Pro-gay ideology (pride) and Biblical teaching conflict and they always will because…

Pro-gay ideology has been, is now, and shall remain an assault on the integrity and authority of Scripture. Ultimately, pro-gay ideology puts man in the position of determining what is true “in the Bible.”

Gay activists, despite their profession of ‘tolerance,’ have proven over and over again to be quite intolerant of those who, out of deeply held moral and religious convictions, cannot and will not condone same sex practice.

The created order of human sexuality (clearly defined in Genesis 2:24) calls for human sexuality to be exclusively expressed within the bonds of heterosexual, lifelong, monogamous marriage.

Pro-gay ideology wants the Church to reject this ethic as the “absolute guiding standard of sexual behavior.”

“The law of the Lord is perfect, converting the soul; The testimony of the Lord is sure making wise the simple; The statutes of the Lord are right, rejoicing the heart; The commandment of the Lord is pure, enlightening the eyes; The fear of the Lord is clean, enduring forever; The judgments of the Lord are true and righteous altogether. More to be desired are they than gold, Yea, than much fine gold; Sweeter also than honey and the honeycomb. Moreover, by them Your servant is warned, and in keeping them there is great reward” (Psalm 19:7-11).

Ultimately, pro-gay ideology would have us believe that Biblical truths, principles and teachings regarding same sex practice should be subject to the review of one’s own conscience.

Translation?

The elevation of man over God and His Word. Man becomes the greater authority.

Today, churches are all over the map on the topic with some continuing to gather as though nothing has happened or is happening.

Admittedly, a church is a family, with all of its diversity, and no two churches in the world are exactly the same. In general, when faced with the subject of homosexuality, many churches (based upon my personal travels and experience) seem to fall into various and very different categories.

Welcoming and Affirming Churches

A church that holds the belief that homosexuality is inborn, men and women cannot change, homosexuality is a gift from God and has the blessings of Christianity.

Fearful Churches

Feeling stuck in the middle of the battle and too afraid to speak about it and all too often overly concerned about hurting someone’s feelings.

Gay Bashing Churches

A church that vehemently condemns the practice of homosexuality in such a way that gay-identified men and women do not feel welcome, even as a visitor. A lot of law and very little grace.

Silent Churches

Often, a church choosing to remain silent because they find the whole matter irrelevant to their lives. A church in need of a fresh dose of God’s Spirit.

A Church Still Sold Out to God’s Way (Godly Passion)

A church that still embraces the Lordship of Christ and The Authority of Scripture. Dedicated to offering and providing ministry that will have an impact on their community and world.

The Church remains God’s vehicle to reach wounded, broken, hurting humanity which is why God has anointed His Church and continues to build His Church.

The Church cannot and The Church must not underestimate itself because it holds the only answer there is to the difficult topic of same sex practice and related issues.

“The people who know their God will be strong and take action” (Daniel 11:32)

It is imperative The Church remain faithful to Biblical truth.

“And that is what some of you were (fornicators, idolaters, adulterers, homosexual offenders). But you were washed, you were sanctified, you were justified in the Name of the Lord Jesus and by the Spirit of our God” (1 Corinthians 6:11).

Please, preach, teach, share, speak Biblical truth not culture.

Pastor Phillip Lee
Executive Director
His Way Out Ministries

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Back in California safe ‘n sound from Israel.

Many, many thanks to so many that upheld us and our outreach in Israel in prayer. Your prayers produced safe passage to and from and enabled Jesus to receive major airtime in Israel.

Now it is time to ponder and pray…”Where do we go from here, Lord?”

Photo: Beautiful coastline of Tel Aviv, Israel, which was the focal point of the Gay Pride Parade 2026 in Tel Aviv.

The encouragement and message of His Way Out Ministries in Israel and to the Body of Christ around the world remains the same.

“If we are not educating and equipping the Church with practical tools to be more effective in reaching those with unwanted same-sex attraction and offering ministry to those with unwanted same-sex attraction, we are not fulfilling The Great Commission.”

There is no doubt, there is no question any concerned individual who truly cares about people and – not just the issue of homosexuality – by becoming educated on the subject of homosexuality becomes more than able to introduce the ministry of transformation to an individual, a family, a congregation.

We, the Church, must be a witness to society that we are educated on the brokenness of same-sex attraction and we can also discuss and even debate this issue in love, so that the Church will be a model for reconciliation with God and with others.

We must affirm the biblical position that God loves all people, that homosexual practice is one sin among many and that the Holy Spirit is available to transform all persons – including homosexual persons.

We must minister to persons struggling with homosexuality, their families and all others affected by homosexuality as partners in Christ’s work of healing while integrating all persons striving to live as faithful disciples of Jesus Christ into full membership in the local church.

While we, in and of ourselves cannot promise healing to any person, even though we are convinced that God can and does heal many, we must continue to see the Body of Christ as the primary agent for any and all transformation.

The ministry of hope, healing, wholeness and transformation takes place in the Body of Christ, The Church.

It is imperative the Body of Christ stand against current trends in today’s society that have and continue to distort human sexuality as God intended and created it.

In the end, we will be successful by extending a ministry solution.

We are individually and collectively part of God’s plan by offering the ministry of transformation and humbly realizing God has called us to partner with Him in His plan.

“…where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is liberty” (2 Corinthians 3:17).

Pastor Phillip Lee
Executive Director
His Way Out Ministries

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Awesome time of sharing the gospel and testimony at the Tel Aviv, Israel Gay Pride Parade on June 12, 2026.

He said to them, “Go into all the world and preach the gospel to all creation.” – Mark 16:15

Our mission was to reach people’s hearts with a simple message:

“Jesus Christ, fully man and fully God, lived a perfect life no one else could. He willingly went to the cross, died, was buried, and was resurrected, offering eternal life to all who believe in Him.”

Led by God in our conversations, we prayed for numerous people, and many approached us to ask questions as to why we were there.

Responses varied—some were open and kind, while others reacted with anger or hostility.

Despite this, our mission was accomplished.

Don’t you know my personal sharing with young men, “I was once a member of the LGBTQ community,” was each time met with, “What do you mean you once were?” sparked great conversation and debate.

No doubt each team member will be talking about and sharing details of our outreach to the LGBTQ community for a long time to come.

And, as the saying goes, “Often a picture is worth a thousand words.”

Have we surrendered Biblical conviction to cultural approval?

Video discussion includes: What is the real crisis?, Scripturally speaking, what do we know about homosexuality? Doesn’t the Church have a divine mandate to at times be controversial for the sake of truth? Where did we get the idea God’s Word conforms to culture? Is there a difference between the term’s “homosexual” and “gay”? Are Christian leaders avoiding the concept and promotion of objective biblical truth?

Fidelity to truth, both in doctrine and behavior, is no more optional to a healthy church than food and water are to a healthy body.

How can you say you love people while allowing them to compromise in a life of sexual sin, unchallenged? You can’t!

No One Is Doomed to Be Gay — There Is a Way Out
Brandon Holthaus & Phillip Lee
Youtube Link

When faced with the subject of homosexuality, are you…

Gay affirming, fearful, gay bashing, complacent and apathetic, sold out to Christ’s way?

For many, homosexuality isn’t just a societal issue – it’s very personal. A son or daughter reveals a long-standing struggle with same-sex attraction, a husband leaves his wife for another man, a co-worker shows up at the office party with her female lover. In each and every case there are questions we want to ask and discuss but often very reluctant to voice.

Why bother discussing homosexuality from a Biblical standpoint?

The answer just may lie in whatever may motivate you to attend Straight Talk.

Christian Leader: You may simply want (need) a better working knowledge of the topic.

Parent or Friend: Someone you love might be same-sex attracted and you’re wondering, as a Bible-believing Christian, how you can keep a relationship with this person without compromising your deeply held beliefs and convictions.

Educator: What causes homosexuality? Is it immutable or changeable? As an educator you are wanting a better understanding and grasp on the academic questions the subject raises.

Counselor: Maybe you are looking for insights, for when your client says, “I’m gay.”

Same-Sex Attracted Christian: Maybe you are in the midst of feelings, emotions and attractions you neither desire nor chose, wondering what, if anything, you can do.

Concerned Christian: You may need a better understanding of the Biblical perspective on homosexuality so you can persuasively articulate it.

Seekers: Those seeking a reasonable, clear, and respectful understanding of why faithful followers of Christ Jesus believe what they do about homosexuality.

Whether Christian or not, anyone seeking truth, God’s absolute truth regarding homosexuality, must turn to the Holy Scriptures.

Straight Talk seeks to turn controversy into ministry because those who live by truth engage in the ongoing challenge of applying God’s unchanging standards to our ever-changing culture and world.

Truth is and it matters because it defines God’s nature.

God has revealed His truth and has commissioned His Church to reveal it in turn, through preaching, teaching, and disciple-making.

The Church must speak clear truth regarding God’s divine intent for human sexuality.

Spiritual growth requires understanding about the struggle between the flesh and the spirit. (Galatians 5:16-25)

“Sanctify the Lord God in your hearts,” the apostle Peter admonished. “And always be ready to give a defense to everyone who asks you a reason for the hope that is in you, with meekness and fear.” (1 Peter 3:15)

“Straight Talk” meets faithfully at 8:00am the 1st Sunday of each month at Rock Harbor Church: https://rockharborchurch.net/

Our next meeting will be Sunday, June 7, 2026.

Pastor Phillip Lee
Executive Director
His Way Out Ministries

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“No one chooses to be gay.”

I have heard and continue to hear the above-mentioned statement on a frequent basis. Each and every time, I wonder – “Do they really understand what they are stating?”

The statement, I believe, needs some fleshing-out and clarification because it is often completely misunderstood and misused.

At the age of 13 years old, I became acutely aware of my same-sex attraction. However, it was not until many, many years later I embraced, decided, and clothed myself in what many refer to as “the gay identity.”

Let me say it this way – “Homosexual tendencies are discovered but the gay-identity is chosen and decided upon.”

The two are worlds apart and dramatically different.

Once gay-identified men and women that now have new lives in Christ know exactly what I am talking about.

Forty-one years ago, surrendering my life (which included my sexuality to Christ Jesus), in church for the first time in my life and constantly having my nose buried in God’s Word, homosexual practice no longer was an option and utimately no longer desirous.

But, what to do about the gay-identity factor?

“You were taught, with regard to your former way of life, to put off your old self, which is being corrupted by its deceitful desires; and to be made new in the attitude of your mind” (Ephesians 4:22-24).

“And this is what some of you were” (1 Corinthians 6:11).

Once again, a choice was before me.

Would I continue to allow feelings, emotions and personal experience dictate my identity or embrace the Lordship of Christ and the Authority of Scripture to define my true identity?

Well, here we are 41 years down the road, and I have never, ever regretted my decision to follow Christ and the truth of whom He says I am.

One encounter with God changed everything.

Pastor Phillip Lee
Executive Director
His Way Out Ministries

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Believers in Christ Jesus who experience and war against same-sex attraction do exist, but Scripture never has, nor will Scripture ever call an individual to identify by or with a sinful sexual tendency.

ANY word placed in front of my purchased identity as a beloved son of the King of Kings should never be considered or viewed as anything other than the very worst form of idolatry.

Speaking as one once ensnared and bound by the incompleteness and derailment of same-sex attraction, try and try as I have to get my head, heart, and spirit fully around the statement, “I am a gay Christian” I cannot.

I cannot because it does not make sense.

If, within the statement, one is saying, “I am a Christian that struggles with the temptation of same-sex attraction.” This makes sense and I understand.

However, for a faithful follower of Christ Jesus to pronounce identity by first using ‘gay’ (based on one’s attraction to the same sex) then follow-up with ‘Christian’ – clearly, what is happening is a lack of conviction, practice, and concern of how one is being shaped and led by a wrong and deceiving spirit.

If I were an individual self-identifying as a ‘gay Christian,’ I would at some point in all honesty and truth need to truly face myself and ask…

“Which am I more? Am I more gay than a Christian?”

One of the earmarks of liberal Christianity regarding homosexuality, is the rejection of the infallibility of God’s Word and the quest, if not determination, to find Scriptural acceptance (a canon) within the canon (Scripture) to validate, accept, and endorse homosexual practice. Hence, enter pro-gay theology.

In all fairness, my considerable concern for many men and women today struggling, combating the unwanted brokenness of same-sex attraction is…

How are they to follow the Holy Spirit when much of what God has to say regarding homosexual practice is being dismissed, disregarded and withheld? How are they to hear His voice when His words are being silenced?

Is it possible far too much of the Church is now relying on (feelings) which are very, very often completely disconnected from what the Bible says?

I have shared before it was Christians that held me to the truth and authority of Scripture throughout my discipleship. Admittedly, it was not always an easy road to travel. However, I understood they were holding me accountable because they truly had my best interest at heart. Thank God they never once lowered the bar on the truth of Scripture.

Here is a frightening reality I continue to ponder from time to time.

If God’s truth had been withheld from me, what would I have been left with?

My walk, your walk with God is not about personal sensibilities. The gay Christian identity does not exist in the Kingdom of God. There is a much, much better way.

It isn’t new. It isn’t even really profound. It is the willingness and posture to let Scripture have its unhindered way.

Most assuredly, humility (how we approach and receive the truth of God’s Word), is the ingredient necessary for transformation enabling you and I to give way to God’s Word, even when it is unpopular.

“O God, make me know your ways. Teach me your paths. Lead me in your truth and teach me, for you are the God of my salvation, and for you I wait all the day long.” (Psalm 25:4-5)

Pastor Phillip Lee
Executive Director
His Way Out Ministries

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Usually, when homosexuality becomes known in a family, the greater attention and focus is normally placed on the individual that has announced his or her being gay.

However, when homosexuality comes a knocking on your personal front door, it affects much more than just him or her. Immediately, the crisis becomes a family matter with the family having to work through the blow of learning of a child’s homosexuality.

For Christian parents becoming aware of a child’s homosexuality, it becomes very tempting to respond with “How can you be homosexual? You’re a Christian!”

Parents become immediately flooded with questions such as: What will people think? What did I do wrong? or How are we are going to deal with this?

Without a doubt, it is just as difficult for the individual to disclose their battle with same-gender attraction as it is for the family to hear. In the majority of cases, the individual struggling with same-gender attraction has been in an intense battle for a very long time especially if the individual is an adult.

The very moment the admission comes out of the individual’s mouth, all of the anxiety, turmoil, fear, shame, anger, disillusionment and more, is immediately transferred to the parents (family).

Parents naturally want to protect their children and rightfully feel a huge amount of responsibility for their lives. As a result, it is absolutely imperative that Christian parents establish boundaries when facing and dealing with a child’s acceptance and practice of homosexuality.

In their book Boundaries, Dr’s. Henry Cloud and John Townsend describe boundaries as “what defines what is me and what is not me. A boundary shows me where I end and someone else begins, leading me to a sense of ownership.”

Without a doubt, parents experience a huge amount of loss when they find out about a child’s homosexuality. Almost immediately, grief, despair, disillusionment and fear surface launching parents into a process where they ultimately must give themselves permission to grieve and not pretend that nothing is wrong or that their world has been turned upside-down.

Every year, I receive numerous inquiries for guidance from parents wanting to know what some of the do’s and don’ts are when addressing same-sex attraction.

Parents in particular become overwhelmed with the various looming scenarios related to a gay identified child. The line(s) between acceptance and approval, love and condoning a sinful behavior can often become a bit blurry and challenging.

Anita Worthen discusses the issue of inviting a child’s partner into your home in her book Someone I Love is Gay. “Your child’s partner is not the enemy. He or she is someone God loves – just as he loves your son or daughter.” However, that doesn’t mean you welcome the couple into your home as if nothing was wrong. Ignoring the obvious has a name – denial.

A good rule of thumb in ultimately coming to a decision of how to handle the situation is to ask, “How would I handle it if my child wanted to bring home an opposite-sex partner?”

I believe the majority of Christian families would probably invite that person into their home, but clearly define the appropriate boundary line of separate sleeping arrangements. However, if parents are completely uncomfortable with the entire gay scenario, being honest is the very best policy for all involved.

Because each family is unique, each family has to find a way to handle the various situations that will undoubtedly surface. There isn’t one universal answer that works for everyone.

Frankly, there aren’t any easy, pat answers for a family working through the awareness of a child’s homosexuality. There are no magic cures, no shortcuts. However, God is more than able and willing to bring the entire family into a deeper, more intimate relationship with Him since the family, by God’s own design, was designed to be a support system and a place of love and safety.

Ultimately, only through a personal relationship with Jesus Christ and the indwelling presence of His Spirit, will any individual or family be enabled to overcome homosexuality and the many related issues.

Being a very practical individual, I encourage all parents (families) to consider that the crisis does not rest solely with the homosexual child. Within the mix of the various and numerous contributing factors to any individual struggling with same-gender attraction are family and relational issues the enabled the situation.

Therefore, I believe parents, the family, need to be willing to (1) educate themselves on the homosexual behavior, (2) seek spiritual guidance for themselves, certainly their feelings and emotions, (3) be patient in embracing the reality that healing is a process and (4) release the child into the God’s care. Admittedly, the last point is much easier said than done.

However, it is when we let go of a child, a friend, or a spouse that we do stop taking responsibility for them, but we do not stop fulfilling our responsibilities to them.

Homosexuality is not just about an issue. This is about people – people that God loves and people for whom Jesus died.

When homosexuality surfaces in a family, it isn’t just a child struggling with same-gender attraction; it is a family issue and needs to be healed within the family.

“The Lord also will be a refuge for the oppressed, a refuge in times of trouble.” Psalm 9:9

Recommended Reading

Someone I Love is Gay by Anita Worthen and Bob Davies
This book gives easy to understand answers to the family members surrounding the homosexual. Many real-life examples are cited to help families understand and respond to their homosexual loved one in a compassionate way.

101 Frequently Asked Questions About Homosexuality by Mike Haley
In this book you will find answers to the most often asked questions about homosexuality from an expert on the subject – and a former homosexual himself.

When Homosexuality Hits Home by Joe Dallas
In this straightforward book, Christian author and counselor Joe Dallas offers practical, step-by-step advice on how to deal with the many conflicts and emotions experienced by parents, grandparents, siblings, and extended family members when they learn of a loved one’s homosexuality.

For additional Recommended Reading, please visit…
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Pastor Phillip Lee
Executive Director
His Way Out Ministries

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A few friends and ministry colleagues find it fascinating, if not intriguing, I remain in dialog with members of the gay community, including gay activists.

While not entirely, our conversation(s) and our exchange largely began because I became concerned and alarmed with all the media attention given to the bullying of members of the gay community, and, not much, to my knowledge, was or is being offered, mentioned, or discussed regarding the hate that is often spewed and perpetrated against men and women that have said, “No” to homosexual practice and have rejected the LGBT-identity.

I am confident many today are not aware there continues to be men and women with unwanted same-sex attraction that have and are making the personal decision to leave homosexuality. As a result, formerly LGBT-identified men and women are often reviled simply because they dare to exist.

Should not “diversity” and “tolerance” be a two-way street by recognizing and including the once LGBT-identified man or woman? We are real, and we are here.

Forty-one years ago, I said goodbye to homosexuality and the gay identity. Like all faithful followers of Christ Jesus, I had to face the decision of accepting or rejecting Christ’s Lordship. Coming out of homosexuality required deep emotional healing and a restructuring of my whole identity, as our Creator, God, is the only One who knows exactly how to restore our personality.

I remember so vividly when coming to know Christ at the age of 35, what it meant for the first time in my life to be a man. But more importantly, what it meant to be a godly man. For me to deny or not share what Christ has done in my life would be the equivalent of denying Him.

Thankfully and gratefully, I am far from the only individual that has experienced change. God has not been silent to the cries of men and women wanting freedom from homosexual feelings and behavior. Many have experienced the power of Christ to address the deep needs of both men and women trapped in same-gender struggles.

One gay activist challenged me by stating, “Phillip, while I commend you regarding your concern about ‘intolerance,’ I just can’t get my head around (ex-gay). Why don’t you just be true to yourself?”

“Be true to myself?”

“That is exactly what I am doing.”

What makes one individual happy and content may not make someone else happy, because we are all individuals. I, like any man or woman, deserve the right to self-determination and happiness.

To give sexual orientation protection to one group while excluding another is outright discrimination.

Without testimony from all sectors of society, including the once LGBT-identified community, public policy on the topic of homosexuality is seriously flawed.

Fomer LGBT-identified men and women are routinely denied equal access to participate in public school events and present on diversity day.

Former LGBT-identified conferences, workshops and seminars are frequently picketed by pro-gay protesters.

Transgender individuals are affirmed for changing their gender, but former LGBT-identified men and women are ridiculed for making the decision to address and change their sexual orientation.

Former LGBT-identified men and women are subject to an increasingly hostile environment where they are labeled as perpetrators of (hate) simply because they advocate for or live out a different belief and view of homosexuality.

Former LGBT-identified men and women are criticized and face lifelong intolerance for simply existing as living proof that homosexuality is not innate.

Frankly, the welfare of individuals, society, and the Church as a whole depends on our facing the subject of homosexuality honestly, compassionately, and courageously.

Yes, homosexuals have the right, as do others, to believe that homosexual behavior should be accepted as normal. However, they do not have the right to demand everyone else agree with them.

True love is loving in spite of our differences and treating each other with kindness and respect. This is what it means to live in a society in which freedom of speech, religion (and belief) is guaranteed.

I’m real. I’m here. I will not be silent.

Pastor Phillip Lee
Executive Director
His Way Out Ministries

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Truth does not stay silent…however, it does rot when good men remain quiet.

Speaking as one that spent 17 years in the formidable gay communities of Los Angeles, New York City and San Francisco, I know all too well there are radical gay identified men and women who will not listen to anything the Christian community has to say.

Their ears are closed, and their hearts have become so completely hardened that nothing Christians say will make a difference. Many have completely severed any and all bridges of communication, except for name calling.

However, there remain men and women practicing homosexuality who would walk away from it if they thought they really could.

Having bought into the notion of “once gay, always gay” as I did for many years, they still experience a sense of wrongness of what they are doing but feel completely trapped with no way out.

To be frank, these are the men and women we have often failed, many of whom are in our churches.

Again, speaking from years of living as a gay-identified man, many in the gay community are hurting because they, just as I did, compulsively act out behavior to mask and cover pain.

Too often, we the Christian community, have failed to draw a distinction between the radical gay community and the individuals sitting in church who might be confused about their gender. Or between gay activists and the son or daughter who has adopted the gay identify but still is looking for a way out.

Please know and understand the radical gay community, gay activists in particular, do not speak for all gay-identified men and women. Frankly, gay activists often, very often, give the gay community a very bad rap.

My point?

We, the Christian community, we do not like it when others paint us with a big brush, let’s not do the same with the gay community.

Draw a clear distinction between the radical gay agenda and the men and women with unwanted same-sex attraction who are seeking help and hope.

There is a sin among a large segment of the Christian clergy that I find despicable.

It is the sin of not sharing with a congregation what you know to be true about the bible, same sex practice and Christianity.

Today the temptation to minimize, revise, if not disregard the importance of doctrine, critical to the Christian faith but offensive to the world, has slithered into every crevasse of our culture.

The silence of many has enabled and continues to fuel (1) the denigration of Biblical authority (2) the loss of a coherent definition of family and (3) the exploitation of children.

Silence has and continues to fuel many now worshipping another Jesus. A Jesus which has been created by man that requires absolutely no sacrifice, makes no demands of obedience,
and is completely and totally silent when it comes to sexual sin.

The first word from the Church to the gay community should be that we ourselves need repentance.

Pastor Phillip Lee
Executive Director
His Way Out Ministries

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