Obviously I didn’t want to repeal this. I don’t want to be someone who is giving in to these right-wing groups. But the Supreme Court has become conservative; the Second Circuit, which oversees New York, has become more conservative. (Pulpit … Continue reading
Baptist Press reports: Religious freedom advocate Liberty Counsel is at the forefront of groups continuing to fight for the right of teenage patients to receive reparative therapy to treat homosexuality, countering legislation in New Jersey and California banning the treatment. … Continue reading
The Christian Post reports: A conservative legal group has announced that it will file suit against the State of California over its recent passing of a law banning reparative therapy for homosexual minors.
“Rosaria Butterfield has issued an official retraction of her previous position and has embraced what she calls “freedom in health care” while acknowledging that reparative therapy can be useful and was not the monster they made it out to be.” … Continue reading
The First Amendment to the United States Constitution forbids laws “abridging the freedom of speech” or “prohibiting the free exercise” of religion. The California Constitution affirms that “[e]very person may freely speak, write and publish his or her sentiments on all subjects,” and that … Continue reading
Get a load of the photos posted in the article. (Debra Hein – American Greatness) Joe Biden’s new deputy assistant secretary of Spent Fuel and Waste Disposition at the The Department of Energy (DOE) defended a criminal gay prostitution website … Continue reading
(Harbinger’s Daily) Netflix recently debuted a documentary titled Pray Away, aimed at discrediting reparative therapy for those who experience unwanted same-sex attraction while also undermining and impugning the testimonies of legions of men and women who have left homosexual lives … Continue reading
In their imagined world, these desires become a blessing in the way physical trials such as disabilities can become a blessing, because they are a chance to show the church an outstanding model of cross-bearing. But these desires are also … Continue reading
The following was written by Dr. Robert Gagnon, a Presbyterian pastor and professor of New Testament Theology at Houston Baptist University, and former associate professor of the New Testament at the Pittsburgh Theological Seminary. The article from Religion News that … Continue reading
Witness at meeting between Provost and Lopez speaks; condemns SWBTS; says actions against Robert Lopez were ‘Pathetic and Unacceptable.’ (Capstone Report) Joe Goodson ,a graduate of Southwestern’s M.Div. ’02, was at the meeting between SWBTS Provost Randy Stinson and Professor … Continue reading
“Transcripts and audio of the meetings purportedly between Southwestern Professor Robert Lopez and Dean Michael Wilkinson and between Lopez and SWBTS Provost Randy Stinson were released today (December 6, 2019.) The release included supporting documents including emails sent by Lopez outlining … Continue reading
“Rosaria Butterfield’s hospitality theology, many of her themes and mantras, the framework for the entire SSA celibate queer movement as well as many of the talking points over at Living Out and Russell Moore’s ERLC SSA panels are regurgitations of … Continue reading
The pastor said that addressing the sin of homosexuality was “not on his list” until someone asked if they could become a member while being a homosexual, at which point he decided that “silence is not golden.” Subsequently, because the … Continue reading
“Vengeance is His, let’s remember. But these harmful actions need to stop. And they will if enough of us keep saying “No.” “Drag Queen 101” was cancelled recently in Delaware and Licking counties in Ohio not because of “threats” as … Continue reading
“Freedom to March, however, is a group of former homosexuals who actively reach out to practicing homosexuals with the message of the Gospel. And unlike Revoice, it’s a Gospel which has wonder-working power.” Yes, same-sex attraction (SSA) is a sin. Clearly, Jesus taught that … Continue reading
“Mohler is at the epicenter of an earth-shattering polar shift in evangelicalism that is driving religious leaders to the hard left. Virtually all of The Gospel Coalition board members – with some subtle reservation from Kevin DeYoung – are in the camp … Continue reading
“AB 2943 would have criminalized even ordinary religious speech on same-sex attraction, and it also would have forbidden LGBT persons from making a deeply personal choice to explore conversion therapy,” (Calvin Freiburger – LifeSiteNews) – California’s controversial ban on virtually … Continue reading
(Elizabeth M. Economou – LifeZette) ‘Junk science will increasingly become the basis of legislation’ — groups plan Freedom March on May 5 in nation’s capital A new California law — coupled with an egregious attempt by those on the Left to ban … Continue reading
Christian News reports: The U.S. Supreme Court has declined to hear a pastor’s appeal challenging California’s ban on “conversion therapy” and counseling youth to resist romantic desires toward the same sex. The nine justices did not comment in rejecting the case, … Continue reading
Christian News Network reports: The U.S. Supreme Court has declined to hear an appeal over a New Jersey law that bans therapists and counselors from providing help to homosexual youth to overcome temptation. As previously reported, reiterating his belief that … Continue reading
Christian News Network reports: A Christian legal organization has filed an appeal with the U.S. Supreme Court, asking that it reinstate an injunction against a California law that bars licensed therapists from helping homosexual youth to overcome temptation. As previously … Continue reading
Christian News Network reports: A Christian legal organization states that it plans to file a lawsuit against New Jersey officials in an effort to block the enforcement of a new law that bars therapists and counselors from assisting youth in … Continue reading
Christianity Today (CT) reports that after shifting from reparative therapy to discipleship, the ex-gay coalition has lost many prominent partners. CT informs us that: Exodus’s shift on reparative therapy has been only one of several therapeutic and theological controversies that … Continue reading
Many in the ex-gay world would disagree with what Mr. Alan Chambers, president of Exodus International, stated in the following report from The New York Times: The ex-gay movement has been convulsed as the leader of Exodus, in a series … Continue reading
“Tribalism is infectious and poisonous, and it leaves a wake of division in its path. It destroys the peace and purity of the church and produces false professions of faith as well as unstable Christians held captive to destructive sin … Continue reading