Homosexual attraction, the evil desire for unhealthy same-sex relationship or contact, develops in children and pre-adolescents largely as a result of practiced ungodly reactions to pain. As a child experiences pain and emotional upset, the temptation to seek an unhealthy, ungodly way to make the pain go away will loom large. The more the child…
One of the strands that makes up the binding cord of homosexuality is a skewed or twisted definition of fun. Sexual fantasies and/or actions that are sinful, dirty, dangerous, forbidden, abnormal, demeaning, addictive take on a sense of being exciting or fun. Surprisingly, these fantasies and acts do not appear to the person to be…
When a child is born into a family, there begins a discovery by the child of who he or she is. This discovery is done by relating to the mother and father during infancy and early childhood. If the parents pay attention to the baby, pray over the baby, speak to him or her, laugh…
All of us have felt anger and probably continue to feel anger when we are hurt, abused or wronged. There is no doubt that we need to look at this very powerful and potentially deadly emotion and learn how we can deal with it in our lives. The scriptures speak clearly in regard to this…
“Distress or uneasiness of mind caused by apprehension of danger or misfortune” is the traditional definition of the state of anxiety. In psychiatry, it is defined as a state of apprehension and psychic tension found in most forms of mental disorder. As I have worked with many people who have anxiety, either chronic or dependent…
For their rock is not our Rockas even our enemies concede.Their vine comes from the vine of Sodomand from the fields of Gomorrah.Their grapes are filled with poisonand their clusters with bitterness.Their wine is the venom of serpents,The deadly poison of cobras.Deuteronomy 32:31-33 He who is full loathes honey.But to the hungry even what isbitter…
Even after you have accomplished much work on your issues and your emotions, there can still be blockages to your total freedom from homosexuality. We need to understand this truth and look for these deeply held lies that can hold us in this sin. The first and major blockage to total freedom is the lie…
You can see them floating all the way down the street, around the corner and a few make it to 9th Avenue. It’s those bubbles on Broadway emanating from the bubble machine—no, not from Lawrence Welk reruns, but from the LOVE Store, a place no one would want to miss. The machine is mounted outside…
The born-again believer can have demonic oppression because while the spirit is totally made new by the indwelling of the Holy Spirit, the body and soul (the mind, will and emotions) are still being sanctified. “But when this priest had offered for all time one sacrifice for sins, He sat down at the right hand…
Though Scripture has been misinterpreted since its beginning, it is essential to keep seeking for a unified understanding of truth for the sake of the Church’s stability and it’s witness in the world. Anyone overcoming addictive behavior especially needs a clear grasp of Scripture because the nagging sin problem brings feelings of condemnation and hinders…
“Was Eve present in Adam before God created her from the rib?” “Are we all both masculine and feminine in God’s image?” These are not just “ivory tower” questions that would interest only theologians. In this series we are dealing with the Biblical issues that affect ministry to people with homosexual problems. Examining them is…
Have I committed the unpardonable sin? “He who is not with me is against me, and he who does not gather with me scatters. And so, I tell you, every sin and blasphemy will be forgiven men, but the blasphemy against the Spirit will not be forgiven. Anyone who speaks a word against the Son…