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Good Guys,

If you could erase a part of your past, what would get the great smudge?

I would erase the times I said "I will not fail again." I know the devil smiled at that one, for though he could not have known for sure that I would fail again, my claims of strength must have redoubled his efforts. How he must love the little word "I." How he must rejoice (does the devil rejoice?) at the longer word "again," when it is part of a vow, no matter how intentionally intended. "I" would smudge out the word "I" and try never to write it again with the word "will." God wills.

I hope you'll visit the blog and read the latest post and share your thoughts. It's at this link: http://thom-signsofastruggle.blogspot.com/2010/12/for-things-we-cant-erase.html

God Bless,

Thom Hunter

#1254

From: "jay o" <jayorknay@...>
Date: Fri Dec 3, 2010 6:20 am
Subject: hi

jayorknay

To the owners, moderators and members.  It is with great sorry to say i have to
leave this group both as a member and as a moderator.  i cant stay because it
would be hypocritical at the moment to give the impression that i have victory
and joy when at the moment i just want to slit my wrists and let my blood drip
drip drip away. my life is a waste and i am the bigeest hypocript and the
biggest loser and a waste of space and time
Group please forgive me for leaving as moderator. i just hope that ther will be
someone better and godly to take up the slack and to take my place as moderator
but it is just impossible to carry on and i have to withdraw. i hope u
understand
andrew

#1255

From: "MarkS" <x077mws@...>
Date: Thu Dec 9, 2010 6:29 am
Subject: Re: hi

x077mws

Andrew we need you and love you just way you are. Your just like all the reat of
us. You're never going to br perfect dude so hang out with us were all in the
same boat brother, and we love you.Your perfect to us dude.

Love from Mark, and the Whole Group

--- In Jesus-is-our-victory@yahoogroups.com, "jay o" <jayorknay@...> wrote:
>
> To the owners, moderators and members.  It is with great sorry to say i have
to leave this group both as a member and as a moderator.  i cant stay because it
would be hypocritical at the moment to give the impression that i have victory
and joy when at the moment i just want to slit my wrists and let my blood drip
drip drip away. my life is a waste and i am the bigeest hypocript and the
biggest loser and a waste of space and time
> Group please forgive me for leaving as moderator. i just hope that ther will
be someone better and godly to take up the slack and to take my place as
moderator but it is just impossible to carry on and i have to withdraw. i hope u
understand
> andrew
>

#1256

From: "Thom Hunter" <th2950@...>
Date: Fri Dec 10, 2010 12:42 am
Subject: The Consequences of Careless Compassion

th2950

Good Guys,

I would appreciate your prayers for my mother, Mary Ellen, as she is ill
and in the hospital in Dallas. I've gone to visit her, which means
instead up updating Signs of a Struggle this week, I chose one of my
favorite chapters from my new book, Surviving Sexual Brokenness: What
Grace Can Do.

The chapter is called "The Consequences of Careless Compassion," and here's a paragraph from it. I hope you will click the link and read the whole chapter:

Compassion is a gift from God that we can corrupt like everything else
He gives us. Oh . . . but when it is presented in its perfect form,
what healing takes place, what joy abounds, what grace flows and what
beauty springs forth from the dry desert, shocking those who view it,
like a brilliant and seemingly fragile butterfly that pauses on a
morning glory. Imagine, that little fluttering thing that looks like
tissue paper in flight can cross the continent and return again. It
looks weak, but it is strong because it has learned to manage the
currents and soar.

If you would like to order an autographed copy of Surviving Sexual Brokenness, please click the link on the right side of the
blog.

The book is also available on Amazon.com or through your bookstore.

God Bless,

Thom -- http://thom-signsofastruggle.blogspot.com/

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#1257

From: Thomas Har <thomasharvarden@...>
Date: Thu Dec 9, 2010 9:43 am
Subject: Ban Obama in 2012 (He has to go!) and ban ABC News

thomasharvarden

This report incensed me. Now it is wrong to be patriotic too? Bah humbug!

All the basic rights we as Americans had enjoyed are going? Not good! First
it was prayer in schools, then Christian manger scenes at Christmas then it
was the Bible. Now it is US Flag as lapel pins. What is next? Wake up folks
and smell the coffee burning. We are being sold down the river.

Wise men (not "religious" or Politically correct) still seek Christ and I
urge you to continue doing so! Let's not have a blue Christmas! He ever
lives on to make intercession for us! Pray for this nation which is also
quickly losing it's position as the most powerful nation on earth.

I fought for the right to wear the pin and to have my Christian rights and
yours protected and for our basic rights or face communism at home! Are our
military loss of lives in vain? I survived many buddies but for what? But
for the grace of God there go I!

I say...Ban Obama in 2012 (He has to go!) and ban ABC News.

ABC News Joins Obama- Bans American Flag Lapel Pins

ABC News Joins Obama in
Bans American Flag Lapel Pins

ABC NEWS BANS FLAG LAPEL PINS
Barbara Walters said that this was going to hurt ABC bad. As you know she
works for ABC. This should make your blood boil...it DOES mine!
ABC NEWS BANS FLAG LAPEL PINS! YESTERDAY THE BRASS AT ABC NEWS ISSUED
ORDERS FORBIDDING REPORTERS TO WEAR LAPEL PIN AMERICAN FLAGS OR OTHER
PATRIOTIC INSIGNIA. THEIR REASONING WAS THAT ABC SHOULD REMAIN NEUTRAL ABOUT
'CAUSES'.
SINCE WHEN IS SUPPORT FOR PREVENTING DEATH AND DESTRUCTION SOME SORT OF A
CAUSE'? SINCE WHEN IS PATRIOTISM TO BE DISCOURAGED?
I URGE YOU TO BOYCOTT ABC AND ITS SPONSORS AND AFFILIATES. WE ARE SLOWLY
LOSING EVERYTHING OUR COUNTRY STANDS FOR AND EVERYTHING OUR MEN AND WOMEN
FOUGHT AND DIED TO PRESERVE!
PLEASE FORWARD THIS TO AS MANY AS YOU CAN.

THIS HAS BEEN VERIFIED THROUGH:
http://www.truthorfiction.com/rumors/a/abcflag.htm

THIS ONE NEEDS TO BE CIRCULATED...QUICKLY

www.heavenlyChristians.com

Thanksgiving is "Thanksliving"
Thomas Harvarden

#1258

From: Thomas Har <thomasharvarden@...>
Date: Thu Dec 9, 2010 9:58 am
Subject: Ban Obama in 2012 (He has to go!) and ban ABC News

thomasharvarden

www.heavenlyChristians.com

Thanksgiving is "Thanksliving"
Thomas Harvarden

#1259

From: "jay o" <jayorknay@...>
Date: Thu Dec 9, 2010 10:11 pm
Subject: hi

jayorknay

hi group  its andrew and i am back

#1260

From: "jay o" <jayorknay@...>
Date: Sun Dec 12, 2010 12:30 am
Subject: Re: hi

jayorknay

Hi mark . thankyou so much for the message which has greatly encouraged me. also
your love and compasion, I wish i was perfect and didnt greive God. i want to
hang with you guys. thankyou for your love and acceptance
the police arrived at my door on thursday making enquiries about my message and
i have never felt so sick or terrified or embarrassed. my mind went into over
drive
andrew

--- In Jesus-is-our-victory@yahoogroups.com, "MarkS" <x077mws@...> wrote:
>
> Andrew we need you and love you just way you are. Your just like all the reat
of us. You're never going to br perfect dude so hang out with us were all in the
same boat brother, and we love you.Your perfect to us dude.
>
> Love from Mark, and the Whole Group
>
> --- In Jesus-is-our-victory@yahoogroups.com, "jay o" <jayorknay@> wrote:
> >
> > To the owners, moderators and members.  It is with great sorry to say i have
to leave this group both as a member and as a moderator.  i cant stay because it
would be hypocritical at the moment to give the impression that i have victory
and joy when at the moment i just want to slit my wrists and let my blood drip
drip drip away. my life is a waste and i am the bigeest hypocript and the
biggest loser and a waste of space and time
> > Group please forgive me for leaving as moderator. i just hope that ther will
be someone better and godly to take up the slack and to take my place as
moderator but it is just impossible to carry on and i have to withdraw. i hope u
understand
> > andrew
> >
>

#1261

From: "MarkS" <x077mws@...>
Date: Mon Dec 13, 2010 12:49 pm
Subject: Remembering our beginings

x077mws

I want you all to remember that when we started this group many years ago we were a group of Christian guys in the New York City burrow of Queens that were mostly from a Cathclic backgroud. We were horny young dudes that had recenty become Born Again Christians. I went to Exodis with my friends on Thursdays, and that ended as a disaster as most of us ended up in bed with each other. That didn't work, and I was mastrbating at least five or more times a day wile thinking about having sex with men. I did manage to stop having sex continuously as I had been since I was thirteen. It was a lot of work having to read First John 1:9 at least five times a day and repenting every time I mastrbated. Yes we were out there in left field trying our best to do what God wanted but always failing. So if you fail so what we all fail. Keep your mind on the fact the God is suposed to love us, and I think he dose.

Remember God said that when one sheep got lost he would leave the 99 and go out and look for the lost one. Were all lost sheep that will only make it through the grace of God, and never by how good we are.

So don't worry were a family that loves each other. No one can be worse them me I still strugle with homosexuality, and have been a drug addict since I was thirteen, and I still can't get off drugs. I guess I'm still week, but God is strong.

God want's us to do omly one thing and that is love each other, stay true to each other and keep going on loving each other. Were a family and you never through someone out of a family foe being a little screwed up. Remember that if we weren't screwed up we wouldn't be human.

#1262

From: jay orknay <jayorknay@...>
Date: Mon Dec 13, 2010 8:25 pm
Subject: Re: Remembering our beginings

jayorknay

how can i do it here. any suggestions?

andrew

--- On Mon, 13/12/10, MarkS <x077mws@...> wrote:

From: MarkS <x077mws@...>
Subject: [Jesus-is-our-victory] Remembering our beginings
To: Jesus-is-our-victory@yahoogroups.com
Date: Monday, 13 December, 2010, 12:49

I want you all to remember that when we started this group many years ago we were a group of Christian guys in the New York City burrow of Queens that were mostly from a Cathclic backgroud. We were horny young dudes that had recenty become Born Again Christians. I went to Exodis with my friends on Thursdays, and that ended as a disaster as most of us ended up in bed with each other. That didn't work, and I was mastrbating at least five or more times a day wile thinking about having sex with men. I did manage to stop having sex continuously as I had been since I was thirteen. It was a lot of work having to read First John 1:9 at least five times a day and repenting every time I mastrbated. Yes we were out there in left field trying our best to do what God wanted but always failing. So if you fail so what we all fail. Keep your mind on the fact the God is suposed to love us, and I think he dose.

Remember God said that when one sheep got lost he would leave the 99 and go out and look for the lost one. Were all lost sheep that will only make it through the grace of God, and never by how good we are.

So don't worry were a family that loves each other. No one can be worse them me I still strugle with homosexuality, and have been a drug addict since I was thirteen, and I still can't get off drugs. I guess I'm still week, but God is strong.

God want's us to do omly one thing and that is love each other, stay true to each other and keep going on loving each other. Were a family and you never through someone out of a family foe being a little screwed up. Remember that if we weren't screwed up we wouldn't be human.

#1263

From: "Thom Hunter" <th2950@...>
Date: Thu Dec 16, 2010 2:03 am
Subject: Denial Really is a River

th2950

http://thom-signsofastruggle.blogspot.com/

Good Guys,

What does it really mean to deny yourself . . . and why did Christ ask us to do that? That's the subject of this week's blog post: Denial Really is a River .

I hope you'll take a moment to read it and that it will be an encouragement to you.

Here's a paragraph from it:

"We sin. We fall. We plunge headlong into Satan's schemes. And the cross gets all the heavier it seems as we get all the weaker. And then, just about the time our face is about to hit the rocks, we hear . . . "

God Bless and Merry Christmas,

Thom

#1264

From: "Thom Hunter" <th2950@...>
Date: Thu Dec 23, 2010 1:00 am
Subject: The View From This Inn

th2950

Good Guys,

First of all, Merry Christmas. Some of you may have heard that our house burned down this week. It's true. I have always been heartbroken when I have seen things happen in the lives of others, particularly just before Christmas. Believe me, it does give you a lot to thank about. And, for me, naturally, to write about, as that helps me think things through.

I hope you'll visit the blog this week, where I share my thoughts in a post entitled "The View From This Inn."

I am always very interested in your feedback. Here's the link to the blog: http://thom-signsofastruggle.blogspot.com/2010/12/view-from-this-inn.html

God Bless,

Thom

http://thomhunter.com/

#1265

From: "Thom Hunter" <th2950@...>
Date: Wed Jan 5, 2011 11:23 pm
Subject: 2010: A Grace Odyssey

th2950

Good Guys,

First of all, thank you all for your prayers following the fire that destroyed our house. It has been more than two weeks now and we are settling well into the transition phase as we get ready to re-build. God has been very good to us in this time.

I hope you'll visit the blog this week and read my thoughts about grace. And, if you'd like to share yours, I'd sure like to hear them. We all need grace. And it is available to all of us.

Here's the opening paragraph of the blog post:

I will always be one who looks back. Out of my past, with all its levels of conjured contentedness concealed between cushions of deceit, I draw my emotion. In the losses, I find my determination. In the pain, I uncover energy to search for the truth of healing. In the regret, I discover grace. Out of the stupidity of ill-conceived actions and words, I hunger for wisdom. In the layers of the past, I see the unfolding of the future.

To read the rest of the piece or to leave a comment, just click on this link: http://thom-signsofastruggle.blogspot.com/

God Bless,

Thom -- http://thomhunter.com/

#1266

From: "Thom Hunter" <th2950@...>
Date: Thu Jan 13, 2011 11:08 pm
Subject: By What Are You Surrounded?

th2950

Good Guys,

This week on the blog I took a look at some of the things around us that can make it more difficult for us to believe we can overcome our temptations. I hope you'll take a few minutes to read it and let me know your thoughts.

Here's a paragraph from it:

This is not a race. We don't spring from the blocks at the start of a pistol and try to beat everyone to redemption. We walk with the Lord, and pray for Him to set the pace and stay beside us all the way. He doesn't rush to the finish line and say, "Oh well." He takes each step with us until we get there and then He says "Well done." We don't start at the same place, run the same course, mark the same time, but we have the same Savior walking beside us as those who seek repentance for sins far removed from sexuality. Their path is different and perhaps just as hard, but the finish line is for all. Don't turn your back on the finish line and turn around and start over. Go on. Every time you get back up, the finish line is little bit closer if you keep heading in the same direction.

To read the whole post, just click on this link: http://thom-signsofastruggle.blogspot.com/

God Bless,

Thom

Thom Hunter

Visit my new website: http://thomhunter.com/

My new book, Surviving Sexual Brokenness, is available on my blog at Signs of a Struggle,

or on Amazon.com or on Barnes&Noble.com.

Those Not-So-Still Small Voices is now available by clicking here: Voices!

#1267

From: "Thom Hunter" <th2950@...>
Date: Fri Jan 21, 2011 2:15 am
Subject: It Really Will Be All Right

th2950

Good Guys,

I hope you find some encouragement in this week's blog post. As always, I welcome your feedback either here or in the comment section of the blog at http://thom-signsofastruggle.blogspot.com/

This week I focused on restoring relationships. Here's a paragraph from the blog:

We can rebuild some relationships and build new and healthy ones. We just have to be willing to let some stones lie to the side in hopes that God will add them back to the wall in His due time. The devil would have us scramble around trying to put it all back together again, not wanting us to see the truth that many times God intends the new structure to be something altogether different.

God Bless,

Thom

Visit my new website: http://thomhunter.com/

My new book, Surviving Sexual Brokenness, is available on my blog at Signs of a Struggle,

or on Amazon.com or on Barnes&Noble.com.

Those Not-So-Still Small Voices is now available by clicking here: Voices!

#1268

From: "Thom Hunter" <th2950@...>
Date: Mon Jan 24, 2011 9:36 pm
Subject: Surviving Sexual Brokenness Book Trailer on YouTube

th2950

Good Guys,

Would you mind doing me a favor? My book trailer promoting "Surviving Sexual Brokenness: What Grace Can Do" began running today on YouTube. I would appreciate it if you would take a look (it's only 1 minute long) and let me know if you think it conveys a good and strong message. All you need to do is hit this link and it will go straight to YouTube and the trailer: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jt7LdZwegkU Since you've been following the blog, your feedback is important to me in making sure the message has the right tone.

I want to make sure the trailer conveys well the content, in hopes of getting the book into the hands of anyone who struggles with a sexual issue.

Thanks for your help.

God's Grace is Always Greater,

Thom

Thom Hunter

Visit my new website: http://thomhunter.com/

My new book, Surviving Sexual Brokenness, is available on my blog at Signs of a Struggle,

or on Amazon.com or on Barnes&Noble.com.

Those Not-So-Still Small Voices is now available by clicking here: Voices!

#1269

From: "Thom Hunter" <th2950@...>
Date: Fri Jan 28, 2011 2:49 am
Subject: Should We Really Burn the Bridges?

th2950

Good Guys,

If we live long enough, almost everything we see, hear or do becomes a trigger for a memory of something we have seen, heard or done. It would be nice if we could do a selective match and everything we experience today would bring back only the best of yesterday, but our memories are not that easily parceled, and we're left to sort in the present the things of the past.

Should we burn the bridges? (Read more at http://www.signsofastruggleblog.com/2011/01/should-we-really-burn-bridges.html

God Bless

Thom -- www.thomhunter.com

#1270

From: "Thom Hunter" <th2950@...>
Date: Sat Feb 5, 2011 2:38 am
Subject: Why Call It Brokenness?

th2950

Good Guys,

As we struggle, there are those who hang close and respond with what they hope will be comforting words: "You'll be fine." Is that somehow expected to be more comforting than our own well-worn, oft-mis-proved "I'll be fine?" Trite answers are convenient, but not compassionate. How about a more honest one: "Yes, you are broken. Like me. But you don't have to be. Me either."

God Bless,

Thom

www.thomhunter.com

#1271

From: "Thom Hunter" <th2950@...>
Date: Thu Feb 10, 2011 12:32 am
Subject: The Graceless Gospel of Guilt

th2950

The Graceless Gospel of Guilt

Good Guys,

I'm giving away 5 copies of my book, Surviving Sexual Brokenness: What Grace Can Do this week in a random drawing of people who choose to share the blog post further to their Facebook Friends, or leave a comment on the blog after reading it . . . if you happen to be someone who doesn't do Facebook. Either way, if you leave a comment, or forward the post, just shoot me an e-mail and I you will be in the random drawing for one of the five copies to be given away. (Your e-mail will be used only for the drawing!)

Thanks for reading and sharing the truth of grace with those who struggle. Feel free to friend me if you are on Facebook.

Here's a paragraph from this week's blog post and a link to the blog if you would like to read the post and enter the drawing for a free copy of Surviving Sexual Brokenness: What Grace Can Do. ------

When we rise into grace, we may stand on legs with bloody knees and extend scraped palms. This is where the healing begins. Not in the dark recesses of the cave where we shiver in the dark, but in the light, where the pain begins to absorb the warmth of grace and we display our wounds and pray for healing. I just think that sometimes we look to the left and the right for someone to tell us how to get out of this pit of sorry guilt . . . and we need to look up. For correction and mercy and the courage to embrace grace. (For more, please go to http://www.signsofastruggleblog.com/)

God Bless,

Thom -- http://thomhunter.com/

The YouTube trailer for the book is located at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jt7LdZwegkU

#1272

From: "Thom Hunter" <th2950@...>
Date: Thu Feb 17, 2011 12:47 am
Subject: Storing Stones in Places of Grace

th2950

Good Guys,

I hope you are having a good week and experiencing the grace of God at work in your life. I was thinking this week about how we sometimes let the words of other people drown out the truth of God's love for us. So . . .that's what I wrote about on the blog and I hope it will encourage you.

Here's a paragraph:

Don't listen to those old echoes that Satan whispers into your hopeful thoughts. If I allow all the things that have been said to me and said about me and predicted of me to swirl around in my mind, they become like a whirlpool and I am swiftly drawn under, away from God's truths to Satan's lies. (Read more: http://www.signsofastruggleblog.com/)

God Bless,

Thom

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Visit my new website: http://thomhunter.com/

My new book, Surviving Sexual Brokenness, is available on my blog at Signs of a Struggle,

or on Amazon.com or on Barnes&Noble.com.

Those Not-So-Still Small Voices is now available by clicking here: Voices!

#1273

From: edmund ortega <eortega42@...>
Date: Sun Feb 20, 2011 2:59 am
Subject: From the Bottom of My Heart

eortega42

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#1274

From: edmund ortega <eortega42@...>
Date: Sun Feb 20, 2011 3:56 am
Subject: Present For You

eortega42

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#1275

From: edmund ortega <eortega42@...>
Date: Sun Feb 20, 2011 5:02 am
Subject: It's amazing!

eortega42

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#1276

From: "Thom Hunter" <th2950@...>
Date: Fri Feb 25, 2011 7:18 pm
Subject: What the Winds Don't Know

th2950

Good Guys,

Embarrassing stepping-stones are plentiful on the path to healing. Spiritually, it can be a bit like parading down the hall of the hospital in saggy grey socks with your hair in disarray and the back of your gown flapping open for unwary audiences who don't deserve to be subjected. Eventually you settle back into the room to face the big hypodermic of truth, the long therapy of repentance and the reality that some of the more phobic will never visit . . . perhaps for the rest of your life. Sweet though, is recovering your bearings and returning to the road.

I hope you'll read the rest of this post at http://www.signsofastruggleblog.com/.

God Bless,

Thom

Visit my website: http://thomhunter.com/

My new book, Surviving Sexual Brokenness, is available on my blog at Signs of a Struggle,

or on Amazon.com or on Barnes&Noble.com.

Those Not-So-Still Small Voices is now available by clicking here: Voices!

#1277

From: "Thom Hunter" <th2950@...>
Date: Mon Feb 28, 2011 3:43 pm
Subject: Why Was My Voice So Small?

th2950

http://goodmenproject.com/featured-content/i-was-molested/#comment-16417

Good Morning,

If you were ever sexually-abused as a child, or know someone who was, I hope you will read my story on "The Good Men Project Magazine."

Thank you,

Thom Hunter

http://thomhunter.com/

#1278

From: "Thom Hunter" <th2950@...>
Date: Fri Mar 4, 2011 2:10 am
Subject: Sexual Brokenness: A Survivable Struggle

th2950

http://www.thomhunter.com

Sexual Brokenness: A Survivable Struggle

Good Guys,

It took me a long time to admit I was "sexually-broken." I knew from an early age that engaging in sexual activity with a person of the same sex was wrong. I knew it instinctively, but I also knew it spiritually. God's Word was clear on the issue. Still, it seemed impossible to resist and yielding to it cost me greatly. Only by accepting the fact that I was "broken," could I accept my need for repair, through a desire for holiness.

My issue was homosexuality, but many Christians struggle with other forms of sexual brokenness: pornography addiction, lust, adultery, idolatry. What was meant for good � our sexuality � has been corrupted in many ways. Still, those of us who know Christ will always hope to replace our brokenness with wholeness though holiness. It is a survivable struggle.

Let's help the broken seek wholeness. This is a struggle that can be overcome.

I hope you will read and share my post with anyone needing encouragement. If you think you don't know someone who is dealing with a sexual issue, you must be living on your own island somewhere. At least you have Internet access.

You can read the post at http://www.signsofastruggleblog.com/2011/03/sexual-brokenness-survivable-struggle.html

If you want, please leave a comment at the blog site. Your feedback is always helpful to me and the blog readers.

God Bless,

Thom --

#1279

From: "Thom Hunter" <th2950@...>
Date: Fri Mar 11, 2011 2:51 am
Subject: All the Livelong Day

th2950

All the Livelong Day

Good Guys,

I hope you will take a moment to read the blog post this week and that you find it encouraging. If so, feel free to share it with others and to leave a comment. The post is located at http://www.signsofastruggleblog.com/ I pray that as we approach the spring season we will remember that Christ, who is always with us, makes all things new.

God Bless,

Thom � www.thomhunter.com

#1280

From: "Thom Hunter" <th2950@...>
Date: Fri Mar 18, 2011 2:08 am
Subject: A Thousand Sleepless Nights

th2950

Good Guys,

We all know that sin separates, from God, from self, from others, reality and truth, from healing pain and hope, from love and mercy . . . and forgiveness. And then from peace and wholeness, the great desire of the broken.

Interestingly, for those who think that sexual sin elevates us to some higher level of separation, it does not. It's sin. Every head on every pillow is in danger of the parade of sleepless nights from separation, for "all have sinned." The Bible tells us so.

I hope you will read the blog post this week -- A Thousand Sleepless Nights -- and that it encourages you in your battle with sin. Click here to read the rest: Signs of a Struggle.

God Bless,

Thom Hunter

www.thomhunter.com

#1281

From: "Thom Hunter" <th2950@...>
Date: Tue Mar 22, 2011 4:33 pm
Subject: Responding to those who struggle

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Good Guys,

It still surprises me how many Christians seem to think that some life issues are beyond the grasp of Christ, that sexual issues somehow are beyond the reach of divine intervention, that healing is too hard and that we have to accept sexual brokenness in the lives of people we love. People are in pain and we say "so sad, too bad." We equip ourselves to respond to other needs. Why not this one?

We know that there is no temptation for which God does not provide a way of escape. We know that His grace is sufficient. We know that Christ is always with us.

Yet . . . many Christians still wring their hands when confronted with the reality that some of the people in their churches and in their families struggle with homosexuality, pornography and sexual addiction. Why don't we do more to help? Mostly because we don't know what to do, what to say, what to pray.

I hope you'll check out a couple of books that I believe will be helpful to you, not only with your own sexual struggles, but in knowing how to be more responsive to those you love. Sharing the Christian perspective on these issues becomes more and more important as culture proceeds with efforts to normalize sexual brokenness.

Here are the links to a book recently released by Debbie Thurman and to my book as well:

Post-Gay? Post-Christian?: Anatomy of a Cultural and Faith Identity Crisis , by Debbie Thurman. ($11.69)

Surviving Sexual Brokenness: What Grace Can Do , by Thom Hunter. ($11.86)

I hope you will consider adding these books to your personal library or purchasing them for people you know who need them. By helping books on this subject succeed, we open the door for the possibility of more resources being more available to more people.

God Bless,

Thom Hunter

www.thomhunter.com

#1282

From: "Thom Hunter" <th2950@...>
Date: Thu Mar 24, 2011 7:58 pm
Subject: The Bogeyman Myth of the Hateful Bigot

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