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
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
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
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
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
“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
“ 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
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
“I am the Decider” (King George the Last) “To be, or not to be? That is the question.” (Prince Hamlet) “You will know the truth. And the truth will make you free.” (John 8:32) “I AM WHO I AM”…”Let my people go, so that they
For many years I’ve been deeply concerned with, and fought against, the savage oppression of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (hitherto referred to as LGBT) people in our society that claims to be “the land of the free.” The discrepancy between our “real culture” (what,