“When I get flogged, I go into a trance state. That’s the only thing I know to call it. Outside stimuli are simply not present.” A newcomer looks intently at the heavyset man speaking from the corner. Another voice breaks in, “It’s like locking onto
The Bible says we are created in the image of God (Genesis 1:26: “And God said, Let us make man in our image.”) It also says God is love (I John 4:8 and I John 1:16). Therefore, we must conclude as images of God, created
We as Gay and Lesbian Christians have a special knowledge, a significant experience with the forgiveness of God. For many of us, being lied to by mainstream Christianity caused us to walk away from the Christ of love. Coming back to God years later to
An Open Letter to God Dear God, Please forgive me for not being gay. I promise I won’t do it again, ever. You remember for sure the first time I asked Your forgiveness at the age of thirteen. Having discovered the joys of masturbation I
Forgiveness. When I read the topic for this issue, I decided I would sit this issue out. My partner asked why and I told her, “Forgiveness is my weakest area as a Christian, the biggest stumbling block I have in my walk with Jesus. I
A famous British general once told John Wesley, “I never forgive!” To which Wesley replied, “Then, Sir, you had better never sin.” The only comment that Jesus made about his own “model prayer’ in Matthew 6:14-15 concerned forgiveness: “If you forgive others of their transgressions,
The journey toward our healing starts with unconditional love and forgiveness – unconditional love and forgiveness we offer first to ourselves. These two are so closely interwoven that it is impossible to conceive of unconditional love without forgiveness and vice versa. As God loves utterly
I have been thinking a lot about forgiveness lately… During a recent sermon, the preacher said that the bigger God’s plan for our lives, or for God’s church, the harder the devil will try and ruin it. I wondered what does this means and what
A group of people from the church show up on your doorstep, and when you invite them in they proceed to tell you that because you are transgender you are going to Hell. A brother or sister in the church calls you up to share
For us to say that we forgive someone is one of the easiest things in the world for most of us. For us to feel it can, at times, be a long and difficult struggle. I have often said that I feel the reason that