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| focus on the family conversion therapy: Gay Girl, Good God Jackie Hill Perry, 2018-09-03 “I used to be a lesbian.” In Gay Girl, Good God, author Jackie Hill Perry shares her own story, offering practical tools that helped her in the process of finding wholeness. Jackie grew up fatherless and experienced gender confusion. She embraced masculinity and homosexuality with every fiber of her being. She knew that Christians had a lot to say about all of the above. But was she supposed to change herself? How was she supposed to stop loving women, when homosexuality felt more natural to her than heterosexuality ever could? At age nineteen, Jackie came face-to-face with what it meant to be made new. And not in a church, or through contact with Christians. God broke in and turned her heart toward Him right in her own bedroom in light of His gospel. Read in order to understand. Read in order to hope. Or read in order, like Jackie, to be made new. |
| focus on the family conversion therapy: A Change of Affection Becket Cook, 2019-07-30 The powerful, dramatic story of how a successful Hollywood set designer whose identity was deeply rooted in his homosexuality came to be suddenly and utterly transformed by the power of the gospel. When Becket Cook moved from Dallas to Los Angeles after college, he discovered a socially progressive, liberal town that embraced not only his creative side but also his homosexuality. He devoted his time to growing his career as a successful set designer and to finding the one man who would fill his heart. As a gay man in the entertainment industry, Cook centered his life around celebrity-filled Hollywood parties and traveled to society hot-spots around the world--until a chance encounter with a pastor at an LA coffee shop one morning changed everything. In A Change of Affection, Becket Cook shares his testimony as someone who was transformed by the power of the gospel. Cook's dramatic conversion to Christianity and subsequent seminary training inform his views on homosexuality--personally, biblically, theologically, and culturally--and in his new book he educates Christians on how to better understand this complex and controversial issue while revealing how to lovingly engage with those who disagree. A Change of Affection is a timely and indispensable resource for anyone who desires to understand more fully one of the most common and difficult stumbling blocks to faithfully following Christ today. |
| focus on the family conversion therapy: The Good Dad Jim Daly, 2014-04-22 It’s never too late to be a better father Jim Daly, president and CEO of Focus on the Family, is an expert in fatherhood—in part because his own fathers failed him so badly. His biological dad was an alcoholic. His stepfather deserted him. His foster father accused Jim of trying to kill him. All were out of Jim's life by the time he turned 13. Isn’t it odd—and reminiscent of the hand of God—that the director of the leading organization on family turned out to be a guy whose own background as a kid and son were pretty messed up? Or could it be that successful parenting is discovered not in the perfect, peaceful household but in the midst of battles and messy situations, where God must constantly be called to the scene? That is the mystery unraveled in this book. Using his own expertise, humor, and inexhaustible wealth of stories, Jim will show you that God can make you a good dad, a great dad, in spite of the way you’ve grown up and in spite of the mistakes you’ve made. Maybe even because of them. It’s not about becoming a perfect father. It’s about trying to become a better father, each and every day. It's about building relationships with your children through love, grace, patience, and fun—and helping them grow into the men and women they’re meant to be. |
| focus on the family conversion therapy: Bringing Up Boys James C. Dobson, 2014-08-22 Here’s sensible advice and caring encouragement on raising boys from the nation’s most trusted parenting authority, Dr. James Dobson. With so much confusion about the role of men in our society, it’s no wonder so many parents and teachers are asking questions about how to bring up boys. Why are so many boys in crisis? What qualities should we be trying to instill in young males? Our culture has vilified masculinity and, as a result, an entire generation of boys is growing up without a clear idea of what it means to be a man. In the runaway bestseller Bringing Up Boys, Dr. Dobson draws from his experience as a child psychologist and family counselor, as well as extensive research, to offer advice and encouragement based on a firm foundation of biblical principles. |
| focus on the family conversion therapy: Boy Erased Garrard Conley, 2016-05-10 The New York Times bestselling memoir about identity, love and understanding. Now a major motion picture starring Nicole Kidman, Russell Crowe, and Lucas Hedges, directed by Joel Edgerton. Every sentence of the story will stir your soul (O Magazine). The son of a Baptist pastor and deeply embedded in church life in small town Arkansas, as a young man Garrard Conley was terrified and conflicted about his sexuality. When Garrard was a nineteen-year-old college student, he was outed to his parents, and was forced to make a life-changing decision: either agree to attend a church-supported conversion therapy program that promised to “cure” him of homosexuality; or risk losing family, friends, and the God he had prayed to every day of his life. Through an institutionalized Twelve-Step Program heavy on Bible study, he was supposed to emerge heterosexual, ex-gay, cleansed of impure urges and stronger in his faith in God for his brush with sin. Instead, even when faced with a harrowing and brutal journey, Garrard found the strength and understanding to break out in search of his true self and forgiveness. By confronting his buried past and the burden of a life lived in shadow, Garrard traces the complex relationships among family, faith, and community. At times heart-breaking, at times triumphant, this memoir is a testament to love that survives despite all odds. |
| focus on the family conversion therapy: Preparing for Adolescence James C. Dobson, 1999-07-01 Speaks to adolescents about such topics as drug abuse, sex, family conflict, friendship, love, and conformity. |
| focus on the family conversion therapy: People to Be Loved Preston Sprinkle, 2015-12-08 Christians who are confused by the homosexuality debate raging in the US are looking for resources that are based solidly on a deep study of what Scripture says about the issue. In People to Be Loved, Preston Sprinkle challenges those on all sides of the debate to consider what the Bible says and how we should approach the topic of homosexuality in light of it. In a manner that appeals to a scholarly and lay-audience alike, Preston takes on difficult questions such as how should the church treat people struggling with same-sex attraction? Is same-sex attraction a product of biological or societal factors or both? How should the church think about larger cultural issues, such as gay marriage, gay pride, and whether intolerance over LGBT amounts to racism? How (or if) Christians should do business with LGBT persons and supportive companies? Simply saying that the Bible condemns homosexuality is not accurate, nor is it enough to end the debate. Those holding a traditional view still struggle to reconcile the Bible’s prohibition of same-sex attraction with the message of radical, unconditional grace. This book meets that need. |
| focus on the family conversion therapy: Speaking of Homosexuality Joe Dallas, 2016-10-18 Former Gay Activist Paves the Way to Peaceful Conversation Homosexuality and gay marriage stand among perhaps the greatest defining cultural battles of our age. There's no escaping the inevitable conversations--so how does a Christian respond with love and biblical truth without adding fuel to the fire? Drawing on nearly thirty years of counseling people struggling with homosexuality, former gay activist Joe Dallas takes readers through virtually every argument they are likely to hear in favor of normalizing homosexuality. He helps readers understand the views of LGBT people they may know and respond with clarity, confidence, and compassion. He shows the most effective ways to engage the subject on social media and in everyday encounters with guidelines for talking points, dialogue, approach, and tone, and even provides sample dialogue. Anyone who has been searching for ways to have productive, loving conversations surrounding this critical topic will find this incredible resource a must-have. At one time or another every twenty-first-century Christian is likely to be confronted about his or her views on homosexuality. But how can we approach this challenging issue in a way that faithfully reflects Jesus's heart and mind? Joe Dallas answers that question in this clear and compelling guide for engaging others with both gentleness and biblical truth.--Jim Daly, president, Focus on the Family I've often said no one understands the subject of same-sex sexuality better than my friend Joe Dallas. This book, his best yet, only confirms my conviction. I'm not speaking merely of Joe's formidable knowledge of truth, but also the wisdom of its application through crystal-clear and concise communication. In the wake of the June 2015 US Supreme Court's redefinition of marriage, Speaking of Homosexuality will equip you to engage a topic that is foundational to human civilization.--Hank Hanegraaff, president, the Christian Research Institute; host of the Bible Answer Man broadcast Speaking of Homosexuality is one of the most clear and informative books on the subject. Dallas responds to the most common Revisionist arguments with clarity, but also genuine kindness. If you want one book to offer biblical and historical truth about homosexuality, but also how to lovingly put that truth into action, then you won't find a better book.--Sean McDowell, PhD, professor of Christian apologetics, Biola University; author, Same-Sex Marriage and Apologetics for a New Generation In answer to the urgency of our world's current situation, Joe Dallas has now crafted a resourceful tool filled with biblical truth and insightful strategies. Speaking of Homosexuality is essential for every person in need of answers for themselves, a family member, or a friend struggling with same-sex attraction.--Joni Lamb, cofounder, Daystar Television Network There is no question that one of the most difficult issues facing the church today is the subject of homosexuality. But God didn't leave us in the dark on the topic of human sexuality. He gave us clear directives for this part of our lives so that we might experience the abundant life He promises. But speaking those guidelines to a confused church and a hardening culture isn't easy. No one does it better than Joe Dallas. Like no other voice I hear, Joe both lives and ministers with that continual balance of truth and love on this most contentious topic. In a day where Christians are growing more silent, we need a book like this to teach us how to winsomely engage while never retreating from God's protective Truth. This is a must-read for the church today!--Janet Parshall, nationally syndicated talk show host |
| focus on the family conversion therapy: Costly Obedience Mark A. Yarhouse, 2019-06-25 Though we often hear about the gay problem today, there is an even deeper problem in the church today--one that we often overlook. The call to follow Christ is a call to costly obedience for all, not just for gay Christians. Far too often, the church has elevated homosexuality above other sins and required a costly obedience from gays that it is unwilling to demand of others. And yet, the answer is not to weaken the demands of obedience. Instead, gay Christians who make the difficult choice to align their lives with the biblical view of sexuality are a gift to the church, reminding all of us that spiritual growth and maturity is costly. There is a price to pay in following Christ and devoting our lives to the call of the gospel, and it is one that we all must pay--gay and straight Christians alike. Through the stories and struggles of gay Christians who are reorienting their lives around the costly obedience required to follow Christ, Mark Yarhouse and Olya Zaporozhets call the church to reorient as well, leaving behind the casual morality that is widespread today to pursue the path of radical discipleship. Unlike any other book on homosexuality and the church, this is a call to examine your life and consider what God is asking you to lay down to take up your cross and follow him. |
| focus on the family conversion therapy: CrossTalk Michael R. Emlet, 2009-11-10 Your friend just left his wife. You catch your child posting something inappropriate on the Internet. Someone in your small group is depressed. A relative was just diagnosed with an incurable disease. When those you know experience trouble, you want to offer real hope and help from God's Word. Using case studies and concrete examples, Michael ... |
| focus on the family conversion therapy: Still Time to Care Greg Johnson, 2021-12-07 At the start of the gay rights movement in 1969, evangelicalism's leading voices cast a vision for gay people who turn to Jesus. It was C.S. Lewis, Billy Graham, Francis Schaeffer and John Stott who were among the most respected leaders within theologically orthodox Protestantism. We see with them a positive pastoral approach toward gay people, an approach that viewed homosexuality as a fallen condition experienced by some Christians who needed care more than cure. With the birth and rise of the ex-gay movement, the focus shifted from care to cure. As a result, there are an estimated 700,000 people alive today who underwent conversion therapy in the United States alone. Many of these patients were treated by faith-based, testimony-driven parachurch ministries centered on the ex-gay script. Despite the best of intentions, the movement ended with very troubling results. Yet the ex-gay movement died not because it had the wrong sex ethic. It died because it was founded on a practice that diminished the beauty of the gospel. Yet even after the closure of the ex-gay umbrella organization Exodus International in 2013, the ex-gay script continues to walk about as the undead among us, pressuring people like me to say, I used to be gay, but I'm not gay anymore. Now I'm just same-sex attracted. For orthodox Christians, the way forward is a path back to where we were forty years ago. It is time again to focus with our Neo-Evangelical fathers on care--not cure--for our non-straight sisters and brothers who are living lives of costly obedience to Jesus. With warmth and humor as well as original research, Still Time to Care will chart the path forward for our churches and ministries in providing care. It will provide guidance for the gay person who hears the gospel and finds themselves smitten by the life-giving call of Jesus. Woven throughout the book will be Richard Lovelace’s 1978 call for a double repentance in which gay Christians repent of their homosexual sins and the church repents of its homophobia--putting on display for all the power of the gospel. |
| focus on the family conversion therapy: Refocusing My Family Amber Cantorna, 2017 In 2012, at the age of twenty-seven, Amber Cantorna came out to her family as gay. As the daughter of a Focus on the Family executive, that transparency cost her everything. Refocusing My Family is Amber's journey from the suffocating expectations of Focus on the Family to the liberating joy of claiming her own identity. A powerful story of survival, Amber's struggle under the weight of perfectionism, reputation, and appearances is transformed into freedom when she boldly steps into her identity and discovers that the true love of God surpasses all-- |
| focus on the family conversion therapy: Surrender Your Sons Adam Sass, 2020-09-15 Connor Major's summer break is turning into a nightmare. When he comes out to his religious zealot mother, she has him kidnapped and shipped off to a conversion therapy camp that will be his new home until he “changes.” Connor plans to escape, but first, he’s exposing the camp’s horrible truths for what they are—and taking the place down. |
| focus on the family conversion therapy: The Secret Thoughts of an Unlikely Convert Rosaria Champagne Butterfield, 2014 Rosaria, by the standards of many, was living a very good life. She had a tenured position at a large university in a field for which she cared deeply. She owned two homes with her partner, in which they provided hospitality to students and activists that were looking to make a difference in the world. In the community, Rosaria was involved in volunteer work. At the university, she was a respected advisor of students and her department's curriculum. And then, in her late 30s, Rosaria encountered something that turned her world upside down -- the idea that Christianity, a religion that she had regarded as problematic and sometimes downright damaging, might be right about who God was. That idea seemed to fly in the face of the people and causes that she most loved. What follows is a story of what she describes as a train wreck at the hand of the supernatural. These are her secret thoughts about those events, written as only a reflective English professor could.--Back cover. |
| focus on the family conversion therapy: We Cannot Be Silent R. Albert Mohler, Jr., 2015-10-27 Twenty years ago, not one nation on earth had legal same-sex marriage. Now, access to same-sex marriage is increasingly seen as a basic human right. In a matter of less than a generation, western cultures have experienced a moral revolution. Dr. R. Albert Mohler examines how this transformation occurred, revealing the underlying cultural shifts behind this revolution: the acceptance of divorce culture, liberation of sex from reproduction, the prevalence of heterosexual cohabitation, the normalization of homosexuality, and the rise of the transgender movement. He then offers a deep look at how the Bible and Christian moral tradition provide a comprehensive understanding upon which Christians can build their personal lives, their marriages, church ministry, and cultural engagement. Dr. Mohler helps Christians in their understanding of the underlying issues of this significant cultural shift and how to face the challenge of believing faithfully, living faithfully, and engaging the culture faithfully in light of this massive change. |
| focus on the family conversion therapy: Out of a Far Country Christopher Yuan, Angela Yuan, 2011-05-03 Over 100,000 copies sold! Coming Out, Then Coming Home Christopher Yuan, the son of Chinese immigrants, discovered at an early age that he was different. He was attracted to other boys. As he grew into adulthood, his mother, Angela, hoped to control the situation. Instead, she found that her son and her life were spiraling out of control—and her own personal demons were determined to defeat her. Years of heartbreak, confusion, and prayer followed before the Yuans found a place of complete surrender, which is God’s desire for all families. Their amazing story, told from the perspectives of both mother and son, offers hope for anyone affected by homosexuality. God calls all who are lost to come home to him. Casting a compelling vision for holy sexuality, Out of a Far Country speaks to prodigals, parents of prodigals, and those wanting to minister to the gay community. “But while he was still a long way off, his father saw him and felt compassion, and ran and embraced him and kissed him.” - Luke 15:20 Includes a discussion guide for personal reflection and group use. |
| focus on the family conversion therapy: Generous Spaciousness Wendy VanderWal-Gritter, 2014-05-13 Committed Christians may respond differently to gay and lesbian Christians. How can we engage those with whom we might disagree and navigate our journey together in a way that nurtures unity, hospitality, humility, and justice? Through her extensive experience in ministering to gay and lesbian Christians, Wendy VanderWal-Gritter has come to believe we need a new paradigm for how the church engages those in the sexual minority. She encourages generous spaciousness, a hope-filled, relational way forward for those in turmoil regarding a response to gay and lesbian Christians. This book offers a framework for discussing diversity in a gracious way, showing that the church can be a place that welcomes a variety of perspectives on the complex matter of human sexuality. It also offers practical advice for implementing generous spaciousness in churches and organizations. |
| focus on the family conversion therapy: Leaving Homosexuality Alan Chambers, 2009-07 When a gay man or woman is faced with the reality that a growing and vibrant life in Jesus Christ is incompatible with their sexual attractions, what exactly does he or she do? What steps can be taken toward leaving the gay life and identity? In this accessible book Alan Chambers, president of Exodus International, explains the process and clarifies the expectations for those who are skeptical of change or frustrated by an ongoing struggle with same-sex attraction. Readers will learn how to enter into a new life in Christ set realistic and healthy expectations build authentic community learn to forgive overcome the power of sexual addiction Men and women of all ages who struggle with same-sex attraction will find Leaving Homosexuality indispensable in their own walk of faith...and an excellent resource to give to those who haven't yet heard that there is a new life of freedom beyond homosexuality available to them. |
| focus on the family conversion therapy: Love Won Out John Paulk, Anne Paulk, 1999 The authors have both come out of the gay lifestyle and now offer words of support on how to be healed by Jesus Christ, who they say makes such change possible. |
| focus on the family conversion therapy: Washed and Waiting Wesley Hill, 2010-11-29 Yet many who sit next to us in the pew at church fit that description, says author Wesley Hill. As a celibate gay Christian, Hill gives us a glimpse of what it looks like to wrestle firsthand with God's ''No'' to same-sex relationships. What does it mean for gay Christians to live faithful to God while struggling with the challenge of their homosexuality? What is God's will for believers who experience same-sex desires? Those who choose celibacy are often left to deal with loneliness and the hunger for relationships. How can gay Christians experience God's favor and blessing in the midst of a struggle that for many brings a crippling sense of shame and guilt? Weaving together reflections from his own life and the lives of other Christians, such as Henri Nouwen and Gerard Manley Hopkins, Hill offers a fresh perspective on these questions. He advocates neither unqualified ''healing'' for those who struggle, nor their accommodation to temptation, but rather faithfulness in the midst of brokenness. ''I hope this book may encourage other homosexual Christians to take the risky step of opening up their lives to others in the body of Christ,'' Hill writes. ''In so doing, they may find, as I have, by grace, that being known is spiritually healthier than remaining behind closed doors, that the light is better than the darkness. |
| focus on the family conversion therapy: Family Matters Hilde Løvdal Stephens, 2019-10-15 The first full-length study of a pivotal figure in American evangelical faith James Dobson—child psychologist, author, radio personality, and founder of the Christian conservative organization Focus on the Family—published his first book, Dare to Discipline, in 1970 and quickly became the go-to family expert for evangelical parents across the United States as American evangelicalism rose as a major political force. The family expert became a leading voice in the Reagan Revolution, and played a role in making American evangelicals even more firmly associated with the Republican Party. Dobson’s principle beliefs are that the family is the center of Christian America and that the traditional family must be defended from perceived threats such as gay rights, feminism, abortion, and the secularization of public schools. Dobson and Focus on the Family dominated Christian media through print, radio, and online venues, and their message reached millions of American evangelical households, shaping the cultural sensibilities and political attitudes of evangelical families throughout the culture wars from the 1980s into the 2000s. Family Matters: James Dobson and Focus on the Family’s Crusade for the Christian Home by Hilde Løvdal Stephens is an insightful history and analysis of James Dobson’s rise to fame, effect on American evangelical culture, and subsequent descent from relevance. Extensively researched, Løvdal Stephens scoured through Dobson’s books, articles, and other materials published by Focus on the Family in order to explore how evangelicals defined and defended the traditional family as an ideal and as a symbol in an ever-changing world. By contextualizing the history of Dobson’s reign, Løvdal Stephens’s discerning analysis fills an important gap in our understandings of the politics and culture of late twentieth-century conservative Christianity in the United States. She explores complex topics ranging from Dobson’s celebration of what he believes are timeless biblical values, such as maintaining strict and defined gender roles, to the ways Dobson and Focus on the Family balanced their basic ideals with real everyday lives of average American evangelical families, facing the realities of divorce, working mothers, and other perceived threats to the traditional family. |
| focus on the family conversion therapy: Gay and Catholic Eve Tushnet, 2014-10-20 Winner of a 2015 Catholic Press Award: Gender Issues Category (First Place). In this first book from an openly lesbian and celibate Catholic, widely published writer and blogger Eve Tushnet recounts her spiritual and intellectual journey from liberal atheism to faithful Catholicism and shows how gay Catholics can love and be loved while adhering to Church teaching. Eve Tushnet was among the unlikeliest of converts. The only child of two atheist academics, Tushnet was a typical Yale undergraduate until the day she went out to poke fun at a gathering of philosophical debaters, who happened also to be Catholic. Instead of enjoying mocking what she termed the “zoo animals,” she found herself engaged in intellectual conversation with them and, in a move that surprised even her, she soon converted to Catholicism. Already self-identifying as a lesbian, Tushnet searched for a third way in the seeming two-option system available to gay Catholics: reject Church teaching on homosexuality or reject the truth of your sexuality. Gay and Catholic: Accepting My Sexuality, Finding Community, Living My Faith is the fruit of Tushnet’s searching: what she learned in studying Christian history and theology and her articulation of how gay Catholics can pour their love and need for connection into friendships, community, service, and artistic creation. |
| focus on the family conversion therapy: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver Presents a Day in the Life of Marlon Bundo Marlon Bundo, 2018-03-18 HBO's Emmy-winning Last Week Tonight with John Oliver presents a children's book about a Very Special boy bunny who falls in love with another boy bunny. Meet Marlon Bundo, a lonely bunny who lives with his Grampa Mike Pence, the former Vice President of the United States. But on this Very Special Day, Marlon's life is about to change forever ... With its message of tolerance and advocacy, this charming bunny book for kids explores issues of same sex marriage and democracy. Sweet, funny, and beautifully illustrated, this better Bundo book is dedicated to every bunny who has ever felt different. #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER AND #1 AMAZON BESTSELLER: A runaway hit that hopped to the top of the charts nationwide! As John Oliver explained on the Ellen DeGeneres talk show, his book’s gay Marlon Bundo gets married to his bunny boyfriend “because that’s the world we want to live in.” A PETER RABBIT BOOK FOR MODERN FAMILIES: Love is love in one of the few picture books that is equally a satisfying bedtime story and a timely and vital LGBTQ book for children (and their grownups). POPULAR AUDIOBOOK: The audiobook version is read by Jim Parsons and special guests Jesse Tyler Ferguson, Jeff Garlin, Ellie Kemper, John Lithgow, Jack McBrayer, and RuPaul. Perfect for: Fans of John Oliver, Stephen Colbert, Jon Stewart, and Samantha Bee Go-to gift for children's birthdays, same-sex couples welcoming a new baby, and friends who love parody humor Parents seeking the best books about love and marriage to share with their kids Adding to the shelf with books like And Tango Makes Three, Julián Is a Mermaid, Whose Boat Is This Boat?, and Go the F**k to Sleep |
| focus on the family conversion therapy: Straight to Jesus Tanya Erzen, 2006 Erzen is sensitive, savvy, and provocative. Her mastery of historical sources, ethnographic technique, and accessible writing style are evident throughout. She illuminates aspects of conservative Christianity central to the 'culture wars,' deepening our understanding of the movement's internal struggles over sexuality, gender, and family issues. Erzen has written a wonderful book.--Diane Winston, author of Red-Hot and Righteous: The Urban Religion of the Salvation Army Tanya Erzen's wonderful and timely book provides us with a compelling cultural history of the Christian right in the post-war period--from the cold war to family and sexual politics--as well as remarkable ethnographic insight into the dynamics of Exodus International. With compassion, humor, and insight, Erzen takes the reader through the ideological, organizational, and daily practices used in efforts to change people's theological and sexual orientations, from self-help to conversion testimony.--Faye Ginsburg, Professor of Anthropology, New York University, author of Contested Lives |
| focus on the family conversion therapy: Sexual Conversion Therapy Jack Drescher, Ariel Shidlo, Michael Schroeder, 2002-05-02 Hear the other side of the story on sexual conversion therapy! In their fervor to “fix” homosexuals, practitioners of sexual conversion therapies have often overlooked or completely dismissed the possible psychological and social side effects of such treatments. Sexual Conversion Therapy: Ethical, Clinical, and Research Perspectives works to counterbalance the clinical and ethical omissions of overzealous therapists who have focused on efficacy and outcome at the expense of their patients’self-esteem. Sexual Conversion Therapy features first-person accounts of patients and clinicians, including psychotherapists who themselves have undergone treatments ranging from psychoanalysis to religious faith healing to aversion behavior conditioning and even electroshock therapy. In addition to examining the history and ethics of conversion therapy, the book presents empirical data on current practice and recovery processes for survivors of failed conversion attempts. Sexual Conversion Therapy presents current perspectives on the harmful impact of sexual orientation interventions, including: “Cures: A Gay Man?s Odyssey” “Becoming Gay” “A Psychologist?s Journey Through the Ex-Gay Movement” “Therapeutic Antidotes: Gay and Bisexual Men Recover from Conversion Therapies” “I?m Your Handyman: A History of Reparative Therapies” Nearly 30 years after the American Psychiatric Association removed homosexuality from the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, a small but dedicated group of mental health practitioners continues to diagnose and treat homosexuality as a mental illness. Sexual Conversion Therapy is an essential alternative to the bulk of published material that champions treatments that produce a handful of heterosexuals “cured” of their “illness,” while inflicting emotional and psychological damage on countless gay and lesbian patients who failed to convert. |
| focus on the family conversion therapy: "Have You Considered Your Parents' Happiness?" Jonathan Tcheng, 2017 |
| focus on the family conversion therapy: Understanding Gender Dysphoria Mark A. Yarhouse, 2015-05-22 Gender and sexual identity are immensely complicated topics. An expert on human sexuality, Mark Yarhouse offers a Christian perspective of transgender identity that eschews simplistic answers, engages the latest research and listens to people's stories. This accessible guide challenges Christians to rise above the politics and come alongside individuals navigating these issues. |
| focus on the family conversion therapy: Homosexual Struggle Nancy, 1980-10-01 This personal account of temptation and triumph offers counsel for others who struggle to bring their sexuality under the lordship of Christ. |
| focus on the family conversion therapy: Healing Homosexuality Joseph Nicolosi, Lucy Freeman, 1997-11 Albert - The Little Boy Within; Tom - The Married Man; Father John - The Double Life; Charlie - The Search for the Masculine Self; Dan - The Angriest Man; Steve - The Seeker of Male Symbols; Edward - Agony of a Youth; Roger - Do I Really Want to Be Here?; Men Together - How Group Therapy Heals; How Reparative Therapy Works. |
| focus on the family conversion therapy: The Book of (More) Delights Ross Gay, 2023-09-19 From bestselling author of The Book of Delights and award-winning poet, a book of lyrical mini-essays celebrating the everyday that will inspire readers to rediscover the joys in the world around us. In Ross Gay’s new collection of small, daily wonders, again written over the course of a year, one of America’s most original voices continues his ongoing investigation of delight. For Gay, what delights us is what connects us, what gives us meaning, from the joy of hearing a nostalgic song blasting from a passing car to the pleasure of refusing the “nefarious” scannable QR code menus, from the tiny dog he fell hard for to his mother baking a dozen kinds of cookies for her grandchildren. As always, Gay revels in the natural world—sweet potatoes being harvested, a hummingbird carousing in the beebalm, a sunflower growing out of a wall around the cemetery, the shared bounty from a neighbor’s fig tree—and the trillion mysterious ways this glorious earth delights us. The Book of (More) Delights is a volume to savor and share. |
| focus on the family conversion therapy: Openness Unhindered Rosaria Champagne Butterfield, 2015-06-01 Terms like same-sex marriage, sexual orientation, gender identity, and gay Christian are part of daily discourse; yet enormous controversy surrounds them. They are the stuff of news headlines and vitriolic social media posts. But they also reflect stirrings of the heart in real people with real questions and concerns. Rosaria Champagne Butterfield, once a leftist professor in a committed lesbian relationship and now a confessional Christian, but always the thoughtful and compassionate professor, has written a followup to The Secret Thoughts of an Unlikely Convert. This book answers many of the questions people pose when she speaks at universities and churches, questions not only about her unlikely conversion to Christ but about personal struggles that the questioners only dare to ask someone else who has traveled a long and painful journey. Dr. Butterfield not only goes to great lengths to clarify some of today's key controversies, she also traces their history and defines the terms that have become second nature today-even going back to God's original design for marriage and sexuality as found in the Bible. She cuts to the heart of the problems and points the way to the solution, which includes a challenge to the church to be all that God intended it to be, and for each person to find the true freedom that is found in Christ. -- |
| focus on the family conversion therapy: Preventing Harm, Promoting Justice Timothy W. Jones, Anna Brown, Lee Carnie, Gillian Fletcher, William Leonard, 2018-10-12 This report addresses the vexed problemof the religious LGBT conversion therapymovement. Conversion therapy emergedin Australian conservative Christiancommunities in the early 1970s, andhas been practised in these and othercommunities ever since. |
| focus on the family conversion therapy: If I Had a Parenting Do-Over Jonathan McKee, 2017-02-01 Ever wish parenting came with a do-over button? “Here’s where I messed up. . . Whenever I say those words during my parenting workshops, you can hear a pin drop. Parents are on the edges of their seats. “And here’s what I’d do differently next time. . . That’s when every pen in the room begins writing furiously. Let’s face it. Hindsight is 20/20. If you ever find yourself saying I wish I had a do-over. . . You're not alone! Join author and youth culture expert, Jonathan McKee, as he shares from his own personal parenting experiences of raising three kids, while making purposeful, effective tweaks along the way. Delivered with a refreshing blend of humor and vulnerability, the author's candid style and real-world application will equip you with solid, helpful practices you can actually use in your own home. With chapters like Let It Go, Press Pause, and Tip the Scales, McKee provides the honest answers you're seeking as you parent your kids. |
| focus on the family conversion therapy: What Does a Princess Really Look Like? Mark Loewen, 2018-07-01 Inside of our head is where our smarts are, she said to herself, And this princess is very smart. Chloe dreams of being a ballerina princess. But today she is not practicing her twirls or leaping from room to room. She digs deep in her art drawer to find what she needs to craft her very own princess ballerina. The project quickly turns into more than a simple princess drawing. Chloe realizes that princesses are not just about beautiful hair and sparkly dresses. As her work of art comes to life, she discovers the qualities of character that make up her princess. When she feels insecure about an imperfection in her art, her dad's point out that the personal quirks make her princess unique! And Chloe realizes that she is not too different from the princess she so admires. When you know what you want, not much can stop you. Princesses can look all kinds of ways. What kind of princess are you? Filled with the fuel young girls need to believe in themselves, this book carries the right message at the right time for the next generation of brave young women. It's a must read! - Katherine Wintsch, Founder and CEO of The Mom Complex ...a breath of fresh air for children of different ages, providing the very essence that children can have dreams and be very creative with those dreams.- Erika Tranfield, Director and Co-founder of Pride Angel |
| focus on the family conversion therapy: The Case Against Conversion "Therapy" Douglas C Haldeman, 2021-11-23 This volume explores the history and effects of so-called conversion therapy on LGBT people. |
| focus on the family conversion therapy: Queerfully and Wonderfully Made Leigh Finke, 2020-08-25 ALA 2021 Rainbow List Pick Are you LGBTQ+? Not sure? Whether you're queer or questioning, understanding sexuality and gender identity can be confusing. And if you're a Christian, questions of identity can be even scarier. Is there something wrong with you? Will your friends accept you? When should you tell your family? What about church? Queerfully and Wonderfully Made: A Guide for LGBTQ+ Christian Teens has answers to all these questions and more. You'll get insight and support from an amazing group of LGBTQ+ professionals, as well as testimonies from young adult queer Christians who've recently been exactly where you are. You'll walk away with a lot of answers, prepared with tools to help. But most importantly, you'll hear the good news: God loves you exactly as you are. No matter your identity or where in your journey of self-discovery you find yourself, you got this. |
| focus on the family conversion therapy: Torn Justin Lee, 2012-11-13 An evangelical Christian examines the impact of sexuality, the LGBTQ+ movement, and the future of the church in this thoughtful, deeply researched guide to navigating and mending the social and political division in our families and churches. As a teenager and young man, Justin Lee felt deeply torn. Nicknamed God Boy by his peers, he knew that he was called to a life in the evangelical Christian ministry. But Lee harbored a secret: He also knew that he was gay. In this groundbreaking book, Lee recalls the events--his coming out to his parents, his experiences with the ex-gay movement, and his in-depth study of the Bible--that led him, eventually, to self-acceptance. But more than just a memoir, TORN provides insightful, practical guidance for all committed Christians who wonder how to relate to gay friends or family members--or who struggle with their own sexuality. Convinced that in a culture that sees gays and Christians as enemies, gay Christians are in a unique position to bring peace, Lee demonstrates that people of faith on both sides of the debate can respect, learn from, and love one another. |
| focus on the family conversion therapy: Loving My (LGBT) Neighbor Glenn T. Stanton, 2014-10-01 Ever feel like we’re just fumbling through the LGBT conversation, always asking but never really finding answers to questions like: What does it look like to be friends with my lesbian neighbors? How should I love my gay child and his partner? What if I’m invited to a same-sex wedding? What did Jesus say—and not say—about homosexuality? What is the role of the church in the same-sex debate? We don’t have to fumble. While the questions are hard, answers can be had. Just ask Glenn Stanton. Stanton, of Focus on the Family, travels widely meeting with and debating LGBT advocates across the country. In doing so he has had the privilege of becoming friends with a number of them. He says, We disagree on certain convictions, but we still admire and esteem one another . . . Since when was it decided that people who see the world in polar opposite ways can't be friends? He shares his personal journey building bridges with the LGBT community and offers candid insights on hard questions. In Loving My (LGBT) Neighbor, Glenn Stanton shows us how to speak the truth in love on this difficult but important issue. |
| focus on the family conversion therapy: My Exodus Alan Chambers, 2015-09-29 In sharing his own story of being a committed believer who struggled with same sex attraction early in his life, author, husband, and father Alan Chambers will help you understand the issues from the inside. And as the former president of the largest ex-gay ministry, Alan knows all the arguments, the concerns, the scriptures, and the heartaches. My Exodus encourages us to look for and affirm the image of God in everyone. It’s a reminder that God is still at work and deeply loves his creation. And it’s a book for everyone who wants to be welcoming and loving to all people without compromising their faith or their biblical theology. Through personal and powerful stories and opening the scriptures, you will come to understand how to love all people and positively engage our culture in the red hot conversations and topics surrounding LGBT and the Church Ultimately, My Exodus equips us all to be better and do better in God-honoring ways. By embracing the idea of loving well because we want to and not because we have to, we will find hope for ourselves, for the Church, and for our world. |
| focus on the family conversion therapy: 101 Frequently Asked Questions About Homosexuality Mike Haley, 2004-06-01 101 Probing Questions...101 Compassionate and Scriptural Answers from Focus on the Family's Mike Haley Almost daily we hear news reports that confirm the acceptance of homosexuality in our culture. Homosexuals are adopting children, appearing as characters on television programs, taking vacations catering to an exclusively gay clientele, and even seeking the right to marry their partners. But is this acceptance healthy for society Few topics can raise so many questions so quickly. And for many readers, those questions hit close to home as they learn of the homosexuality of a loved one or close friend. Here are the answers to the most often asked questions about homosexuality, fielded by an expert on the subject...and a former homosexual himself. |
Counseling for Sexual Identity Concerns - Focus on the Family
Professional therapy for same-sex attraction and sexual identity has recently generated question and concern – both in families and policy debate. Regulatory bans against helping youth in any …
JUST AS THEY ARE - National Center for Lesbian Rights
CONVERSION THERAPY AS A FORM OF FAMILY REJECTION Despite parents’ good intentions, LGBTQ youth whose parents attempt to change their sexual orientation or gender …
Microsoft Word - Understanding Your Child's Conversion …
Conversion Disorder can disrupt your child’s activities—school, friendships, hobbies, etc. Your child will need your help and support to get back to his or her daily routines.
Family therapy and systemic interventions for child‐focused …
It presents evidence from meta-analyses, systematic liter-ature reviews, narrative literature reviews and controlled trials for the effectiveness of systemic interventions for families of …
Sexual Orientation Change Efforts (SOCE) and Conversion …
Within this position statement, SOCE includes any form of reparative therapy, conversion therapy, and/or transformational ministries that use interventions claiming to “repair” or “convert” a …
A Failed Experiment: Conversion Therapy as Child Abuse
In one study, lesbian, gay, and bisexual young adults who re-ported higher levels of family rejection during adolescence were 8.4 times more likely to report having attempted sui-cide, …
Focus On The Family Conversion Therapy (Download Only)
James C. Dobson Focus On The Family Conversion Therapy: The Good Dad Jim Daly,2014-04-22 It s never too late to be a better father Jim Daly president and CEO of Focus on the Family …
Summary of Findings: A Review of Scientific Evidence of …
This report summarizes the scientific literature relevant to the safety and effectiveness of conversion therapy, its public health effects, and approaches that other jurisdictions have taken …
Conversion therapy - What We Know
Conversion therapies for same-sex attracted clients in religious conflict: Context, predisposing factors, experiences, and implications for therapy. The Counseling Psychologist, 32, 641–650.
21.3 FAMILY THERAPY IN THE PARTIAL HOSPITAL SETTING …
Objectives: The goal of this session is to describe the role of and approach to family therapy in the treatment of conversion disorder (CD) and somatic symptom disorder (SSD) in children and …
Fact Sheet Conversion Therapy - AACAP
Background on Conversion Therapy • What does “conversion therapy” or “reparative therapy” entail? ning with sex anatomy (1, 2). These interventions have historically included: talk …
Conversion Therapy - Church Guidance Final 2020-03-06 - CCCC
What Are The Concerns? Broadly worded conversion therapy bans could impact freedom of expression and the ability of Canadians to live according to their religious conscience or …
Focus On The Family Conversion Therapy .pdf
Focus On The Family Conversion Therapy: The Good Dad Jim Daly,2014-04-22 It s never too late to be a better father Jim Daly president and CEO of Focus on the Family is an expert in …
Ethical Issues Associated with Client Values Conversion and …
Ethical concerns inherent in dealing with the issue of values in family therapy, focusing on the conversion of client values and therapists who may hold evangelistic agendas, are raised. A …
PATHWAYS FOR ELIMINATING CONVERSION PRACTICES
hold dialogues with LGBTI+ community members. During the discussions, it became apparent that the LGBTI+ community members were not aware of the terms “conversion therapy,” …
REPORT ON CONVERSION THERAPY
Practices of “conversion therapy” target a specific group on the exclusive basis of sexual orientation and gender identity, with the specific aim of interfering in their personal integrity and …
N¨C;iC;iPD - outrightinternational.org
2/24/23, 11:26 AM Christian group accused of offering barbaric conversion therapy to kids https://www.thepinknews.com/2021/11/24/conversion-therapy-christian-focus-family/ 1/ 6
Focus On The Family Conversion Therapy .pdf
Alan Chambers Focus On The Family Conversion Therapy: The Good Dad Jim Daly,2014-04-22 It s never too late to be a better father Jim Daly president and CEO of Focus on the Family is an …
Focus On The Family Conversion Therapy [PDF]
Lauren Gardner Focus On The Family Conversion Therapy: The Good Dad Jim Daly,2014-04-22 It s never too late to be a better father Jim Daly president and CEO of Focus on the Family is …
Counseling for Sexual Identity Concerns - Focus on the …
Professional therapy for same-sex attraction and sexual identity has recently generated question and concern – both in families and policy debate. Regulatory bans against helping youth in …
JUST AS THEY ARE - National Center for Lesbian Rights
CONVERSION THERAPY AS A FORM OF FAMILY REJECTION Despite parents’ good intentions, LGBTQ youth whose parents attempt to change their sexual orientation or gender …
Microsoft Word - Understanding Your Child's Conversion …
Conversion Disorder can disrupt your child’s activities—school, friendships, hobbies, etc. Your child will need your help and support to get back to his or her daily routines.
A brief summarize of conversion disorder treatments
Little is known among the majority of therapists about the Conversion Disorder, and even less about the existent treatments. The idea of this article is to explain the main treatments that …
Family therapy and systemic interventions for child‐focused …
It presents evidence from meta-analyses, systematic liter-ature reviews, narrative literature reviews and controlled trials for the effectiveness of systemic interventions for families of …
Sexual Orientation Change Efforts (SOCE) and Conversion …
Within this position statement, SOCE includes any form of reparative therapy, conversion therapy, and/or transformational ministries that use interventions claiming to “repair” or “convert” a …
A Failed Experiment: Conversion Therapy as Child Abuse
In one study, lesbian, gay, and bisexual young adults who re-ported higher levels of family rejection during adolescence were 8.4 times more likely to report having attempted sui-cide, …
Focus On The Family Conversion Therapy (Download Only)
James C. Dobson Focus On The Family Conversion Therapy: The Good Dad Jim Daly,2014-04-22 It s never too late to be a better father Jim Daly president and CEO of Focus on the Family …
Summary of Findings: A Review of Scientific Evidence of …
This report summarizes the scientific literature relevant to the safety and effectiveness of conversion therapy, its public health effects, and approaches that other jurisdictions have …
Conversion therapy - What We Know
Conversion therapies for same-sex attracted clients in religious conflict: Context, predisposing factors, experiences, and implications for therapy. The Counseling Psychologist, 32, 641–650.
21.3 FAMILY THERAPY IN THE PARTIAL HOSPITAL SETTING …
Objectives: The goal of this session is to describe the role of and approach to family therapy in the treatment of conversion disorder (CD) and somatic symptom disorder (SSD) in children and …
Fact Sheet Conversion Therapy - AACAP
Background on Conversion Therapy • What does “conversion therapy” or “reparative therapy” entail? ning with sex anatomy (1, 2). These interventions have historically included: talk …
Conversion Therapy - Church Guidance Final 2020-03-06
What Are The Concerns? Broadly worded conversion therapy bans could impact freedom of expression and the ability of Canadians to live according to their religious conscience or …
Focus On The Family Conversion Therapy .pdf
Focus On The Family Conversion Therapy: The Good Dad Jim Daly,2014-04-22 It s never too late to be a better father Jim Daly president and CEO of Focus on the Family is an expert in …
Ethical Issues Associated with Client Values Conversion and …
Ethical concerns inherent in dealing with the issue of values in family therapy, focusing on the conversion of client values and therapists who may hold evangelistic agendas, are raised. A …
PATHWAYS FOR ELIMINATING CONVERSION PRACTICES
hold dialogues with LGBTI+ community members. During the discussions, it became apparent that the LGBTI+ community members were not aware of the terms “conversion therapy,” …
REPORT ON CONVERSION THERAPY
Practices of “conversion therapy” target a specific group on the exclusive basis of sexual orientation and gender identity, with the specific aim of interfering in their personal integrity …
N¨C;iC;iPD - outrightinternational.org
2/24/23, 11:26 AM Christian group accused of offering barbaric conversion therapy to kids https://www.thepinknews.com/2021/11/24/conversion-therapy-christian-focus-family/ 1/ 6
Focus On The Family Conversion Therapy .pdf
Alan Chambers Focus On The Family Conversion Therapy: The Good Dad Jim Daly,2014-04-22 It s never too late to be a better father Jim Daly president and CEO of Focus on the Family is …
Focus On The Family Conversion Therapy [PDF]
Lauren Gardner Focus On The Family Conversion Therapy: The Good Dad Jim Daly,2014-04-22 It s never too late to be a better father Jim Daly president and CEO of Focus on the Family is …
