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(Out Of) Focus On The Family Miami Beach, FLA. – Truth Wins Out released a new video today on YouTube featuring a famed psychiatrist who says Focus on the Family has chronically exaggerated his scientific data from a 2001 study to support their anti-gay political agenda. “The gay person who is thinking about entering some…

‘Ex-Gay Groups Love To Spotlight The Wedding Photos, But They Never Show The Divorce Papers,’ Says TWO Executive Director Wayne Besen TRUTH WINS OUT UNVEILS VALENTINE’S VIDEO SHOWING HOW ATTEMPTS TO BECOME STRAIGHT THROUGH MARRIAGE LEADS TO HEARTBREAK AND DIVORCE Miami Beach, FLA. – Truth Wins Out today unveiled a Valentine’s Day video that shows…

by Rev. Frederick L. Pattison from his booklet “Challenging: Gay & Lesbian Baptists” available on the CG Store Mahatma Gandhi, the renowned leader of the people of India, in seeking to overthrow British colonial rule of his native land, was an avid reader. Although a Hindu, in his quest for freedom, he read the four…

A few years ago, here in the USA, there were a couple of shows called “Highway to Heaven” starring Michael Landon, and “Touched By An Angel” starring Della Reese. They purported to show angels helping out in the lives of everyday, ordinary people. They also showed them at the moment of death, waiting to help…

‘I was mortified to learn that you had distorted my work,’ NYU Professor Carol Gilligan Tells Focus on the Family Leader in Blistering Letter. Miami Beach, FLA. – New York University educational psychologist Carol Gilligan, PhD, today slammed Focus on the Family leader, James C. Dobson, for “twisting” and “distorting” her research in a guest…

I didn’t catch gay from a toilet seat, I caught it when for the first time a girl smiled at me and I knew why. I didn’t catch gay from playing with G.I. Joes, I caught it from the secret longing I got when I looked at the other girls around me. I didn’t catch…

Dear family, I was recently asked in chat if God would approve of two gay men using a surrogate woman to bear a child for them. The one asking also thought it might be a good issue for discussion for a future “Hot Topics”.  I thought it was an interesting question and though I felt…

There is no book I love more nor one that has shaped my life more dramatically than the Bible. This is probably true for many of us. The stories in the Bible have filled many of my days and really, are part of my very soul. I have come to realize that the Bible can…

Michael Neri is a drama teacher in England, and he’s pretty popular. His Talking Props Theatre School that he set up in 2014 had a good enough reputation for a Christian woman to sign her kids up. But when she learned that Neri is gay, she texted him to pull the kids out. Her reason?…

(or all mainline Protestants, or all Christendom, for that matter) Yes, indeed. There is a strong possibility that the ELCIC (Evangelical Lutheran Church in Canada) will be voting on this possibility at its annual convention this summer. What is this church coming to? An understanding, I hope. I hope the church is coming to an…

Seems that every election cycle, there’s an unholy alliance of politicians and fundamentalist religious leaders who unite to attack the LGBT community. Well, here we go again. In its latest incarnation, there’s a movement – an epidemic, actually – of religious leaders who have lost sight of religion’s most noble goals. This time they’re using…

Recently I had the pleasure of having a virtual chat with Archbishop Bruce J. Simpson of the Old Catholic Church, a known champion for the reconciliation of the GLBTI community with an inclusive faith. This interview coincides with the release of his first book, an autobiography of sorts, The Gay Face of God.  The book itself…

I am the girl kicked out of her home because I confided in my mother that I am a lesbian. I am the prostitute working the streets because nobody will hire a transsexual woman. I am the sister who holds her gay brother tight through the painful, tear-filled nights. We are the parents who buried…

Now THIS is what Morality is About! Morality is NOT about Gender Identity. Rise with the sun to pray. Pray alone. Pray often. The Great Spirit will listen, if you only speak. Be tolerant of those who are lost on their path. Ignorance, conceit, anger, jealousy and greed stem from a lost soul. Pray that…

In the last few weeks there have been a rash of young men who have committed suicide because of being bullied for being gay. So what has happened to them? Are they in hell because they took their own life? Is it possible they could be in heaven? Could it be God saw their hearts,…

Odd as it seems, men can lactate. In their 1896 book, Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine, Dr. George Gould and Dr. Walter Pyle recount several occurrences of men breastfeeding their young. The stories include a sailor who put his son to his breast to quiet him and started producing milk; a South American peasant who…

“Coming out of the closet” (very often shortened to “coming out” in winking reference to the public introduction of debutantes) describes the voluntary public announcement of one’s (often homosexual or bisexual) sexual orientation, sexual attractions, gender identity, or paraphilia. Being “out” means not concealing these characteristics. Being “outed” refers to having these characteristics made public…

Note: The son of two Lutheran pastors, Vaughn Roste is a Canadian who has worshipped and worked in Episcopalian, Presbyterian, United and Christian Reformed Churches, but his current employment is teaching at a United Methodist College. He has visited five continents and lived on four of them, holds three degrees in two different areas (theology…

Original Article Posted on Journey With Jesus Webzine Used with Permission and Much Gratitude By Debie Thomas. Posted 23 February 2020. For Sunday March 1, 2020 Lectionary Readings (Revised Common Lectionary, Year A) Genesis 2:15-17, 3, 1-7 Psalm 32 Romans 5:12-19 Matthew 4:1-11 On this first Sunday in Lent, we follow Jesus into the wilderness,…

Coretta Scott King was a wonderful soul of love and empathy who will be mourned by millions of people. She was the King who was a queen, because she understood her husband’s “dream” was much greater than achieving liberty for one narrow slice of the population. “For many years now, I have been an outspoken…

Scripture Do not be afraid, for I have ransomed you. I have called you by name; you are mine. When you go through deep waters, I will be with you. When you go through rivers of difficulty, you will not drown. Isaiah 43:2 A Word of Hope You know, of course, that some of the…