New Tactics to Disenfranchise Counselors and Clients with a Biblical Worldview

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Back in May we posted about how California Association of Marriage and Family Therapists (CAMFT) was trying to make the practice of "Reparative Therapy" or any sexually oriented change counseling unethical.  Thank goodness that effort, while not completely gone, failed. ... Clearly, the current CAMFT board is not at all ready to pass judgment on the ethical standards of ANY therapeutic orientation. I believe the board began to recognize the danger of putting CAMFT in the position of going way beyond what even the APA (American Psychological Association) has stated concerning SOCE. The APA … [Read more...]

Disney Makes Right Decision Concerning “Ex-Gay” Policy

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Over the past year, PFOX worked within Disney circles to force a vote by shareholders to include "ex-gays" as a part of the Disney corporate non-discrimination policy.  Disney rejected the measure in terms that would make "landslide" seem a vast understatement (by 98%.) As stated before here and here, I don't think trying to adding another layer of identity politics to the culture war is a good idea. The language PFOX uses is confusing. It appears they are doing a "find and replace" word processing function on their organizational messaging.  They are copying gay activist talking … [Read more...]

The Hungry Beast Video on Gay/Post-gay Reality

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First, here is the video. It's long (for an online video) but well done and interesting: My overall impression is that this is a very well produced video. Great camera shots, flow, narration and humanizing to all involved. The camera/editing didn't try to hide reality or characterize negatively. That said, Hadyn's testimony (the man on the post-gay journey) was interspersed in between the two gay men's testimonies (both named Anthony) at strategic points. This created an overall narrative which could leave an impression that if you don't reject a Christian post-gay approach in the … [Read more...]

Message from And Responding to a “Happy Lesbian”

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If you look at the comment counts on our blog you would think that we only get a few sporadic ones from time to time with sudden bursts here and there.  Not true. We get a lot actually. The problem is that most of them involve some new way for me to burn in hell. So because of our Comment Policy, a vast majority of those comments never make it through.  This blog won't be hijacked by that type of ... discussion. However, today it seemed a good idea to turn one comment we received overnight into an actual post.  The person who left the comment used a fake email and the alias "Happy … [Read more...]

Unapologetic About Prayer

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Exodus is a Christian faith based organization.  We do believe in a Living God who has His own opinions and will for our lives.  We do believe that being in communication with Him is essential.  It is essential to not only find and experience freedom in one area of life ... our Communion with God is essential for all aspects of life.  Engaging in dialog with a living God is why we call him Lord, Savior and Abba (our Father.) Here is our doctrinal statement (emphasis mine for the purpose of this post): Doctrinal Statement We believe the Scriptures of the Old and New Testament are the … [Read more...]

Disney Ordered to Include Ex-Gays in Shareholder Resolution

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Sidenote: PFOX is no longer a part of the Exodus Member Ministry network.  The separation occurred last summer and was amicable. The PFOX Press Release (most of it) parsed with my comments: Disney Ordered to Include Ex-Gays in Shareholder Resolution BURBANK, Calif., Jan. 13 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Security and Exchange Commission (SEC) has directed the Walt Disney Company to accept a shareholder resolution requesting the inclusion of ex-gays in Disney's sexual orientation policies and corporate diversity programs. Disney had opposed the ex-gay resolution and asked the SEC for … [Read more...]

Liberty Counsel Responds to Crass Quote Attributed to Matt Barber

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WARNING: Graphic Description in Quote Below Yesterday I posted, "CPAC, Conservatism and the Compassion of Christ" in response to a very disturbing quote Peter LaBarbera attributed to Matt Barber.  LaBarbera, in the context of a much larger post, writes: What is conservatism? It boils down to this: there is nothing “conservative” about — as Barber inimitably puts it — “one man violently cramming his penis into another man’s lower intestine and calling it ‘love.’” Or two women awkwardly mimicking natural procreative relations or raising a child together in an … [Read more...]

CPAC, Conservatism & the Compassion of Christ

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CPAC, Conservatism & the Compassion of Christ WARNING: Graphic description I looks like CPAC's annual event is in for some controversy this year. Some Christian conservative organizations have decided to pull out of the Conservative Political Action Conference's event due to gay conservative group GOProud's presence as a co-sponsor.  Every organization must carefully examine how their participation in any event communicates their beliefs and values and must remain true to their organization's conscious. I don't have a problem with that. What does bother me, however, is when I see … [Read more...]

Martin Ssempa Should Renounce Support for Proposed Ugandan Criminalization of Homosexuality

From Dr. Throckmorton (posted with permission): STATEMENT FROM PASTOR RICK & KAY WARREN REGARDING ACTIVITIES OF MARTIN SSEMPA IN UGANDA Martin Ssempa does not represent me, my wife Kay, Saddleback Church, nor the Global PEACE Plan strategy. In 2007, we completely severed contact with Mr. Ssempa  when we learned that his views and actions were in serious conflict with our own. Our role, and the role of the PEACE Plan, whether in Uganda or any other country, is always pastoral and never political. We vigorously oppose anything that hinders the goals of the PEACE Plan: Promoting … [Read more...]

Can Someone Change Without Jesus?

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A question came up at a recent conference that I wanted to try and answer here as well.  We did a Q & A where people submitted index cards for our panel and this one read: Have you ever seen someone come out of the lifestyle without Christ? Believe it or not, that one question has three layers to it :) .  The first layer is the "have you ever seen ..." and yes, I have met people who have begun a Jewish post-gay journey or a non-religious but not pro-gay ideological post-gay journey. I have also met Christians who kind of divorce this issue from their faith because they are more … [Read more...]