We get many interesting letters, emails, and FaceBook questions. Some are so pertinent that we have published our answers for you to read.
Where is the repentance?
A question from a reader asks if Christians who are gay can just stay that way without repentance of their homosexuality. They also asked if my personal experience is that I am homosexual acting as a heterosexual, or if I am heterosexual who acted in homosexuality years ago.
John, I have been following your emails lately. You have talked a lot about the gay community but I am not sure that I understand what you are really saying about what motivates you within the ministry of Grace Rivers. You put out a recent ministry mission statement and I would like to know more about what you are really saying. Thank you in advance for more clarity. Jim P.
Jim, I would love to help you better understand what I am doing and to convey more of my heart motivation to you.
“Our church was in the paper this week concerning a lesbian coach that was banned from the community softball league. What do you have to say to us?”
I tried to answer this question in as balanced of a way as I possibly could.
“John, can my gay friend be a Christian?“
After receiving a letter from a man who asked this question, John Smid answers it with candid and thought provoking insight.
“John, what is your take on 1 Corinthians 6:9-11?”
John Smid writes a message of clarity and understanding from this passage that speaks to homosexuality
“John, you have deviated from the truth”
A response to a letter from a pastor concerning my article “Can my gay friend be a Christian?”
Letter from “John, You Have Deviated From the Truth.”
Dear John,
I still don’t understand what you are saying at times. I was involved in extra marital affairs, I lost my marriage and am attempting to start fresh with my sexuality, and in my walk with Christ. Could I have stayed in adultery, without repentance, and still been a faithful Christian? Help me understand this.
“John, I heard you were in a movie production. Tell me what it is about.”
John’s inside view of his experience with an African American movie production called “Soul-full”. He talks about some amazing God things that occurred and how his life was dramatically changed.
“John, this is World AIDS Day.
In light of your ministry, can you share anything with me about what you would say today to those hearing about World AIDS Day?
“The Gay, Ex-Gay Divide”
John, I recently read a blog that appeared to say that there is a growing public disagreement between the gay affirming community and the “ex-gay” community. Are they both Christian in focus? Isn’t the gospel the main thing we should be putting our energy into? It appears to me that they are more interested in how someone is acting rather than seeking to be at work in pursuing the “Great Commission.” In our day, it seems there are many who are missing out on the tremendous grace of God as unto salvation. Doesn’t God’s word say something about division and arguing about these kinds of things?
“A Letter to Oprah“
John, I saw that you have had some pretty profound thoughts on Oprah’s 25th Season Finale. I stopped watching Oprah years ago because of her liberal stance on life and felt strongly that she was deceiving people. How can you see anything positive from her worldly life?
Response to “Gay-Ex-gay Divide”
A letter from across the ocean reveals a testimony of the Holy Spirit working in the life of a gay man.
“This Is What Love In Action Looks Like” – A Documentary by Morgan Jon Fox
John, I saw that there is a documentary on Face Book that is about the story of the youth program protests that occurred many years ago at Love In Action when you were the director there. I saw your picture on the FaceBook page and wondered if you are supportive of this film?
Joshua P.
