Category Archives: Modeling compassion

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

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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

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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

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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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This is NOT playing!

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…

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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

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Scriptural Views: Seven Words from the Cross

There is a green hill far away, Outside a city wall, Where the dear Lord was crucified, Who died to save us all. We may not know, we cannot tell, What pains He had to bear; But we believe it … Continue reading

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A Straight former BJU Student Speaks Out

Ed. note: When we asked our friend Michael Oleson if he would be willing to write something in support of lgbt-BJU.org, we were astonished because he wrote back the same day with this moving treatise. “If you are neutral in … Continue reading

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Scriptural Views: What Does the Bible Say About Love?

The documentary For the Bible Tells Me So shares the stories of five families’ journeys to understand the Bible’s message on sexual orientation. When confronted with gay and lesbian children, these families face a struggle with their beliefs about Scripture. It … Continue reading

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Confessions of an ex-Ex-Gay

For people who experience unwanted same sex attractions, ex-gay ministries profess to offer freedom and healing. The people who attend these ministries are called “ex-gays”. People who attend those ministries and find freedom and healing albeit not from same sex … Continue reading

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