(PDF version available here) Longtime “ex-gay” leader John Smid says he’s never seen sexual orientation change through all his 22 years in the “ex-gay” movement. He’s written a book, Ex’d Out, about coming to this public acknowledgement. EC’s founder, psychotherapist Ralph Blair, endorses it: “However well-intended, the ‘ex-gay’ efforts of the past four decades were…
“More Than a Legal Issue”, Christianity Today, July/August, 2012. “The Party Line: No Such Thing as an Ex-gay” by Eric Metaxas, Breakpoint.org, June 6, 2012. (PDF version available here) Over the years my correspondence from CT editors has ranged from bizarre, intrusively personal, even prurient, through gracious and fully supportive. Here, editors who enjoy the…
Dr. Ralph Blair’s 2012 connECtion Keynote Let’s hear God’s word. “God’s wrath is revealed against all godless suppression of God’s truth. For what can be known of God is clear. God has made it clear. The visible has always been evidence of the invisible – God’s Power, God’s Person. No one has an excuse. For,…
(PDF version available here) “So great to learn that God is saving people in gay Christian circles. I guess I have felt, along with many evangelicals, that once someone drops the traditional view of homosexuality, eventually all the other dominos will fall and the result will be some kind of vacuous liberalism or secular humanism. …
“Old Testament Law and the Charge of Inconsistency” by Tim Keller. Redeemer Report, June 2012. (PDF version available here) When we’re said to “pick and choose” Bible verses, it can be frustrating. Keller says: “I vainly hope that one day someone will access their common sense (or at least talk to an informed theological advisor)…
“Alan Chambers: Change We Can Believe In” by Jamie Dean, World, December 17, 2011. “NARTH Statement on Sexual Orientation Change”, NARTH.com, January 25, 2012. “More Unmerited Mercy” by Marvin Olasky, World, February 11, 2012 The Religious Right’s World magazine named Exodus head Alan Chambers its “Daniel of the Year” for 2011, celebrating discordantly that his…
by Dr. Ralph Blair – The American Psychiatric Association Convention, May 7, 2012 An integration model for cognitive therapy with clients experiencing dissonance between same-sex orientation and faith commitment is discussed. For optimal psychological coping, clients need a coherent understanding of themselves. Since experienced dissonance is evidence that clients are torn between telic congruence and…
The Gay Gospels by Keith Sharpe (O-Books, 2011), 203 pp. A “self-help manual” from a Gscene writer claims we’ve been kept in the dark about Bible passages that “celebrate homoerotic desire and relationships”. Sharpe “uncovers” what he calls “open and hidden affirmations of LGBT lives in the Bible” and he urges readers to “learn [his]…
“Liberty’s Loss” by Tim Dalrymple, World, July 30, 2011. “Born Homosexual? A Parent’s Guide” by Chuck Colson, Breakpoint.org, June 1, 2011. “Evangelicals and the Gay Moral Revolution” by Albert Mohler, Jr., The Wall Street Journal, July 1, 2011. The scary teaser in the Religious Right’s World magazine is: “Same-sex marriage in New York threatens the…
1911 ~ The Centennials ~ 2011 Hannah Whitall Smith – Carry A. Nation – Mahalia Jackson – Bob Jones, Jr. This is the opening talk by Dr. Ralph Blair given at the 2011 Preaching Festival. The 2012 weekend focused on a group of centennial, historical Christians whose journeys and testimonies are an encouragement and inspiration to all. Sermons…