Christian straight man writes about being gay

Cross in the Closet: Straight Christian Lives a Year as Gay Man Timothy Kurek writes 'Cross in the Closet' about coming out to friends, family. The Christians are bravely sharing their testimony about freedom from homosexuality in the documentary | (PHOTO: HERESMYHEART) Today's culture tells people who are homosexual there is no other way and there is no 'cure,' but Christians who were once LGBTQ have a different story to tell.

And they're telling it in a new documentary. Men and women who once embraced gay relationships and. He says he hopes to change minds, not just in the Christian community but in the LGBT one as well, and to bridge the divide in the debate over gay rights. Some experts say his attitude reflects those of other young Christians. The following blog is written by Dr.

Greg Coles. Greg is part of The Center's collaboration team and has a Ph.D. in English from Penn State. He's also the author of the recently released: Single, Gay, Christian. It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a good conservative Christian boy who realizes he’s gay will spend years in agonized and fervent prayer asking God to make him straight.

During that year, Kurek got a job in a gay cafe, hung out in a gay bar and joined a gay softball league, all the while maintaining his inner identity as a straight Christian. He's also the author of the recently released: Single, Gay, Christian.

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By ABC News. I still believe that following Jesus is absolutely worth it. It seemed impossible, at the time, to imagine that I had any other options besides praying to be straight. More articles. I really hope that people read this book, no matter your stance on politics or religion. All rights reserved. I didn't know whether to punch the guy or smoke a cigarette after the song ended. Only three people knew the truth, and he needed them to carry out his audacious project: his closest friend, an aunt and Shawn, a gay friend whom Kurek also met at karaoke night.

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After a lesbian friend confided in him that she had been disowned after coming out to her family, that's when he knew he had to be fake-gay.

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The book releases Oct. It wasn't long before I realized that "love the sinner, hate the sin" is almost as insidious as being rejected outright. Kurek conscripted a friend to be his fake gay boyfriend, got a job slinging macchiatos at a gay cafe and he came out to his mother, the same woman who once wrote in her journal that she would rather have terminal cancer and three months to live than to find out her womb had produced a gay son.

What's Hot. So devout was Kurek as a teen that friends' parents would often call him to set their kids straight if they misbehaved or broke what they believed to be God's law. What changed, exactly? Texas flooding updates: Over dead as flash flood threat increases in Texas. Jul 6, PM.