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Continue reading →i’m a gay adventist – so what are my biblical options?
Gay and lesbian Adventists often believe they have only two options — either to submit to change therapy in order to become “heterosexual” or to join the gay world in indulging in gay sex. But this either/or argument is one invented by the devil himself, I’m sure, because attempting either option can result in a kind of slavery. And Satan specializes in slavery. The Good News is that Jesus came to give us freedom! So please stay with me to examine some other options. option 1: sexual orientation change In other essays I’ve expressed disagreement with the philosophy of change ministries. (See “About Change Ministries” and “Change Ministries Revisited.”) So, I don’t consider that a viable option, except as a … Continue reading →
the crisis of suicide
That cry for help may come any time. The pastor needs to be ready. The phone call interrupted my dinner. The voice on the other end was desperate. “I’m at my wit’s end, and you are the only one I can turn to. If you can’t give me one good reason to live, I’ve made up my mind to end it all.” The words were slow, deliberate, and almost imperceptible; the voice unforgettable and bone-chilling. 00
Continue reading →god used a loving church to bring us back
I was born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, in 1937 to a strict Catholic family. I have a brother five years younger, and a sister ten years younger. My parents are both still alive and still very much in love. My grandfather built our church. I was head altar boy, serving as page for the Archbishop on occasion. I went to Catholic grade school and high school. I got straight A’s in math and science classes. It came naturally. I could read the textbook through once, and take the final exam. This usually got me dubbed “teacher’s pet,” and the school bullies often chased me around trying to de-pants me, etc. (Later on I sort of wished I had let them!) I … Continue reading →
why would a redeemed seventh-day adventist call himself gay?
This is the gist of a question put to me on the Sabbath School Net blog. I will share a few reasons. Community 1. We are liars when we say we have no sin. 1 John 1:10 It’s very important in fellowship to tell the truth of ourselves with each other. It is up to ourselves what to share and what not to share with others. It cannot and should not be dictated by another. In that sharing we constantly focus on JESUS loving where we are now and loving us all to completion 2. To find safety in fellowship. A Body of Christ is called to be a safe place for trust to build and connection to be formed … Continue reading →
michael kelly on relationships, opposite sex, homosexuality and …
Powerful sermon that tells it like it is. While Michael explains the causes of homosexuality a bit differently than I do, he recognizes that biological and environmental factors work together to form a homosexual orientation. I appreciate his final point – that we need safe environments for life change to take place. +20
Continue reading →sins of sodom – what the bible really says
Many people believe that homosexuality is particularly abhorrent to God because, after all, He destroyed Sodom for it. But does the Bible actually say that?1 For the sake of completeness, I have searched the KJV 2 for all references to Sodom and Gomorrah. I haven’t copied them all below because many references were simply a means of warning Israel regarding the kind of destruction that they themselves deserved because of their sins. Sodom is first mentioned in connection with Lot’s choosing a pleasant place to live. But the warning is given that “the men of Sodom were wicked and sinners before the LORD exceedingly.” (Gen. 13:13) A few chapters later we discover that Sodom and Gomorrah were so wicked that … Continue reading →
redeeming our sad gay situation
A Christian Response to the Question of Homosexuality [Editor’s Note: While the social climate in the secular world has changed considerably since the article by this title was published in Insight magazine in 1992, attitudes among conservative Adventists don’t seem to have changed all that much. If anything, the increasing acceptance of openly gay behavior and the excesses that accompany Gay Pride parades have caused a conservative backlash so that it is sometimes difficult to hold a rational conversation on the subject. Even on the institutional and administrative level, things haven’t changed much in the Adventist church during the last 30 years. Thus this article is still surprisingly relevant in the second decade of the 21st century. ] AWARENESS Scene … Continue reading →
good news for gay adventists
The Good News is that you don’t have to pretend any more! You don’t have to pretend that you are straight. You don’t have to pretend that you have things under control. And you don’t have to pretend that the Bible really doesn’t say anything against gay sex. You don’t have to pretend that you’re not a sinner. Pretending is a lot of work, especially if you have to do it all the time. And it has other drawbacks as well. It keeps us from forming genuine, deep relationships. Pretty soon we don’t know who we are any more – what is pretense and what is really us. The worst of it is that pretending doesn’t cut it with God at … Continue reading →
homosexual politics
In my first post I told of my gay experience, and now I want to share what I discovered in my research about homosexuality. There are numerous opinions about the cause of homosexuality, as well as whether there is any real, permanent “cure.” I have found this subject to be extremely political. Be warned that you cannot always believe what you read, even by experts on human behavior. 00
Continue reading →john’s gay experience
I am a Seventh-day Adventist with same-sex attractions (SSA). Most would label me gay, even though I am now celibate. I am a second son. My father was rarely home from the time I was born until I was a young adult. +3-5
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