Category Archives: Faith & Witness

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My Hope

I am a Christian and my life is eternally connected to God. He is my life and the hope of my salvation. I want to be just like Jesus. I want to do everything He did. My hope is built in nothing less than Jesus

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Gifts of Hope

Hope, the word is so dear to my heart that I chose it as the name for my firstborn daughter.It is hope that has kept me afloat in the face of great difficulties. When I was a child, I lived in a very abusive household.

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Why I Have Hope

I have hope because of: Who God Is “I am the Alpha and the Omega,” says the Lord God, “who is, and who was, and who is to come, the Almighty.” (Revelation 1:8) Who Jesus Is He is able to save completely those who come

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More Thoughts on Hope

From Brian Croft: I hope for a better world for all us LGBT’s in the next year. But besides this I hope that the Christian community can rediscover what is central in the Christian faith. Especially at this Christmas time when love came down to

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Life After Exodus

After twenty years of marriage, I left home, at my wife’s request, because of my being “mentally homosexual.” There had been few homosexual experiences — only a couple of encounters during my younger years. I was 53 years old, very much a believer in the

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The Intelligent God

I was listening to a Christian radio station the other day. A song came on saying “I will not be ashamed of the message of Jesus.” It was one of those proselytizing justification songs. As I listened to it I wondered what is the true

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Will You Go Out Without Knowing?

By faith Abraham obeyed when he was called to set out for a place that he was to receive as an inheritance; and he set out, not knowing where he was going. (Hebrews 11:8) Can I ever relate to this passage! At 8 p.m. on

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Room To Grow

There have been times in my life when, what felt like an unsolvable problem turned out to be a beautiful gift – something wonderful and special. It has been my experience that that what I have feared the most has been what was different. But,

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How Jesus Helps Us Handle Holiday Stress

After I was outed in 1981, I resigned from Baptist College and moved to Atlanta. I began to dread the holidays. I worked for a delivery service and put myself on to work every Thanksgiving, Christmas, and New Year’s Day. I did not want to