by Thompson, Jason (RHN)
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| Tags: Cultural Concerns, Homosexuality, Christianity (mature), Gay Christian?, Freedom from Homosexuality, Homosexual, Joe Dallas, Ministry To The Homosexual, Portland Fellowship, Stephen Black, Differing Views, Jason Thompson, Matthew Vines, Justin Lee, Randy Thomas, Mel White, Wesley Hill, Gregory Coles, Nate Collins, Preston Sprinkle, Christopher Yuan, Rosaria Butterfield, Sam Allberry, Ed Shaw, Anne Paulk, Andrew Comiskey
Differing Views on Christianity, Identity and Homosexuality where there is an onslaught of the promotion of "gay Christianity" in the Church today. The differing view chart reveals the differences in belief and approach and is helpful for those who need to understand and be warned of those who promote false teaching, or lacking in fullness for HOPE....
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by Black, Stephen: (FSM)
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| Tags: Homosexuality, Relational Healing, Sexual Abuse, Sexual Brokenness, Renewing the Mind, Sexual Purity, Spiritual Warfare, Ministry To The Homosexual
Victimized by men throughout his childhood and adolescence, Stephen found himself driven by homosexual compulsions. Heading for disaster, he finally discovered the truth about Jesus' sacrifice for his sins and decided to choose holiness. From Pure Passion TV. ...
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by Black, Stephen: (FSM)
| Tags: Christianity (mature), Church, Counseling, Teaching, Conference, The Gospel, Seminar, Staff, Stephen Black, Sunnyside Baptist Church, Christ's Voice, Parents, Lesbianism, Relational Healing, Ministry To The Homosexual, Relational Wholeness, Laura Leigh Stanlake
Sunnyside Baptist Church desired to bless our community with Christ’s voice on the issues of godly sexuality and holy relating. We believe that Christ speaks through His Word and gives His Church truth for real freedom to those who identify themselves as sexual minorities, LGBTQ+ or any other type of sexual sin outside of God’s will. Jesus reveals His love to all by ca...
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by Franklin, Andrew: (FSM)
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| Tags: Homosexuality, Sexual Brokenness, Renewing the Mind, Sexual Purity, Ministry To The Homosexual, Identity, Andrew Franklin, Testimony
Andrew Franklin tells his story about how Jesus has transformed his life and brought him out of homosexuality, revealing his true identity in Christ....
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by Restored Hope Network (RHN)
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| Tags: Cultural Concerns, Homosexuality, Relational Healing, Sexual Brokenness, Sexual Purity, About First Stone, Church, Ministry To The Homosexual, Emotional Dependency, Gay Christian?, Position Paper
Restored Hope Network (RHN) respectfully disagrees with anyone who continues to identify as both ‘homosexual’ and Christian. Identification with Christ can and must displace an identity based on disordered desires. The New Testament repeatedly calls believers to repent of old identifications and to cleave to the
new, true source of one’s identity...
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by Black, Stephen: (FSM)
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| Tags: Gender Confusion & Cross Dressing, Homosexuality, Forgiveness, Church, Ministry To The Homosexual, Gay Christian?, Documentary, First Stone Ministries, The Gospel, Ministry to Families, Testimony, Freedom from Homosexuality, Unwanted Same-Sex Attraction, Attendance Agreement, Code of Conduct
This public response is answering a false claim, some distortions and the typical fake-news narrative by those who do not hold to a conservative Biblical orthodox view of human sexuality, The Gayly and Sara Cunningham. Before going into the details of their false claims...
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by Farrington, Jim: (FSM)
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| Tags: Homosexuality, Men, Ministry To The Homosexual, Identity, First Stone Ministries, Testimony, Sexual Abuse
Testimony of Jim Farrington in overcoming homosexuality and finding a true identity in God's original intent as a man of God....
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by Comisky, Andrew: (RHN)
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| Tags: Christianity (mature), Church, Ministry To The Homosexual, Gay Christian?, Identity, Relational Wholeness, Idolatry, Imago Dei, Theology of the Body, Speaking, The Gospel
From Stephen Black: Andrew Comiskey gave a very timely message that serves as a prophetic warning to the Church. I believe this warning is especially needed for evangelicals that are more susceptible to the growing deception toward embracing “gay Christianity.” Evangelicals are more likely than ever before to embrace the mixture of the cheap-grace messaging, adding t...
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by West, Christopher Z1
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| Tags: Ministry To The Homosexual, Marriage, Sexual Purity, Loving Christ, Bible, Homosexuality, Relational Wholeness, Imago Dei, Theology of the Body
The emphasis of the beauty of God's divine intent and His divine creation brings clarity to Imago Dei - made in the image of God. This message was delivered on June 26, 2015 in Lancaster, Pennsylvania the very morning the Supreme Court gave their opinion on gay marriage in America....
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by Paris, Kent Z1
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| Tags: Cultural Concerns, Homosexuality, Church, Ministry To The Homosexual, Gay Christian?, Identity
There is a serious error that is growing in the ranks of Evangelicalism. It has already permeated mainline Protestantism. It is a Trojan Horse in the Body of Christ––one that must be addressed. It carries the potential to change the Gospel we believe, teach and preach into a different gospel (Galatians 1:8), which is NOT the Gospel, but heresy.
The implications are ...
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by Black, Stephen: (FSM)
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| Tags: Cultural Concerns, Marriage, Homosexuality, Ministry To The Homosexual, Leadership, Church
I am hearing of this more and more—that a Christian has been invited to attend a "wedding" between two men or two women. It is usually from a relative, a close friend, or perhaps their own child. A Christian, who is faced with a decision whether to attend or not, processes through many questions with heartache. ...
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by Ryle, James Z1
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| Tags: Homosexuality, Christianity (mature), Poetry, Church, Ministry To The Homosexual, HIV & AIDS, Men
A poem by James Ryle about a boy who becomes a homosexual and the need for the Church to act....
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by Miller Ph.D., Dave & Harrub Ph.D., Brad Z1
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| Tags: Homosexuality, Science, Cultural Concerns, Sexual Brokenness, Ministry To The Homosexual, Bible, Gay Christian?
The trumpets were left at home and the parades were canceled. The press releases and campaign signs were quietly forgotten. The news was big, but it did not contain what some had hoped for. On April 14, 2003, the International Human Genome Consortium announced the successful completion of the Human Genome Project—two years ahead of schedule. ...
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by Restored Hope Network (RHN)
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| Tags: Homosexuality, Sexual Brokenness, Sexual Purity, Marriage, About First Stone, Ministry To The Homosexual, Position Paper
This statement was taken in part, and used by permission from the Restored Hope Network “Position on Advocating for Marriage”. First Stone Ministries, along with
Restored Hope Network, upholds the original definition of marriage as understood through Scripture and the history of humanity: one man committed for one woman for the sake of the children they create and/or ...
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by Black, Stephen: (FSM)
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| Tags: Homosexuality, Ministry To The Homosexual, Interviews & Media
Sexual abuse can distort the way we see God and also warp the way we view ourselves. Discover how one man found release from homosexuality and the events of his childhood by experiencing the unconditional grace of Jesus....
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by Black, Stephen: (FSM)
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| Tags: Homosexuality, Cultural Concerns, Bible, Christianity (mature), Salvation, Ministry To The Homosexual, Freedom from Homosexuality, Beliefs, Unwanted Same-Sex Attraction, Pastors, Stephen Black
A Message to Pastoral Care Leaders Processing The Gospel and "Gay Christianity" This article is equipped with many end-notes of Biblical references to back up the emphatic statements and is a Bible study with over 150 verses on this subject. Please read the Scripture references with this article and let God’s word be your guide....
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by Case, Dan Z1
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| Tags: Homosexuality, Bible, Knowing God & Loving Christ, Ministry To The Homosexual
It was a heinous crime, to say the least. Matthew Shepard, an openly gay college student, was beaten and murdered during a robbery. The media reports that Matthew was deliberately targeted by his murders because he was homosexual, and has labeled it a hate crime. Gay activists, always on the lookout (like any activist) for an opportunity to promote their agenda, have decid...
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by Babb, Beth Z1
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| Tags: Spouses, Homosexuality, Marriage, Ministry To The Homosexual
“Beth,” my friend confided, “when I pray about your husband, two words keep getting impressed on my heart. One is suicide, and the other is homosexuality.”...
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by Black, Stephen: (FSM)
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| Tags: Homosexuality, Sexual Abuse, Sexual Brokenness, Sexual Purity, About First Stone, Ministry To The Homosexual
The faces that come to the First Stone office are nothing more than the fading faces of children who have been hurt...but now the face we see is the grown up one, but the hurt is still there. Matthew 18:10 says “See that you do not look down on one of these little ones. For I tell you that their angels in heaven always see the face of my Father in heaven.”...
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by Black, Stephen: (FSM)
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| Tags: Homosexuality, Leadership, Church, Ministry To The Homosexual, Sexual Addiction
The first week of November 2006 our nation was hit with a scandal in the headlines concerning the fall of a prominent Christian leader. I know this man’s work and was grieved deeply, as I have visited his church. Many participants and friends of our ministry have asked “why?” Since the scandal involved homosexuality, the questions started coming our way....
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| Tags: Homosexuality, Sexual Abuse, Sexual Brokenness, Sexual Purity, Ministry To The Homosexual, Emotional Dependency, Pornography
“Teach me how to be a man.” This has been the cry of my heart, the desire of my life since my memories began. My journey has been one out of homosexuality, a life of devouring men in fraudulent hopes of someday becoming one. John 10:10 says, “The thief comes only to kill and steal and destroy; I came that they may have life, and have it abundantly.” My path has led...
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by Black, Stephen: (FSM)
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| Tags: Homosexuality, Sexual Abuse, Sexual Brokenness, Sexual Purity, Spiritual Warfare, Ministry To The Homosexual
Stephen Black Interview with David Kyle Foster
Stephen Black's Testimony in overcoming homosexuality and childhood sexual abuse.
Pure Passion - Season 2, Episode 19...
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by Dallas, Joe: (RHN)
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| Tags: Homosexuality, Cultural Concerns, Bible, Church, Ministry To The Homosexual, Gay Christian?, Christianity (mature), Theology of the Body, The Gospel, Theology, Freedom from Homosexuality, Unwanted Same-Sex Attraction, Joe Dallas
This three-part series will address the pro-gay theology by dividing its arguments—or tenets—into three categories: social justice arguments, general religious arguments, and scriptural arguments. A brief description of these arguments will be provided, followed by a response/rebuttal to each....
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by Dallas, Joe: (RHN)
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| Tags: Homosexuality, Renewing the Mind, Science, Church, Psychology, Ministry To The Homosexual, Gay Christian?, Imago Dei, Theology of the Body, Theology, Freedom from Homosexuality, Unwanted Same-Sex Attraction, Joe Dallas
This three-part series will address the pro-gay theology by dividing its arguments—or tenets—into three categories: social justice arguments, general religious arguments, and scriptural arguments. A brief description of these arguments will be provided, followed by a response/rebuttal to each....
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by Foster, David Kyle: (RHN)
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| Tags: Homosexuality, Christianity (mature), Leadership, Ministry To The Homosexual
There are a great many people in ministry whose personal healing has not reached a stage where it is safe for them to be a model or teacher for others who are seeking help. There, I said it!...
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by Worthen, Frank: (RHN)
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| Tags: Homosexuality, Cultural Concerns, Christianity (beginners), Church, Ministry To The Homosexual
"Ex-gay" is a term which always brings a response. For the most part, the gay community believes this is a total lie. They deny that it is possible to become ex-gay. It is their belief that "ex-gay" is a fraudulent term. Most come from the standpoint that a homosexual orientation is inborn, that it cannot be changed. They frequently equate the homosexual orientation with b...
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by Thiessen, C. Joseph: (FSM)
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| Tags: Homosexuality, Sexual Brokenness, Sexual Purity, Ministry To The Homosexual, Pornography
I have never considered myself a gay man as this title seems to be for the more political person who lives with his same-sex sexual orientation out in the open for all to see. In contrast, homosexuality was never a lifestyle wherein I immersed myself with like-minded people for any length of time, nor was I ever given to sex with anyone. Rather, it has been a lifestyle of ...
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by Medinger, Alan: (RHN)
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| Tags: Homosexuality, Bible, Sexual Purity, Marriage, Church, Ministry To The Homosexual
The Christian married man bound by homosexuality bears a double burden. He lives under the power of a sin which brings self-condemnation and a feeling of alienation from God. He also lives with the knowledge that he is bringing a terrible hurt to another human being—his wife. But for this man, victory over homosexuality can bring a double blessing. He can be restored to ...
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by First Stone Ministries (FSM)
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| Tags: Gender Confusion & Cross Dressing, Homosexuality, Sexual Abuse, Sexual Brokenness, Sexual Purity, Spiritual Warfare, About First Stone, Ministry To The Homosexual, Emotional Dependency, Identity
We love what God does for those who choose to walk according to His ways! We have found freedom from homosexuality by submitting our lives to the Word of God. Hear the stories of three people and hope at First Stone Ministries....
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by Foster, David Kyle: (RHN)
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| Tags: Sexual Brokenness, Sexual Purity, Homosexuality, Renewing the Mind, Ministry To The Homosexual, Pornography
After ten years of celibacy, Jim (not his real name) had concluded that masturbation was his consolation prize - door number three in a world where the big deal of the day was behind door number one. "It was God's provision for single people and for those in sexually unfulfilling marriages," he surmised, concluding that it would be unfair for God to have made things any ot...
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by Venice, Jim Z1
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| Tags: Homosexuality, Marriage, Ministry To The Homosexual
My daddy was gone. I knew that he had done something very wrong, but I didn't understand fully. I did not have a daddy to hold me when I cried, no one to teach me how to play catch or throw a ball, to fight and rough-house with, or even to use the restroom like boys do. I don't remember a time when I got to be bounced on my daddy's lap, to be held and kissed, or told that ...
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by Wilkins, Tim Z1
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| Tags: Cultural Concerns, Homosexuality, Sexual Brokenness, Marriage, Ministry To The Homosexual
"Love and marriage, love and marriage, go together like a horse and carriage. This I tell ya, brother, you can't have one without the other." Neither can you have a marriage without a man and a woman, unless you’re the Massachusetts Supreme Court...
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by Jordan, Jan Z1
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| Tags: Lesbianism, Homosexuality, Ministry To The Homosexual, Emotional Dependency
When you think you have lost everything and nothing else matters, Jesus rises above all of it and carries us through, even in death, what unexplainable joy Jesus gives us in that time! We must trust Him! I chose a rebellious life of lesbianism and bondage to sin. Now I choose HIM! I finally found the freedom, joy, and PEACE that I had spent most of my life looking for, to ...
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by Black, Stephen: (FSM)
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| Tags: Español, Homosexuality, Ministry To The Homosexual
“El envió su palabra y los sanó, y los liberó de sus destrucciones.”
Un testimonio de Stephen Black....
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by Jernigan, Dennis & Melinda Z1
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| Tags: Homosexuality, Sexual Brokenness, Sexual Purity, Ministry To The Homosexual
What you are about to read is a story of hope...and the reason we sing...the reason we will never stop praising the Lord Jesus Christ. The following is our personal witness of the love and power of Jesus Christ in our lives. As you read, we are asking the Lord to break your heart by the things that break His heart....
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by Rogers, Sy: (RHN)
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| Tags: Homosexuality, Youth, Sexual Brokenness, Christianity (beginners), Ministry To The Homosexual
For over a decade I have worked in the specialized and somewhat controversial field of helping those desiring to overcome the control of homosexuality. It has proven to be quite a learning experience! My own story of recovery from sexual brokenness has been widely publicized, resulting in people contacting me from all over the world....
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by Ward, Willis Z1
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| Tags: Homosexuality, Sexual Brokenness, Sexual Purity, Spiritual Warfare, Ministry To The Homosexual
I never felt I could share my testimony because I felt too hypocritical. If people knew what I was, and what I had done, then they would reject me. I couldn't deal with rejection. I was an expert at reading people, figuring out what they wanted to see, and meeting their expectations. I held to a strategic plan to protect an image I had set up: "ME"....
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by Hunt, Kim: (FSM)
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| Tags: Spouses, Homosexuality, Ministry To The Homosexual, HIV & AIDS
"So, should I start over?" The doctor asked. I had just walked back into my husband’s hospital room. Steven nodded. Very graciously, the doctor continued. He reviewed my husband’s illness, pnuemocystis carinii pneumonia, and reminded us that this kind of illness only occurs when the immune system is broken down. AIDS was a possible culprit and he was here to give the r...
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by Davies, Bob & Rentzel, Lori (RHN)
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| Tags: Homosexuality, Ministry To The Homosexual
For a Christian coming out of homosexuality or lesbianism, the homosexual problem may loom as large as a giant Redwood tree: enormous, obvious, unchangeable, unshakable. But just like the root system beneath the Redwood forest, homosexuality also has roots. There are many things "below the ground" that feed the gay identity and hold it firmly in place....
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by Davies, Bob: (RHN)
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| Tags: Homosexuality, Cultural Concerns, Church, Gay Christian?, Lesbianism, Ministry To The Homosexual
Pro-gay advocates want everyone to believe that "ex-gays" do not exist. Pro-gay advocates are intolerant of people who legitimately want to walk away from a life of homosexuality. Here are seven things that pro-gay advocates have a difficult time addressing....
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by Foster, David Kyle: (RHN)
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| Tags: Sexual Brokenness, Sexual Purity, Christianity (mature), Leadership, Ministry To The Homosexual
The gatekeepers of our modern culture know of this power and have for decades been redefining the terms and ideas that fashion and direct our social beliefs and actions. Two lesbians are now a "family." Killing unborn children is now a "right." Lying with a man as with a woman is now "good," "natural" and "the creative will of God." And as if that weren't absurd enough, ou...
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by Davies, Bob: (RHN)
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| Tags: Homosexuality, Bible, Church, Ministry To The Homosexual
"Why don't you hateful people leave us alone? We're not hurting you," John thought, as an eerie sickness gripped his stomach. Then another thought struck him: "Who would want to follow a God like the one they're displaying?"...
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by McLaren, Dr. Ross H. Z1
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| Tags: Homosexuality, Parents, Christianity (beginners), Church, Ministry To The Homosexual
More and more when the issue of homosexuality is raised one hears responses like these: "Why can’t we just ‘live and let live’?" "Why all this bother about something that isn’t anyone else’s business?" "It isn’t for me, but who am Ito say anything about what goes on between consenting adults behind closed doors?" "Aren’t personal decisions about sex a private...
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by McConkey, Chuck Z1
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I'm a new creation; I'm a brand new man. If you were to ask me who I was in the Fall of 1977, I would have told you "I am a husband, I am a factory representative, I am the owner of a collector's car..." Just 6 months later in the spring of 1978; if you would have asked me who I was, I would have told you, "I am divorced, I am changing jobs, I am dealing with my dad's deat...
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I hated myself because I had very conflicting emotions about my abuser, a high school teacher and coach. It was not until I recognized him for what he is that I was able to start the healing process. I think the process of writing these two projects has freed my spirit from the hate that once bound me in my sin. Even though the hate is gone, some of the hurt still remains....
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by Rogers, Sy & Medinger, Alan (RHN)
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| Tags: Homosexuality, Sexual Purity, Science, Psychology, Ministry To The Homosexual
For many years the gay community has used the media as a means to change society’s attitudes about homosexuality. They have disseminated much questionable information to convince society that homosexuality is innate, unchangeable and a normal variable in the spectrum of human sexuality....
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by Hunt, Steven (FSM)
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| Tags: Homosexuality, Sexual Abuse, Sexual Brokenness, Sexual Purity, Spiritual Warfare, Ministry To The Homosexual
When I was about eleven years old, I had an experience that set me on a collision course of sexual brokenness. ...
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by Babb, Mike Z1
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| Tags: Homosexuality, Ministry To The Homosexual, Emotional Dependency
I was married yet deeply in love with another man. Guilt and fear raged inside. What if my wife discovered this secret?
I am no longer consumed by overwhelming depression. My marriage is being brought back to the place intended from the beginning. Jesus promised that we would have tribulations in this world (John 16:33). And my life still has its share of trials. But I ...
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by Black, Stephen: (FSM)
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"God created us this way," the gay priest told me, "and He loves us just the way we are." Sex became a distorted issue for me at an early age. I was molested about age six by a male friend of the family who was baby-sitting me. I was also exposed to some pornography at the same time. The porn was heterosexual, yet very devastating to my understanding of real love and God�...
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by Davies, Bob: (RHN)
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| Tags: Homosexuality, Sexual Brokenness, Sexual Purity, Ministry To The Homosexual, Emotional Dependency
I had spent years in church, graduated from Bible school, and served in short-term missions. But a hidden battle was raging inside that threatened to destroy me....
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by Foster, David Kyle: (RHN)
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| Tags: Homosexuality, Relational Healing, Sexual Brokenness, Sexual Purity, Spiritual Warfare, Ministry To The Homosexual, Pornography
You see, when I was eight or nine, I suddenly became sexually obsessive and suicidal - classic signs of having been sexually abused, although to this day I have no such memories. I was a spoiled brat, selfish and perverse, full of rebellion and seeking to prove to everyone who looked my way that I was not the goody two-shoes that everyone was trying to typecast me as - bei...
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by Hawkins, Mike (FSM)
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| Tags: Homosexuality, Ministry To The Homosexual, HIV & AIDS, Identity
Why would someone CHOOSE to be a homosexual? Why would they choose a life of rejection and scorn from so many different areas of society and God? Why would they become involved in something destined to bring so much heartache to their life? Many believe, as I did, that there is no other way; that they were born that way and must accept that there can't be any other way for...
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by Stanlake, Laura Leigh: (FSM)
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| Tags: Lesbianism, Homosexuality, Ministry To The Homosexual, Emotional Dependency
From my earliest memories, I have longed to know Jesus. The problem was that I couldn’t ever seem to grasp the truth of His salvation. So, I became a seeker. (God rewards those who seek Him diligently. Thankfully.) Though I looked into many different expressions and practices of various religions and beliefs, I continued to return to Jesus as my One Hope. I attempted to ...
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by Rogers, Sy: (RHN)
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| Tags: Gender Confusion & Cross Dressing, Homosexuality, Ministry To The Homosexual, Identity
Imagine - me married! A day of rejoicing and celebration, of sharing love between family and friends. At my side was my wife, the woman I loved. But special as it was, our wedding held a much deeper significance....
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