Today a relentless and often misguided focus of LGBTQ activists on being an ally in support of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and questioning individuals due to bigotry, malice, ignorance and mean-spirited jokes often perpetrated against the LGBTQ community continues. I once sat on the receiving end of being clobbered with Scripture by well-meaning but horribly […]
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Being a professing Christian who adheres to and applies the truths of Scripture to the world around us has never been easy. That said, how do we stand up to an increasingly hostile culture that demands our silence? How do we truly speak truth with love? How can a Christian relationally and effectively address our […]
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An Inside View – Obedience vs. Success: Healing does not, nor has it ever meant an absence of struggle. Many, many years ago, at the very beginning of my discipleship, I hit a major wall. The wall had a definite name – “Loneliness!” Not truly desiring to face and deal with the underlying factors causing […]
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With the holidays fast approaching, at the next Straight Talk, October 4, 2026 beginning at 8:00am… While the details of your situation may be different, I’ll bet your family and mine have a lot in common, which is why I can say I’ve been there. When someone you love is gay, you become more aware […]
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The dam has burst, endeavoring to submerge basic Christian morality and ethics. At His Way Out Ministries/Rock Harbor Church we do not merely curse the darkness; we remain purposed to equip Christians in the art and science of conducting difficult discussions wielding the Christ-mandated gavel of grace. Culture has and continues to embrace a new […]
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Why have LGBTQ issues been so divisive to the Church? Many mainline denominations have had a segment of their church split off and go their own way over their ‘celebration’ of same sex practice(s). The dividing line seems to be whether the Bible is “inspired” and without error in its original delivery to the prophets […]
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To be on the right side of culture can put you on the wrong side of eternity. Speaking as one once ensnared and bound by the incompleteness and derailment of homosexuality, try and try as I have to get my head, heart and spirit fully around the above statement, I cannot. I cannot because it […]
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God’s Word does not adapt to culture, it transcends it. Pro-gay theologians, pro-gay apologists and revisionists of Scripture continue their march, their relentless campaign attempting to gain support of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and questioning individuals by largely, but not entirely, due to bigotry, malice, ignorance and mean-spirited jokes often perpetuated against the LGBTQ community. […]
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Petitions to God go something like this: “Jesus, I prefer my deliverance to be microwaved, please.” Much too often today, the expectation if not demand of many, is that God is to swoop down from glory and go “Poof!” completely and instantaneously eradicating any number of possible habits, addictions, or compulsive behaviors, without the individual […]
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Today, confusion about sexual orientation is all too common during adolescence. As a result, it is risky to label teenagers “gay, lesbian, bi-sexual, or transgender” before they have the wisdom of adulthood and the opportunity to make a fully informed choice. Ultimately, when a teenager is prematurely “labeled,” there is a serious risk of “mislabeling” […]
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