness of every type - particularly heterosexual issues.The hate reaction to this book seems to be from the very people that Mario is trying to reach out (with love - he knows what it's like, and he has suffered the pain!). It requires a massive amount of honesty to recognise issues within ourselves. If your first reaction to this book i anger, ask yourself why?
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Summary: Great reading--not just for homosexuals
Review: Love is disordered in so many of us, not just the homosexual, and I would recommend the passion and compassion and honesty of Mario's testimony and insights to anyone struggling with relational brokenness, confusion, and identity issues, not just those with this particular neurosis. I found much joy and communion in reading this book. It is a God-conscious book, seeing one's true self through God, not self-loathing. This book is simple and cuts to the marrow of so much of our brokenness, excellent both for people beginning their journey of healing and those well along. There were a number of areas I had previously prayed about that were brought to a further depth of clarity and release for me--for instance, sense of being, supernatural strengthening of the will that erases the "castration" effected on us by others in our past, and the habits of passivity, selfishness, and pride that can be the result of profound loneliness and isolation. This book oozes with grace; I grieved over some sins and the sins of others against me, but it was totally in God's embrace... written by someone who's obviously spent time there. Just to think about it makes me smile with peace--with the faith, hope, and love that abide.
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