Your tapes on Romans are very uplifting. I listen to them almost continuously. This is because I was trained in legalism and try at all times to be the “perfect” Christian. Yes, I gave up street drugs and alcohol and fornication but now I am besieged with feelings of fear, inadequacy and bitterness. So I am always berating myself for something.
So, your tapes on Romans remind me that I can’t live the “perfect” Christian life without depending on Christ and His work on the Cross.
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In Christ,
R.S.
I forgot to thank you and congratulate you on your [dramatic Scripture] readings this Christmas which were so finely welcomed by my ears and heart. I used to suffer of insomnia, and this is not by any means an insult, but your show has made me sleep better and rid myself of recurring nightmares which I had, like not being able to run away from muggers that were chasing me, or always dialing the wrong number on the phone over and over again, and not being able therefore to make an essential phone call. Anyways, that’s rather off the subject I think.
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God bless you. Your faithful listener,
L.Y.
Switzerland
I have noticed that when I masturbate with fantasy I wake up feeling very tired and weak—as if I have been in a battle. When I masturbate inviting God to be with me—I don’t feel tired—if anything I feel alive.
A.H.
I always like to follow up after I see you to tell you what a great session I had and how the interaction edifies and satisfies. I feel I can do anything after I see you. Just want you to know how much I appreciate all you have done for me and your love for me. Who would ever have thought that some old chap from England would have had such an effect on me?
D.K.H.
Thank you for your faithful messages of God’s truth and His blessing of mercy and grace for all.
H.S.
I would like very much to receive a list of available tapes from your ministry. I have been listening to your program for several months, when I can. I first heard you one night when I turned on my radio because I couldn’t sleep. I’m blessed by your teaching. May you be encouraged and uplifted in the power of the Holy Spirit for the good work Yahweh has set before you.
S.R.
I am just trying to do what Abraham did in Romans 4:19–21. Without weakening in his faith he faced the fact that he was old and his wife, Sarah, was barren—he saw the reality of the situation. But he didn’t just stop there—he didn’t waver through unbelief but was strengthened in his faith and gave glory to God, being fully persuaded that God had power to do what he had promised. I look at a guy that I am attracted to—there seem to be so many in the spring and summer—and I am not going to deny that I am attracted to him—that there is something about him that I want to possess—it could be his hands—whatever it is! But I am not going to stop there and just let the attraction consume me or, even worse, ignore it, although sometimes it is more practical to ignore it. I am going to be strengthened in my faith, just like Abraham, and give glory to God and realize that God has the power to do what he has promised me…
I sent the above e-mail to a friend of mine but when I got to the last sentence I realized I was missing something. Colin, I don’t know what God’s promise is to me regarding homosexuality. Maybe it’s just the devil but I just don’t have a vision regarding what God has to say to me about my homosexuality. Am I just to assume that he wants me to overcome these desires and then to marry and have kids, maybe he wants me to live a celibate life or maybe I will always struggle with this issue? It just seems strange that I have no vision about what God has promised me regarding my homosexuality. The paragraph below is what I came up with after I thought about what I believe God’s promises are to me regarding my homosexuality.
I just need to have a vision about what he has promised me—I know he wants me to have a good future (Jer. 29:11—“For I know the plans I have for you, says the Lord. They are plans for good and not for evil, to give you a future and a hope.”)—and I just don’t see how homosexuality can be a part of that. I know that homosexuality is against his nature—that nature being love—real love (homosexuality is very selfish and self-centered) and against his will for the best in my life. So with this vision, I am encouraged, even when I am attracted to men! Because I know the same faith that Abraham used, and was called righteous because of it (Rom. 4:22–25) is available to me. It is so exciting to know that even when I am faced with a hopeless situation, like feeling attraction for a man I can still find righteousness, if I follow Abraham’s example and use my faith.
So what do you think, Colin? Am I wrong in my reasoning and scripture?
A.H.