Ex-Gays? A Longitudinal Study of Religiously Mediated Change in Sexual Orientation
“Nothing comes from nothing; nothing ever could” – The Sound of Music Today in the mail I received a copy of an interesting book named “Ex-Gays? A Longitudinal Study of Religiously Mediated Change in Sexual Orientation” by researchers Stanton L. Jones and Mark A. Yarhouse. The authors conducted a study over a 6-year period that...
Using prayer to get to roots
During my visit to South Korea last month, I remembered a healing ministry that I was once involved with there, named Wellspring. One person who was involved in co-ordinating the ministry there had recommended to me something called Theophostic Prayer Ministry . Essentially, TPM is a means of using prayer to get to the roots of people’s brokenness in...
Poems of Addiction and the Pit
Last weekend, I shared my testimony, preached on Judges 17, and taught on pastoral care at a church in western Sydney. I shared a couple of poems there, which resonated with a lot of people and I thought I would share them here. Both come from Briar Whitehead’s book, ‘Craving for Love: Relationship addiction, homosexuality,...
Sin, sex, and slavery to porn addiction
One man’s testimony of his battle against porn addiction.
The Saul Syndrome: Insecurity and Narcissism
One of the many trappings that emotionally broken people find themselves in is that of anger and the defiling root of bitterness. Since many such people were denied unconditional love, warmth, access, and acceptance from their parents, they have a tendency to become bitter. They use others to gain advantage a sense of power and...
Neuropsychology, sex, and addiction
At the end of July 2011, I spoke at a conference on homosexuality and one of the other speakers is a neurologist named Dr. Nicki. Among other things, she spoke on the issue of sex, pornography, and addiction, and she put together a few resources with which to inform her audience about the significant issues...
The Father Heart of God, by Floyd McClung
The Father Heart of God is a short book, a mere 160 pages in length, but it is a timely one and it speaks to one of the greatest – if not the most profound – problems that afflicts humankind. It addresses the issue that people find themselves unable to approach God because they suffer...