In this book, former lesbian professor of women’s studies Rosaria Butterfield takes on five pernicious and common lies. The lies she takes on: “Homosexuality is Normal,” “Being a Spiritual Person is Kinder Than Being a Biblical Christian,” “Feminism is Good for the World and the Church,” “Transgenderism is Normal,” and “Modesty is an Outdated Burden that Servers Male Dominance and Holds Women Back.” Writing in the direct way that she is known for, Butterfield not only offers good instruction but sets a good example by confessing to the ways she previously unwittingly contributed to some of these lies.

Part of what makes DeYoung’s book so easy to recommend is his friendly style, but even more importantly his focus on the text of Scripture, which instructs us just what it is that differentiates the roles of men and women in the church. Succinct, not overly long, and to the point, this is the book I will always point anyone to who has questions why our church does not have female elders or deacons.

In this book, Abigail Favale moves the reader from the feminist movement’s various waves (beginning in the 1910s) up to the present day. In this book, she shows how the modern gender paradigm has led to such intense confusion on the subject of what a woman even is, or whether they even really exist. We read this book each year in apologetics, and it seems overly enthusiastic to say that as of 2024, I have now read this book five times. Favale is a Roman Catholic, and so she quotes the Pope frequently, speaks of things being sacramental that aren’t actually sacraments, and talks a lot about the Virgin Mary. Even still, this is the best book written from someone who was inside the feminist movement before eventually seeing its dead end. This book will inform you both on the subject of feminism, but especially transgenderism.

There is a tremendous amount of revisionist effort in the “evangelical” world attempting to retroactively argue that Christianity’s insistence on biblical sexuality is an innovation, or that the biblical material is more friendly to homosexuality than evangelicals may realize. Don Fortson and Rollin Grams have really done an important work by rigorously showing in this book, both from Scripture, history, and tradition that the Christian church has never once stuttered or deviated on this topic. If you are looking for a source book of quotes and arguments to help in difficult conversations with others, I’m not sure there is a better single volume I could point you to.

The rise of revisionistic sexuality in churches isn’t only happening in the area of homosexuality. It is also taking place in the sex lives of modern single church goers as well, and is a serious problem. Ayers begins by laying out the biblical case for sex only taking place within the covenant of marriage. Ayers then asks the question, why is it that so many who claim to be Christians in the western world are still sleeping around? This is a hard book to read, but is also important.