Porn — Exodus International Blog

“I Am The Vine and My Father is The Gardener” – David Fountain’s Testimony

November 17, 2010 By David Fountain

This testimony appears in both our offline and online newsletters. To receive testimonies like this along with the full newsletter online via email or offline through the postal service please sign up here. — I love this description of God as “The Gardener.” As someone who made a lifelong decision to embrace the process of change over 13 years ago, I can certainly relate to how God chooses to reveal Himself by this title. Night after night, I would beg God for freedom from my struggle with same-sex attractions. I knew that my feelings and attractions were outside of God’s … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Church, Encourage, Exodus Blog, Gay, God, Holy Spirit, Homosexuality, Jesus Christ, Post-gay, Support, Testimonies, The Father Tagged With: Change, David Fountain, Exodus, Freedom, God, Grief, Holy Spirit, Life, Love, news, Online, Parent, Porn, Prayer, Sin, Testimonies, Testimony, Victory

Is Homosexuality Simply a Choice? – Real Answers Article for August 2010

August 26, 2010 By Angela Buchanan

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. --- Is Homosexuality Simply a Choice? by Angela Buchanan Yes. At least I thought so. To be honest, I had a hard time feeling compassion for someone who chose to engage in behavior that I couldn’t comprehend and frankly didn’t want to understand. Our lack of grace often comes from a place of ignorance – that was the case in my situation. Before I met Jeff, I didn’t know the … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Educate, Exodus Blog, Gay, God, Homosexuality, Lesbian, Post-gay, Youth & Young Adults Tagged With: Abuse, Change, Church, Compassion, Exodus, Gay, Grace, Healing, Heart, Homosexuality, Identity, Men, Needs, news, Porn, Pornography, Rejection, Relationship, Sexual Abuse, Sexual Identity, Sexual Orientation, Sexuality, Sin, Women

Dear Gay/Porn Forum User

August 3, 2010 By Randy Thomas

confession

Yesterday's post on the disenfranchisement of Christian therapists and clients from professional counseling had a surprising source of linkage that drove a decent amount of traffic to the blog. The sources of the links: Two gay/porn sites. And I think it comes as no surprise I won't be linking back to them. :) I didn't investigate them to figure out what the purpose of these sites were or what is being said but given the URL of the addresses it was kind of obvious what the overall sites are about. So ... sincerely ... welcome! I can't quite figure out why yesterday's post would … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Culture, Encourage, Exodus Blog, Gay, God, Post-gay, Sexuality, Websites Tagged With: Addiction, Adultery, Christians, Counsel, Counseling, Covenant Eyes, Exodus, Gay, God, Gratification, Hope, Intimacy, Judgment, Marriage, Men, Porn, Pornography, Professional Counseling, Sexuality, Sin, Testimonies, Testimony, Video, Women, Worldview

Divine Appointments At The Exodus Conference – Nathan’s Experience

June 15, 2010 By Randy Thomas

sessions-280x80

Regular readers might remember Nathan's guest follow up post about Jennifer Knapp titled True Repentance Always Comes With Provision To Live It Out. Last night he sent me another post that I thought would be an encouragement today. Parts of it are really funny too (Emphasis Nathan ... linkage mine.) *** Still debating whether to attend the Exodus Freedom Conference next week? My advice is to go. If my past experience at three previous conferences holds true for this conference, God has some divine appointments He wants me—and you—to keep. I remember my first conference in … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Church, Encourage, Exodus Blog, Gay, Lesbian, Marriage, Parents, Post-gay, Spouses, Testimonies, Youth & Young Adults Tagged With: Christine Sneeringer, Conference, Encourage, encouragement, Exodus, Exodus Freedom Conference, Faith, Freedom, Freedom Conference, God, Grace, Heterosexual, Homosexuality, Hope, Jennifer Knapp, Joy, Life, Love, Marriage, Ministry, Porn, Prayer, Speaking, Teen, Women

TIME Covers Disney Gay Days

June 14, 2010 By Randy Thomas

Photo: TIME, Click Image to read "Gay Days In The Magic Kingdom"

From TIME's Gay Days In The Magic Kingdom: Like pretty much every child who walks up Main Street U.S.A. at Disney World for the first time, Alix, 10, and her brother Evan, 11, can barely contain their anticipation. Evan wants to ride Space Mountain. Alix is so excited, she can't even say what she wants to do. She is jumping up and down. It's a typical Disney scene, except that Evan, Alix and their sister Jamie, a desultory 4-year-old shielded from the sun in a stroller, have come to the Magic Kingdom with their two moms. It is the 20th anniversary of Gay Days at Disney, and the whole family … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Culture, Educate, Exodus Blog, Gay, God, Identity, Lesbian, Pop Culture, Sexuality Tagged With: Christians, Community, Disney, Family, Film, Friends, Gay, Gay Community, God, Grace, Honesty, Kid, Lesbian, Life, Music, Pain, Parent, Porn, Sexuality

The Jesus Movement and Joe Dallas – Testimony

June 11, 2010 By Randy Thomas

Click Image to visit JoeDallas.com

Joe Dallas is featured in an extended version of his testimony on Godreports.com. Here is an excerpt from Jesus Movement prodigal slid into homosexual sin, but God’s love drew him out (parenthesis mine): As Paul’s letter to the Corinthians says, “We have this treasure in jars of clay to show that this all-surpassing power is from God and not from us.” By some measures, Dallas’ quality of life was high during this period (of living with a male partner.) He held a good job, led an active social life, and lived in a comfortable apartment. “The circumstances of my life seemed … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Bi-sexuality, Church, Culture, Encourage, Exodus Blog, Gay, Jesus Christ, Marriage, Member Ministry, Post-gay, Support, Testimonies Tagged With: APA, Change, Christians, Church, Counseling, Encourage, encouragement, Exodus, Freedom, Gay, Genesis Counseling, God, Homosexuality, Jesus, Joe Dallas, Porn, Renee Dallas, Sanctification, Scripture, Scriptures, Sexuality, Sin, Television, Testimony, WifeBoat

Paul Webster Visits Passion For Christ Movement in Los Angeles

May 4, 2010 By Randy Thomas

p4cm

For those that don't know yet, Paul Webster joined the Exodus staff a couple of months ago as our Director of Ministry Advancement. We are very blessed to have him join our team. Paul and his wife Susan live in Southern California and decided to visit the Passion for Christ Movement (P4CM) Church in Los Angeles. Here is an account of their visit: Sunday worship was spent visiting a vibrant young church in Los Angeles called the Passion for Christ Movement. This burgeoning fellowship is full of young people yearning to be transparent before Jesus and sharing their deepest hurts. Many on … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Church, Encourage, Exodus Blog, Gay, Identity, Jesus Christ, Lesbian, Post-gay, Sexuality, Testimonies, Youth & Young Adults Tagged With: Church, Compassion, ECA, Exodus, Exodus Staff, God, Gospel, Homosexuality, Honesty, Identity, Jesus, Jesus Christ, Joy, Lesbian, Lesbianism, Love, Ministry, Poem, Porn, Pornography, Sexuality, Testimonies, The Gospel, Truth, Video, Worship, Young People

The Social Cost of Pornography

March 24, 2010 By Randy Thomas

scop

The following press release landed in my inbox about a very interesting study done by the Witherspoon Institute. From Design4 Marketing (a few comments after the quote): The Witherspoon Institute, located in Princeton, New Jersey, released on March 16 The Social Costs of Pornography: A Statement of Findings and Recommendations. The consultation was the first multifaceted, multi-disciplinary, scholarly exploration of pornography since the advent of the Internet. The consultation assembled leading experts in economics, psychology, sociology, and law to present a rigorously argued … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Culture, Educate, Exodus Blog, Sexuality, Video Tagged With: Abuse, Catholic, Encourage, Freedom, Love, Media, Muslim, Porn, Pornography, Print, Psychology, Public Policy, Relationship, Relationships, Research, Study, Video, Women

Karl Lagerfeld’s Discusses Gay Public Policy, AIDS History & Porn

March 17, 2010 By Randy Thomas

Self-portrait by Karl Lagerfeld

No commentary here, I will just let Lagerfeld speak for himself (bolded text is the Vice Magazine reporter, answers of course are Lagerfeld): You are against the idea of gay marriage. I totally agree with you on that. Yes, I’m against it for a very simple reason: In the 60s they all said we had the right to the difference. And now, suddenly, they want a bourgeois life. It’s normalizing. For me it’s difficult to imagine—one of the papas at work and the other at home with the baby. How would that be for the baby? I don’t know. I see more lesbians married with babies than I … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Culture, Educate, Exodus Blog, Gay, Marriage, Pop Culture, Post-gay Tagged With: AIDS, crime, Gay, Homosexuality, Hope, Lesbian, Life, Love, Marriage, Media, Normal, Porn, Prayer, Public Policy, Relationship, Relationships

What’s Your Abomination?

March 15, 2010 By Alan Chambers

Photo Credit: World Magazine

You might be a pharisee if you are puzzled by this question or immediately dismiss is it because you think you aren't guilty of committing at least one. Let me help you out by assuring you that you have indeed committed an abomination if you have ever taken a breath. No one's exempt. Anyone yelling at me through the computer screen yet? You can get as red-faced as you want, but be careful because you might commit an abomination in the process. If I had even a penny for every time someone has objected to my "sin is sin" comment I wouldn't need to take a salary at Exodus. It seems that … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Church, Culture, Educate, Exodus Blog, Gay, Homosexuality, Post-gay Tagged With: Anger, Bible, Christians, Church, Exodus, Gay, Giving, God, Grace, Heart, Homosexuality, Lies, Love, Media, Porn, Relationship, Sexuality, Sin, Truth