Homosexual no more
WAKE FOREST, N.C. (BP)--"Get up on your feet so I can knock you down again!" I stood horrified in the hall as my father yelled at my mother lying on the floor at his feet.
FIRST-PERSON: Why I won’t see Brokeback Mountain
WAKE FOREST, N.C. (BP)--With eight Oscar nominations, more than any other movie this year, "Brokeback Mountain" continues to gain momentum. And with the momentum comes increasing interest by evangelicals to see it.
I Still Love Homosexuals
Unsure how I, a former homosexual, received an invitation to speak two consecutive weeks to a gay/lesbian organization at a major university, I readily accepted. I arrived well ahead of time to mingle with the students, shake hands, and get to know them. Though I felt like a ham at a bar mitzvah, I shared […]
FIRST-PERSON: I still love homosexuals, Part 2
WAKE FOREST, N.C. (BP)--A few years ago I invited a prominent homosexual to be a guest on a television program I was hosting. I had met and become acquainted with Mitchell months before; we had developed a quasi-friendship. Mitchell accepted my invitation with some reluctance.
FIRST-PERSON: I still love homosexuals
WAKE FOREST, N.C. (BP)--Unsure how I, a former homosexual, received an invitation to speak two consecutive weeks to a gay/lesbian organization at a major university, I readily accepted. I arrived well ahead of time to mingle with the students, shake hands and get to know them.
FIRST-PERSON: If your friend says, ‘I’m gay’
WAKE FOREST, N.C. (BP)--If a friend confides, "I'm gay," it can precipitate an avalanche of emotions. Your initial and subsequent responses will accomplish one of two things -- distance the friend from you or draw the friend toward you.
FIRST-PERSON: Debating/blaspheming Christ’s sexuality
WAKE FOREST, N.C. (BP)--Actor W.C. Fields said, "I have spent a lot of time searching through the Bible ... for loopholes." Although history is replete with "loophole searchers," possibly no one has done a better (or worse) job than those who adhere to "gay theology" -- a reinterpretation of Scripture that approves homosexuality.
Safe Web Surfing
"It appears the sin of choice among Christians today is Internet pornography," writes James T. Draper Jr., president of LifeWay Christian Resources. To be sure, avoiding temptation is far superior to overcoming temptation. The apostle Paul wrote, It is God's will that you should … avoid sexual immorality. Avoiding web porn lessens the likelihood of […]
FIRST-PERSON: How to surf the Internet & avoid wiping out to porn
RALEIGH, N.C. (BP)--"It appears the sin of choice among Christians today is Internet pornography," writes James T. Draper Jr., president of LifeWay Christian Resources.
FIRST-PERSON: Not too surprising that it’s called … the Web
RALEIGH, N.C. (BP)--Of the more than 40,000 species of spiders, most spin webs in which to trap their prey. The Internet can just as easily immobilize the user, entangling him in a web. Internet pornography can be as appealing as the early morning dew on a spider's latticework capturing the sun's rays and reflecting them in a million directions.
