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| Article | Summary |
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| Supporting people with homosexual struggles |
The culture in which we live today is one that is highly charged sexually. All around us are magazine articles, advertisements, TV soap stories and documentaries etc constantly challenging us to focus on our sexual identity. Official documents often now ask our sexual orientation (as if that is any business of anybody but ourselves) and we see debates on sexual issues within some mainstream denominations creating schism and breakdown in relationships. |
| The Gospel and gay people |
Evangelists are usually pessimistic when it comes to sharing the Gospel with gays and lesbians. In this article, Martin Hallett deals honestly with the challenges in reaching out to the gay community. by Martin Hallett, March 2001 |
| Relinquishment |
What does it really mean to “let go”? This article concerns a turning point every Christian faces, when God asks us to “give up” someone we love. Though relinquishment is something we all will face, the following message is geared mainly to families and friends of gay people. The authors have put together some of the most common questions on this issue, and hope their pooled insights will be a help to you? By Bob Davies and Lori Rentze |
| What is homosexuality? |
Many people are confused about what homosexuality actually is. Sometimes, people label themselves “homosexual” erroneously, creating an additional roadblock in their efforts to accept their new identity in Christ. On the other hand, others will rationalise a problem with homosexuality and refuse to confront it. This happens sometimes to parents or family members who do not want to face the fact of their loved one’s homosexuality. The following may contribute to a better understanding of the subject. |
| How to pray for a loved one in rebellion |
Insights from the life of Jonah There are difficult lessons to be learned when a son, husband/wife or another close relative or friend becomes involved in blatant sin. What can we do? How should we pray? Where is God anyway, doesn’t He care? Why doesn’t He answer our prayers? |
| Homosexuality and your church |
What do the gay people in your church look like? Do you spot them by their flamboyant clothing, their mannerisms, their declarations? When a brother or sister in your church came to you to ask you for your help and support in their personal struggle against homosexuality, what did you do to walk with them? How did you respond the last time this happened to you? “Oh, we don’t have that problem in our church,” you say? |
| Back from Captivity |
This is the story of Jonathan, Director of True Freedom Trust. November 2009
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| God is faithful |
This is Martin Hallett's story of how he came out of a homosexual lifestyle and co-founded the ministry of True Freedom Trust. |
| The last piece of the jigsaw |
This story tells one man's search for the root of his homosexuality. It touches on his growing up in an Exclusive Brethren church, homosexual experiences during his marriage and his struggles with God. September 2006 |
| Louise's story |
Louise tells of how at first she embraced the lesbian identity, how it led her to a destructive relationship, and then how God rescued her. |
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