November 20, 2013

The following excerpt is from the blog “Mercy 15: Mercy for Transformation” on Andrew Comiskey’s website: … “The body of Christ has bought the lie that Jesus cannot touch homosexuality! He may well have destroyed death, stormed the gates of hell to get us out of there, and rose again in order to raise us up into newness of life, but homosexuality? His transforming grace does not suffice! If the Church is the witness of Jesus, then that is precisely what we hear: stammering little nothings that basically convey ‘you’re born that way, sorry. Jesus suffered and so must you…’”

“I do not hope in an arbitrary blast of Pentecost or a therapeutic technique that only a few can access. Nor do I define transformation as a seamless shift from gay to straight desires. I am referring to what Jesus actually did for us. His life of obedience resulting in crucifixion and resurrection opened for all the horizon of what it means to be human: authentically, dynamically, passionately human.” Read the rest of this entry →

November 19, 2013

The following excerpts are from the PFOX Blog “Teach the NEA how to write:”… “Recently, PFOX (Parents and Friends of Ex-Gays and Gays) received some correspondence from an NEA employee, a journalist who writes for NEA Today. The NEA correspondence was in response to an email from PFOX on the ex-gay community’s declaration for equal access and equal treatment in our nation’s schools. The journalist’s comment was brief and to the point — ‘Please stop sending us you’re garbage. Sincerely, the Majority of America.’”

… “The PFOX email that prompted NEA’s bigoted comment urged the distribution of ex-gay flyers on the ‘Day of Silence’ in order to give complete information on sexual orientation to students. Our ex-gay flyers tell teens about exploring the origin of same-sex attraction and warn them against early self-labeling as ‘gay’ because sexuality develops over time. PFOX needs to be that other voice that is heard in the schools. Our children cannot just hear only the voice of those promoting homosexual behavior and thoughts. They need to know that if they are experiencing unwanted same-sex attraction, that change is possible. The voice of the ex-gay community also needs to be affirmed and respected.” …

November 19, 2013

The following excerpts are from the blog “Mercy 14: Mercy for Purity” on Andrew Comiskey’s website: “The goal of our sexuality is to become good, fruitful gifts to others. That means integrating our sexuality into the whole of our humanity. When our desires and motives for another are subject to what is truly best for that other, then we have become pure.”

… “Pornography use is the ultimate disintegrator. It inflames sexual desire while splitting one off from the reality of what a whole sexual relationship requires. Porn blinds its users to the command to love a person as a whole. Porn fractures the lives of all involved; it subverts chastity more than any other force on earth.” Read the rest of this entry →

November 18, 2013

The following excerpts are from the blog “The Default Principle” on Joe Dallas’s website: “When you discover behavior that delivers pleasurable impact, your brain will crave a repetition of the impact. Accept this fact and prepare for it, and you’ll go far towards maintaining integrity over the years”

“I used to think that if the urge to look at porn re-emerged, it meant I was in some sort of weakened state, emotionally or spiritually. Sometimes that proved to be true, certainly, but not always. Decades after stopping all porn use, I find the temptation can arise when things are going beautifully or horribly. Lust has a mind of its own, and the temptation to default back to high-impact activity can rear its head seemingly without rhyme or reason.”

“That’s because, to my thinking, the brain behaves quite amorally when it comes to impact. Read the rest of this entry →

November 18, 2013

The following excerpts are from the blog “Mercy 13: Mercy for Sodom” on Andrew Comiskey’s website: Growing acceptance of gender brokenness seems founded on the belief that people are born incurably ‘gay,’ ‘transgender’ etc. Why not be and act according to who one intrinsically is?

Rarely discussed is the fracturing impact such acceptance has upon vulnerable boys and girls. Identity formation involves far more than genetics. Who we become from childhood to adulthood depends significantly upon the ‘identities’ we witness. Are they blessed or broken in the eyes of those around us? Social cues influence the choices children make about who they will become. Read the rest of this entry →

November 15th, 2013

The following is the editorial “To This We’ve Come” by David Pickup, MA, LMFT published on the PFOX website: Last night, under the sponsorship of the venerable Los Angeles Press Club, the Screen Actors Guild, FreeWillUSA and Rage, a panel discussion event, “LGBTs in the News: There’s more to our story than discrimination and marriage,” was held in the Steve Allen Theater in Hollywood. The advertised purpose of this event was stated as: “A great opportunity for journalists to improve their coverage of the emerging issues of a diverse community, growing in mainstream acceptance.”

Many topics were discussed about how professional journalists could accurately report on these emerging Lesbian-Gay-Bisexual-Transgender (LGBT) issues in our country and the world. Read the rest of this entry →

November 12, 2013

Following is the unabridged News Update by the Freedom of Conscience Defense Fund regarding the JONAH defense against the Southern Poverty Law Center’s lawsuit: The parties in the JONAH case will soon be ending the written discovery phase of this precedent-setting case and beginning numerous depositions. As a result of having to file multiple motions with the court, JONAH has been successful in getting plaintiffs to provide valuable information while at the same time it has protected the identities of its clients and potential clients. Many thousands of documents have been exchanged by the parties. This includes key documents which should help JONAH prove at trial that this ill-conceived case is the contrivance of homosexual activists like Wayne Besen and the SPLC. Wayne Besen has been quoted as stating the following about the importance of defeating what he calls the “Ex-Gay” movement: “This is the keystone issue that underlies every single LGBT issue that’s out there…If you win this issue, you’ve won, in essence.” Read the rest of this entry →

November 10, 2013

The following excerpt is from the essay “Mercy 5: Waking Up, Mercifully” on Andrew Comiskey’s blog: “Rouse thyself! May one glimpse of the world’s rendering of gender and sexuality provoke godly zeal in you. May zeal for His image consume us.”

“In October, California lawmakers gave K-12 students the state the choice to decide which bathroom to use and which team to play on based on their inner sense of gender. Biology no longer determines male and female. Blind guides have handed the reins to confounded children, who now lead the state into gender oblivion.” Read the rest of this entry →

November 8, 2013

The following excerpt is from the article “’Gays’ admit ENDA game: Outlaw Christian morality” written by Matt Barber and published on World Net Daily: … “Chai Feldblum is a lesbian activist and sexual nihilist lawyer who, in the past, has publicly supported legalized polygamy and bisexual polyamory. She is Obama’s recess-appointed commissioner to the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC). As ENDA’s chief framer, Ms. Feldblum would be charged with its primary enforcement. This is the classic fox-guarding-the-hen-house scenario.”

“In the past, Ms. Feldblum has repeatedly and candidly summed up the mindset behind the bill. She has publicly stated that the battle between religious freedom and unfettered sexual license (aka ‘gay rights’) is a ‘zero-sum game,’ meaning the two cannot possibly coexist in harmony. It’s a ‘winner takes all’ approach.” Read the rest of this entry →

November 8, 2013

The following excerpt is from the essay “Mercy 3: Sweet Water for Bitter” on Andrew Comiskey’s blog: … “Election Day, November 2012. For the first time in US history, each of the four states voted favorably for ‘gay marriage.’ (Never before in any state election had a popular vote carried ‘gay marriage.’) April 2013. The Supreme Court upheld ‘gay marriage’ in California. Dreadfully clear: the moral majority had become a minority.”

“That Election Day, we at DSM prayed with the Twin Cities House of Prayer, a venue situated on a campus church of the University of Minneapolis. Midway through our vigil, I took a walk through the campus and was stunned to behold a large minority of students who were almost unrecognizable in their gender identities. With painful clarity I could see how the powerful ‘spirit of the age’ had conformed these young adults to an image far less than that of their Creator.”

“Evil is real and effectual in these gender wars. Read the rest of this entry →