Rpondg to Adult Child Who Says He's Gay - Foc on the Fay

Contents:

• RPONDG TO TEEN CHILD WHO SAYS HE’S GAY
• RPONDG TO ADULT CHILD WHO SAYS HE’S GAY
• REVISNIST GAY THEOLOGY: DID GOD REALLY SAY…?
• PARENTS CONCERNED ABOUT YOUNG KIDS INTERACTG WH GAY NEIGHBORS
• DO FOC ON THE FAY PROMOTE “GAY CONVERSN THERAPY”?
• SUPPORT FOR PARENTS OF CHILD WHO SAYS HE’S GAY
• GAY GIRL, GOOD GOD: THE STORY OF WHO I WAS, AND WHO GOD HAS ALWAYS BEEN
• GROWG UP GAY IN FOC ON THE FAY – ONE WOMAN SHAR HER STORY
• JEN HATMAKER PODST CELEBRAT ‘GAY PRI’ AND HER DGHTER’S HOMOSEXUALY – AND TOLERAT NO DISSENT
• THE GAY GOSPEL?

RPONDG TO TEEN CHILD WHO SAYS HE’S GAY

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RPONDG TO ADULT CHILD WHO SAYS HE’S GAY

After beg a Christian, Joe stggled to rencile the gospel wh his promiscuo liftyle, to the pot of jog a pro-homosexual church his qut for peace.

REVISNIST GAY THEOLOGY: DID GOD REALLY SAY…?

Joe explas how the batn of misleadg, ‘pro-gay’ theology and the nvictn of the Holy Spir propelled him to beg a very angry gay activist.

PARENTS CONCERNED ABOUT YOUNG KIDS INTERACTG WH GAY NEIGHBORS

Before God fully ptured his heart, Joe Dallas intified as a homosexual and tried to tegrate his sexualy wh his Christian beliefs, actively promotg a pro-gay theology.

Foc on the Fay has addnal downloadable ks to help you rpond to challeng related to homosexualy and how to mata a relatnship wh a loved one that is stgglg wh homosexualy. Rourc: HomosexualyFoc on the Fay is mted to upholdg God’s sign for the exprsn of human sexualy: a hband and wife a marriage relatnship.

DO FOC ON THE FAY PROMOTE “GAY CONVERSN THERAPY”?

A Change of Affectn: A Gay Man’s Incredible Story of Remptn by Beckett CookThe powerful, dramatic story of how a succsful Hollywood set signer whose inty was eply rooted his homosexualy me to be sudnly and utterly transformed by the power of the Bible and Homosexual Practice: Text and Hermentics by Robert A.

He challeng rears to nsir how to uphold God’s mand to love Him and our Out of Homosexualy: New Freedom for Men and Women by Bob Davi and Lori RentzelFd answers for what means to be a man or a woman, how your past relat to your prent, how you n form healthy relatnships, and how your healg may prepare you for heterosexual Into Manhood: Rumg the Journey by Alan P. Dalbey offers a rehg picture of God’s sign for the mascule soul and dar men to be as God created I Tell You I’m Gay, Will You Still Love Me?

SUPPORT FOR PARENTS OF CHILD WHO SAYS HE’S GAY

By Sam AllberryThis easy-to-unrstand book offers scriptural tths about marriage, sexualy, and same-sex Into Light: The Gospel, the Homosexual, and the Church by Peter HubbardHubbard enurag the Church to humbly engage those who experience same-sex attractn, drawg them to God’s Kdns by Barry Corey“Disver the Power of a Fotten Christian Virtue”Lovg My (LGBT) Neighbor by Glenn Stanton“Beg Friends Grace and Tth”Msy Grace by Caleb Kaltenbach“How a Pastor Wh Gay Parents Learned to Love Others Whout Sacrificg Convictn”Out of a Far Country by Christopher YuanA Gay Son’s Journey to God. “Where Homosexual Activism Is Really Gog and How to Turn the Ti”Pursug Sexual Wholens by Andrew Comiskey“How J Heals the Homosexual”Rtorg Sexual Inty: Hope for Women Who Stggle Wh Same-Sex Attractn by Anne PlkPlk left a lbian liftyle after g to Christ. Someone I Love Is Gay by Bob Davi and Ana Worthen (not currently available through Foc on the Fay)Learn to unrstand your emotns and how to rpond to a gay-intified spoe, child, relative, or iend wh the tth about homosexualy—whout beg judgmental.

GAY GIRL, GOOD GOD: THE STORY OF WHO I WAS, AND WHO GOD HAS ALWAYS BEEN

Schmidt“Compassn & Clary the Homosexualy Debate”The Tth Com Out: The Story of My Heart’s Transformatn by Nancy Heche (not currently available through Foc on the Fay)After losg her hband to AIDS and her son a r crash, Heche’s youngt dghter, Anne, beme volved a high-profile lbian relatnship. Dir Conflict: Hope for Men Who Stggle Wh Sexual IntyDallas offers reassurance and practil advice to the Christian alg wh same-sex attractn—and he clus an orthodox terpretatn of Scripture that refut pro-gay Homosexualy Hs Home: What to do When a Loved One Says, “I’m Gay”Dallas explas how to blend passn and nvictn. How Pro-Gay Advot Misread the Bible Wh a balanced, straightforward approach, Dallas provis tools to munite tth to those who have adopted a pro-gay gospel.

The Complete Christian Gui to Unrstandg Homosexualy by Joe Dallas and Nancy Heche For fai, pastors, unselors, and those who stggle wh same-sex attractn, Dallas and Heche offer sights on homosexual marriage and adoptn, how to rpond when a iend announc that he or she is gay-intified, and more. Today she regularly teracts wh llege stunts about God’s tth regardg genr inty, homosexualy, and other hot-button Should We Rpond to Homosexualy (Joe Dallas) Dallas, a former homosexual, lls on the Church to repent of hostily and rem to bold love. He enurag Christians not to be timidated by the gay rights movement but to promote tth and to build and provi a place of safety, keepg md the eternal souls of all Others Whout Sacrificg Convictn (Pastor Caleb Kaltenbach)Kaltenbach shar his story of growg up wh gay parents, and the hatred his fay experienced om Christians.

Transformed by Grace: Leavg Homosexualy to Follow Christ (Beckett Cook) Becket Cook shar his story as a former homosexual who worked the world of fashn and lived a promiscuo liftyle until he had a transformg enunter wh J Christ which led him to walk away om Kdns to Open Doors the Culture (Dr. When Mobley’s son let her know that he was gay, brought on a flood of emotns, but her very first actn was to give him a hug and let him know that she would always love him.

GROWG UP GAY IN FOC ON THE FAY – ONE WOMAN SHAR HER STORY

Now she helps other parents work through siar Over Me (DVD)This film documents Dennis Jernigan’s stggle wh homosexualy and the eedom he found though Christ. Talkg to Your Children About Transgenr Issu Fd rmatn and rourc related to transgenrism (also lled genr dysphoria, genr nfn, or genr inty disorr) My Teen Stgglg Wh Homosexualy?

Reliable Rourc for Teachg Children About Marriage, Sexualy and Homosexualy The materials listed here equip you to teach your children about homosexualy, healthy sexualy, and marriage. In addn, some rourc will be valuable to those lookg for help when facg the issu of homosexualy and genr nfn the fay, church, or culture.

JEN HATMAKER PODST CELEBRAT ‘GAY PRI’ AND HER DGHTER’S HOMOSEXUALY – AND TOLERAT NO DISSENT

Foc on the Fay’s Christian Counselor NetworkSearch for licensed Christian unselors your Alliance for Theraptic Choice and Scientific Integry“A multi-disciplary profsnal and scientific anizatn dited to prervg the right of dividuals to obta the servic of a therapist who honors their valu, advotg for tegry and objectivy social science rearch, and ensurg that petent licensed, profsnal assistance is available for persons who experience unwanted homosexual attractns. ”Courage Internatnal, apostolate of the Catholic Church misters to those wh same-sex attractn and their loved Stream MistriThis mistry offers Christ-centered help for those who stggle wh sexual and relatnship Global AllianceExod Global Alliance provis remendatns of mistri and other rourc outsi the Uned Instute for Maral HealgRichard Fzgibbons has spent over 30 years helpg people al wh marriage and fay issu, fivens, homosexualy, and genr dysphoria/genr inty Seiler“Seiler once had plans to have sex reassignment surgery, change her name to David, and live happily ever after. ”Parents and Friends of Ex-Gays and Gays (PFOX)This group provis hope, support, and facts for those whose liv have been affected by homosexualy.

Rtored Hope NetworkThis aln of mistri reach out to those who stggle wh sexual s, particularly Rogers CommunitnsRogers tells his story of leavg homosexualy and transgenrism, speaks about remptn for broken sexualy, and offers help for pure livg our hyper-sexualized culture. Before we say anythg else, know that our hearts go out to you the pa and nfn of hearg your teen son tell you that he’s gay. Enurage him to openly exprs the feelgs, wants, hop, and fears he’s gog through whout assigng them to any specific tegory such as “gay” or “straight.

Don’t be surprised if you feel shaken or pelled to qutn or exame your own beliefs on the subject of homosexualy the light of this experience. This means enuragg your son to talk openly about the feelgs, wants, hop, and fears he’s gog through whout assigng them to any specific tegory (“gay” or “straight”). While skirtg the p of murky over-generalizatns, I thk about the thirty-two LGBTQ young Mormons who took their liv jt sce November 2015; a signifint upsurge only a few months after the Church reeratn of unsupportive stanc on gay issu.

THE GAY GOSPEL?

I thk about psychology and the Bible, science and fah and about my tratn and rponsibily as a unselor who happens to be gay and Christian. But 2012, this ncert pianist and sign language terpreter eventually found the words to tell her parents, "I'm gay." After her parents rpond by walkg out, short, distant exchang followed.

In his book ReFoc: Livg a Life that Reflects God's Heart, he scrib a ffee meetg wh a proment "homosexual advote," as one of the "most betiful moments" his twenty-pl years of mistry; yet, he's immediately probed back at the Foc office by someone admonishg him on how embarrassg might be if word got out he was associatg wh a gay person. Jam Dobson, who ntu to nsir the LGBTQ as unweled threats church and hom, spe statg once he has "no tert promotg hatred toward homosexuals..." I say this after listeng to not one, but three of Dobson's newssts sce 2015 still referrg to the LGBTQ muny as fo to our natn rather than fay members and iends. Addnally 2012, Alan Chambers, print of the ternatnal ex-gay mistry, Exod, me out once aga, this time apologizg for the distrs their mistry ed to the majory of s people who had not changed.

One year later, and five years after Foc on the Fay sold s ex-gay mistry (Love Won Out (aka Te Story) to Exod Internatnal, Exod closed s doors rentg.[Learn more about Amber's efforts here or fd her on Facebook.]1Wilxon, S.A., Remley, T.P., & Gladdg, S.T. Yet to anyone payg attentn, ’s clear the anizatn is foced on one specific kd of fay, and stead spends a lot of time, energy and money advotg agast equaly for lbian, gay, bisexual and transgenr (LGBT) people and their fai.