The Road Less Taken
“Enter through the narrow gate, for the gate is wide and the road is easy that leads to destruction, and there are many who take it. For the gate is narrow and the road is hard that leads to life, and there are few who
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Poll: Many Believers Support Gay Rights
With all the abuse heaped upon gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender people from the religious community, it may be hard to believe that a new poll shows most Christians support some form of legal recognition for gay and lesbian relationships. The last election brought passage
HRC Seeking Trans-formation of Church and State
When Jesus walked the earth, he spent a lot of his time trying to explain himself. He was forever being misunderstood – not just by strangers, but by those closest to him – his disciples as well as his family. Allyson Robinson can identify with
‘Bulletproof Faith: A Spiritual Survival Guide for Gay and Lesbian Christians’ | Review
The culture war over acceptance of gays and lesbians in society and the church is heating back up as the aftermath of the battle over California’s Proposition 8, that affirmed marriage between one man and one woman in that state, reverberates around the country. Religious
Letters to the Editor
Editor: I’m a Christian teen transgender and I’m questioning my sexuality. I think it’s awesome what you guys are doing. For awhile I was wondering whether I was just a weak sinner giving into Satan. You have given me a way to defend myself from
Create in Me a Clean Heart
There was a time when I thought a clean heart and a right spirit meant denying my sexuality and gender ambiguity. That was my understanding of it. But that was not God’s understanding of it for me. In a strange way God can draw straight
Confronting Internalized Homophobia
I know right out of the starting blocks that this article is going to offend a great many people, but I feel very strongly that many LGBT people are seriously sabotaging the cause for full and equal civil rights by referring to themselves by the
Leviticus 19: On Loving the Alien
“The alien who resides with you shall be to you as the citizen among you; you shall love the alien as yourself, for you were aliens in the land of Egypt: I am the Lord your God.” -Leviticus 19:34 The whole 19th chapter of Leviticus
The Roots of Fascism: Its Homophobic and Other Religious and Political Manifestations
“ where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is freedom.” (2 Corinthians 3:17) Perhaps the best, most generic definition of “fascism” was stated by Laura Dawn Lewis in a piece that I found on the Internet. She states: “The most notable characteristic of a fascist
Volume 13, Issue 1
Freedom Cover Stories The Paradox of Freedom By Rev. Candace Chellew It’s a paradox — we think we want freedom so we can do anything we please — but when we put God first in our lives, those pleasing things of the world don’t seem