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More on Homosexual Recovery
Published by Jeff, on August 6th, 2009 in Front Page, Stuff I Find, Tough Questions.
This week, CNN posted an article describing a recent report that attempts to help homosexuals “recover” do more harm than good.
Since I wrote an article on this very topic (see Is There Recovery for the Homosexual?.), I thought it would be good to have a link to this new article here and to add a few comments of my own.
It just seems that the secular world is trying to ignore the truth that SOME people who self-identify as homosexual are able to ADJUST desires or at least find fulfillment outside the homosexual lifestyle.
What if we lived in a society with a VERY vocal and VERY strong lobby promoting the use of smoking? What if in the context of that society, a report was done testing the effectiveness of anti-smoking programs? What kind of news articles would we be reading? “Programs to change smokers to non-smokers don’t work, report says”
It’s the combination of a VERY vocal lobby, a VERY supportive society and the inherent attractiveness of sexual sin that wage war against any “change” programs.
It’s exactly the same as when you read about how “Abstinence Programs Fail Among American Teens.” If the society fully supports something that’s pleasurable, all programs opposing that position will fail more often than not.
Big Contact Podcast Player
Published by Jeff, on April 21st, 2009 in Lafayette Community Church, Stuff I Find.I just discovered http://bigcontact.com, and I’m posting it here so I remember it.
YouTube imitation site GodTube has rebranded itself as tangle and now is trying to imitate MySpace. I think I need to explore this more. After all, Mark Driscoll from Mars Hill Church in Seattle seems to be using it, but I’m not sure what I think about it. Not only do I generally dislike Christian imitations of secular culture, but I also really dislike MySpace… However, I do like sites that provide the option to screen the content to weed out offensive stuff.
Feeling Spiritual Can Be Idolatry
Published by Jeff, on February 28th, 2009 in Front Page, Spiritual Health, Stuff I Find.
Gleaned From: That Worship Feeling.
“Sometimes, contemplatives think that the whole end and essence of their [spiritual] life is to be found in meditation and interior peace and the sense of the presence of God. They become attached to these things. But recollection and meditation are just as much creatures as an automobile. The sense of interior peace is no less created than a bottle of wine. The experiential ‘awareness’ of the presence of God is just as truly a created thing as a glass of beer. The only difference is that recollection, meditation, and interior peace – and the sense of the presence of God – are spiritual pleasures and the other are material. Attachment to spiritual things is therefore just as much an attachment as inordinate love of anything else. The imperfection may be more hidden, more subtle, or seemingly more ‘excusable’; but from a certain point of view, that only makes it all the more harmful because it is even more difficult to recognize or deal with.”
-Thomas Merton, Seeds of Contemplation
This is one incredible quotation and it is a challenge to all of us who long for spiritual experiences and spiritual feelings.
John Piper, pastor, author, and founder of Desiring God Ministries, this week preached a sermon with a powerful message about the overall purpose of God in the midst of recessionary times. It’s 45 minutes long, but unbelievably insightful!
OpenStomp
It’s a multi-effects guitar pedal that runs on opensource software.
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