Great conversion story

[TaylorDonBarret]

"This life I live now, Christian homeschooling mom and pastor’s wife, is light-years away from where I was when the Lord claimed me for his own. Sixteen years ago, I would have agreed with this video. Back then, I was Dr. Rosaria Champagne, tenured professor of English and Women’s Studies at Syracuse University, scholar in 19th century literature and culture (and advocate of Freud, Marx, Hegel, Darwin), author of a book in feminist theory and articles in queer theory, partnered to a woman, and a proponent of LGBT civil rights. My conversion did not come easily, and I lost everything but the dog when Christ claimed me for His own. But my conversion left me clearheaded about God’s authority and holiness and the integrity of the Word of God. My conversion left me clearheaded about why God demands sexual purity and what the purpose of sexuality is. My conversion left me clearheaded about how repentance is the threshold to God. My conversion left me clearheaded about how I am to befriend my gay neighbor and advocate for a Christian world and life view today. My conversion left me clearheaded about how dangerous it is to measure life by anything but scripture. My conversion left me clearheaded about what God intends for women. My conversion left me clearheaded about how there is no shame in this life I live now for Christ alone."

from Homosexuality, A Train Wreck Conversion, and Answers for Women | Dr. Georgia Purdom's Blog

 

[RJ]

My conversion left me clearheaded about how I am to befriend my gay neighbor and advocate for a Christian world

Does your clear-headedness mean you befriend the gay and you accept and lift up their right to be gay and a unrepentant Christian as well?

 

[TaylorDonBarret]

Does your clear-headedness mean you befriend the gay and you accept and lift up their right to be gay and a unrepentant Christian as well?

good question. but thats not my conversion story. i took that from another website. you can google her name if you like, you will find out more about her. if I had to guess, I would say that 'no' her clear-headedness does not mean accepting an unrepentant lifestyle. I guess it would be easy to assume that based on the limited information available, but you could also read into the fact that she herself repented of homosexuality and thats a big part of her testimony - you know - she said that she understands repentance is the threshold to God and that God had specific intentions in regards sexuality .. ? maybe you missed that part of the paragraph lol

 

[RJ]

advocate for a Christian world and life view today

Yea, I saw the repentance statement but the "advocate for a Christian world and life view today" statement was dis-settling because this is very much a Liberal / progressive statement today!

 

[TaylorDonBarret]

we know that a Christian world view is one in which the Bible is The Word of God.
I am sure that is what she meant.

 

[RJ]

we know that a Christian world view is one in which the Bible is The Word of God.
I am sure that is what she meant.

Yes, and we need to stay leery of those who use that to support their own liberal theology!

 

[mecco]

"This life I live now, Christian homeschooling mom and pastor’s wife, is light-years away from where I was when the Lord claimed me for his own. Sixteen years ago, I would have agreed with this video. Back then, I was Dr. Rosaria Champagne, tenured professor of English and Women’s Studies at Syracuse University, scholar in 19th century literature and culture (and advocate of Freud, Marx, Hegel, Darwin), author of a book in feminist theory and articles in queer theory, partnered to a woman, and a proponent of LGBT civil rights. My conversion did not come easily, and I lost everything but the dog when Christ claimed me for His own. But my conversion left me clearheaded about God’s authority and holiness and the integrity of the Word of God. My conversion left me clearheaded about why God demands sexual purity and what the purpose of sexuality is. My conversion left me clearheaded about how repentance is the threshold to God. My conversion left me clearheaded about how I am to befriend my gay neighbor and advocate for a Christian world and life view today. My conversion left me clearheaded about how dangerous it is to measure life by anything but scripture. My conversion left me clearheaded about what God intends for women. My conversion left me clearheaded about how there is no shame in this life I live now for Christ alone."

Hello TaylorDonBarret!
Today I was thinking about Isaiah 6, where it says "lest they see with their eyes and hear with their ears and understand with their minds, and turn and I heal them" . You understood, you are "clearheaded" and healed. What a wonderful example of that verse! Thank you for sharing your story!

 

[TaylorDonBarret]

Hello TaylorDonBarret!
Today I was thinking about Isaiah 6, where it says "lest they see with their eyes and hear with their ears and understand with their minds, and turn and I heal them" . You understood, you are "clearheaded" and healed. What a wonderful example of that verse! Thank you for sharing your story!

Sorry, I should have made it more clear. that is not the story of my conversion. Although my conversion does sound a lot like hers, I grew up and lived my whole life lusting after other men, committing acts of homosexuality, engaged in homosexual relationships, and many fornications. I considered having a sex change and marrying a man. I believed in evolution and I was a big time liberal. And now I have repented of all that and am a happily married heterosexual man living for God (trying to at least).

But that conversion story is not mine. That story is Dr. Rosaria Champagne. I was asked by a moderator (fragrant grace) to post up the link to the original story. so here it is.

Homosexuality, A Train Wreck Conversion, and Answers for Women | Dr. Georgia Purdom's Blog