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Archive for January, 2012

Loving past lovers

Of late, I have been thinking a fair bit about the way that I first came out of the gay world and how I now feel about the men whom I had slept around with.  There were so many of them I have lost count, but that does not diminish how I now feel about [...]

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Can you be gay and Christian and go to heaven? Not likely, any more than I should wear mud-stained shoes on my friend’s expensive Persian rug.

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 Recently in the ministry world, an unthinkable thing has happened: the leader of ‘ex-gay’ ministry Exodus International, Alan Chambers (pictured left), entered not merely a lion’s den but a pit replete with many of his most avid enemies.  It was the conference of the ‘Gay Christian’ Network.  This was akin to walking into a lion’s [...]

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Even when a Christian is kicking sand in God’s face, He can still love and heal them.  He does not quickly give up on those He loves. *

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I was listening tonight to a talk delivered by international Christian speaker, Sy Rogers, on God’s healing work and he said some very compelling and helpful – and funny! – things.  Here are some of them When people struggle with their sexuality, they think ‘I am bad and God is mad’ and they tend to [...]

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Gay world of black-and-white

 In the last two weeks, the most unprecedented hatred has been thrown at Australian tennis great, Margaret Court.  A former winner of grand-slam tournaments, she now leads a healing ministry in Perth in Western Australia and she was recently asked her views on gay marriage.  She, like myself and others in ministry to addicted and [...]

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For the Christian stuck in sexual sin

 The character Gollum is an interesting template for what happens to people when they are trapped in addiction, be it sexual or otherwise.  The Christian in sexual addiction can break free because God is faithful to His people.

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The Jezebel Spirit

The spirit of Jezebel can be terrifically strong, where women (particularly) try to attach themselves to power figures in ministry in order to calm their deeper fears.  I have seen this happen in churches before and it is very real: Spirits are very important things to interpret, and thankfully, in His word, God shows people [...]

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Reblogged from Senator Yam Suph: Will God forgive me if I keep repenting of a habitual sin?  An interesting answer to that question here from Tim Keller. This has become quite a popular download. So here it is, reblogged.

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Gnats, camels, needless nickpicking

About a week ago, a young American man went online and made a video about how Jesus saves people from the despair of following religion and rules (see below).  The song was intended to be a message of hope for those who are lost in religion, and I felt he did a job (very) well [...]

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