Jonathan Merritt Discusses Sexuality and Vulnerability in New Book
On Sunday in a blog post at Religion News Service, Jonathan Merritt summarized some personal reflections on his sexuality which are detailed in his new book Jesus is Better Than You Imagined. Merritt,...
View ArticleWas Michael Brown Right About Sexual Orientation and Secular Counseling?
David Barton on history. Ken Ham on science. Joseph Nicolosi on psychology and sexual orientation. Now Michael Brown on sexual orientation counseling. In a Christian Post op-ed Michael Brown takes Al...
View ArticleI Am Michael: The Retelling of Michael Glatze
Michael Glatze burst into the awareness of those in the ex-gay world in July 2007. He was a gay activist who in a panic turned to God. At that time, I had turned from my days supporting sexual...
View ArticleDesire, Faith & Therapy: Sexual Orientation and Orthodox Jews; Rabbinical...
On Sunday, I participated in a conference titled Desire, Faith and Therapy at the Kraft Jewish Student Center at Columbia University on appropriate therapeutic responses to sexual orientation. The...
View ArticleJONAH Guilty of Consumer Fraud According to NJ Jury
That didn’t take long. Today, the jury in the sexual orientation change case in NJ said Jews Offering New Alternatives to Healing (JONAH) was guilty of consumer fraud by claiming sexual orientation can...
View ArticleSouthern Baptist Seminary Leaders Reject Reparative Therapy
Let me just say that I opposed reparative therapy before it was cool to oppose it. Yesterday, Al Mohler and others articulated their position against reparative therapy, also known as sexual...
View ArticleNew SAMHSA Report Calls for End to Change Therapy for LGBT Youth
I may have more to say about this report in the coming days, hopefully with some commentary from Mark Yarhouse, but for now, I am going to link to it. Ending Conversion Therapy: Supporting and...
View ArticleInterview with Mark Yarhouse on SAMHSA Report Calling for an End to Sexual...
On October 15, I linked to a report published by SAMHSA which called for an end to sexual orientation change efforts for LGBT minors. At the time, I wrote: Ending Conversion Therapy: Supporting and...
View ArticleRobert Spitzer, Father of Modern Psychiatric Diagnosis, Dies at 83
According to the New York Times, psychiatrist and author of the third edition of the American Psychiatric Association’s diagnostic manual Robert Spitzer died on Christmas Day. Spitzer is credited with...
View ArticleTop Ten Posts in 2015
The ten top posts during 2015 are as follows with the most popular first: 1. Open Letter to Gateway Church Pastor Robert Morris from a Former Member of Mars Hill Church – This was posted on November 2,...
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