A Change of Affection Quotes

“Your life is a vapor. You’re here for two seconds. What do you want your life to be at the end, when you’re on your deathbed? Do you want it to be, “Oh, I got to satisfy all those urges and got the things I wanted”?
It’s so sad to me because you’re literally giving up your birthright for a single meal. Do you understand what you are doing?”
― Becket Cook, A Change of Affection: A Gay Man's Incredible Story of Redemption

“The more the LGBT community comes out of the closet, the more Christians are expected to go into the closet. the irony is too absurd to fathom.”
― Becket Cook, A Change of Affection: A Gay Man's Incredible Story of Redemption

“I had to become a fool before I could become wise.”
― Becket Cook, A Change of Affection: A Gay Man's Incredible Story of Redemption

“This is the way I address the issue if I’m asked about my sexuality: “I am a follower of Christ who happens to experience same-sex attraction.” Other Christians may struggle with all kinds of sin: gossip, greed, anger, pride, and so on. But I seriously doubt that they would identify themselves as a “greedy” Christian or a “gossiping” Christian. So why would I identity as a “gay” Christian?”
― Becket Cook, A Change of Affection: A Gay Man's Incredible Story of Redemption

“It is a gross misunderstanding to believe that anything that feels natural is righteous.”
― Becket Cook, A Change of Affection: A Gay Man's Incredible Story of Redemption

“Happiness is flimsy, but the joy of the Lord is rock solid.”
― Becket Cook, A Change of Affection: A Gay Man's Incredible Story of Redemption

“The whole notion of “Be true to yourself” is similarly problematic. Society pounds this idea into us in the unrelenting echo chamber of television, movies, and social media. And it is one of the underlying themes of most movies, even children’s movies. Again, “yourself” in this scenario is corrupted by sin, so why be true to that? The whole idea of this is bound to the exaltation of self. It carries the implication of making yourself your own god. Putting yourself and your desires on a pedestal and worshiping them. Being true to yourself is nothing short of idolatry. Oh, and isn’t a child molester just being true to himself? A rapist? A thief? A greedy person? And on it goes. So no thank you. I don’t want to be true to myself. I want to be true to God and his Word.”
― Becket Cook, A Change of Affection: A Gay Man's Incredible Story of Redemption

“The overwhelming wonder of God’s infinite love is this: While I was broken and a failure, God came to rescue me. He came to love me, to redeem me, and to heal me from sin. Where I failed, Christ succeeded on my behalf. Where I distrusted, Christ was faithful. Where I proudly resisted, he humbly surrendered. Through his obedience, he bridged the chasm between my darkness and his light. On the cross, God’s Son took my place and became a sacrifice for all my failures. In his resurrection, he triumphed over all my destruction. And he now stands as my victorious Redeemer, offering me—and all who will simply receive him—his forgiveness and vindication. Christ clothes my shame and brokenness with his righteous and holy life.”
― Becket Cook, A Change of Affection: A Gay Man's Incredible Story of Redemption

“My motivation for writing this book is not to win a debate. It is not so I could be right and you wrong. More than anything, my hope is that you will come away with a better understanding of this complex issue, from every angle, so you can make informed choices that affect eternity”
― Becket Cook, A Change of Affection: A Gay Man's Incredible Story of Redemption

“Everyone has a past, but Jesus is sanctifying our present.”
― Becket Cook, A Change of Affection: A Gay Man's Incredible Story of Redemption

“The most dangerous part of this is that if homosexuality is no longer regarded as a sin, then why would anyone need to repent of it? And if there is no repentance, of course, there is no salvation.”
― Becket Cook, A Change of Affection: A Gay Man's Incredible Story of Redemption

“Somewhere in the last decade, “I disagree with you” came to mean “I hate you.”
― Becket Cook, A Change of Affection: A Gay Man's Incredible Story of Redemption

“God created the universe; he can heal sexual brokenness in an instant. But sometimes he allows various struggles to persist, because we are being sanctified. These struggles force us to press into him more and more and depend on his grace to get us “from one degree of glory to another.”
― Becket Cook, A Change of Affection: A Gay Man's Incredible Story of Redemption

“If we go on sinning deliberately after receiving the knowledge of the truth, there no longer remains a sacrifice of sins, but a fearful expectation of judgment, and a fury of fire that will consume the adversaries.”
― Becket Cook, A Change of Affection: A Gay Man's Incredible Story of Redemption

“At first, I tried not to be gay. But due to the variety of factors I have already explained, my sexual desires were directed toward men. My decision to act on this was, of course, a choice, but without being indwell by the Holy Spirit, that choice seemed uncontrollable. In other words, it felt completely natural for me to pursue sexual relations with men. As the American poet Emily Dickinson put it, “The heart wants what it wants.”
― Becket Cook, A Change of Affection: A Gay Man's Incredible Story of Redemption

“I have come to realize, as the Bible describes, that I deserve nothing, and yet in my brokenness Jesus came to give me everything.”
― Becket Cook, A Change of Affection: A Gay Man's Incredible Story of Redemption

“God! You have my life! It’s all yours!”
― Becket Cook, A Change of Affection: A Gay Man's Incredible Story of Redemption