Faithful Desire

Sexuality, Discipleship, and the Way of Christ

What if the hardest part of Christian faithfulness isn’t changing your desires—but carrying them?

In an age where sexuality is treated as identity and conviction is treated as cruelty, the church is caught between two unsatisfying extremes: abandon Scripture to appear loving, or defend truth in ways that wound the very people Christ calls His own. Faithful Desire challenges both.

This book dares to ask uncomfortable questions. What did Paul really mean when he warned believers about “inheriting the kingdom”? Are same-sex desires themselves sinful—or is the struggle to obey God the very place discipleship is formed? And what happens when the church speaks accurately about sin but forgets how to speak like Jesus?

Moving carefully through Scripture, history, and the ancient world, Faithful Desire dismantles easy answers. It explores sexual ethics from creation through Paul, confronts the meaning of the Bible’s most disputed words, and refuses the false promise that obedience always leads to resolution. Along the way, it exposes how pride, fear, and spiritual superiority have too often shaped Christian responses—sometimes doing more damage than the sins they denounce.

This is not a book for culture warriors or slogan theologians. It is for believers who refuse to trade truth for applause or love for leverage. It is for pastors who want to shepherd without crushing, and for Christians who are quietly faithful in a world that demands either celebration or silence.

Faithful Desire insists that the gospel does not promise ease—but it does promise grace. And sometimes the most radical act of faith is not becoming someone else, but following Christ without relief, without shortcuts, and without pretending the cost isn’t real.