the practice of reparative therapy, for years recommended and used in the church. This outdated science saw homosexuality and same-sex desires as a pathological disease and viewed the production of heterosexual desires as the cure. Problematic on every level—theologically, psychologically, scientifically, clinically. After I met Christ, I resolved never to get involved with a reparative ministry. If the gospel really does transform us from the inside out, I reasoned, it needs no help from a man-made solution. God calls us to walk through our weaknesses in his power, not to try to change
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