UnClobber

Rethinking Our Misuse of the Bible on Homosexuality

By: Colby Martin, Glennon Doyle Melton - foreword

Narrated by: Paul Boehmer

Length: 7 hrs and 22 mins

Publisher's summary

Churches in America are experiencing an unprecedented fracturing due to their belief and attitude toward the LGBTQ community. Armed with only six passages in the Bible - often known as the "clobber passages" - the traditional Christian position has been one that stands against the full inclusion of our LGBTQ brothers and sisters. UnClobber reexamines each of those frequently quoted passages of Scripture, alternating with author Colby Martin's own story of being fired from an evangelical megachurch when they discovered his stance on sexuality.

UnClobber reexamines what the Bible says (and does not say) about homosexuality in such a way that breathes fresh life into outdated and inaccurate assumptions and interpretations.

©2016 Colby Martin; Foreword Copyright 2016 by Westminster John Knox Press (P)2018 Tantor

informative

I have struggled with trying to justify LGBTQ relationships to my Christian brothers and sisters, but I have struggled as I do not know Hebrew or Greek. This helped a lot

Interesting

Interesting. I liked getting a different perspective on the “clobber” passages and ways to translate/interpret from the Hebrew and Greek. I still feel as though there is no way of really knowing which side is right. I wasn’t crazy about the audio reader’s tone of voice which seemed combative at times. Overall, I will still recommend it.

Annoying reading

The content of this book is really good. However, the audible reading of it sounds like an automated robotic voice. The way the narrator says LGBTQ becomes almost humorous.

Outstanding!

Colby Martin has written a wonderful book on this subject. I love it and recommend it.

Appreciate this book

I just recently came out and was so scared not to because of growing up it was wrong. I was glad I was able to find a book to help not only feel better about myself but being able to tell others the way I need to.

Awesome book!

The book is incredible and so informative while not feeling like a textbook. Colby did an amazing job writing this. Didn’t care too much for the person who read the book, I found his voice to be distracting.

Informative, but branded.

There's a lot to like about this book. First off, it addresses the questions you're entering with. So fear not. It is the book you're looking for, and if that is the question you were hoping this review answers, then you can stop reading now. If you are looking for someone being pedantic, continue on.

My only dislike, and granted it's a big one, is that at times it feel branded. While dissecting the verses, Martin makes sure to emphasize that he is "unclobber"ing the verses. Particularly because of how Melton reads, this leads one to feel like the book is trying to stick to its title brand. At some point the redundancy makes one wonder if the argument is a product of the Unclobber brand or something.

That said, this book feels like a great starting point for those who want to explore what the Bible says on homosexuality beyond the traditional interpretation that many are raised with. It's also a comfort for those who feel spurned by the church for their "liberal" interpretation of the Bible.

10 for Content, 1 for Narration

The content in this book is very helpful for exploring the theological arguments for a LGBTQ+ affirming stance. I really appreciated the narrative woven into the more meaty theological arguments. However, the narrator sounded exactly like a robot to the point when I looked up the narrator, I did literally thought that Paul Boehmer had to be a robot's name. The inflection is off, the voice is grating, and it made it much more difficult to get through. Because I don't have a lot of time to read with little kiddos in the house, I was grateful that this was available in audio version, but because of the narration, I also bought the paper version to be able to go over again,

spiritual warfare

spiritual warfare for me...a lesbian who is also a Christian. learning that I cannot be my true self at church because of how the majority of Christians interpret the Bible

learning so much from this book!

I've been doing a deep dive study on the clobber passages for the last few years some of this I already knew but what stood out to me the most was the English word abomination and how it does not match the Hebrew word toevah....Thank You Colby Martin for following the spirit and the conviction of God to study and write this book for so many of us lgbtq Christians who have struggled for so long we really do appreciate it