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John Money: The Pro-Pedophile Pervert​That Invented The Term/Concept Of "Gender"

2/6/2023

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John Money: The Pro-Pedophile Pervert
​That Invented The Term/Concept Of "Gender"

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“Gender identity” is a hot-topic today and has become a focal point of not just social discourse, but legal policy and procedure. But few people know the concept’s disturbing origins.

Dr. John Money, a sexologist and psychologist from New Zealand who practiced at the infamous Johns Hopkins Hospital, is considered the first to coin the terms “gender identity” and “gender role,” describing the “internal experience of sexuality” and the “social expectations of male and female behavior” respectively. These concepts are prominently featured in trans activism today and are used to bolster claims of “gender fluidity.”


John Money’s history is a dark & controversial one, the details of which are often neglected when discussing his "contribution" to the popularization of “gender vs. sex” theory.


Like many sexologists, Dr John Money believed pedophilia was a harmless sexuality which, when practiced “properly,” led to the child suffering no harm. In fact, Money’s theories on pedophilia were so sympathetic that, to this day, his work is prominently featured on the website of the North American Man-Boy Love Association (NAMBLA)– one of the longest-established pederast rights groups.


In the 1990s, Money allowed himself to be featured in interviews with Paidika, a pedophile psychology journal named after the Greek adjective for “boyish,” and has been used by pedophile rights activists to refer to the younger partner in a pederastic relationship.


In a 1991 interview for the journal, Money is quoted as saying: 
“If I were to see the case of a boy aged ten or eleven who’s intensely erotically attracted toward a man in his twenties or thirties, if the relationship is totally mutual, and the bonding is genuinely totally mutual, then I would not call it pathological in any way.”

Money also noted that he “never” reported any pedophiles to police, even those who were actively abusing children due to his belief that adult-child sex was normal and “often beneficial.” But Money’s views on pedophilia hardly touch the darkest and most depraved facets of his history, those being reserved for the case of David (born Bruce) Reimer.

Born in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada in 1965, Reimer was the victim of a botched medical circumcision when he was 6 months old. The procedure sought to address a urination problem Reimer was experiencing, but instead left his penis mutilated beyond repair.

Reimer’s parents took him to Baltimore to see Money in 1967, concerned about his future sexual and romantic prospects. At the time, Money was known for his research with intersex people, and was considered a pioneer of gender reassignment.

Money recommended Reimer be subjected to a genital reconstruction to create a vulva and suggested to his parents that raising him as a girl would be in his best interests. He was convinced that “gender” could be socially learned, and Reimer provided an ideal subject through which to test his theories due to having a twin brother, Brian, that could be used as a male control.
Throughout his early childhood, Reimer was never told he was born a male, and he was subjected to hormone therapy early on in order to lead him through a female puberty. Reimer was regularly seen by Money, who tracked his progress in an effort to demonstrate his theory that gender was malleable.

During check-ups, Money would subject the twin boys to disturbing experiments. They were forced to replicate sexual intercourse with each other, touch and inspect each other’s genitals, and watch pornography. Money would show the twins photos from smut magazines and “explicit” sexual photos of kids. He would then prod them about their sexual arousal and question their attractions. The children were also expected to comply in front of audiences of as many as 6 other adults, and some reports state Money also took photos and videos of the children engaged in rehearsed sexual activity. At the time, both of the twins were just 6 years old.

Later testimony from one of the twins stated that Money had “two sides” to his personality — one when their parents were around, and one when they were alone. When alone with the children, Money was abusive and got irate with them for refusing to perform for him. In a later statement, they both recall fearing he would “whup” them if they did not do as he asked and strip their clothes.

As David Reimer aged, he became increasingly resistant to seeing Money, and begged his parents not to force him to go to Baltimore for check-ups. Despite feminizing hormones and surgery, Reimer identified as a male and refused to believe he was a girl though he had never been told he was born a boy — a catastrophic rebuttal of Money’s theories on gender.

By the age of 14, Reimer was experiencing suicidal ideations and refused any further contact with Money. He demanded the truth from his parents, which they eventually told him in 1980.

Despite that, Money proceeded to declare his experiments a success, and his “findings” were used in later studies to justify genital surgeries imposed on some intersex children with ambiguous genitalia.

Both Reimer and his brother would take their own lives, with Brian committing suicide via drug overdose in 2002 after a life-long battle with schizophrenia, and David shooting himself in the head in 2004 at the age of 38. Their parents stated that they attributed their son’s deaths to the trauma imparted upon them from Money’s methods.

Despite the disturbing origins, Money’s legacy lives on in the concept of “gender” as a unique and quantifiable element apart from sex. It also lives on in the existence of gender identity clinics, the first of which was established by Money at Johns Hopkins in 1965.

While proponents of trans ideology sometimes misappropriate Money’s abusive experiments on Reimer as “proof” that a person cannot be forced to live as a “gender” they are not — they gloss over the critical reality that Reimer’s experience demonstrates a person cannot be something they are not, full stop.

No amount of female hormones, clothes, surgery, or sexualization made David Reimer act or think any differently than his very male self-promulgated. Even a synthetic, half-cocked feminized puberty did not change David Reimer.

Reimer was introduced to the bells and whistles of another “gender identity” from the earliest moments of his life as an infant and was still a male — a total refutation of gender activist demands that “trans kids” be provided chemical interventions as early as possible for more “successful” transition outcomes.

In fact, the results of a 30 year-long study conducted in Sweden also confirm this fact. Performed by six distinguished researchers from the Karolinska Institute, the study found that “transwomen” demonstrated male patterns of criminal behavior which persisted even after a full medical and surgical transition. It also found that surgical gender interventions did not make any difference in the suicide rates of transgender patients.

These results have largely been disregarded by trans activists, who continue to insist that a man who injects himself with estrogen and wears dresses is no longer a man and does not “think” or “act” like a man. It is here — in the face of a total lack of evidence — where trans activism then takes on its religious qualities, and begins deferring to magical gendered brains and souls, the solution to which seems to be a therapist and an exorcist, respectively.

John Money was a pervert. He was a child abuser. He was a pedophile sympathizer, as well as a pedophile himself. And if a movement finds its origins in a man like John Money, it is time for that movement to do some (gendered) soul searching. It is time for homosexual (LGB) men and women to stand up against the lgbTQia+ TransQueer Gender Rainbow Cult and break away from this type of group-think and this dark cloud of perversion that has enveloped so many of us over the years.
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Being Emotionally Driven By Thoughts & Feelings...

2/1/2023

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I cannot begin to tell you how many times I have physically or verbally attacked someone because they threatened my own delusions of being transgender. Whether it was a truth-teller or hate driven, there was a deep rooted fear in walking away from the only "community", the only "family", the only "security" I had ever known up to that point.


Growing up I knew I was same-sex attracted, but I also recognized (even as a young child) the stigma that lingered over being gay. There was a guilt, shame and condemnation that came from culture, society and even the church. Isn't it something how an entire population of people (homosexuals) can be singled out and threatened by people that are sickened by or prejudice of them? Oh wait, that has happened many times in history but we don't consider it the same thing when it comes to same-sex attracted individuals.

I ran away at 14 years old and lived on the streets of Philadelphia. I prostituted my body to survive and quite simply because I had been sexualized as a child which caused me to become a sex addict. I was also taking female hormones and finding myself in & out of juvenile detention, and later adult facilities as well. When I took to the streets it was the lgbTQia Rainbow Cult that took me in, embraced me, fed me, taught me how to survive on the streets and brainwashed me. This movement became every aspect of my entire life; it determined where I lived, where I went to hang out, where I shopped, all of my friends, my politics, and this movement even determined which of my own blood would talk to me or not. That rainbow was a powerful sigil/sign/symbol.

Like most cults, the rainbow movement enveloped me and taught me that anyone that disagrees with me is a threat and they need to be silenced. Ever notice how angry and emotionally driven those that support the lgbTQia TransQueer Rainbow Gender Cult are? Because their entire identity is driven by thoughts, feelings & deception. When someone told me I was a man, I would attack. When someone offered to get me away from that life I knew, I would attack. When someone said a derogatory word about "my community", I would attack. Sometimes it was a verbal attack, but mostly they were physical ones.

The 1st thing I learned on those streets was by an older transgender that told me, "never waste your time fighting cause you might lose. Just cut them, and go for the face or throat when you do." That was my introduction to the "if you wanna survive" lessons. But I remember the 1st time I did actually cut someone, to this day 35 years later it still haunts me because it scared me, sickened me and changed me. I was on the subway with a very flamboyant gay friend and there were two young guys also on the train that were mocking & taunting him with ignorance and derogatory words.

My friend told them to "stfu", which caused them to come over to where we were standing. One of them said something like, "only whores hang out with faggots" and that made me tell them I was a man too. That escalated things and one of them got in my face. I had a razor in my hand and before he hit me I swung the razor. I will never forget how I thought I missed at first, but when I raised the razor to swing again I saw something I'd never imagined before; his face opened up and began bleeding. I was scared, disgusted and on my way to becoming a very different person.

I don't usually tell the details of these types of situations when telling my own story, but sometimes these details are needed for a more in-depth understanding of what we see happening today in abundance. I understand why these emotionally driven people (like TRAs) act and react the way that they do and so I find myself able to deal with them in different ways. Nobody is the same, and so you cannot always deal with the next one the way you did the last one. But you can at least understand that the individuals trapped in the lgbTQia TransQueer Gender Rainbow Cult really are victims, even the ones that are victimizing others.

I am not making excuses for them, nor am I excusing ANY of their behavior. I am simply offering a more in-depth understanding of why there is so much anger, frustration, angst, hatred and emotionally driven responses. I was wrong for all that I've done to others just because they didn't understand, but I wonder how many of my victims understood that I was a victim as well.

There is a victim mentality that is just as encouraged & promoted as the lgbTQia TransQueer Rainbow Cult's deceptions on gender, education, love, community, religion, sex and so on. This cult is the largest most deadliest mass of political wickedness we have ever seen, and it has gained more momentum in the last 5 years than ever before.

While I understand my faults and even though I fell for the trans deceptions for 20+ years, I now know my worth as an individual and that I can be a gay man that is not associated or enveloped by the Rainbow of Shame "community" or its political agendas, false identities and sexualization. There really is Peace, Joy and Happiness found outside of that cult. I am a gay man that dissociated from self out of fear of being same-sex attracted and other underlying issues.

Being deceived is built on the false foundation of thoughts & feelings. It is being emotionally driven in fear and rage. Being trapped in this false identity of transgenderism is one of the most dangerous places to dwell. I am not asking anyone to give anyone else a free pass just because they're a victim or deceived, but just be mindful of who and what you are really dealing with when you decide to confront this movement or any of its minions.

​Many that are marching for and demanding extra/special rights now are also victims of serious crimes and have serious mental disorders like dysphoria, Autogynephilia, pedophilia, rape, internalized homophobia, sexual trauma, personality disorder, depression, suicidal tendencies, self hatred, PTSD and so on and so on... 

Keep Pressing On. Stand Up & Speak Out. Tell Truth. Be Firm.

​Just Remember... I was once one of those unhinged crazy TRAs... BEFORE I embraced my true identity and accepted myself for who and what I am
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The Trans-Identity Illness VS Being Same-Sex Attracted

1/25/2023

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When I grew up there was a stigma over being gay (same-sex attracted). There was guilting, shaming and condemnation in culture & society. I would later learn that the same stigma lingered within the church as well. I recognized I was gay from as far back as I can remember. I also grew up in the time where the "T" was added to the "LGB" acronym, placing my own delusion into the mix as a "sexual orientation" which fed my mental disorder even more.

Let me attempt to clear up some false beliefs & lies about being gay, which is a sexual orientation, and being trans, which is, by definition, a mental disorder. I am more than qualified to speak on this as I am a gay man that once suffered from gender identity disorder aka confusion.

My father took his life before I was born, which means I always longed for male affirmation. I was also molested as a young child. Neither of these things "made me gay", being gay is a part of my innate individual design just as being straight is a part of other peoples' innate individual design. It actually is the exact same thing, and falls under the definition of a sexual orientation.

Being fatherless and then being molested several times by different men, along with the stigma of being same-sex attracted, caused me to dissociate from who I was and begin identifying as a girl. It was frightening for me, a child, to be gay, which causes internalized homophobia. These are just a few of the reasons that children fall into this deception of being trans-identified. The list of underlying issues is very extensive and once those issues are dealt with, or addressed, the individual almost always receives clarity and comes out of the delusion of being trans.

I spent 30+ years in the lgbTQia TransQueer Rainbow Cult and 20+ of those years as a "transgender-woman". I remember how I sincerely believed (or wanted to) that I "felt like a woman" but that was absurd, not to mention impossible, because I couldn't possibly know what a woman "feels" like having never been a woman. Being a woman, a female, is not a thought or feeling, it is not an emotion, and it is not a wish. Being a woman is many things, but most of all (which is why I could never know what it is being male) it is biological.

Being a woman; each woman has over 6,500 chromosome markers that make them distinctly female, not to mention the DNA, having ovaries, having the ability to produce eggs or to bear a child, and that extensive list goes on as well. Being a woman is not even something that I, as a man, can capture in this blog post so I will not even attempt to do so. Just needed to mention the most important things that science has proven cannot be changed with any amount of pills, shots, surgeries or procedures.

​Let me give a breakdown of my own personal life knowledge & experience within this cult as one who also suffered from the dysphoria of not wanting to recognize my own identity as the male I was created to be. I was very young when I began to dissociate from being David. My mother did not give in to my delusions, nor did she allow any of the "transitioning" to take place under her roof. I ran away from home at age 14. I lived on the streets of Philadelphia. I was immediately embraced by the lgbTQia TransQueer Rainbow Cult and I became a 14 year old homeless runaway prostitute, thief, drug addict, alcoholic and sex addict. I began wrong-sex hormones at age 14, which I bought on the black market (on the streets) from the same guy I bought my weed & cocaine from.

I was also HIV+ at age 14. The HIV/AIDS virus was claiming the lives of many at the time, and many of my "friends" & associates were dropping like flies from this disease. I became a very angry and "void" teenager that had no sense reality. The wrong-sex hormones I was taking made me an emotional wreck, as I'd go from happy to sad to violent to suicidal at the drop of a dime.
Was I suicidal as a young trans person? Yes. I was suicidal as an adult trans-identified person as well.

Did those feelings of suicide, depression and angst go away once I was accepted and my thoughts & feelings were validated? No. Truth be told, I was suicidal for so many years that I only know that I attempted it a few times, thought about it a lot, and also used those thoughts & feelings to my own advantage to "get my way" or to be pitied. There is a very powerful victimhood you possess when you suffer from mental conditions like dysphoria/confusion, depression, dissociative disorder, etc... We express our "victimhood" by lashing out at self & others.

​I was in and out of juvenile detention where I was raped, jumped and tossed to & fro. I learned how to become a commodity, yes a piece of property that could be bought or sold, traded or used, abused and disillusioned. As an adult I was in and out of jail and prison, where I had already learned my place and my value. There weren't any men, regardless of their delusion/mental confusion, being placed in women's facilities back then.

By 37 I ended up on my deathbed with full blown AIDS, infections in my brain & blood, boils covering my body, no immune system and a viral load that was the highest my infectious disease clinic had ever seen. I also suffered from Osteoporosis (commonly known as an elderly womans disease, from the hormones I'd taken) and I couldn't walk without a walker.

I was sent home to die. A hospital bed was placed in my home and hospice was put into place. As I waited to die I received clarity that allowed me to see my confusion for what it was, and to start dealing with my underlying issues. As a Christian there's a lot more to that aspect of my story, but you will have to read or listen to my testimony for more. I was healed. I completely pulled through and had a new lease on life, as David, the man I was created to be.


I accepted that being gay was "a sin" long before I had ever went to a church building or read any of the Bible. It is something that we learn, or are programmed with, through culture & society as the guilt, shame and condemnation are evident in words, deeds and actions that surround us on a daily basis from as far back as we can remember. So when reality struck me and I recognized I could never possibly be a woman, and that I was created & born to be a man, I had already threw being gay in the same box as being trans. My mind wasn't able to decipher the facts of logic and common-sense because I was programmed already.

When I detransitioned I had already accepted the lie that being same-sex attracted was sinful & wrong, so I tossed it in the same box as the trans-identity confusion and moved on. The feedback and attacks from the lgbTQia TransQueer Rainbow Cult were absolutely severe and everyone I knew turned on me like I was a vicious enemy. I couldn't go anywhere I had previously went because I didn't support the rainbow cult and those trapped in that delusion were aggressively angry & hostile towards me. All of my so-called "friends" had cut me off and/or threatened me.

So I ran to the church. I knew that God had saved me from death, so I figured that was my only option. I wanted to belong, especially after having every aspect of my life ripped away just because I was no longer confused about my own sex and because I didn't want to support that dark rainbow movement that had abused, used and confused me from such a young age. I spent years denying my own same-sex attraction because I sincerely believed it was a sin in God's eyes. Until I studied the Bible myself and found otherwise. That info can be found here.

I am now very much able to distinguish what a sexual orientation is and what a mental disorder is. Somewhere along the line we (all nations) have begun to promote, encourage and even celebrate mental confusion and disorders, as well as a movement that has become the largest, most deadly political cult this earth has ever seen. The lgbTQia TransQueer Rainbow Cult is hellbent on sexualizing people (especially children), medicalizing people (especially children), confusing, using, abusing, indoctrinating, bamboozling, tricking and wreaking havoc on the minds, bodies and souls of anyone that gets in its path. This cult is targeting, preying on and devouring children while we sit around playing nice, making sure we use the correct pronouns and in fear of offending someone because they suffer from a mental disorder!

I know that it has become a scary time for sure, and this cult has gained a lot of ground legally and politically. But fear not! Truth will always conquer the lies that this cult is embedding in the minds and hearts of those it envelopes. To understand more of how this cult has gotten to this place of being legally protected by politics and fear, please read RAINBOW UMBRELLA.

While I am a Christian, that should not deter anyone from reading or sharing this blog post, or from reaching out, inviting, corresponding, etc... this battle can be won, but we must all be ready, willing & able to reach across the aisle and lock arms with those we do not agree with, that do not live like us, that do not look like us or that do not believe what we believe... for the children!

I know what it is like to be sexualized as a young child, molested, used up, passed around, profited off of and then tossed away like garbage when there's no more use. I have also seen this vicious cycle within the lgbTQia TransQueer Rainbow Cult for 30+ years. I know the delusions of being a man that believes he is a woman. I know the perversion of many fetishes that envelope the member of this rainbow cult. I also know the freedom & peace that comes with clarity & healing. So please, feel free to reach out. I ain't going anywhere. 

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Sex Offender Woes... Jobs, Relations, Hurdles, etc...

1/21/2023

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As a registered sex offender I have experienced some serious situations of discrimination, bias and prejudice. This article is not being written for pity, but to awaken people to what is happening in the name of "law, justice & morality". I read an article Jobs For Sex Offenders and I was kinda moved by some of the responses from the public as well as shocked about how misleading the article itself is. 

While it is definitely difficult for sex offender registrants to find employment outside of laborious work that some people are not physically capable of, it is also wrong for people to be denied employment because they committed a crime. The world does not believe in Redemption, this I know better than most. The church also has a problem truly believing in redemption as well, and it shows through word, deed & action.

First, I'd like to share my own comment I left on the website/article Jobs For Sex Offenders. And then I would like to address actually being on the sex offender registry and being a man that has been Redeemed and made free from so many different addictions and strongholds that it almost seems like the the path of Righteousness is not always the best path in this world, even amongst the churches of our modern day.

My response/comment to the article linked above...


Sadly, this is something that is everywhere. I live in Maine and have been hired and fired within weeks once the background check was complete (North Energy, Haffners, Tradewinds, Ramada, Giri Hotel Management, McDonalds, Wendys, Circle K, Irving, etc). I have been hired and went to orientation (Kmart, Dollar Tree) and terminated before actually starting work. I have also went to interviews and was asked about my criminal history (Mardens, Renys, Walmart, Dollar General, Freshie's, Shell, etc.) and when I was truthful I was denied the opportunity. 

I was a powerful voice of redemption for the church for many years, and have had a ministry that carried me for years as well. But the ministry can no longer carry me and I cannot find a job anywhere. In the last year I have lost 3 jobs due to my background check. My charge was 25 years ago and I took a plea deal as a very young confused trans-identified person. I have not been in any trouble since I was released from prison, and had, like I said, a pretty successful ministry for many years. But still I cannot find a job because nobody will hire a sex offender; which is all some people see when they look at me... even those who know me and know I am not a threat.

I am not able to do landscaping, warehouse work or construction since I damaged my body severely with wrong-sex hormones for many years while I was confused about my sex. I have applied at almost every single company on the list in this article and have either been denied because of my background or denied once the background check was provided. I even had a manager that was fighting for me to keep my job because I was such a good employee, but HR (The Corporation - North Energy/Haffners Oil in MASS.) decided I was expendable because I was a sex offender. It is so sad and frustrating for so many.

Do we have a drug dealers registry? A wife beaters registry? A murderers registry? There are many on the sex offender registry that do not belong on it. While some do belong on the registry, is it really necessary for those not deemed as threats? I am ONLY a lifetime registrant in my state because I came from another state. We need to do better for people who are trying to take care of their homes, families and themselves but are constantly being kicked down by "the system" itself. Some of us do not wanna be dependent on the government to take care of us!

THAT is my comment/response to the article linked above. Now please give me a few more moments of your time while I address being on the sex offender registry and also being a man that has been Redeemed and made free from so many different addictions and strongholds. Let me also say that my being on the registry has never been a secret or hidden from anyone at anytime. Once I began writing about my life and experiences it has been out there on the world wide web, as well as in print, for many years... around 2010 or so.

I went to speak at a school board meeting as a Christian man that had suffered "gender" identity confusion as well as wrong-sex hormone therapy because I felt it was my duty to be a voice of reason and clarity for those who weren't getting the "whole truth" from the schools or educators of today. I was attacked for being on the sex offender registry, not because of my own personal life story of being gender confused. I even made the local news - ARTICLE HERE 


I can say one thing about being in the local news, not to mention having my face & information plastered all over the internet by several trans-rights activists, leftists & even by the right - I am NOT a democrat OR a republican, as I am a Christian, at least the reporter for www.TheCounty.me was to the point and did not add any nonsense or "extras". 

The original charge was in 1995, and I was 22 years old, "gender" confused (transgender), sexualized, daily drug & alcohol user and a sex addict. I was a prostitute as well. Lived as a trans-identified "woman" for 20+ years. I do not deny what I have done, nor do I have a problem stating that I was not guilty of the actual charge/case I was convicted on. BUT, I was guilty of "recruiting" teenage boys into that dark world of sexualization and promiscuity. 

My case went as follows...


I went to Florida to "start over". While there, I befriended a woman who abandoned her 12 year old son at my apartment. When I called Child Protective Services and reported her, word quickly got back to her that I called CPS (The grapevine in the lgbTQia+ TransQueer world is malicious). She came and got the boy that night. The next day I was greeted by two detectives who asked me lots of disturbing questions. They accused me of attempting to molest the 12 year old boy who was left in my home; a boy whom I’d fed and treated as if he were my own family. The boy had obviously been coached as to what to say because these detectives truly thought I was guilty. They didn’t arrest me at that point, but they did tell me not to leave town. So, of course, I left town.

I went back home to Philly. I now had a warrant for my arrest for “lewd and lascivious acts in the presence of a child" because the law says if you run then you must be guilty! That's not always so. Philadelphia welcomed me home with an additional arrest warrant for prostitution.

I was 22 years old, I was a confused, lost, broken trans-identified (gender confused) male living as a "woman" and I was HIV+ since age 14. I was a victim of molestation (several times over) and a victim of that type of deviant behavior many times over as a teen runaway living on the streets of Philadelphia. I was eventually caught & sent to jail. There I became a “commodity.”

Florida warrant; I was eventually extradited to a county jail in Orlando, Florida, where I was not only a commodity, but the new “girl” in town, in the end I was used & abused there as well. Eventually I was released on probation.

The court case: Upon my arrest, my family retained an attorney for me, who came into court, saw me, and told me to take the plea offer the state was offering. She said if I took my case to trial, I would lose without a doubt, because I looked like a woman but I was in fact a man. The attorney told me that from my appearance and proclaimed "transgender" status alone, there was no jury or judge who would look at me as being innocent. In society’s eyes I was a man who had breasts and I would simply be a “sexual freak of nature,” a “pervert” in their eyes.

For those who do not know what a plea offer is, it is an admission of guilt without having to say the word guilty. So I took the plea offer and accepted ten years probation for a crime I did not commit, “a lewd and lascivious act in the presence of a child.” 

I have since then come to the conclusion that, even though I was not guilty of the particular crime I was charged, I was indeed guilty of the crime itself in that I was always chasing after teenage boys and luring them into my own dark web of sexual gratification and deception. Not to mention I had a "lover" that was 15 years old when I was 22 years old, so I eventually was able to see what I had done, or took part in, while I was so lost & confused.
 
In other words, I was a monster. But I made the choice to become a monster, and I know it was a choice, because I would eventually choose not to do any of those things. I also watched how common it was for children to be “recruited” (another word for molested) into that dark movement of deception.

I was far from alone in this. I say this not to shift blame but to make people aware of what is going on. The majority of the dark lgbTQia+ TransQueer Gender movement engages in the sexualization of youth, just look at what's happening today with all of the perversions being allowed into classrooms and libraries. This is one reason so many young people today are on the streets, doing drugs, drinking, being abused, used, and entrapped in porn, sex-trafficking and prostitution, stripping, etc.. because they are victimized by a movement and then revictimized by culture & society that promotes, encourages & celebrates the very movement hellbent on destroying their minds, bodies & souls.

My story is not as uncommon as many would think. Even for the one that has not suffered from gender confusion, being on the sex offender registry is something these individuals deal with every single day of their life. While many folks are happy that sex offender registrants have to struggle, some aren't happy without participating in the struggle and making it more difficult for sex offenders to live normal productive lives. Honestly, I don't know where I would be without my Faith because I have been discarded by culture, society and the church many times over.

Is this a call for me to stand up for these individuals? To get some sort of justice and equality for the very ones that society, culture and the church have deemed as threats or unredeemable? Am I now called to stand for those who have been caught in a web of deception and crime? Some of those on the sex offender registry do belong on some sort of list, but do they all? In my situation, I am only a lifetime registrant because I came from another state. In the state I live in I would've only been a 10 year registrant with the actual charge I was convicted of, but because I came from another state that automatically made me a lifetime registrant.

Each of the sex offender registrants are also charged a yearly or quarterly fee (depending on the state of residence) for the "upkeep of the SOR website". This is also unfair and unjust for men & women that have done their time and have no type of probation or ongoing parole. There is a class-action lawsuit there alone because offenders/registrants are told if they do not pay the fee then they are in violation. But in violation of what? They've already served their time!

​When I reached out to several lawyers, law firms and even the ACLU about this class action suit and this wrong targeting sex offender registrants there were absolutely no responses! Not one of these lawyers that call themselves wanting to fight injustice could see a sex offender as a person that wrong could be done to. And maybe some of them did not want to represent a group of people that culture, society & the church have already deemed as worthless or not worthy of help, protection, rights or even employment.
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How to See Trans People Come to Faith & lgbTQia Cult Members Be Made Free

12/31/2022

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As a former transgender "woman" and rainbow cult member, as well as someone who currently ministers to hundreds trapped in this delusion, I want to provide some practical insights to help each of us engage with those participating in that darkness. Yes, that photo above is me... before & after!

​• Due to the openness and growing number of those involved in the lgbTQia TransQueer Gender Rainbow Cult, it is becoming almost commonplace to meet very confused & delusional people in one’s own household, extended family, friends, neighborhood, or even the workplace. Because of this reality, we must establish relationships with people who do not look like us, do not dress like us, do not act like us, and do not believe what we believe.

• We must all understand that being a part of the lgbTQia rainbow cult is not like any other situations or strongholds. This cult determines every single aspect of the individual's friends, actual location of residence, family dynamics, political views, emotions, thoughts and even their feelings. Therefore, while discussing life or the GoOD News, as well as “gender” and sex, be careful not to condemn them and attack their identity because you will be guilting, shaming and condemning their whole world and all that they know. Their identity is this cult! It is deeply rooted and you alone cannot "save" anyone. Just be a witness.

• Do not dodge the truth. When building intimate relationships, there can be an overemphasis on desiring to be liked. Whether you find yourself discussing lgbTQia TransQueer Movement topics in the first conversation or not until later, stand firm & be truthful as you communicate. Don’t let your own bias interfere with your representation of The CHRIST in Word, Deed or Action.

• Be the example. As I strive to be an example in word, deed and action, I have watched the Lord touch very deceived and trapped people, giving them a desire for something more. I've seen many trans-identified people come out of the delusions that once held them captive. I have also seen many same-sex attracted (gay) men & women come out of the rainbow cult and embrace their identity by recognizing that they don't need to be a part of the lgbTQia flag flying rainbow cult.

• Remember, the natural man does not receive things of the Spirit right away because they are foolishness to him (1 Cor. 2:14). Do not try to force-feed the natural man things that are only spiritually discerned and might take time to comprehend. Instead, be available to take a walk, to help with a task, give a ride, fix something, provide a listening ear, or go to lunch. In short, be available. Intimacy is an investment. People are NOT projects! There is no "end goal" here, just be available.

• Remember to communicate GOD’S Love, but also explain that just knowing that GOD Loves you does not get anyone into The Kingdom. Only HIS mercy and HIS grace do that! We do not have to obtain GOD’S Love—HE already loves us from beginning to end, eternally—but we must obtain HIS Mercy. And receiving HIS Mercy will only happen by humbling ourselves before HIM in faith and in repentance.

• Do not beat anyone up over one or two things they are doing. Before getting saved, transgenderism was not the only thing I needed clarity on; I was promiscuous, a prostitute, a criminal, on drugs, alcohol, deranged, deviant, perverted and a whole lot more. We come to faith understanding that by nature we are sinful, which distorts every facet of our being. Therefore, salvation requires turning from all sin and turning to JESUS The CHRIST to save us!

                                           For further information go to www.ibelongAmen.com
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A Former Transgender Opposes Transgender Rights ~ Amicus Brief From March 24, 2021 ~ Gloucester County School Board VS Gavin Grimm

12/29/2022

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**This was written 3/24/2021** This week I am joining an amicus brief that is being filed in the U.S. Supreme Court to urge that Court to overturn a decision of the Fourth Circuit about so-called “transgender rights.”  The case is Gloucester County School Board v. Gavin Grimm.  The Fourth Circuit decision being challenged requires public schools to allow persons claiming transgender status to use the bathrooms, locker rooms, and showers of the opposite sex. 
 
As a person who lived for decades as a transgender person, I feel compelled to set out my views.  The Plaintiff in this case started this litigation when she was in high school, and has grown up in the shadow of the litigation she began.  I know something about this type of situation, and this type of person.
 
First, my heart breaks for this young lady!  I have reviewed the decision in that case and can relate.  But my comments are more general, not particularly applicable to her, but certainly to  others who are in her place.
 
All too often people in this situation have been traumatized by something or someone so much so that it feels best to do whatever she can to not be herself.  She is seeking attention. The attention received by being able to use the nurse’s bathroom (single use bathroom) was not ‘attention getting’ enough and so she now demands (literally) that she be able to use the boys’ bathroom.
 
If she is successful in this, then students will know that they can make demands, regardless of the security or well-being of themselves and others, and that if they yell loud enough and write articles for the ACLU, then they too can have their demands met and be the center of attention.
 
No matter how many times that a girl says she is a boy, that does not change her DNA or the over 6,500 chromosome markers that make her distinctly female!  It is not genitals here..... there are over 6,500 markers that make this young lady female!  She can mutilate her genitalia but she can never change her DNA, chromosome markers or the fact that she was created to be, is & always will be a female.
 
There are tens of thousands (maybe hundreds of thousands) of “Gavins” in this world that have felt like they no longer wanted to be who, and what, they were.... they denied their identity and identified as the opposite sex.... they transitioned and are now seeking a way to DE-transition and return their bodies to some sense of normalcy after the horrendous invasion of puberty blockers (experimental drugs) and cross sex hormone treatment.
 
Placing a female in the midst of teenage boys that are driven by their own hormonal rages and lusts could very possibly put this young lady in harm’s way.  And to wait and see if something happens would place this court and the school liable should there be any type of attack or trauma.
 
Men do not belong in women’s bathrooms or girls’ locker rooms due to the very nature of danger those women & girls would be placed in should this “right” be abused.  Why would we place a young girl who is suffering from gender dysphoria (confusion) in danger by placing her in a boys’ bathroom?  Why would we promote, encourage or celebrate her mental delusion/disorder?
 
Those with this problem need intense therapy — not to be placed into a situation that will only create more confusion, pain and possibly death by suicide (or worse).  She is a female and must be recognized as such or the court, the ACLU, her parents, etc... will all be doing her a huge disservice.  Not to mention they should all be held accountable for her future sufferings, because she will suffer in the future as long as her disorder is not treated.
 
This young woman has a condition that needs treatment, not one that needs to be encouraged which will further damage her.  Gender dysphoria is a condition, a mental health disorder.
 
This doesn’t even account for the boys who are insecure, confused, and seeking attention as well... what about their rights to privacy and a place where they won’t feel judged or ridiculed by female students being present?  The bathrooms & locker rooms have always been that refuge for those boys.
 
I believed (sincerely) myself to be a female for well over 20 years.  I lived as a “trans-woman”.  I truly and purely believed to my core that I was a woman trapped in a man’s body, until reality visited me, and I recognized that my identity crisis was due to traumatic events in my childhood.
 
It was easiest for me to escape reality of who, and what, I was by pretending to be someone or something else.  As a man that has detransitioned and been made whole again, I can truly say that I am so happy that my family, school, healthcare professionals, and those around me did not accept or promote my confusion.
 
Who knows if I would have survived the horrible effects of puberty blockers (experimental drugs), cross sex hormones, procedures, etc., had I been misled by all of those who were meant to protect me, like this young lady is being misled and used as a pawn for a political and legal argument.
 
The entire argument is really not about the bathroom; this young lady is crying out for attention and for someone to come to her rescue and help her, while the ACLU is using her suffering to promote and push a political and legal argument this young lady is being mentally, emotionally and politically abused in the name of “inclusivity”.
 
I don’t know all the facts of this case, but my heart breaks for this young woman, and others like her, who are a victim in so many ways. Let’s pray the Supreme Court does not pile on, thinking it is being compassionate, only to victimize her further.
 
David of i Belong Amen Ministries.  

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Potent Enemy...

11/13/2022

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The most #potent #enemy, I find, is the average #conservative #Christian. Imagine that. Christians hating on a man who has actually lived the lie they pretend to despise. Why would conservative christians hate a guy like me? For the same reason #liberal #christians do...

They hate on me because I remind them of their own #sin, their own confusion, disbeliefs, depressions, anxieties, and traumas. I am a #representation of the #Truth and the #healing that comes out of the #confusion & #delusions of being #trapped in #transgenderism. My life hits too close to home for them. All of them, on some level!

I also represent a Truth neither of them are willing to admit. For the conservatives; they can't stand that I've discovered the Truth about same-sex attraction NOT being a sin. For the liberals; they hate that I have discovered that nobody is born in the wrong body! 

http://www.ibelongamen.com/homosexuality--the-bible.html

It is a lonely place; no "church" building to go to; cannot sit with folks that believe I am an abomination because I have embraced my own same-sex attraction and I sure cannot sit with folks that promote, encourage or celebrate the rainbow of shame #lgbTQia #TransQueer #Gender #Cult - gender confusion, murder, sexualization & promiscuity.

So glad I have The LORD Almighty and the family that HE has given me. AMen!!

​Also, I am so excited for the unity that will be exampled on Saturday 11/19 on WBCI FM radio!

Saturday, November 19th, 2022 - 3pm-4pm EST - Simple Faith Radio Show WBCI 105.9 FM https://lifechangingradio.com/program/simple-faith-dale-carlson…
You can tune in on the radio or on the website and click LISTEN NOW.

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Great Faith

9/9/2022

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I have Faith. I have Great Faith!

I know that GOD Almighty Loves me and that HE Loves me so much that HE gave HIS Only Begotten Son, in the flesh, The Man, YESHUA, JESUS The CHRIST, to become the ransom for each one of our sins and I know that HIS HOLY GHOST dwells within me.

Still, there are times when I do not feel like HE is with me. I can be skeptical and cynical. There are times when I want a tangible experience, so The FATHER works to stretch my Faith in things unseen. I marvel at the many ways HE has met me where I am, especially today.
 
When I first began my walk I was in "therapy" for chronic major depression, PTSD, anxiety, bipolar, sleeping disorders, etc…. While in session one morning it just came upon me that I did not need this anymore, all that I needed was in HIM & HIS Way. I asked the therapist if she wanted to pray, she said no, I then told her that I was done and no longer would be needing her services. I hadn't been on the medications for months, because of Faith.

I slept better than ever and from that moment on having given it all to HIM, I have not suffered from any of those “illnesses” again because HE let me know that they aren’t illnesses (diseases) at all, but symptoms & results of being in, and of, this world.
 
Now I am not saying that anyone should dump out their medications. What I am saying is that is what I did and that is what worked for me. I was also diagnosed with diabetes & had been on medication for it for years, that also went away, along with many other "sicknesses". This is what I did & this is how HE has worked in my life. Full blown AIDS? Gone! Fibromyalgia? History! Osteoporosis? Another one bites the dust! Hmph!
 
GOD Almighty is ready, willing & able to do anything! Anything! Above & Beyond whatever we could even imagine! I realized that HE was my safety net & that HE would see that I not only had a testimony that could help introduce others to HIM, but that I was also a living, walking, breathing testimony of HIS Healing Power, able to stand again, balanced & secure.
 
Our One True Living GOD shows HIS Love to us in many ways. HE affirms us & HE speaks to us in very personal ways. How has GOD affirmed you? How has HE made HIS Presence known to you? How has HIS Son, JESUS The CHRIST, spoken to your heart? Look & listen, HE is there.
 
Dear FATHER, Thank YOU for YOUR Patience with me and Love for me. Thank YOU for all that YOU have put in my path to help me find spiritual health as well as physical health. Please forgive me for my weakness of Faith and teach me to Trust YOUR Word rather than my thoughts & feelings. Please continue to stretch my Faith in things unseen. I Pray to YOU, FATHER GOD, in YOUR Son's Mighty & Precious Name, YESHUA, JESUS The CHRIST. Amen.

Reading 2 Corinthians 5:1-10... 
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Powerless...

9/7/2022

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In The RESIDUE Guide we have touched on questions like, “Have I learned to beware that, without JESUS The CHRIST, I am powerless?” and also “Have I learned to fear sin's power?” and “Have I determined to make GOD Almighty, and HIS Way, the top priority in my life?”
 
Today, I ask this question; “Have I come to a deep awareness that I cannot do this alone?” Can you say from your heart, "I need GOD’S help and the help of HIS People?”
 
First, let’s think about GOD’S help. Do you pray earnestly every single day? Do you spend time in thoughtful, daily study of HIS Way? Do you worship The FATHER through, in and with your life; Word, Deed, Action? When tempted, do you let fear engulf you, or do you reach out to your Mighty, Magnificent & Able FATHER in Heaven with the confidence that HE can and will deliver you?

Do you really believe that JESUS The CHRIST will make you Free and are you trusting HIM to do just that? Will you stay with HIM no matter how long it takes? Are you working hard while remembering that without HIS Blessing all comes to nothing? Do you ask The Holy Spirit to keep you from sin in thought, word & deed every morning and thank HIM for your victories each night?
 
What about the help of HIS People that are called by HIS Name? Have you reached out to Trustworthy brothers & sisters asking them to hold you accountable? Accountability is very important for all of us, but more so for those battling with addictions, strongholds and the lusts of the flesh.

Have you developed healthy, transparent and intimate relationships or are you still waiting passively for friends to spring up out of nowhere? Have you let fear keep you from being open with others about your struggles? Are you not just looking for what you can get out of relationships, but also looking for who you can help, knowing you will be helped as you help others?
 
Has your understanding of being powerless led you to see the folly of trying to be a ‘Lone Ranger’? Has it sunk in? Do you get it? If not, then please reach out to The FATHER in prayer and to your brethren for some guidance.
 
FATHER, We know that it is the enemy that makes us want to forget our need of others and even of YOU! We are so slow to Trust, to ask, to reach out and to reveal our deepest & darkest secrets, ugly warts and all. Please allow YOUR Holy Spirit to help us to face the Truth and to keep reaching out in Faith, trusting YOU to reach back leading us to others who will also support us in our struggles and in our times of need. We Praise YOU and Glorify YOU Oh Mighty GOD. Thank YOU for all that YOU are. We Pray in The Powerful & Precious Name of YESHUA, JESUS The CHRIST.  Amen.
 
Reading Psalm 122:1-9 this…
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Prioritize...

9/6/2022

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One way to measure our walk is to see the place that GOD Almighty has in our lives.

A time management expert pulled out a one-gallon, wide-mouthed Mason jar and set it on the table in front of his students. He produced about a dozen fist-sized rocks and carefully placed them, one at a time, in the jar. When no more rocks would fit inside he asked, "Is the jar full?"
 
Everyone in the class said, "Yes." He said, "Really?" He reached under the table, pulled out a bucket of gravel, dumped in some gravel, and shook the jar, causing the pieces of gravel to work themselves down into the spaces between the big rocks. Again, he asked, "Is the jar full?"
 
"Probably not," one of the class answered. "Good!" he replied. He reached under the table, brought out a bucket of sand, and started dumping the sand into the jar. It went into the spaces left between the rocks and the gravel. Once more he asked, "Is the jar full?"
 
"No!" the class shouted. Again, he answered, "Good!" He grabbed a pitcher of water and began to pour it in until the jar was filled to the brim. Then he looked at the class and asked, "What is the point of this illustration?"
 
One student said, "The point is that no matter how full your schedule is, if you really try hard you can always fit some more things in!"
 
"No," the expert said, "that's not the point. The point of this illustration is that if you don't put the big rocks in first, you'll never get them in at all. If you fill your life with lesser things, you'll never have the time you need to spend on the big, really important stuff (the 'big rocks')."
 
And so it is in our walk as a Child of GOD. If our walk is something that we work on after everything else has been taken care of, there is little hope that we will ever be pleasing & acceptable unto HIM.

GOD Almighty must be number one on our list of priorities and our schedules should be worked around HIM, not the other way around. See this as a vital part of learning to live for HIM, and we could
all be well on our way!

Is GOD Almighty the “big rocks” in your life? Will HE be? Pray with me...

 
Dear FATHER GOD, I'm sorry I've put so many things ahead of YOU and of becoming what YOU Created me to be. Please forgive me and grant that I may make my likeness to YOUR Son, YESHUA, JESUS The CHRIST, in making YOUR Ways and my assignment the priority in my life. Oh FATHER, YOU sent YOUR only begotten Son to become the ransom that I might be Holy; please help me walk in The Way so I may be in a right relationship with YOU. Please grant me the Courage and Perseverance to press on and press forward with YOU as my top priority! I Pray in The Mighty Name of YOUR Son, YESHUA, JESUS The CHRIST. Amen.
 
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Discovering Our True Identity...

9/3/2022

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I read a story about Joseph Stalin where I learned some very interesting facts. Stalin's real name was Iosif Dzhugashvili. He was born & raised in the Russian province of Georgia. His father was a drunkard, a failure who would play on his son's sympathies, and he was also very abusive. His mother was strict, very religious, and did domestic work. He was an only child and a good student. He had almost no role models from which to develop a positive identity.
 
At his mother's urging, he entered a Theological Seminary to study for the Russian Orthodox priesthood, but, like most of his fellow-students, had no use for the dull, restrictive life there. Instead, he read a novel, The Patricide, by Alexander Kazbegi, and was deeply impressed by a character named Koba.

Koba became his god, giving his life a new meaning. He wanted to be a second Koba, a fighter and hero to whom others would look up to, he even called himself "Koba", wouldn't allow others to call him anything else, and kept that name well into his thirties.
 
This was an important step in the journey of Iosif Dzhugashvili's becoming one of history's most murderous tyrants. His failure to find a positive identity and the adoption of a fictional, revolutionary one led to a life of total and utter destruction that destroyed many others' lives.
 
How can we develop a positive identity that will Bless us and make us a Blessing rather than curse us and lead us to lives that destroy? What better person could you identify with than our LORD and our SAVIOR, JESUS The CHRIST? Let us strive to follow HIM, to imitate HIM and to be in The FATHER'S Will.
 
You will gradually find the identity that was intended for you and become the person you've always longed to be. This is the road to your true identity! Will you walk it?
 
FATHER GOD, Thank YOU that I do not have to look to novels, movies, textbooks, perceptions, imagination, curriculums or TV programs to find my identity. My problems in my childhood may have robbed me of the identity YOU intended for me, but I do not have to be deprived forever. I will look to YOU and to those who Love YOU in Truth and learn from them. Please help me, Guide me & Strengthen me! Thank YOU for all that YOU are. I Lift YOUR Name On High. I Pray to YOU, in The Precious Name of YOUR Son, YESHUA, JESUS The CHRIST. Amen.
 
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I Got This! ~ Uhhhh. No Ya Don't!!

8/22/2022

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Some people stumble into sin. Some fall. Some jump. While others play around on the edges, seeing how close they can get to it without doing it, until they plunge right back in. Poof~Boom~Bam! It really is that simple.

The very first thing we must do, when coming out of the world, out of sin and away from our vices, addictions, strongholds and old habits, is admit that we are powerless, and that our lives are unmanageable without JESUS The CHRIST.

One way to test whether you have done well with this or need to give it more work is to see how you view the world. Do you look on it with dread or with longing? Do you miss it or are you overjoyed to be out of it?

Some people, secretly longing for it rather than fearing sin, try to see how close they can get to it without an actual fall. They maintain friendships with those who have chosen to continue in sin and who try to tempt them to do likewise. They participate in immoral, unholy & spiritually unbeneficial things. They go to movies & watch television programs that are ungodly and full of what The Word demands HIS Own to steer clear from. Foolishly thinking, "I can handle this now," they play around the edges of sin, only to be amazed & shocked when they fall in and then are stunned at how difficult it is to get back out! Really!?!??!!

Outside of JESUS The CHRIST, we are powerless over sin and the god of this world! Some of us never really grasp this concept. This teaches that to try to get near sin without committing it is as sensible as trying to see how near you can get to a grizzly bear without becoming its next meal!

The one who has accepted that they are powerless and has developed a sense of the terrible, destructive power that sin can exercise over their life, stays as far away from it as is humanly possible.

If you don’t want to fall, or stumble, then stay away from those people, places & things that will stir in you a sense of false boldness to see how close you can get to the sin without actually sinning. That's just a simple & practical way of stating the reality that Freedom speaks to. 

Accept that you are powerless outside of JESUS The CHRIST. Do this over again thoroughly, thoughtfully & prayerfully. Remember you're powerless and remember your emotional unmanageability and beware.

"Put ye on the LORD JESUS The CHRIST, and make no provision for the flesh, to fulfill the lusts thereof" ~ Romans 13:14.


Oh Precious FATHER, Will we ever learn? Please teach us, by YOUR Holy Spirit and through YOUR Word, in context, how helpless we are against the flesh, the world and our adversary just waiting to pounce & devour. Please teach us to abide in YOU and to keep as much distance between ourselves and sin as is humanly possible.

Allow us to learn from YOUR Holy Spirit rather than from bitter experience. Thank YOU, FATHER, for all of the Blessings YOU bestow upon us all. I Praise & Glorify YOU and I Pray in The Precious Name of YOUR Son, YESHUA, JESUS The CHRIST. Amen.

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Two Steppin'

8/14/2022

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Have you ever heard of "two-stepping"? No, not dancing. It's a term used in recovery to describe people who discover their powerlessness and the insanity of the life they've been living and, without working towards actually rediscovering their true identity in JESUS The CHRIST, they rush to carry The GOoD News to the world.

The results are usually disastrous. The two-stepper, who has not gotten to a place of True Freedom, fades and then falls away, leaving those to whom they've spoken to disillusioned and even more skeptical than before. We must be careful not to make this very mistake.
 
We must have had a True Spiritual Awakening before we begin carrying the message to others. JESUS The CHRIST has laid before us a sure way to come to HIM and to receive the Hope of Eternal Salvation. Believe. Repent. Be Baptized. Surrender. Live Accordingly. That's Freedom.
 
We must remember that we have not "arrived" until we obtain "the measure of the stature of the fullness of The CHRIST" (Ephesians 4:13). For all of us, there is still plenty of room for improvement!  
 
In carrying the message to others that are hurting & lost we often find the deep wells of Joy in being an Overcomer. While it gives the Joy of a closer walk with GOD Almighty, thrilling self-discovery, and ever-increasing Freedom, it can, at times, be painful, discouraging or maybe for some, just plain boring!
 
What will keep us going when we hit those dry patches where our soul can become parched? It's the Joy of seeing others find the Truth and grow in the Grace & Knowledge of The Will of GOD Almighty. Are there ever disappointments? Of course! But the rich rewards of being used to Bless others in life-changing ways keeps us going until we reach our goal!
 
Oh, Heavenly FATHER, Thank YOU for this day and for all of the Mighty Blessings, great & small, that YOU have so graciously and abundantly bestowed upon each one of us. I truly need YOUR Joy! I thank YOU for not pampering my selfishness by giving it to me to keep all to myself. Thank YOU for leading me out of myself and into YOUR Likeness as I reach out to seek & to reach the lost. Encourage me. Bless my faltering efforts. Grant me the grace of patience. Then, please grant me YOUR Joy. I Praise & Glorify YOU. I Pray to YOU in The Mighty & Powerful Name of Your Son, YESHUA, JESUS The CHRIST. Amen.
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The Blame Game...

8/2/2022

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What is everyone's favorite game? The Blame Game!

While it's exceedingly popular, it's also very dangerous. It keeps us from facing reality and from making things right.

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When things go wrong, we feel guilt, shame, frustration & fear and as we get this rude awakening, we realize that we really are powerless. These unpleasant emotions give rise to a strong fight or flight response. But how can we fight? Feeling hopeless is terrible, so we make ourselves believe it was someone else's fault. We then focus our anger on them.
 
We can blame our parents ~ they didn't meet our needs or raise us right.

We can blame our friends ~ they aren't there enough for us.

We can blame our recovery process ~ it's not working.

We can blame satan ~ "the devil made me do it".

And then, when we've run out of others to blame, we turn on GOD. Why did HE allow this to happen to me?
 
As long as we're angry, we feel powerful. So, as long as we come up with all sorts of reasons that we're not at fault and that someone else is because they should have fulfilled their purpose better, we feel more competent than they. Seeing their guilt clearly lets us be superior in our own eyes. Feelings of power & superiority are very pleasant feelings.
 
The pleasure, however, is deceptive. It is built on a lie--the same lie that satan (the father of lies) used when he rebelled. He just kept on blaming GOD, and he tempts us to do so as well. If he can get us to abandon GOD instead of returning to HIM in repentance, we may drown out our painful emotions for a moment, but eventually we will be consumed with anger, bitterness & discontent, unable to face life as it is. We will carry an ever-increasing burden of unresolved emotions, further damage our strained relationships with others, strengthen our compulsions until they totally enslave us and lose all sense of GOD & HIS Love for us. That's part of the price we pay to play the blame game.
 
Don't take anyone else's inventory, their faults are theirs; concentrate on your own because you have enough of them. Find your own defects, then confess & make amends for them. Then walk the road to the Glorious Liberty of Freedom with the children of GOD, your brethren. Start today!
 
Dear Father in Heaven, forgive me for blaming others, especially YOU, for my failures. Help me to be honest--to search only within--that I may see reality clearly and find YOUR Forgiveness & Strength to change my life that I may become more & more like the person YOU Created me to be. I Pray to YOU in The Mighty & Precious Name of YOUR Son, YESHUA, JESUS The CHRIST. Amen.
 
Reading Psalm 37:9-29 this morning….
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You Little Liar...

8/1/2022

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Parent: You Little Liar! Where'd you ever learn to lie like so much?? 

Child: From you. 

A few years ago I was standing in line at the store. In front of me was a young father & his young son. The boy was eyeing the dinosaur action figures, so dad told him to "grab one & let's go." 

Then dad said to the boy, "play with it til we get home, but then we have to wrap it up & put it under the tree so mommy won't know."

He told his son to not only keep something from his mother but to flat out lie & it was okay. Is it okay to deceive anyone? No matter the reason?

It was no problem for that man to tell his young son not to let his mother know that he bought him the toy, and that he could play with it now but then it has to get wrapped so mom thinks it was just a gift someone left for you. Really?!?!! Are you serious!

In a few more years when that young boy lies about something to daddy, and is caught red handed, what will dad say? Dad will get mad and ask him where he learned to lie like that. The boy will be able to truthfully tell him, "from you dad"! 

There is nothing alright with telling a child that it is okay to be deceitful, to lie or hide anything from anyone but especially from his, or her, parents!! When a parent pits a child up against the other parent like this it is a very dangerous line that will eventually get blurred when he begins to lie about everything to everyone! 

But don't we do the same when we lie to a child and tell them that "Santa" brought them a gift? Or that he even exists? I am not going to get into the traditions or history of Christmas, santa or the other stuff but what I am going to say is this..... when you tell your child a lie, with good or bad intentions, it is still a lie and you are still a liar. 

When your child then lies to you, not that it is okay because any lie is wrong, then maybe you are the failed example you were supposed to be. That one father told his son to deceive & lie to his own mother. Hmph!! That is disturbing!

Remember, if you tell your child there is a "tooth fairy" then you are a liar and a foul example of what that child deserves. 

If you tell your child there is a santa, an easter bunny, great pumpkin or any of the other fictional depraved characters that the world worships, then you are a liar and a foul representation of a parent. 

I know I know, I don't have any children. That doesn't change the fact that if you lie then you are a liar and if GOD Almighty blesses you with a child that you are supposed to be a good, pleasing & acceptable example to that child! 


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Is There A Key To True Happiness...

7/30/2022

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Is there a key to true happiness?

We live in a time where bitterness, boredom, misery, anger, depression and many other forms of unhappiness, angst, confusion & delusions are running rampant. Is there some basic principle which determines success in finding happiness?

The Book of Psalms, with its very first psalm, shares with us a key principle that can ensure true happiness if we allow it to. Notice the very first word of the first psalm, "Blessed."

The word in Hebrew denotes the idea of "happiness"

The actual force of the Hebrew could be translated "O how very happy is the man..."

Therefore this psalm describes "The Truly Happy Man"

Let's look at Psalm 1. The Blessedness of the Righteous man... 

In Psalm 1:1-2 we are told of his character. 

"Walks not in the counsel of the ungodly" ~ He does not take their counsel on how to live, talk, act etc. He does not follow the advice of those who are sinful. Nor does he follow behind those who are doing ungodly works in Jesus' Name.

"Nor stands in the path of sinners" ~ He does not linger where sinners are known to go. For the temptation to go with them would be great. But this does not say that he doesn't have contact or fellowship with them. Note that he does not go with them or go to where they gather to do their sins but rather lead them elsewhere to gather and fellowship... how else would we be the example in Word, Deed & Action.

"Nor sits in the seat of the scornful" ~ He does not join himself with those who ridicule & mock those trying to do right, which they often do to fortify their conduct and defend their own ungodly actions.

This verse may be taken to describe the journey one takes into sin:

First, one going along with a crowd.

Then, taking a stand with the crowd.

Finally, reaching a point where sinning is not enough and mockery is added.

"His delight is in the law of the Lord" ~ "the law" is literally translated into "The Way". The source of his Joy & Happiness is The Way of GOD Almighty! It is truly his "delight" (Psalm 119:16,24,35,47,70, 77,92,174 & Jeremiah 15:16-17). He preferred it over the counsel of the ungodly!

Therefore, "in His law (or His Way) he meditates day and night" ~ The word meditate means to "moan, hum, utter, speak, muse". The picture is one of a man reading and re-reading half aloud to himself, another word might be "ponder."

This he does with GOD'S Word "day & night", not implying a monk-like existence, but a focused, coordinated and determined interest which goes beyond a casual acquaintance, or thoughts & feelings alone. What it means is that this is something he does habitually setting apart portions of each day and that he does both day and night.

In Psalm 1:3 we are told of the happy man's prosperity. 

"He shall be like a tree" ~ This figure of speech is often used in Scripture to describe the righteous (Psalm 92:12-15 & Jeremiah 17:5-8). It had special significance to those living in arid climates like Palestine.

"Planted by rivers of water" ~ A picture describing a person whose life is rooted in GOD'S Word, from which one receives constant nourishment!

"That brings forth fruit in its season" ~ Depicting a life which yields something worthwhile, providing Blessings to himself and others.

"Whose leaf also shall not wither" ~ A tree with roots near a river is not likely to be affected in times of drought, so adverse conditions do not affect the fruitfulness of one whose strength comes from GOD'S Word!

"Whatever he does shall prosper" ~ This is a general rule, exceptions may occur for reasons which only GOD knows, but a life of piety will generally be Blessed by HIS GoOD GOoD Blessings, prosperity. 

Prosperity not being measured by monetary wealth, but Spiritual & godly wealth. Amen!

Such is the character & prosperity of the righteous man; he is truly happy and a blessing to others because he abides in the Word of GOD. He also becomes a monument to GOD'S Faithfulness and the value of living by HIS Word and walking in The Way.

But wait...... what of those who do not delight in the Word of GOD? Those who do not receive the nourishment found in GOD'S Word? This answer is found in Psalm 1:4-5, the condition of the unrighteous. 

The phrase "The ungodly are not so" is more emphatic in the Hebrew, it literally says, "Not so, are the ungodly!"

Emphasizing that the wicked are not like the righteous!

The contrast as illustrated by the Psalmist does not even describe them as withering trees, but rather as "chaff which the wind drives away", alluding to chaff blown away from wheat as it is tossed into the air. 

The illustration describes a bleak existence. Their life is one of futility, ending in eternal separation from GOD. The "ungodly" chaff among the wheat, this is not the lost souls, but those within The Church who are being led by thoughts & feelings, misinterpreting The Scriptures, acting on bitterness & ego, stepping outside of The Will of GOD, following behind others (including hirelings/pastors/etc) and those who are just wolves in sheeps clothing. 

Their life is of no substantial value, either to be blown away and not found or to be burned (Matthew 3:12). 

"The ungodly shall not stand in the judgment" ~ I understand this may be a Hebrew idiom and mean that the wicked "shall not be able to maintain himself" (for example - obliged to sit or fall down in shame when convicted of their guilt). 

"Nor sinners in the congregation of the righteous" ~ For example - in all places where the righteous assemble, but especially, in the last day, when the righteous shall be gathered together to receive their reward and shall be assembled together in Heaven, where the sinner has no place!

The psalm concerning the truly happy man (Psalm 1) ends with a final contrast between two different & distinct "Ways" in Psalm 1:6.

"The Way" of the Righteous ~ The LORD knows "The Way" of the righteous. The word "knows" suggests interest in, and care for, the person known. One could say that GOD himself goes with such a person throughout his or her life!

The way of the ungodly ~ The way of the ungodly person "shall perish". His path becomes less defined until it loses itself, kinda like a trail that leads into a swamp. We understand this for the lost but for those (ungodly) who claim JESUS The CHRIST, those words will be heard, "Depart from ME" 

Is not the end described for the ungodly a true description of those who go through life bored, bitter, angry, miserable, depressed, or otherwise unhappy? Their lives are listless, with no sense of purpose or direction, gradually unraveling. While others are busy trying to be heard, instead of allowing The LORD to speak through them. 

Why is this so? Because they heed the counsel of the ungodly! 

If we desire to be truly happy, standing strong like well-nourished trees, bearing fruit at all times, with The LORD always at our side, then the key is to delight & meditate in the Word of The LORD & not heed the counsel of the ungodly!

In whose counsel do you delight?

That which is found in GOD'S Way, or that provided by this world? 

If you seek true happiness, let The LORD be your counselor, and HIS Way your guide! Allow HIM to lead your steps. 

​Stop following others and allow HIM to lead you. 


Be Blessed.
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Come Out and Be Separate...

7/26/2022

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The Apostle Paul issues a challenging call when he tells us to "come out" and to "be separate", just as GOD Almighty did through HIS Prophet Isaiah. And this is a verse that is often used to segregate many from their own families & social circles, when it is not meant to.

In 2 Corinthians 6:17, when Paul says, "Wherefore come out from among them, and be ye separate, saith the Lord, and touch not the unclean thing; and I will receive you.", he is quoting from Isaiah 52:11 ~ Depart ye, depart ye, go ye out from thence, touch no unclean thing; go ye out of the midst of her; be ye clean, that bear the vessels of the Lord..

These are GOD'S plain instructions to HIS People concerning separation from evil. Christians are not to stay in the midst of it, as part of it, taking part of it. Our "call" is to come out of the wickedness and ignorance that held us in bondage.

The unclean thing in this verse is primarily the heathen world, but it also applies to any form of evil, whether commercial, social or religious. It is often very hard for Christians to sever ties that have existed for years in order to be obedient to the Word of GOD.

And it seems that GOD had anticipated such a difficulty in 2 Corinthians 6:18, because in verse 17 HE says “I will receive you,” and then HE adds, “I will be a Father to you, and you shall be My sons and daughters, says the Lord Almighty.”

Now verse 18 speaks multitudes to me. Let me explain why....

While I was in the midst of the evil, in & of this world, a lot of my issues began before I was even born when my father took his own life. Every boy needs a father. Every girl needs a mother. Of course, children need both a mother and a father, but the point is that by mine not being in my life there was a void there.

But GOD..... oh them two words.... But GOD!! HE said that HE will be a FATHER to me and that I shall be HIS son! Oh Happy Day! When I realized that I had a Father and that HE Loved me more than any earthly father or man ever could, it was life changing! Literally.

Thank YOU, FATHER, for becoming the driving force in, with & through my life. Thank YOU!

The compensation for standing with The CHRIST outside the camp of evil is to know Fellowship with The FATHER in a new and intimate way.

Paul is not saying that Believers should have no contact at all with unbelievers, because then Christians would have to leave this world and then how are we to be salt & light to the world? What Paul is saying, is that believers are not to participate in the strongholds, vices, addictions, ways and sins of the unbelievers, to not be "of this world" just because we are in it.

Please do not allow anyone to keep you from being a positive Light in the lives of others who truly are in need of Life, and Life more abundantly. Amen.
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Be Thankful In Everything... That Means EVERYTHING!

7/25/2022

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How can we possibly be thankful "in everything"?

All things work together for good if we Love GOD and respond to HIS Call - Romans 8:28

Loving GOD means obedience to HIS Will – 1John 5:3 – So responding to HIS Call means obeying HIS Gospel.

We can therefore Glory in tribulation – Romans 5:3-5. Knowing that it produces character which in turn produces Hope

We can rejoice in persecution – Matthew 5:10-12. Knowing that the Kingdom of Heaven is ours.

We can rejoice in trials – James 1:2-3. Knowing that trials produce patience and that patience produces perfection and completeness, with which comes maturity.
 
How else can we be thankful in everything?

By expressing our thanks in every prayer. Philippians 4:6 says, “Be anxious for nothing, but in everything by prayer and supplication, with thanksgiving, let your requests be made known to God”

Every time you pray, thank GOD for something, for anything, for everything!
 
Thankfulness is 'key'...

To overcoming anxiety - Philippians 4:6 ~ Be anxious for nothing, but in everything by prayer and supplication, with thanksgiving, let your requests be made known to God;

To obtaining the Peace of GOD which surpasses all understanding- Philippians 4:7 ~ and the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus.

To pray without ceasing, and to rejoicing always ~ 1Thessalonians 5:16-18. When we give thanks in everything, we will pray without ceasing! When we pray without ceasing, we will rejoice always!

Thankfulness in everything - praying without ceasing - rejoicing always!
 
If we desire to have the Peace which passes understanding, that Joy which is inexpressible (1Peter 1:8), then we need to develop the attitude of gratitude, being Thankful in everything!

We are to have the 'attitude of gratitude', being Thankful for what GOD has done for us ~ Colossians 1:12-14.

Abounding in Thanksgiving ~ Colossians 2:7

And as a part of the "garment" we are to put on ~ Colossians 3:12-15, where it says, “12 Therefore, as the elect of God, holy and beloved, put on tender mercies, kindness, humility, meekness, longsuffering; 13 bearing with one another, and forgiving one another, if anyone has a complaint against another; even as Christ forgave you, so you also must do. 14 But above all these things put on love, which is the bond of perfection. 15 And let the peace of God rule in your hearts, to which also you were called in one body; and be thankful.”

The ‘attitude of gratitude’ is a complement to our prayers (Colossians 4:2 & 1Timothy 2:1).

Ingratitude, which is included among other sins, not only displeases GOD but would also be common in those "perilous times" that are spoken of in 2Timothy 3:1-5.

Romans 1:18-21 says, “18 For the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men, who suppress the truth in unrighteousness, {{Now by truth, Paul means all the light that is left in man since the fall of man, not as though they being led in this manner were able to come into favor with God, but that their own reason might condemn them of wickedness both against God and against man.}} 19 because what may be known of God is manifest in them, for God has shown it to them. 20 For since the creation of the world His invisible attributes are clearly seen, being understood by the things that are made, even His eternal power and Godhead, so that they are without excuse, 21 because, although they knew God, they did not glorify Him as God, nor were thankful, but became futile in their thoughts, and their foolish hearts were darkened.”

So, the wrath of GOD will be revealed against those who are unthankful. It is GOD'S Will that we 'rejoice always' and that we 'pray without ceasing' ~ 1Thessalonians 5:16-18, where we learn that it also GOD'S Will that we 'give thanks in everything'.

Not only are we to be thankful in everything, but for everything!
 
Ephesians 5:20-21 tell us, “giving thanks always for all things to God the Father in the name of our Lord Jesus The Christ, 21 submitting to one another in the fear of God.”!
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GOD, others & self...

7/23/2022

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How can we claim to have The Holy Spirit of The One, True Living GOD inside of us and then think or speak lowly of others? How can we claim to be Christian but not look out for the best interest of others first?

2Corinthians 8:1-4 says, “1…we make known to you the grace of God bestowed on the churches of Macedonia: 2 that in a great trial of affliction the abundance of their joy and their deep poverty abounded in the riches of their freedom. 3 For I bear witness that according to their ability, yes, and beyond their ability, they were freely willing, 4 imploring us with much urgency that we would receive the gift and the fellowship of the ministering to the saints.

Note the Macedonians great Freedom despite their own great poverty. And in verse 5 we see they were so gracious in thinking of others, it says, “5 And not only as we had hoped, but they first gave themselves to the Lord, and then to us by the will of God.”

First they gave themselves to The LORD and then they gave themselves to others. Having a mentality, or attitude, of “LORD first” instead of “me first” enabled them to put “others first”.

And their Freedom continued in supporting Paul to preach the Gospel (Philippians 4:10-18). Putting GOD and others first guaranteed that their own needs would be met (Philippians 4:19). The Macedonians illustrated the true value of putting others first.

If we do not follow their lead and put GOD first, then others first, then we are not following in JESUS The CHRIST'S footsteps as we are commanded to do all through Scripture.

Do we have a "me first" mentality? Because if we do, then we cannot truly be a Disciple of JESUS The CHRIST and if we do, then our own spiritual lives will suffer.

Do we want to be rid of the "me first" mentality? The "me first" mentality can be destroyed by taking on the “others first” mentality, which can only be developed as we make the “GOD first” mentality our reality & mission.

JESUS The CHRIST said it HIMSELF in Matthew 6:33 ~ But seek ye first the kingdom of God and His righteousness, and all these things shall be added to you.

When we truly put the Kingdom of GOD and others before ourselves, then The LORD will see to it that we have the things that we need! (Matthew 6:30-33 & Philippians 4:19)
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The FATHER Said It... I Believe It!

7/21/2022

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When I opened up about my deepest & darkest secrets & struggles some of my “friends” drifted away. When I started speaking about being on the sex offender registry because of a charge back in the early 1990's, that was even worse to some people.

I know that some people’s parents & families have a tough time accepting their transparency, and some are rejected by members of the church as well. How can we know, and believe, that GOD accepts us in spite of all?


That is a very easy answer..... GOD Almighty said HE would. HE promised it. And HE keeps HIS Word. We all have self-doubts, fears & anxiety, and we can fear authority figures in the same way as we fear rejection.

A state trooper once followed a man for five miles, all the way to his home. Then he drove in the yard behind the man! “What did I do?”, the man asked himself. Anxiety gripped him until the state trooper got out of his car and said, "Hi! I haven't seen you in ages!" Turns out the state trooper was an old friend from way back and just wanted to say hi and catch up. But the waiting period was rough, all five miles of it.

Let's pray...

Dear FATHER, I am sorry that I have treated YOU like an earthly authority. Thank YOU for accepting me even when I rejected YOU because of my fears. May I be released from fear in order to know YOU, to walk with YOU, to talk with YOU and to Hope in YOU Forever. I Pray to YOU, FATHER and I ask these things in The Mighty, Powerful & Precious Name of YESHUA, JESUS The CHRIST. Amen.

Reading Romans 8:14-18 this morning….
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Dying Is A Part Of Life...

7/19/2022

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Although we try hard to avoid the subject of death in our society, we are all dying. Diseases like AIDS or cancer are scary, but the natural course of life brings us death also. Why are we so fearful, when death is a part of life? Because death represents the unknown, annihilation, obliteration. Disease is frightening because it represents a disjointed or fragmented death and eats away at us slowly. Sin does the same thing.
 
Addiction, which is not a disease but just a sin, can also eat away at us & bring us to death. The answer comes when we see JESUS The CHRIST telling us, "I am the Resurrection and the Life" (John 11:25). This statement is present tense, not future! HE delivers us from death, but only as we recognize we are indeed dying & totally dependent on HIM.
 
I am dying! You are dying! We are all dying! But... in JESUS The CHRIST we can experience Life & Resurrection! So what if we must admit that we are powerless! So what if we must humble ourselves before The Throne of Grace! It's that very admission to GOD that will bring us closer to that Life that is available to us in The CHRIST. Wouldn’t it be nice to be able to know, to accept & not be fearful of the fact that we are dying simply because we truly understand & accept that when we become a Child of GOD that we have Life Eternal! Hallelujah!
 
Dear Heavenly FATHER, It is when I really face life in the flesh that I see death. But in The CHRIST’S death on the Cross there is Life available. Thank YOU for this Amazing Grace. I may not fully understand it, but I Praise you for it and I thank YOU for all of the many Blessings YOU grant to each one of us on a moment by moment basis. I pray in The Precious and Powerful Name of YOUR Son, YESHUA, JESUS The CHRIST. Amen.
 
Reading Ephesians 2:1-10 this morning….
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Dear Chaos...

5/31/2022

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Dear Chaos,

You didn't know I knew your real name, did you?!!?! Although you disguised yourself as a "community" (lgbTQia+), as an "identity" or transgenderism (confusion), as "love", as "family", as well as anxiety, depression & self-pity, I finally figured out who you really are! And just in the nick of time!

After all those years we spent together, such intimacy! You became every aspect of my life, but isn't that what cults do?!!? I trusted you. I gave you over 30 years of my hard core dedication. Even after all you've done to me I'm still haunted by your call. Haunted, not intrigued, definitely not impressed and by no means fascinated.

You stole from me. You cheated me. You used me. You hurt me. You abused me. You misled me. You infected me. You lashed out at me. You stabbed me! You tricked me. You raped me. You shot me. You profited off of me. You perverted me. You locked me up. You set me up. You left me for dead! And I have two words for you....

Thank you!!

Thank you. If I had not allowed you to rule over me, to corrupt me and infect my life the way you did, then I may not have met my One, True Love when I did.

Thank you for showing me, for 30+ years, exactly what I don't need in my life, so that it was so easy to recognize what I do need, and what I deserve. Not to mention what I am worth!

I finally met Someone Who truly & purely Loves me! Loves me like I've never known possible. I've been given another chance at Life, and Life more abundantly. I am finally Free from the pain, the darkness, the depression, the addictions, the hurt, the lies, the wandering and of course, from you, the deceiver, the liar, the cheater, the thief, the infectious poison called Chaos. Of course we both know that chaos is just one of the many faces you represent out of the darkness that dwells this earth just looking for someone to devour and envelope.

I know you are proudly and boldly stalking about, fooling many others with the glitz and glamour of your rainbow, your deceptions, your tactics and your lies of inclusivity & acceptance & tolerance & love, but one by one they too will realize just how sad, how pathetic, how sickening, distrustful and dangerous you really are. They too will meet their One True Love and be Free from your shackles! They too will recognize the cult you have lured them into!

Your days are numbered.

​In HIS Grip, David 
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What's The Bible Say About Being Gay & Who Am I?

5/30/2022

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When anyone opens up their Bible, they begin a process of interpretation. Those who are same-sex attracted are simply told they are putting their own experience or feelings and "desires" over and above Scripture whenever they come to affirming conclusions about their design, or sexual orientation.

I have actually been told that my entertaining the idea of being same-sex attracted is a rejection of the Bible’s authority in my life. But iwhere does it say that "The Bible" is supposed to be the authority in my life? It doesn't. GOD is The Authority in my life. And so, the question is begged, is this a fair and accurate assessment? Are there such things as neutral interpretations? Is there one true or correct way to interpret the Bible? And if so, who determines that?

I ask because there are tens of thousands, if not more, of denominations, doctrinal divisions and religions in this world... they all sincerely and truly believe they have interpreted The Word correctly. Have they? If so, which ones? Or one? Or are any of them?
 
The Bible is a collection of writings which span more than a thousand years recounting the history of God’s relationship with the Hebrew and Christian people. It was written in several languages, embraces many literary forms, and reflects cultures very different from our own.

These are important things to consider for properly understanding the Bible in context. There are vast differences in doctrines between various Christian denominations, all of which use the same Bible. These differences have led some Christians to claim that other Christians are not really Christian at all!

Biblical interpretation and theology differ from land to land, building to building, college to college, seminary to seminary, church to church.
 
In asking, “What does the Bible say about homosexuality”, or more appropriately stated, “what does the Bible say about attraction to someone of the same sex,”? Our task is to explore what the relevant biblical passages on the topic meant in their original context and what they mean for us today. How have they been tainted or changed? Have they been tainted or changed?

More specifically, we are seeking to determine if the biblical writers were condemning specific practices related to sexuality in the ancient world, or were they indeed condemning all same-sex relationships of any kind for eternity?

Understand this, in order for any publisher to print/publish another Bible there are some rules that must be followed for legal purposes. A certain percentage of the content in any book being reprinted or republished must be changed; so words must be changed in order for the book to be published/printed. And likewise a certain percentage of content must be removed; removed - as in taken out totally.


With the above explained, there are six passages that address same-sex issues that are constantly and consistently used in battling the stand that one can be same-sex attracted and still be in a pleasing and acceptable relationship with GOD Almighty.

Given the amount of cultural, historical and linguistic data surrounding how sexuality in the cultures of the biblical authors operated it actually demonstrates that what was being condemned in the Bible is very different than a committed same-sex partnership, or even just being same-sex attracted; gay.

Sodom and Gomorrah (Genesis 19) is about violence... sexual violence. Also, let’s keep this in context, GOD Almighty had already decided HE was going to destroy Sodom & Gomorrah before the angels even went there. The men & women (Scripture says “all people from all quarters of the town”) that were there wanted to rape the two strangers, and that was the straw that broke the camel’s back.

There was much more going on in Sodom & Gomorrah. In The Bible, a Sodomite was NEVER used to describe a man that engages in same-sex sex, it was only used to refer to a resident of Sodom; much like Moabites were simply residents of Moab. Man has misused & misrepresented the word sodomite immensely.

The injunction that “man must not lie with man” found in Leviticus 18:22, 20:13, has been seen in different ways. One way coheres with the context of a society anxious about continuing family lineages and retaining the distinctiveness of Israel as a nation separated from the rest. Another way this passage is seen, by actual Jews & Rabbis, is the actual words in original text do not say or mean what they've been translated to say in many biblical translations. More on that in the blog entry for this passage.
 
Each time the New Testament addresses the topic in a list of vices (1 Corinthians 6:9, 1 Timothy 1:10), the argument being made is about the sexual exploitation of young men by older men, a practice called pederasty, and also fornication. It is just as sinful for two men to fornicate than it is for a man and a woman or two women. Fornication is fornication

And what we read in the Apostle Paul’s letter to the Romans is a part of a broader indictment against idolatry and excessive, self-centered lust that is driven by a desire to “consume” rather than to love and to serve as outlined for Christian partnership elsewhere in the Bible.

I am not saying that the biblical authors were wrong. What I am saying, at a minimum, is that continued opposition toward same-sex attraction or relationships must be based on something other than these biblical texts because these biblical texts have been mistranslated, twisted, changed and altered tremendously.

Which brings me back to the fact that I was same-sex attracted all of my life and just because I fell victim to the hands of molesters and trauma doesn’t mean that my same-sex attraction was a result of being victimized.

I was same-sex attracted ever since I can remember. Before I was molested, or traumatized, into the false identity of gender confusion, promiscuity, perversion.... and pride, ignorance, malice, etc etc etc

All things considered, it is important to remember that throughout church history, new information about people and the world we live in have frequently led believers to reconsider some of their beliefs.

This is not a reason to distrust Scripture, but rather should serve as an invitation to everyone to truly wrestle with the contexts of the biblical writers and our own lived experiences; and to do some in-depth studying and research of their own when it comes to the original Scripture IN CONTEXT.

Same-sex desires, love, attraction & relations do exist. It is real. This is something I tried for 11 years to be free from and denied these things by putting them in the same category of transgenderism (identity confusion), sexual promiscuity and perversions.
 
There really is a balance that two men can love one another, be intimate, loving, romantic and dedicated to one another for life and still give GOD Glory while Honoring HIM in their words, deeds & actions.
 
Regardless of your own bias or thoughts & feelings about two people of the same sex being in a relationship; for 11 years I tried to make up excuses for the way I felt, accepted others' false interpretations of The Bible, I’ve given into peer pressure, leaned on my own misled understanding (and the understanding of others), and denied any possibility of a relationship in my life. I grew bitter and miserable after 11 years, at least on a personal level & basis anyways.

I had the joy of The Lord, yes, I did! But in my own space & life, I was not so joyful. Depressed is a word that easily comes to mind. I over ate & looked for things to compensate for what was missing in my life, only finding myself getting more & more bitter by the day.
 
The depression eased up tremendously ever since I realized that I could love another man and be in a sincere, intimate, loving, romantic relationship with a man and still walk in a right relationship with GOD Almighty.
 
When God gave me peace about that, I was grateful & humbled that I broke down and I bawled my eyes out. And even though I know it is from HIM, without any doubt, I am hesitant on some things because I have also programmed myself to believe what many others believe about something they truly do not understand.
 
The FATHER in Heaven gave me the Strength & Courage to stand up against the lgTQia+ Trans-Queer Gender Rainbow Cult AND to stand up against HIS Own (misled) People! HE gave me Strength & Courage to stand up against the false doctrines/teachings and let the many that have run from HIM, believing that HE hated them, know that they are Loved and that it is okay to be same-sex attracted and being gay is not a sin!

Below are very detailed IN CONTEXT examinations of the passages most commonly referred to when the topic of same-sex attraction comes up... 


Leviticus Passages - READ BLOG HERE
​Sodom & Gomorrah - READ BLOG HERE
1Corinthians & 1Timothy - READ BLOG HERE
Romans 1 - READ BLOG HERE .
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The Rainbow Umbrella

5/9/2022

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There is a huge difference between being AGP (autogynephilic) and being “gender dysphoric” and it is one that everyone has got to understand in order to clearly see what is happening right now and how this trans-gender-ideology-cult has expanded as much as it has.

Imagine a large rainbow umbrella, now let’s call that the Trans-Queer Umbrella, that covers all of the individuals that identify as “trans”. Not all of the people that are falling into the Trans category, and standing under that umbrella, are confused about their “gender” (SEX).

While “gender-dysphoria” or “gender identity disorder” is a mental disorder in & of itself, let’s see what other mental disorders fall under the same umbrella and can call themselves “trans” or “gender-dysphoric” or “transgender” …

AGP or autogynephilia – Males that are sexually aroused by the thought of themselves as women.

Transvestism – Males/Females that are sexually aroused by wearing women’s/men’s clothing. *Even though it is rare for females it is not unheard of.

Fetishism – a form of sexual behavior in which gratification is linked to an abnormal degree to a particular object, activity, part of the body, etc

Paraphilia - condition characterized by abnormal sexual desires, typically involving extreme or dangerous activities. *Some examples of paraphilias: pedophilia, rape, AGP, cross-dressing, transvestism and this list can go on and on.

Those who suffer with these paraphilias also fall under that bright, colorful & shiny “Trans-Umbrella” and can label themselves as “trans”. These are the individuals that are fighting so viciously to be allowed into women’s bathrooms, spas, locker rooms, showers, clubs and even prisons!

Yes, MALES who commit “extreme or dangerous abnormal sexual” activities and crimes are being allowed into women’s same-sex spaces, being allowed to call themselves ‘lesbians’, being allowed to inhabit jailcells with victimized vulnerable women, being allowed to shower in women’s showers, being allowed to change in women’s locker rooms, being allowed to invade the bathrooms where women and children SHOULD have an expectation of privacy AND SAFETY!

How does this happen??? I’m glad you asked… Men in Power. And before you go further, I am NOT a feminist or a “TERF”. I am a man that spent 30+ years as a member, ally & advocate of the lgbTQia+ Trans-Queer Gender Cult as well as spending 20+ years as a Trans-Identified “Woman”.

Men, in power (judges, politicians, lawmakers, CEO’s, medical professionals), that suffer one or more of those paraphilias mentioned above, are not standing against the immorality of transitioning children or males in female spaces because they themselves (the men in power) are enveloped in immorality.

The immoral find it extremely hard, if not impossible, to stand up against immorality!

Whether these men suffer from a paraphilia named above or are consumed by another mental immoral disorder like pedophilia, pornography, satanic-ritual-abuse (SRA), sex-trafficking, rape, prostitution and the list goes on, these men are wickedly laughing behind closed doors as they promote, push, fund, affirm, encourage and celebrate these once hidden shameful activities.

As an EX-trans-identified “woman” that was a prostitute for MANY years and has seen, dealt with, befriended and gotten to know these types of men, I can say that you would be amazed & shocked at just how many married, clean-cut, successful men are wearing women’s panties, garters or stockings underneath their 3-piece suits, judges robes, uniforms, etc…

These men have been my clients and I know, from personal life knowledge & experience, just how warped and demented these individuals are and can be! I’ve personally experienced some very dangerous physical outrage and attacks of some clients where I thought my life would end.

So, it is not a stretch to know that because of their own immorality, fetishes or mental disorders these men will not only remain silent when faced with the immoral, fetishist mental disorders that fall under the Trans-Umbrella as the lgbTQia+ Cult marches on, but they will do whatever they can to protect that mass of debauchery!

How many principles in the public/government school system are secretly wearing women’s panties at work?? They are being consistently & constantly sexually aroused as they gently and innocently rest their hand on a child’s shoulder or as they pat a child on the head.

How many teachers suffer from paraphilias (mental disorders and conditions) that are now going untreated as these sexual obsessive desires are growing out of control? How many children sit in their classroom being lusted after? Is this a chance we are willing to take?

How many judges will hear a case of a child victimized and allow their decision to be made by the stirring in their loins as they sit on the bench wearing women’s stockings under their robe, being sexually aroused?

How many women will be locked in a cell tonight with a male that has committed heinous sexual crimes against women and/or children? How many of those women will be raped, impregnated or worse? One would be too many… or should I say IS MORE THAN ENOUGH!!!

How many politicians or law-makers will cast their vote to further the lgbTQia+ Trans Queer Gender Ideology Agenda while enveloped in their own sexually immoral fantasies or desires?

Honestly, how many people do you think would stand up against immorality and the sexualization of children while they suffer from a mental disorder or paraphilia that would place them under that bright, shiny & colorful Rainbow Umbrella… if only they had the courage to “come out”. But since they don’t (because of their own moral compass) they will promote, encourage, vote for, affirm and celebrate the chaos and turmoil parading around as “diversity & equality”!!
 
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EX-Trans ~ DeTransitioner ~ Rescued From Delusions!

4/27/2022

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***Please Share. Love Them To Life. Stop Loving Them To Death With Your Silence.***

Using myself as the illustration, as a former trans-identified person, with decades of life's knowledge & experience in that world, I can say that the confusion of gender dysphoria, or better known as transgenderism, is absolutely mutable & curable!

We are born either male or female. Our DNA is not the only deciding factor, and it is not about appearance either. We all have over 6,500 genetic markers that make us distinctly male or distinctly female. It is literally impossible for a male to have a "female brain". No surgery, procedure, pill or shot in the world can change our biological sex.

Changing sex is not an option. Even with sexual reassignment surgery (AKA 'gender-affirming-surgery'), we remain what and who we were Created to be, even if we choose to mutilate our genitalia.

Transgenderism is not a sexual orientation at all, but just one of the many types of confusion (mental disorders), that fall under the Trans-Queer umbrella.

Once we embrace our own biological sex, our design, we can find the Freedom from the bondage of confusion, being sexualized, depression and the list goes on. Then we can begin to discover our true identity as we learn the root issue/s that caused this condition, and deal with it/them.

Being set free from that delusion of being trans-identified is just as obtainable, it's just as real, and it's just as common, as a drug addict being set free from the stronghold of drugs. Our "true self" is exactly who we were created to be from conception.

Sex means biological sex! Its definition did not change because someone suffers from a disorder. Each of us is born with a race, a color, a sex, a sexual orientation and a nationality. Sex is objective, not subjective, and it is binary — either male or female.

Gender Dysphoria; dysphoria literally means confusion; confusion is a condition; conditions need healing, NOT hormones; conditions need treatment NOT encouragement. It would not be called deception if one knew they were being deceived.

When a male begins identifying as female that male is no longer mentally stable and there is a reason for this delusion and we must focus on discovering that reason and helping them deal with it.

To enter into the "transgender" world one must undergo, and continue in, extensive mental health counseling; that fact alone says that the individual is not mentally stable.

The suicide rate amongst transgenders increases with the hormone treatment and even more so with the procedures and especially the surgeries. We cannot change the meaning of words just because a small population of mentally unstable individuals "think/feel" they want to pretend to be what they are not.

Many are coming out of the delusion of transgenderism and, in fact, there is a whole movement of ex-trans (detransitioners) that are speaking out and exposing the agenda of the lgbTQia+ trans-queer-gender cult. You don't hear much about these men and women, as the powers that be do not want their stories told.

I have had contact with many men who at one time identified as a "women" and have come out of those deceptive lies and they now live healthy, productive lives as the men they were created to be. Some are same-sex attracted (gay) and some are opposite-sex attracted (straight) but their delusion/confusion of being trans-identified is gone! And the same for many women I know who once identified as "men".

I once stated, and sincerely believed (at that time), that I “felt like a woman.” That statement was absurd because having never been a woman, I could not possibly know what a woman feels like.

IBA Ministries is an outreach ministry that has one goal.... to bring HIS Truth, in Love, to a lost and dying world. Exposing the darkness of the lgbTQia+ Trans-Queer Gender Movement (CULT) and the devastating confusion that comes with it, while also revealing what the difference is between the lgbTQia+ movement and those who are, were or will be victimized by this movement and be used as pawns to further this movement's political agenda! Letting Truth be known in a world where even the saved have been misled.

Truth can be, and often is, offensive to those who do not live in it, however, "making nice" or "stroking anyone's ego" is not my goal, nor is it my responsibility.

For me it all began with my father committing suicide, being molested as a child and an existence that had no purpose, no dreams, no goals.... only desires and lusts.

I feared being Same-Sex Attracted because of the guilt, shame and condemnation that heavily weighs down on that sexual orientation. I recognized that stigma even as a child. I chose to dissociate from who/what I was in hopes of escaping the shame, guilt and condemnation from culture, society and the church. It is called internalized homophobia and dissociative disorder.

Suicide. Molestation. A life doomed & littered with drugs, alcohol, prostitution... even murder. It was a prison guard that reached me, with Truth, in Love. I was confused; but now I see with clarity like never before.

30+ years of darkness and death, I now live in Light and Life. GOD pursued me. GOD chose me, for such a time as this. GOD fed my hungry heart with Truth. GOD Loves us all, sinner and saint alike. However, HIS Love doesn't get us into The Kingdom of Heaven... HIS Mercy does that! We do not have to obtain HIS Love to get into The Kingdom, but we must obtain HIS Mercy.

And they [the Church] overcame him [the enemy] by the Blood of The LAMB, and by the Word of their Testimony; and they Loved not their lives even when faced with death. ~ Revelation 12:11
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After living for 30+ years in darkness (transgenderism, prostitution, sexual brokenness, drug-addiction, alcohol addiction, deceit, trauma and tragedy) there is nothing more Joyful than having The Almighty GOD, stop you in your tracks, wake you from your slumber and give you exactly what you've been asking for and seeking your entire life!!

I really was lost & broken, hurting & destructive, confused & deceived. HE rescued me! HE gave me clarity and focus, as well as purpose.

I am a man of GOD that happens to be same-sex attracted. I have seen this very clearly regardless of how many years I have tried to deny this part of my design. I have attempted to come up with the many reasons that same-sex attraction doesn't exist. I was hoping that if I denied it long enough that it would go away. It didn't, and it won't, because this is a part of our innate individual unchangeable design.

Christian By CHOICE. Gay By DESIGN.

2 Corinthians 5:17 says, "Therefore, if anyone is in The CHRIST, he is a new creature; the old things passed away; behold, new things have come."

I have surrendered. I am in The CHRIST. Old things have passed away.

​All of my confusion and deceit, as well as thoughts & emotions, have truly passed away. I am a New Creation!

There is a difference between "denying self" and denying our design. I refuse to deny my design. And The FATHER in heaven doesn't want me to either!

This one topic of same-sex attraction has given many only one choice to make, choose either the church or choose your design. I am not forced to decide when it comes to something that is not sinful, but a part of my design. Nobody should be forced to make the choice between who and what they are vs seeking The FATHER'S Face. I choose GOD Almighty over the misled church by the way.

The difference between the lgbt movement and those who have been used & manipulated by this movement? The movement itself is not individuals or people, the movement itself is a dark political mass of wickedness and evil that is using, confusing, abusing & bamboozling individuals to believe the deceptions and lies over Truth!

The lgbTQia+ trans-queer rainbow gender ideology cult is not a "cause", it is a prideful & spiteful ignorance that is damaging, traumatizing and raping the minds of individuals that are weak, weary, worn out, confused, broken, hurting, deceived, emotionally unstable and just seeking affirmation and Love.

The bright, colorful, shiny, 'happy-go-lucky' rainbow movement has truly done serious damage to individuals, especially the youth! The youth are being indoctrinated and tricked by way of their emotional fragileness.

It is time we started mending those wounds by establishing intimate and loving relationships.
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Come On Y'all!! It's Time!!!

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