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The 'straight' scoop – 2 years later
Posted: October 08, 2009
1:00 am Eastern

By Michael Glatze
©2010

"Time heals all wounds."

In my case, this statement is true. Some might remember that, over two years ago, I "came out" against homosexuality, having lived a "gay" lifestyle and been the editor of a gay youth magazine, as well as a relatively vocal political fighter for gay causes. I wrote about my seeing the light here in WorldNetDaily, which spawned additional articles here and in other media, and quite a bit of media attention in general.

People were pretty livid in the blogosphere, with gay people attacking me from just about as many angles as Sarah Palin was attacked during the worst of those times. I had people calling me insane – which I've come to think might be the worst insult of all – and saying I must have AIDS, calling my home to swear at me, threatening me to my face, saying, "I HATE PEOPLE LIKE YOU!" and so much more!

I think my "coming out" of the lie of homosexuality did trigger something, because I was so honest about it – and, because I was so obviously NOT crazy.

I decided to write this follow-up piece for WorldNetDaily today because people have been asking how I am. Often, they seem to encourage me to take a position different than the one I took back on July 4, 2007, when I wrote my first article about this topic: in short, to go back on my word. "Surely, that was a fit of extremism," is a common theme in these promptings from folks. "Now, you can set the record straight!"

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I think I can set the record straight, but it is not the kind of "straight" they're looking for. No, I have not reconsidered my sexuality, changed back to the way I was thinking before I declared that homosexuality was a sin that led to nothing but spiritual death, nor decided to "repent" for having "hurt" the homosexual community with my "hate speech." Not at all.

I, instead, have grown stronger – and more confident – in my ability to discern evil in this life, specifically around this topic I know so dearly: homosexuality. I have seen it, thus I know it. And, as I have spent the last two years processing everything I've been through in my life, I have come to know truth even better than I'd ever have imagined in 2007.

There was some concern that I'd become a member of the Mormon church, the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. That did happen. I joined that organization in the Spring of 2007, then left in August of that same year. I wrote a letter to the church government, asking to be let out, and that was that. Since then, I have come to find a beautiful fellowship family at a Bible-believing church that does not leave a taste of rebellion in my mouth .

I have dated women, to great happiness both for myself and – I think – the women. It has never been strange, "side-show-like," or anything other than entirely normal and human. In fact, I would be surprised if anybody could come up with a reason why such a normal thing should be anything other than just that!

(In fact, for those healing from the sin of homosexuality, or connected to folks who might be trying to deal with this sin, one of the worst things people have to face in this situation is the feeling like stopping homosexual practices and starting heterosexual practices is a "big deal." You can carry around that sense of "big deal" in your brain , and it can cripple you from just letting go of all that mental muck, just letting go of what you think people might think of you, and just be yourself. I mean it!)

But, what about my desires? People constantly complain: "I'm just not attracted to women! And, I'm SO attracted to guys!" No, you're not. You're obsessed with the lustful desires of a fallen body, the body that – ultimately – hates itself and hates the truth. You know the way out, but you're selfishly unwilling to take it. You would rather pull the covers over you – in the form of liberal lawmakers who will attack the truth with "hate crime" violations – than sit up, like a man, and BE a man.

This incendiary language is exactly the reason why the gay rights movement is blah blah blah blah. I am tired of listening to the lies of people on the left, as they justify their own hateful actions, their own sinful behaviors and their own life-destroying evil. I have no patience for it anymore. I sat there and saw folks who'd been friends get blackness in their souls, radiating through their eyes, as they found out about my story, and they looked at me with demonic venom. I have seen people talk about me as some kind of pariah behind my back, attempting to ostracize me, to pull everybody around me into some kind of group hatred.

I have seen the forces of darkness as they have, swiftly, overpowered the minds and bodies of otherwise good-hearted souls, kind folks, wonderful friends and even family members. And I know this is what others are up against.

I can't imagine what others must be going through, those trying to get out of the mind-vice of homosexual sin. I can't IMAGINE what their challenges are. I can only tell them: Be strong, my brothers and sisters. Be strong, my friends. Be strong.

There is no excuse for bad behavior, especially when the option of good behavior is available. Folks will always have the temptation to do wrong, while knowing the consequences of not doing right. I chose to leave the homosexual lifestyle because I had found my ground in God, because I no longer needed the approval or acceptance of everybody around me. Thus, they turned on me. I became persecuted by the ones who'd been my friends. But, at the same time, I followed a new "me," through the darkest forests, and have seen the most amazing beauty along the way. I have arrived in the greatest state of mind, the happiest I could ever want myself to be, the best place that I could ever wish for myself.

And it just continues. I have a normal life. I haven't doubted myself in years. I am rebuilding what was so severely torn down. I have God to thank. And I have you to encourage, simply by saying – once again – that yes, it is something people can and must do, to leave the sin and the practices and the lifestyle of homosexuality and seek something higher: basic, HETEROsexual, human sexuality. I am sorry this truth flies in the face of political correctness; but, I am more sorry if your mind is actually ensnared in such political correctness, because it is you who is the victim.

Michael Glatze can be reached at michaeleglatze@gmail.com. He welcomes your support and questions. Glatze was co-founder of Young Gay Americaand a former advocate for gay rights. He received media coverage for publicly announcing he no longer identified as a homosexual and renouncing homosexuality.

The Battle of the Mind
Dr. Frederick K.C. Price

Everyone has to fight the battle that goes on in the mind. Our thought life determines where we are in the things of God. When people meditate on what is wrong or the negative side of a situation, they become blinded by the problem and never see the escape available to them. Our Heavenly Father has given us a way to bring forth light, and that is through diligent study and meditation of the Word of God. In Hosea 4:6 God tells us, "My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge."

As Christians we are going to have to learn how to apply Bible knowledge to our lives, if we want to win the battles of life. God instructs the Believer on how to control their thought life by utilizing His whole armor. Ephesians 6:10-17 says, "Finally, my brethren, be strong in the Lord and in the power of His might. Put on the whole armor of God, that you may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil. For we do not wrestle against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this age, against spiritual hosts of wickedness in the heavenly places. Therefore take up the whole armor of God, that you may be able to withstand in the evil day, and having done all, to stand. Stand therefore, having girded your waist with truth, having put on the breastplate of righteousness, and having shod your feet with the preparation of the gospel of peace; above all, taking the shield of faith with which you will be able to quench all the fiery darts of the wicked one. And take the helmet of salvation, and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God;"

The Apostle Paul uses armor, the battle dress of the first-century Roman soldier, as a metaphor for God's spiritual armor. Clearly, the military metaphor is intended to show that we are engaged in an active battle. Therefore, Believers must recognize that they are in warfare everyday, and that the battlefield is our minds. The whole armor of God has been provided to help us guard against the enemy of our mind--Satan. Satan's only weapon against us is through the mind. If he can put thoughts, ideas and suggestions in our minds, then he can control our actions. We must come to understand that ignorance of the Word and victory over life's battles are impossible roommates.

If we desire the overcoming life of Jesus then we will need to "take up the whole armor of God." We are not to focus in on only part of the armor to the neglect of the other combat coverings, if we do so we will find ourselves defeated. It is the whole armor-knowledge of the Word of God-that gives us the victory. We need to take each piece of the armor as illustrated by Paul and apply them to our life so that we can benefit from its protection.

Family, it is critical that we acknowledge that the warfare is not against physical forces but against powers that have authority in the spirit realm. Paul not only warns the Believer of a clearly defined demonic structure, but also instructs us to take up the whole armor of God in order to maintain a battle stance against these unseen forces.

Satan's mode of operation has not changed. He continues to use the same mind game that he used on Eve in the Garden of Eden (Genesis 3:1). We are going to have to recognize his deceptive ways and stand against them with the Word of God.

Our battle is clearly spiritual. Satan launches assaults on the mind in order to affect the spiritual aspect of our lives. The mind is like the door through which the enemy has access. If Satan can influence our thoughts, he can control every aspect of our lives. Therefore, we must examine every thought that comes to our minds. Are they the fiery darts, the evil day and or the wiles of the devil? Every thought has either a life or death component attached to it. Once a thought is allowed to have access in our lives, it begins its subtle work.

This is the reason God tells us in Romans 12:1-2: "I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that you present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable to God, which is your reasonable service. And do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, that you may prove what is that good and acceptable and perfect will of God."

Dr. Frederick K.C. Price is the founder and pastor of Crenshaw Christian Center West in Los Angeles and CCC East in Manhattan. To obtain more information about his ministry, please call (800) 927-3436 or visit www.faithdome.org. Click here to browse and purchase MP3 sermons by Dr. Frederick K.C. Price!

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