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An Open Letter to Pastor Jeff Sangl
Editor’s note: In a particularly shocking story, an Indiana church has been shown on YouTube celebrating a young child singing a homophobic song. In our opinion, this is an abusive and terribly destructive thing to do to a young child, … Continue reading
Posted in Confronting hatred, Modeling compassion, Scriptural views
Tagged ain't no homos gonna make it to heaven, Apostolic Truth Tabernacle, BJU, Bob Jones University, childhood homophobia, end homophobic indoctrination of children, gay Christian, gender dysphoria, homophobia, homosexual attraction, homosexual orientation, Intersex, lesbian, lesbian Christian, love is of God, non-violence, Pastor Jeff Sangl, queer, Romans 1, transgender, transgender Christian
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People of LGBT-BJU — Who We Are (Rachel Oblak)
Rachel Oblak (BJU, 2005-2008, Creative Writing major) It’s a strange experience, trying to figure out how to tell a story that you yourself don’t even fully understand yet. Where to begin? There’s not much to tell about my childhood with … Continue reading
Scriptural Views – Of Electric Fences and Burning Crosses
We have heard the joyful sound: Jesus saves! Jesus saves! Spread the tidings all around: Jesus saves! Jesus saves! Bear the news to every land, climb the mountains, cross the waves; Onward! ’tis our Lord’s command; Jesus saves! Jesus saves! … Continue reading
Posted in Confronting hatred, Modeling compassion, Scientific views, Scriptural views
Tagged anti-miscegenation, Bent, BJU, Bob Jones, Charles Worley, concentration camps, Dachau, gay holocaust, hatred, Hitler gays, homophobia, IFB, Independent Fundamental, Intersex, KKK, Klan, Ku Klux Klan, Nazi, pink triangle, queer, Sean Harris, transphobia
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Jeffrey Hoffman – “Why I became an activist”
Editors’ note: Apologies for the few weeks’ unannounced hiatus we had to take with this blog. Several of us are academics caught up in end-of-academic-year activities and deadlines. I myself have been caught up in end-of-season activities in the church … Continue reading
Posted in Confronting hatred, Modeling compassion, People of LGBT-BJU, Scriptural views, Why lgbt-BJU.org?
Tagged Biblical inerrancy, Bibliolatry, BJU gay pride, Bob Jones III, having compassion, homophobia at BJU, IFB, making a difference, modern puritanism, North Carolina homophobic preachers, Pastor Charles L. Worley, Pastor Sean Harris, Pride March, racism at BJU, separatism, soulwinning, Southern homopbobia
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Letter to the Editor – Parents and Other Problems
Ed. Note: A reader recently wrote in with the following letter. A common theme among internal discussions within our Facebook groups and other organizational activities is the relationship issues that arise with parents and siblings for LGBT fundamentalists and former … Continue reading
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Originally posted on chucklestravels:
Imagine three young boys – two extended family members and a friend of theirs – staying on a farm for a weekend. The prospects are endless! It brings back some fond memories of my own time…
People of LGBT-BJU — Who We Are (Joy Paul Schwenke)
Ed. note: As anyone who has spent any time within the network of Independent Fundamental Baptist/Bible (IFB) churches and colleges knows, Bob Jones University is the largest of an interlocking network of institutions and has for many years played a … Continue reading
People of LGBT-BJU — Who We Are (Jonathan Nichols) Part Two
Ed. note: On Friday, we introduced readers to nineteen-year-old Jonathan Nichols who was expelled from his Christian high school just a few weeks before graduation one year ago simply because he confided to a friend that he thought he might … Continue reading
Posted in People of LGBT-BJU
Tagged aacs, BJU, BJU music, BJU network, christian schools, fundamentalism, gay, homosexual orientation, IFB network, James Dennis lies, licking county christian academy expels student who thinks he is gay, newark baptist temple, Pastor James Dennis, Pastor James Overton, Puritan, Strong's concordance
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People of LGBT-BJU — Who We Are (Jonathan Nichols) Part One
Ed. note: Bob Jones University’s reach extends far beyond the two hundred acre campus it inhabits in Greenville, South Carolina. Throughout the United States and around the world, Bob Jones University’s influence is strongly felt, particularly within the independent fundamental … Continue reading
Posted in People of LGBT-BJU
Tagged aacs, BJU, BJU music, christian schools, fundamentalism, gay, homosexual orientation, James Dennis lies, licking county christian academy expels student who thinks he is gay, newark baptist temple, Pastor James Dennis, Pastor James Overton, Puritan, Strong's concordance
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Methinks Thou Dost Protest Too Much
“The lady doth protest too much, methinks.”— Hamlet, Act III, Scene 2; William Shakespeare Whenever I hear a fundamentalist preacher hint affirmation of the preposterous falsehood that homosexuality is a “life-dominating sin” that everyone in the world is susceptible to … Continue reading
Posted in Confronting hatred, Modeling compassion, Scientific views, Scriptural views, Why lgbt-BJU.org?
Tagged anti-Jewish sentiment, having compassion, homophobes want gay love, Jason Ormiston, John Boswell, Larry Craig, making a difference, Marcus Bachman, Mark Foley, Matt Moore, medieval Christianity, racism at BJU, Sy Rogers, Ted Haggard
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Lesbian Gay Bisexual & Transgender Alumni of Bob Jones University 