“Consider it Pure Joy …” – Letter From Alan Chambers for October 2010

Alan-Chambers

This letter from Alan Chambers appears in both our offline and online newsletters.  To receive this letter along with the full newsletter online via email or offline through the postal service please sign up here. --- Today I was meditating on James 1.  The whole … [Read more...]

Living Hope Online

Living Hope

Moderated online support forums are available for students, friends, and family of those affected by same gender attractions all over theworld. The forums provide accountability and insight into the specific struggles surrounding same gender attractions.  Living Hope has a … [Read more...]

Camaraderie of the Broken

By Scott Davis Four years ago a close friend from my campus church told me that he had same-sex attractions. This was a first for me. I was shocked, confused, and completely unsure of how to relate to him. My questions ran the spectrum from intensely theological - what … [Read more...]

A Different Approach

by Jim Pace Ready to Weigh In After you have been misquoted for a while, don’t you just get to the point where you want to weigh in?  Homosexuality is one of those issues where I feel like my personal views as an apprentice of Jesus Christ are often misquoted.  People … [Read more...]

A Church Brings Hope

by Patrick Payton I was fresh out of seminary, pastoring a church plant that had quickly outgrown our facility and was beginning to plan for two services. At Stonegate Fellowship we communicated a message of truth that Jesus Christ changes lives, and it seemed the message … [Read more...]

Love Is…

Written by a Mother Ten years have passed since we learned that our son was gay.  Steven, a junior in college, refused help because he had become involved in a gay-affirming support group at school.  He was convinced that he was born gay and that he could never … [Read more...]

Who Am I?

I did not become acquainted with the word "homosexual" until I was in high school. I knew, however, that it described the feelings I had experienced throughout my childhood. Same-sex attractions and feelings had been around since I could remember. I assumed that this is … [Read more...]

Looking for Love and Acceptance

by McKrae Game I grew up in what seemed from the outside as a normal middle-class, Christian family.  I was the younger of two children, always in the shadow of my older sister who excelled at everything.  I, on the other hand, seemed to struggle with everything. My … [Read more...]

A Song of Hope

by Dennis Jernigan From my earliest memories, I felt different from other boys. I was gifted musically, and labeled "sissy" by other boys. By the time I was nine years old, I was playing regularly for the worship times at First Baptist Church in Boynton, OK.  I learned … [Read more...]

A Changed Life, A Changed Man

by Mike Goeke My dad was a loving leader, Spiritual and otherwise, of our family. My parents were equally active in the lives of both my brother and me. I experienced no sexual, emotional or physical abuse. While I know now that my family had its own issues, there were … [Read more...]