Change in Same-sex Desires: An Update
The falsehood prevails that sexual desires may not change, but compassion dictates being honest with those wanting it. Let’s keep the record straight for them.
Category: Monogendered Relations
The features of romantic involvement leaving one of the genders out.
A Big Piece of the Helping Pie
The 2019 book, Unwanted, by Jay Stringer, provides a useful tool for understanding and recovery from enslaving sexual desires.
15 Years of Isaiah’s Experience—Happy Anniversary to Higher Ground!
On a bitter cold winter night 15 years ago, in the upstairs level of a grocery in Greenwich Village, a small group of men met to take the Scriptures seriously on a matter of desperate importance to them: same-sex attraction.
A Tribute to Tim Keller
With the passing of Tim Keller last week, here are some fond remembrances from a congregant and mentee.
The Trans-Gay Link
I have friends who deal with same sex attraction and who also speak about gender confusion in their childhood or youth. What is the meaning of the connection?
Marriage for the Same Sex Attracted?
Many with unwanted same-sex attraction (SSA) wonder about intergendered union, “Is marriage for me?” The answer is a little more complex than for most people.
How God Actually Changes a Life
Prodigal, the autobiography of Wynn Cameron Thompson, demonstrates the slow but steady move of the Spirit on those that God will simply not let go of.
The Church Complicit: Review of Jesus & Gender by Fitzpatrick & Schumacher
While it has its good points, this book is typical of the church’s and the culture’s current minimization of gender in relationship.
Respect For Marriage: Is SSA as Unchanging as Ethnicity?
The new act in Congress to codify monogendered marriage presupposes the immutability of sexual desire, like ethnicity. But research shows it is not so.
Neuroplasticity and Change in Sexual Desires
The truth that in Christ people can actually change is fundamental to the Christian message. Neuroscience is catching up with the idea.