Wonderful :) We have now been incorporated into the new website http://exodusinternational.org/blog/. This is very exciting! We have imported all the posts and comments from here to there so you won't miss a thing. Plus, I think you are going to like the new design on the website. Great improvement! Jeff Buchanan and Kathy Anderson have done a fantastic job! Come join us at the new blog location! Now we are having a few link problems on the website as a whole but they are minor bugs that most folks won't even notice. However, if you do...let us know! … [Read more...]
Overcoming Homophobia
January 10, 2011 By
B writes: I have a severe case of homophobia to the point of my body physically reacting to it. I shake, I get angry and my heart beats very quickly even at the mention of it. I know the issue isn't the sin itself it's repentance and those whom identify with homosexuality are no different from me. I know all the textbook answers but I'm struggling to fix myself and I can't seem to find any help or advice that doesn't involve the social annoyance with Christians. Hi B, thank you for sending in your message. With regards to the inordinate and even bodily reaction to the anger you feel, … [Read more...]
Exodus Blog’s Top Ten for 2010
January 4, 2011 By
The following is a list of the ten posts that received the most traffic on our blog in 2010. It's based on the basic statistics provided by the Wordpress.com plugin. 10. Is Homosexuality Simply a Choice? – Real Answers Article for August 2010 9. Gay Father + Christian Son = “Reconciliation” The Movie & "Reconciliation": A Must See Movie. 8. Statement from Alan Chambers Regarding Exodus and Dawson McAllister 7. Suspect in Puerto Rican Teen’s Murder Competent to Stand Trial 6. Daughter of Formerly Gay Parents Speaks Out 5. Step Up, Speak Out … [Read more...]
How Do you Pick Up The Pieces After A Child “Come Out” During the Holidays? – Real Answers for January 2011 by Terri Brown
January 4, 2011 By
This article appears in both our offline and online newsletters. To receive articles like this along with the full newsletter online via email or offline through the postal service please sign up here. --- It is quite common for gay-identified individuals to “come out” to their family during the Christmas holidays. Many parents may now be left with a plethora of emotions and questions. How do you pick up the pieces, face the New Year and return to some kind of normalcy while reeling from what is perhaps shocking news? First, understand that while this may have taken you by … [Read more...]
Let World AIDS Day Inspire and Inform
December 1, 2010 By
Today is world AIDS day. It is a day set aside to raise awareness of this terrible pandemic. It isn't simply a day where we remember the deadly toll AIDS has had on our generation. It is also a day to highlight resources, ministries and efforts to prevent and find a cure. Regardless of whether you identify as one of the letters in GLBTQI, as an "ex-gay" or as a Christian on a post-gay journey, we all have known too many people who have died of AIDS and/or currently have loved ones and friends living with HIV/AIDS. I picked the picture for this post from the Guardian because it speaks … [Read more...]
Does Being Older Make it More Difficult to Overcome Homosexuality? – Real Answers by Randy Thomas
November 17, 2010 By
This article appears in both our offline and online newsletters. To receive articles like this along with the full newsletter online via email or offline through the postal service please sign up here. — The following question was recently submitted at our Rockford IL Love Won Out conference. Real Answers by Randy Thomas I have lived a gay life for over 30 years. Is this going to be more difficult to overcome than someone who is much younger? That is a very good question and the short answer in many cases would be yes. There are 30 years worth of memories and relational … [Read more...]
Esperança Para Os Que Lutam Com o Homossexualismo (Video of Alan Chambers)
November 11, 2010 By
The above video was taken at the 2006 Freedom Conference. … [Read more...]
Go Ahead, Get Off Your Perch
November 8, 2010 By
This post is actually inspired by a private conversation I am having with someone who has rejected Christ. It involves the false standard that some people believe concerning Christians should be "better" than other people. It should be stated that I have known this person for over 20 years and I love them dearly. We have a very free and open friendship in that in spite of our deep disagreements we do love each other unconditionally. --- I have been a Christian for 18 years now but I noticed as a young believer that my non-Christian friends had an easier time talking about … [Read more...]
Where O’ Where? Feedback Request
November 3, 2010 By
Hello Friends. Just wanted to give you a heads up that the Exodus Blog is not on hiatus. We are in our annual staff/management retreat season where we evaluate the past year and work on the vision, strategy and goals for next year. *Great* stuff so far. And I am not just saying that because that is what you would normally expect someone on staff to say :). That said we haven't posted much here lately but expect that to increase. I have multiple ideas for posts but am always interested to know what you would like to see blogged here. Let us know in the comments below. Thanks! … [Read more...]
Let’s Talk About Those Gay Rats
October 25, 2010 By
John Cloud writes in Why You're Gay: A New Study Shows Why Boy Rats Like Other Boy Rats: Despite what the Bible says, lust is inborn: our species couldn't survive if we didn't yearn to have sex with one another. But exactly how sexual desire develops is, even at this late date, poorly understood. We know more about the musculature of the left femur than we do about how our brains acquire and process the desire to engage sexually. That's why I was intrigued by a new study in the journal Psychological Science. Typically I don't care about studies of rat behavior because, after all, the … [Read more...]
