Moralism yields either two things: 1) self righteous pride, whereby I am offended by God for what He asks of me. I am offended that He asks me to suffer, for example. or 2) self hatred, since I recognize I cannot be good.
Moralism, a works based salvation, is the result of a lifestyle of pleasing others. For example your parents.
Read MoreUltimately I know that underlying the nobility of a surrendered spiritual journey is my search for truth--the truth about my own life and the Truth Himself. I have found they go hand in hand.
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Jesus was God incarnate, so that God could have complete communion with the human experience and so that humanity could fully relate to God. Today, perhaps He is living in you. If you’re filled with the Holy Spirit, then right now God is experiencing your life. All of your life. He is not only seeing it from afar, He is communing with you in it to see what you see and experience what you experience.
In an age when it seems impossible for sexuality or gender to align to scripture, it is happening. Past generations sought physical healing as a sign of God’s presence, but what if today restoration of sexuality and gender were the miracle?
Read MoreTo answer our questions about homosexuality we must begin by inviting our sons, daughters, peers, spouses, friends into the inner kingdom of God. Homosexuality should not be our focus. Jesus is always the only effective agent of change. Loving well depends upon our ability to show others how to let Him in so that His kingdom may be established.
Read MoreWe may not love well, but we certainly know One who does. Our ability to connect people to God distinguishes Christian love.Christian love always seeks to bring people into His presence, where they may experience the beauty and satisfaction of the love they were designed to enjoy.
Read MoreIt is more important that your gay friends develop relationship with God, who can both reveal Himself and their sonship (or daughterhood) than it is for your to identify what is wrong or what has happened to them.
Read MoreWe don’t have, and there has never been, a single-minded Christian movement since Paul’s apostleship to the Gentiles began. Yet, Jesus’ kingship continues to be announced and revival is ongoing. His gospel is unthwarted.
Read MoreHello, Michael, I appreciate your question. I’ll do my best to answer, but that is a challenging question because there seem to be so many ideas of what “reparative therapy” is.
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