{"id":304364,"date":"2017-02-01T12:00:00","date_gmt":"2017-02-01T17:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp-stage.familylife.com\/www\/podcast\/%series%\/my-struggle-with-same-sex-attraction\/"},"modified":"2025-02-06T11:34:01","modified_gmt":"2025-02-06T16:34:01","slug":"my-struggle-with-same-sex-attraction","status":"publish","type":"podcast","link":"https:\/\/wp-stage.familylife.com\/www\/podcast\/familylife-today\/my-struggle-with-same-sex-attraction\/","title":{"rendered":"My Struggle With Same-Sex Attraction"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>What&#8217;s it like to be attracted to the same sex? Pastor Sam Allberry can tell you, because he has struggled with same-sex attraction since he was an adolescent. Thankfully, Allberry never acted out on those feelings because he believed the gospel and put his faith in Christ. 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But as a high school student, he didn\u2019t see any way to act on that attraction.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Sam:<\/strong> I do remember thinking that this could be something I explore at university. I knew that, at the time, universities had LGB societies, and so I remember thinking consciously, \u201cThis could be something I run with when I go to university,\u201d and this was, again, early \u201990s; it was pre-Internet. It was, therefore, plausible for me to lead a double life if I wanted to. I was thinking I could be gay at university and no one back home would need know.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Bob:<\/strong> This is <em>FamilyLife Today<\/em> for Wednesday, February 1st. Our host is the President of FamilyLife<sup>\u00ae<\/sup>, Dennis Rainey, and I'm Bob Lepine.<\/p>\n<p>There\u2019s no telling what Sam Allberry\u2019s story might have wound up being if he hadn\u2019t found an affection that was stronger than his same-sex attraction. We\u2019ll talk about that today. Stay with us.<\/p>\n<p>And welcome to <em>FamilyLife Today<\/em>. Thanks for joining us.<\/p>\n<p>We have been hoping for a while to have our guest who is with us today be here, but it takes a little while to coordinate schedules and get him from across the Pond.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Dennis: <\/strong>It does. In fact, where is Maidenhead, United Kingdom? Where is that in Great Britain?<\/p>\n<p><strong>Sam: <\/strong>About 30\/40 minutes west of London.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Dennis: <\/strong>Okay; alright.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Bob:<\/strong> Near Legoland.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Sam: <\/strong>Near Legoland.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Bob:<\/strong> Yes. I\u2019ve been to Legoland over in Windsor. [Laughter]<\/p>\n<p><strong>Sam: <\/strong>We call it Windsor Castle, but whatever you like. [Laughter]<\/p>\n<p><strong>Dennis: <\/strong>I\u2019m sure that\u2019s right.<\/p>\n<p>Well, Sam Allberry is joining us on today\u2019s broadcast. He\u2019s a pastor in Maidenhead and is a part of the global speaking team for Ravi Zacharias International Ministries.<\/p>\n<p>Ravi\u2019s a good man; glad you\u2019re in his company. I like him.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Sam: <\/strong>He\u2019s a great guy.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Dennis: <\/strong>He is a great guy. And he\u2019s [Sam] an editor for the Gospel Coalition and has also written a book entitled <em>Is God Anti-Gay? <\/em><\/p>\n<p>Before we start on the broadcast around talking to you, Sam, we had something unusual that just happened at one of our <em>Weekend to Remember<\/em> <sup>\u00ae<\/sup> marriage getaways. We\u2019ve been putting these conferences on now for 40 years. We\u2019ve had over 2.5 million people attend the <em>Weekend to Remember<\/em> here in the States. I have no idea how many have attended in the 109 countries where our ministry is located\u2014undoubtedly, hundreds of thousands more there.<\/p>\n<p>But we had something happen where a couple who are lesbians came to the <em>Weekend to Remember<\/em>. I was really proud of our staff and of the conferees who also attended that conference; because when they asked to come, we said:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSure! Come on! We\u2019re happy to have you.\u201d The thing that happened was\u2014this couple went through the <em>entire<\/em> conference. Here\u2019s the thing\u2014we have to welcome people who don\u2019t believe or think like we do. We have to exhibit the love of Christ. I think, in the process of us doing that with this pair of young ladies, they heard the gospel. They heard about where they can find forgiveness and how they can become Christ-followers and live life as God designed it.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Bob: <\/strong>Sam, this is something that you are concerned about, as a churchman; but it\u2019s also something that is a part of your personal story because you have, all your life, been same-sex attracted; right?<\/p>\n<p><strong>Sam: <\/strong>That\u2019s correct; yes.<\/p>\n<p>It took me awhile to recognize that that was the case; but certainly for as long as I\u2019ve had any kind of romantic or sexual feelings, they\u2019ve been to the same sex and not the opposite sex.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Bob: <\/strong>You grew up in the church?<\/p>\n<p><strong>Sam: <\/strong>No; no\u2014not at all. So I didn\u2019t really start\u2014I became a Christian when I was 18, so I was not raised in a church-going family.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Bob: <\/strong>So you were aware of your sexual desire\u2014your same-sex attraction\u2014before you came to know Christ.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Sam: <\/strong>That\u2019s correct; yes.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Dennis:<\/strong> Had you told your parents?<\/p>\n<p><strong>Sam:<\/strong> I had not\u2014I had only just told myself at that point. It had taken me\u2014I\u2019m a pretty slow person\u2014it had taken me three or four years to really recognize what was going on in my own life and kind of admit that to myself.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Dennis: <\/strong>Had you fallen in line with what the culture was doing in terms of guys taking girls out in high school\u2014going to prom, et cetera\u2014the dances\u2014or had you avoided that?<\/p>\n<p><strong>Sam:<\/strong> Well, it\u2019s a bit different in England, anyway. We don\u2019t have the kind of proms and that kind of thing\u2014culture.<\/p>\n<p>I had dated a couple of girls as a teenager, but we didn\u2019t have all the big dances that you guys have here\u2014the high schoolers.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Bob: <\/strong>The period from kind of the first dawning of this in your own life to the point where you came out and said, \u201cI think this is what\u2019s true about me,\u201d you said that was a couple of years?<\/p>\n<p><strong>Sam:<\/strong> Yes, probably two or three years, I think. I had good friends that I was beginning to be aware I had a very <em>strong<\/em> emotional attachment to\u2014that was sort of the first indicator\u2014a real emotional dependency \/ that kind of thing. I began to be aware that I was having feelings of sexual attraction, as well; but this was 25 years ago, and the issue of homosexuality wasn\u2019t on the table in the way that it is now. So it wasn\u2019t as obvious to me to think, \u201cOh, that must be homosexuality.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>Dennis: <\/strong>There are a lot of parents who just leaned forward toward the radio as you started talking about this, because this is 25 years later.<\/p>\n<p>I mean, today, it is a very live issue for teenagers to be <em>confused<\/em> about their sexuality and to have this be a live option on the table that\u2019s acceptable in the culture. What would you say to parents who are watching their teenagers grow up? How should they be relating to them in the midst of this confusion?<\/p>\n<p><strong>Sam: <\/strong>I think one of the positives is that we\u2019re far more able to talk about this issue than we used to be, both as a culture widely, but also within the Christian world as well. One of the big negatives of where our culture is at is that I think it encourages young people to make their sexual feelings their core identity. I think that\u2019s unhealthy at any age\u2014I think it\u2019s especially unhealthy for teenagers and young teenagers\u2014even more so because so much of life isn\u2019t settled down yet.<\/p>\n<p>So I think one of my big cautions for people is if you\u2019re experiencing some kind of confusion about your sexuality\u2014maybe you\u2019re experiencing same-sex attraction and you\u2019re a young person\u2014is not to assume that\u2019s who you now are\u2014and for parents as well, to not think, \u201cOh my goodness, that must be who my child is now going to be forever.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>Dennis:<\/strong> And not be shocked if your child maybe hints at this or expresses it.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Sam: <\/strong>Absolutely; yes. I mean, let\u2019s be honest\u2014we live in a fallen world and, therefore, any of our kids are going to have disordered sexual desires. So, I just make an assumption that any teenager is going to be struggling with some kind of sexual temptation. You know, even those who are heterosexual are still struggling with inappropriate desires and all the rest of it.<\/p>\n<p>If we assume that we should never be shocked if a teenager says to us, \u201cI\u2019m really struggling with\u2026\u201d\u2014\u201cx\u201d or \u201cy\u201d\u2014whatever it might be.<\/p>\n<p>Same-sex attraction is just <em>one<\/em> type of, actually, the issue that all of us face\u2014which is that our desires are fallen and disordered.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Bob:<\/strong> So let me go back to that two-year period while you\u2019re processing what\u2019s going on in your own desires, doing it without any kind of a biblical worldview in place. Was it frightening? Was it curious? Was it exciting? What were you thinking as you began to wonder: \u201cWho am I?\u201d and \u201cWhat am I feeling?\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>Sam: <\/strong>It certainly wasn\u2019t exciting because again, 25 years ago these things weren\u2019t generally spoken about publicly\u2014certainly the high school I had been in was an old boys\u2019 school, and the culture there was mortally homophobic. So, it wouldn\u2019t have been a good thing\u2014it wouldn\u2019t have earned me any friends to have come out at that point and said, \u201cI think I\u2019m gay.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>Bob:<\/strong> No celebration\u2014no teachers who would have stood up and said, \u201cNow, we need to honor Sam for his courage.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>Sam:<\/strong> No. I probably would have been beaten up by my peers, I would imagine; but I do remember thinking\u2014this is my final year of high school\u2014I remember thinking that this could be something I explore at university. I knew that, at the time, universities had LGB societies; and I remember thinking, consciously, \u201cThis could be something I run with when I go to university.\u201d This was, again, early \u201990s; it was pre-Internet, and it was therefore plausible for me to lead a double life if I wanted to. I was thinking I could be gay at university and no one back home would need know.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Bob:<\/strong> In the midst of this awakening sense of sexual attraction to other men, you also heard the gospel in a way that you\u2019d never heard it before.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Sam: <\/strong>That\u2019s right. I\u2019m so thankful for the Lord\u2019s timing in all of this; because it was just a matter of months after me thinking, \u201cI might explore this at university,\u201d that I actually became a Christian.<\/p>\n<p>So I never really had the opportunity to act out on these feelings.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Bob: <\/strong>What were the circumstances around which you came to faith?<\/p>\n<p><strong>Sam: <\/strong>Well, a couple of good friends of mine, who were Christian believers, invited me to their church\u2019s youth ministry. By the time I finished my high school exams I had literally nothing else to do for three months. So I thought: \u201cI\u2019m open-minded. I\u2019ll give these guys a go.\u201d I\u2019d gone, back and forth, as a teenager, about whether I believed in God or not. I was certainly open on that issue\u2014so: \u201cYes. I\u2019ll find out a bit about what makes them tick.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>These were really good friends\u2014I so admired them. I thought, actually, \u201cWhat makes them tick is going to be of interest to me.\u201d As I went along to their youth meeting, I was 17 years old. A guy stood up to give a talk\u2014he was in his 80s, I think\u2014so, theoretically, I shouldn\u2019t have been remotely interested in this.<\/p>\n<p>But he expressed the heart of the Christian message in a way I had <em>never<\/em> heard before. He said, \u201cChristianity is <em>not<\/em> about God rewarding good people; it is about God <em>forgiving<\/em> bad people.\u201d I had never heard that. I just <em>assumed<\/em>, growing up, that if God was real, it was all about being a good little boy and a good little girl, and God would like you and then you get to heaven.<\/p>\n<p>I was listening, and this was the first time I\u2019d heard about grace. It was actually God forgiving people who are sinful\u2014not God rewarding people who thought they were good. That shocked me\u2014I thought, \u201cI\u2019ve never heard this before!\u201d I remember <em>feeling<\/em> drawn to that message. I began to go there every week. I joined a Bible study group. I began to hear these truths from the lips of Jesus\u2014that it is not the healthy who need a doctor \/ it\u2019s the sick. I began to realize He came for broken people.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Dennis:<\/strong> I want to go back to a very quick description you had of a couple of friends who you really admired. They lived out their faith as teenage young men.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Sam:<\/strong> Yes.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Dennis: <\/strong>They weren\u2019t perfect, but there was something different about them that drew you <em>toward<\/em> the message of Christ. What was it?<\/p>\n<p><strong>Sam: <\/strong>It was, quite frankly\u2014I was working in a coffee shop at weekends to earn a bit of money during my final two years of high school. That\u2019s where I met these Christian friends of mine. They were the same age as me, but they had\u2014they had a real integrity to what they said that was very unusual. My own experience at high school was that friendships were quite political; but I just had a sense with these new friends that they always meant what they said and that they were committed to you, full stop\u2014period.<\/p>\n<p>There was nothing kind of fickle or superficial about their friendship.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Dennis:<\/strong> I\u2019m glad you used that word, \u201cintegrity,\u201d because that means <em>whole<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Sam: <\/strong>Yes.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Dennis: <\/strong>That means <em>authentic<\/em>. That means <em>real<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>We have teenagers, who listen to this broadcast; and they may not understand it, but they are salt and light to somebody.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Bob:<\/strong> Yes.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Dennis: <\/strong>People are watching them.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Sam: <\/strong>Well, my experience shows it can be\u2014I say a little \/ it\u2019s a big thing\u2014but actually, just being a person who keeps their word can have a <em>huge<\/em> impact in the culture around us, because that was all it was for these friends of mine. I knew that they <em>meant<\/em> what they said. So it really was that integrity that set them apart in my mind. I thought, \u201cWell, I\u2019d like to find out more about what they believe.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>Bob:<\/strong> There was a point where you kind of faced the line in the sand and said, \u201cI have to make a decision.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>Sam:<\/strong> That\u2019s right. I was really intrigued by Jesus.<\/p>\n<p>I\u2019d grown up with a mental image of Jesus that\u2014He was a cross between Gandhi and one of the Bee Gees. He was this guy who said good things\u2014<\/p>\n<p><strong>Dennis:<\/strong> Hold it! Hold it! [Laughter]<\/p>\n<p><strong>Bob:<\/strong> Quite a cross! [Laughter]<\/p>\n<p><strong>Dennis: <\/strong>That\u2019s paradoxical right there\u2014I\u2019m sorry.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Sam: <\/strong>Well, I said I pictured Him as looking like one of the Bee Gees\u2014long blonde hair, and good teeth, and that kind of thing. So that was sort of\u2014<\/p>\n<p>Anyway, what I began to realize was that the real Jesus was far more interesting, far more frustrating, and far more compelling than I had ever realized. He said things that kind of\u2014sometimes sounded like fingernails down a chalkboard\u2014they just jarred with how I would naturally think. He made claims about Himself that people don\u2019t normally make if they\u2019re in sound mind.<\/p>\n<p>And yet, He seemed to read me in a way that I\u2019d never read myself. His words seemed to expose me. I began to realize I was one of the people for whom He came.<\/p>\n<p>I remember thinking, in a general, abstract way, \u201cThis is true.\u201d But then I also remember thinking, \u201cWhat does that mean for me?\u201d And that was the point; because there were several weeks before, \u201cYes; I think this is true.\u201d I began to realize that Jesus was calling for <em>me<\/em> to respond. This is not one of those things that I can say is true and leave to one side. It has to be <em>everything<\/em>, if it\u2019s true\u2014or nothing. I remember consciously thinking, \u201cIf Jesus has died for me,\u201d\u2014and I believed He had died for <em>me<\/em>, not just for sinners, but for <em>me<\/em>\u2014\u201cI want to follow Him.\u201d I remember at that moment, sitting\u2014in my mind, thinking, \u201cI\u2019m going to follow Jesus now.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>Bob:<\/strong> Did you know that where He would take you would conflict with the feelings that had started to emerge sexually?<\/p>\n<p><strong>Sam:<\/strong> Not really. I knew that Christians believed sex was for marriage. I figured that was probably going to be part of the deal; but I kind of figured, \u201cOh, in that case, my feelings will change.\u201d So I didn\u2019t anticipate this being a long-term situation that I would be in. But at the time, all I knew was, \u201cI do trust Jesus; and whatever He ends up saying, in any area of life, will be good for me.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>Bob:<\/strong> I have to wonder if some of the folks listening to us today have always thought Christianity was about, \u201cGod does nice things for good people,\u201d rather than understanding that it\u2019s God forgiving all of us who need forgiveness.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Dennis:<\/strong> Yes.<\/p>\n<p>I\u2019m just wondering right now if there\u2019s a listener who\u2019s leaned toward the radio, been compelled to hear your encounter with Jesus and is sitting there, going: \u201cYes. I\u2019m familiar with His claims. I\u2019ve been thinking about it a little bit\u2014maybe thinking about it more now as a result of hearing your words.\u201d What would you say to that man \/ that woman, who\u2019s maybe at the same fork in the road you were?<\/p>\n<p><strong>Sam: <\/strong>I would say a couple of things. I would say: \u201cWe\u2019re not Christians because we think we\u2019re good; we\u2019re Christians because we know we\u2019re <em>not<\/em>. Actually, when we know our own hearts, we need a Savior. We don\u2019t need a performance coach\u2014we need a rescuer.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The second thing I would say is what we\u2019re told in the Scriptures: \u201cTaste and see that the Lord is good.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>If you are someone who\u2019s beginning to think, \u201cI\u2019m feeling drawn to Jesus\u2014that this is a Man, who is <em>unfathomably<\/em> good, and His ways are good and right,\u201d\u2014it\u2019s, as we start to follow Him, we can taste that. It\u2019s not always easy\u2014sometimes it\u2019s very, very hard\u2014but we can taste the goodness of what He says, as we follow Him.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Dennis:<\/strong> Jesus did say: \u201cTruly, truly I say to you, whoever hears My word and believes Him who sent Me has eternal life. He does not come into judgment, but has passed from death to life.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>Sam:<\/strong> Now, do you know what\u2019s wonderful about that? That was the first verse I learned off by heart, just after I came to faith\u2014John 5:24\u2014is that right?<\/p>\n<p><strong>Dennis:<\/strong> That\u2019s correct!<\/p>\n<p><strong>Sam:<\/strong> Because I remember thinking\u2014I can\u2019t remember where I came\u2014I\u2019m sure a friend would have pointed me to that verse; but I remember reading it and thinking: \u201cWow! This is what\u2019s just happened to me!\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>Dennis: <\/strong>\u201cI have passed from death to life!\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>Sam: <\/strong>Yes.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Dennis:<\/strong> To the listener who\u2019s tuned in, today\u2019s the day of salvation. Realize you\u2019re bad and you need a Savior\u2014it\u2019s that simple. Cry out to Him: \u201cLord, be merciful to me, a sinner. Take me as I am and make me become who You made me to be.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>If you pray that prayer, you have the rest of your life to begin to figure out what we just talked about here\u2014what it means to be a follower of Christ, to be a disciple, to get in the Bible, to know God, and all that the Bible has to say about how to live life. It\u2019s an adventure. I\u2019m telling you\u2014it is an adventure of a lifetime.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Sam: <\/strong>There\u2019s never a dull day.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Dennis: <\/strong>Never! Because you\u2019re in the hands of the One who made you\u2014doesn\u2019t get any better than that\u2014and to know you\u2019re reconciled to Almighty God \/ that He\u2019s forgiven you, you\u2019re clean, and He\u2019s washed you white as snow\u2014He said.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Sam:<\/strong> And He\u2019s <em>for you<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Bob: <\/strong>Yes.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Dennis:<\/strong> He is for you, and He has a plan for you.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Bob:<\/strong> We have on our website at FamilyLifeToday.com a link that says, \u201cTwo Ways to Live,\u201d that spells out what you\u2019re talking about here. Are we going to live self-directed lives, where we simply follow our desires and our passions and they rule us, or are we going to lead God-directed lives, where we bring our passions and our desires under the lordship of Christ and He rules us and He calls the shots in our lives?<\/p>\n<p>I\u2019d encourage listeners\u2014go to our website, FamilyLifeToday.com, and click that link that says, \u201cTwo Ways to Live,\u201d and ask yourself the question, \u201cWhich way am I living, and how do I want to be living?\u201d Again, the website is FamilyLifeToday.com. You\u2019ll find the \u201cTwo Ways to Live\u201d link when you get there.<\/p>\n<p>You\u2019ll also find information about the book Sam Allberry has written, called <em>Is God Anti-Gay? And Other Questions About Homosexuality, the Bible, and Same-Sex Attraction<\/em>. This is a short, simple book, very accessible, easy to read. I know folks who keep copies of this book available to share with friends they know who ask questions about same-sex desire and same-sex attraction. Again, find out more about Sam Allberry\u2019s book\u2014<em>Is God Anti-Gay?<\/em>\u2014when you go to FamilyLifeToday.com. You can order online or you can call to order\u20141-800-FL-TODAY is our toll-free number\u20141-800-358-6329. That\u2019s 1-800-\u201cF\u201d as in family, \u201cL\u201d as in life, and then the word \u201cTODAY.\u201d Or again, order online at FamilyLifeToday.com.<\/p>\n<p>You know, as we\u2019ve talked about this subject today, I\u2019m thinking about friends of ours, who\u2014actually, Legacy Partners\u2014who live in the Midwest, and this has been their experience.<\/p>\n<p>They have a son who has come to them and said that he is attracted to members of the same sex. He\u2019s come out to his parents, and it\u2019s been a real struggle for them. Over and over again, as we\u2019ve talked about the subject on <em>FamilyLife Today<\/em>, we\u2019ve been able to send them books and resources, transcripts, audio programs we\u2019ve done. I was talking with the mom recently and she said those programs have been a lifesaver to them as they\u2019ve navigated these difficult waters.<\/p>\n<p>Well, that\u2019s what we\u2019re here for\u2014<em>FamilyLife Today<\/em> wants to be a resource. We want to provide practical biblical help and hope for your marriage and your family when you face challenging times, whether it\u2019s marital issues or family issues. On our website at FamilyLifeToday.com, we offer articles and past programs, where you can get help. You can get biblical information about whatever issue you are confronting at the moment related to marriage and family.<\/p>\n<p>Our goal is to see every home become a godly home and to effectively develop godly marriages and families, because we think godly marriages and families can change the world, one home at a time.<\/p>\n<p>We are helped in this endeavor by those of you who support this ministry. Some of you do that occasionally, some of you do that monthly as Legacy Partners. Whether you contribute, month in and month out, or you send an occasional gift to support this ministry, we\u2019re grateful for whatever you\u2019re able to do and for your vote of confidence in the ministry of <em>FamilyLife Today<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>In fact, we\u2019d love to say, \u201cThank you,\u201d for your support today by sending you Dennis and Barbara Rainey\u2019s best-selling devotional, <em>Moments With You<\/em>. It\u2019s a guide that couples can use each day to spend time together in the Word and in prayer. It\u2019s our gift to you when you make a donation today. You can do that online at FamilyLifeToday.com, or you can call 1-800-FL-TODAY to donate.<\/p>\n<p>You can also mail your donation to <em>FamilyLife Today<\/em> at PO Box 7111, Little Rock, AR; and our zip code is 72223.<\/p>\n<p>Now, tomorrow, we want to find out if Sam Allberry was ever angry with God over the fact that he was same-sex attracted and a Christian, and that meant being celibate and never being a husband or a father. He talks about that tomorrow. I hope you can tune in for that.<\/p>\n<p>I want to thank our engineer today, Keith Lynch, along with our entire broadcast production team. On behalf of our host, Dennis Rainey, I'm Bob Lepine. We will see you back next time for another edition of <em>FamilyLife Today<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p><em>FamilyLife Today<\/em> is a production of FamilyLife of Little Rock, Arkansas.<\/p>\n<p>Help for today. Hope for tomorrow.<\/p>\n<p>______________________________________________________________________________<\/p>\n<p>We are so happy to provide these transcripts to you. However, there is a cost to produce them for our website. If you\u2019ve benefited from the broadcast transcripts, would you consider <a href=\"http:\/\/wp-stage.familylife.com\/www\/donate\"><u>donating today<\/u><\/a> to help defray the costs?<\/p>\n<p>Copyright <sup>\u00a9<\/sup> 2017 FamilyLife. 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Sam Allberry has struggled with same-sex attraction since he was an adolescent. Allberry encourages others who are struggling to \"taste and see that the Lord is good.\"","meta_box":{"show_notes":"<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/shop.familylife.com\/product-creator\/sam-allberry\/\">Find Sam's books here on our store<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","transcript_url":"https:\/\/transcript.familylifetoday.com\/fl2017-02-01.pdf","transcript_content":"<p><strong>Bob: <\/strong>It was as a high school student that Sam Allberry began to recognize that he was attracted to other men. But as a high school student, he didn\u2019t see any way to act on that attraction.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Sam:<\/strong> I do remember thinking that this could be something I explore at university. I knew that, at the time, universities had LGB societies, and so I remember thinking consciously, \u201cThis could be something I run with when I go to university,\u201d and this was, again, early \u201990s; it was pre-Internet. It was, therefore, plausible for me to lead a double life if I wanted to. I was thinking I could be gay at university and no one back home would need know.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Bob:<\/strong> This is <em>FamilyLife Today<\/em> for Wednesday, February 1st. Our host is the President of FamilyLife<sup>\u00ae<\/sup>, Dennis Rainey, and I'm Bob Lepine.<\/p>\n<p>There\u2019s no telling what Sam Allberry\u2019s story might have wound up being if he hadn\u2019t found an affection that was stronger than his same-sex attraction. We\u2019ll talk about that today. Stay with us.<\/p>\n<p>And welcome to <em>FamilyLife Today<\/em>. Thanks for joining us.<\/p>\n<p>We have been hoping for a while to have our guest who is with us today be here, but it takes a little while to coordinate schedules and get him from across the Pond.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Dennis: <\/strong>It does. In fact, where is Maidenhead, United Kingdom? Where is that in Great Britain?<\/p>\n<p><strong>Sam: <\/strong>About 30\/40 minutes west of London.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Dennis: <\/strong>Okay; alright.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Bob:<\/strong> Near Legoland.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Sam: <\/strong>Near Legoland.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Bob:<\/strong> Yes. I\u2019ve been to Legoland over in Windsor. [Laughter]<\/p>\n<p><strong>Sam: <\/strong>We call it Windsor Castle, but whatever you like. [Laughter]<\/p>\n<p><strong>Dennis: <\/strong>I\u2019m sure that\u2019s right.<\/p>\n<p>Well, Sam Allberry is joining us on today\u2019s broadcast. He\u2019s a pastor in Maidenhead and is a part of the global speaking team for Ravi Zacharias International Ministries.<\/p>\n<p>Ravi\u2019s a good man; glad you\u2019re in his company. I like him.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Sam: <\/strong>He\u2019s a great guy.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Dennis: <\/strong>He is a great guy. And he\u2019s [Sam] an editor for the Gospel Coalition and has also written a book entitled <em>Is God Anti-Gay? <\/em><\/p>\n<p>Before we start on the broadcast around talking to you, Sam, we had something unusual that just happened at one of our <em>Weekend to Remember<\/em> <sup>\u00ae<\/sup> marriage getaways. We\u2019ve been putting these conferences on now for 40 years. We\u2019ve had over 2.5 million people attend the <em>Weekend to Remember<\/em> here in the States. I have no idea how many have attended in the 109 countries where our ministry is located\u2014undoubtedly, hundreds of thousands more there.<\/p>\n<p>But we had something happen where a couple who are lesbians came to the <em>Weekend to Remember<\/em>. I was really proud of our staff and of the conferees who also attended that conference; because when they asked to come, we said:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSure! Come on! We\u2019re happy to have you.\u201d The thing that happened was\u2014this couple went through the <em>entire<\/em> conference. Here\u2019s the thing\u2014we have to welcome people who don\u2019t believe or think like we do. We have to exhibit the love of Christ. I think, in the process of us doing that with this pair of young ladies, they heard the gospel. They heard about where they can find forgiveness and how they can become Christ-followers and live life as God designed it.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Bob: <\/strong>Sam, this is something that you are concerned about, as a churchman; but it\u2019s also something that is a part of your personal story because you have, all your life, been same-sex attracted; right?<\/p>\n<p><strong>Sam: <\/strong>That\u2019s correct; yes.<\/p>\n<p>It took me awhile to recognize that that was the case; but certainly for as long as I\u2019ve had any kind of romantic or sexual feelings, they\u2019ve been to the same sex and not the opposite sex.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Bob: <\/strong>You grew up in the church?<\/p>\n<p><strong>Sam: <\/strong>No; no\u2014not at all. So I didn\u2019t really start\u2014I became a Christian when I was 18, so I was not raised in a church-going family.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Bob: <\/strong>So you were aware of your sexual desire\u2014your same-sex attraction\u2014before you came to know Christ.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Sam: <\/strong>That\u2019s correct; yes.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Dennis:<\/strong> Had you told your parents?<\/p>\n<p><strong>Sam:<\/strong> I had not\u2014I had only just told myself at that point. It had taken me\u2014I\u2019m a pretty slow person\u2014it had taken me three or four years to really recognize what was going on in my own life and kind of admit that to myself.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Dennis: <\/strong>Had you fallen in line with what the culture was doing in terms of guys taking girls out in high school\u2014going to prom, et cetera\u2014the dances\u2014or had you avoided that?<\/p>\n<p><strong>Sam:<\/strong> Well, it\u2019s a bit different in England, anyway. We don\u2019t have the kind of proms and that kind of thing\u2014culture.<\/p>\n<p>I had dated a couple of girls as a teenager, but we didn\u2019t have all the big dances that you guys have here\u2014the high schoolers.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Bob: <\/strong>The period from kind of the first dawning of this in your own life to the point where you came out and said, \u201cI think this is what\u2019s true about me,\u201d you said that was a couple of years?<\/p>\n<p><strong>Sam:<\/strong> Yes, probably two or three years, I think. I had good friends that I was beginning to be aware I had a very <em>strong<\/em> emotional attachment to\u2014that was sort of the first indicator\u2014a real emotional dependency \/ that kind of thing. I began to be aware that I was having feelings of sexual attraction, as well; but this was 25 years ago, and the issue of homosexuality wasn\u2019t on the table in the way that it is now. So it wasn\u2019t as obvious to me to think, \u201cOh, that must be homosexuality.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>Dennis: <\/strong>There are a lot of parents who just leaned forward toward the radio as you started talking about this, because this is 25 years later.<\/p>\n<p>I mean, today, it is a very live issue for teenagers to be <em>confused<\/em> about their sexuality and to have this be a live option on the table that\u2019s acceptable in the culture. What would you say to parents who are watching their teenagers grow up? How should they be relating to them in the midst of this confusion?<\/p>\n<p><strong>Sam: <\/strong>I think one of the positives is that we\u2019re far more able to talk about this issue than we used to be, both as a culture widely, but also within the Christian world as well. One of the big negatives of where our culture is at is that I think it encourages young people to make their sexual feelings their core identity. I think that\u2019s unhealthy at any age\u2014I think it\u2019s especially unhealthy for teenagers and young teenagers\u2014even more so because so much of life isn\u2019t settled down yet.<\/p>\n<p>So I think one of my big cautions for people is if you\u2019re experiencing some kind of confusion about your sexuality\u2014maybe you\u2019re experiencing same-sex attraction and you\u2019re a young person\u2014is not to assume that\u2019s who you now are\u2014and for parents as well, to not think, \u201cOh my goodness, that must be who my child is now going to be forever.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>Dennis:<\/strong> And not be shocked if your child maybe hints at this or expresses it.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Sam: <\/strong>Absolutely; yes. I mean, let\u2019s be honest\u2014we live in a fallen world and, therefore, any of our kids are going to have disordered sexual desires. So, I just make an assumption that any teenager is going to be struggling with some kind of sexual temptation. You know, even those who are heterosexual are still struggling with inappropriate desires and all the rest of it.<\/p>\n<p>If we assume that we should never be shocked if a teenager says to us, \u201cI\u2019m really struggling with\u2026\u201d\u2014\u201cx\u201d or \u201cy\u201d\u2014whatever it might be.<\/p>\n<p>Same-sex attraction is just <em>one<\/em> type of, actually, the issue that all of us face\u2014which is that our desires are fallen and disordered.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Bob:<\/strong> So let me go back to that two-year period while you\u2019re processing what\u2019s going on in your own desires, doing it without any kind of a biblical worldview in place. Was it frightening? Was it curious? Was it exciting? What were you thinking as you began to wonder: \u201cWho am I?\u201d and \u201cWhat am I feeling?\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>Sam: <\/strong>It certainly wasn\u2019t exciting because again, 25 years ago these things weren\u2019t generally spoken about publicly\u2014certainly the high school I had been in was an old boys\u2019 school, and the culture there was mortally homophobic. So, it wouldn\u2019t have been a good thing\u2014it wouldn\u2019t have earned me any friends to have come out at that point and said, \u201cI think I\u2019m gay.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>Bob:<\/strong> No celebration\u2014no teachers who would have stood up and said, \u201cNow, we need to honor Sam for his courage.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>Sam:<\/strong> No. I probably would have been beaten up by my peers, I would imagine; but I do remember thinking\u2014this is my final year of high school\u2014I remember thinking that this could be something I explore at university. I knew that, at the time, universities had LGB societies; and I remember thinking, consciously, \u201cThis could be something I run with when I go to university.\u201d This was, again, early \u201990s; it was pre-Internet, and it was therefore plausible for me to lead a double life if I wanted to. I was thinking I could be gay at university and no one back home would need know.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Bob:<\/strong> In the midst of this awakening sense of sexual attraction to other men, you also heard the gospel in a way that you\u2019d never heard it before.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Sam: <\/strong>That\u2019s right. I\u2019m so thankful for the Lord\u2019s timing in all of this; because it was just a matter of months after me thinking, \u201cI might explore this at university,\u201d that I actually became a Christian.<\/p>\n<p>So I never really had the opportunity to act out on these feelings.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Bob: <\/strong>What were the circumstances around which you came to faith?<\/p>\n<p><strong>Sam: <\/strong>Well, a couple of good friends of mine, who were Christian believers, invited me to their church\u2019s youth ministry. By the time I finished my high school exams I had literally nothing else to do for three months. So I thought: \u201cI\u2019m open-minded. I\u2019ll give these guys a go.\u201d I\u2019d gone, back and forth, as a teenager, about whether I believed in God or not. I was certainly open on that issue\u2014so: \u201cYes. I\u2019ll find out a bit about what makes them tick.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>These were really good friends\u2014I so admired them. I thought, actually, \u201cWhat makes them tick is going to be of interest to me.\u201d As I went along to their youth meeting, I was 17 years old. A guy stood up to give a talk\u2014he was in his 80s, I think\u2014so, theoretically, I shouldn\u2019t have been remotely interested in this.<\/p>\n<p>But he expressed the heart of the Christian message in a way I had <em>never<\/em> heard before. He said, \u201cChristianity is <em>not<\/em> about God rewarding good people; it is about God <em>forgiving<\/em> bad people.\u201d I had never heard that. I just <em>assumed<\/em>, growing up, that if God was real, it was all about being a good little boy and a good little girl, and God would like you and then you get to heaven.<\/p>\n<p>I was listening, and this was the first time I\u2019d heard about grace. It was actually God forgiving people who are sinful\u2014not God rewarding people who thought they were good. That shocked me\u2014I thought, \u201cI\u2019ve never heard this before!\u201d I remember <em>feeling<\/em> drawn to that message. I began to go there every week. I joined a Bible study group. I began to hear these truths from the lips of Jesus\u2014that it is not the healthy who need a doctor \/ it\u2019s the sick. I began to realize He came for broken people.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Dennis:<\/strong> I want to go back to a very quick description you had of a couple of friends who you really admired. They lived out their faith as teenage young men.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Sam:<\/strong> Yes.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Dennis: <\/strong>They weren\u2019t perfect, but there was something different about them that drew you <em>toward<\/em> the message of Christ. What was it?<\/p>\n<p><strong>Sam: <\/strong>It was, quite frankly\u2014I was working in a coffee shop at weekends to earn a bit of money during my final two years of high school. That\u2019s where I met these Christian friends of mine. They were the same age as me, but they had\u2014they had a real integrity to what they said that was very unusual. My own experience at high school was that friendships were quite political; but I just had a sense with these new friends that they always meant what they said and that they were committed to you, full stop\u2014period.<\/p>\n<p>There was nothing kind of fickle or superficial about their friendship.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Dennis:<\/strong> I\u2019m glad you used that word, \u201cintegrity,\u201d because that means <em>whole<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Sam: <\/strong>Yes.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Dennis: <\/strong>That means <em>authentic<\/em>. That means <em>real<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>We have teenagers, who listen to this broadcast; and they may not understand it, but they are salt and light to somebody.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Bob:<\/strong> Yes.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Dennis: <\/strong>People are watching them.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Sam: <\/strong>Well, my experience shows it can be\u2014I say a little \/ it\u2019s a big thing\u2014but actually, just being a person who keeps their word can have a <em>huge<\/em> impact in the culture around us, because that was all it was for these friends of mine. I knew that they <em>meant<\/em> what they said. So it really was that integrity that set them apart in my mind. I thought, \u201cWell, I\u2019d like to find out more about what they believe.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>Bob:<\/strong> There was a point where you kind of faced the line in the sand and said, \u201cI have to make a decision.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>Sam:<\/strong> That\u2019s right. I was really intrigued by Jesus.<\/p>\n<p>I\u2019d grown up with a mental image of Jesus that\u2014He was a cross between Gandhi and one of the Bee Gees. He was this guy who said good things\u2014<\/p>\n<p><strong>Dennis:<\/strong> Hold it! Hold it! [Laughter]<\/p>\n<p><strong>Bob:<\/strong> Quite a cross! [Laughter]<\/p>\n<p><strong>Dennis: <\/strong>That\u2019s paradoxical right there\u2014I\u2019m sorry.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Sam: <\/strong>Well, I said I pictured Him as looking like one of the Bee Gees\u2014long blonde hair, and good teeth, and that kind of thing. So that was sort of\u2014<\/p>\n<p>Anyway, what I began to realize was that the real Jesus was far more interesting, far more frustrating, and far more compelling than I had ever realized. He said things that kind of\u2014sometimes sounded like fingernails down a chalkboard\u2014they just jarred with how I would naturally think. He made claims about Himself that people don\u2019t normally make if they\u2019re in sound mind.<\/p>\n<p>And yet, He seemed to read me in a way that I\u2019d never read myself. His words seemed to expose me. I began to realize I was one of the people for whom He came.<\/p>\n<p>I remember thinking, in a general, abstract way, \u201cThis is true.\u201d But then I also remember thinking, \u201cWhat does that mean for me?\u201d And that was the point; because there were several weeks before, \u201cYes; I think this is true.\u201d I began to realize that Jesus was calling for <em>me<\/em> to respond. This is not one of those things that I can say is true and leave to one side. It has to be <em>everything<\/em>, if it\u2019s true\u2014or nothing. I remember consciously thinking, \u201cIf Jesus has died for me,\u201d\u2014and I believed He had died for <em>me<\/em>, not just for sinners, but for <em>me<\/em>\u2014\u201cI want to follow Him.\u201d I remember at that moment, sitting\u2014in my mind, thinking, \u201cI\u2019m going to follow Jesus now.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>Bob:<\/strong> Did you know that where He would take you would conflict with the feelings that had started to emerge sexually?<\/p>\n<p><strong>Sam:<\/strong> Not really. I knew that Christians believed sex was for marriage. I figured that was probably going to be part of the deal; but I kind of figured, \u201cOh, in that case, my feelings will change.\u201d So I didn\u2019t anticipate this being a long-term situation that I would be in. But at the time, all I knew was, \u201cI do trust Jesus; and whatever He ends up saying, in any area of life, will be good for me.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>Bob:<\/strong> I have to wonder if some of the folks listening to us today have always thought Christianity was about, \u201cGod does nice things for good people,\u201d rather than understanding that it\u2019s God forgiving all of us who need forgiveness.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Dennis:<\/strong> Yes.<\/p>\n<p>I\u2019m just wondering right now if there\u2019s a listener who\u2019s leaned toward the radio, been compelled to hear your encounter with Jesus and is sitting there, going: \u201cYes. I\u2019m familiar with His claims. I\u2019ve been thinking about it a little bit\u2014maybe thinking about it more now as a result of hearing your words.\u201d What would you say to that man \/ that woman, who\u2019s maybe at the same fork in the road you were?<\/p>\n<p><strong>Sam: <\/strong>I would say a couple of things. I would say: \u201cWe\u2019re not Christians because we think we\u2019re good; we\u2019re Christians because we know we\u2019re <em>not<\/em>. Actually, when we know our own hearts, we need a Savior. We don\u2019t need a performance coach\u2014we need a rescuer.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The second thing I would say is what we\u2019re told in the Scriptures: \u201cTaste and see that the Lord is good.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>If you are someone who\u2019s beginning to think, \u201cI\u2019m feeling drawn to Jesus\u2014that this is a Man, who is <em>unfathomably<\/em> good, and His ways are good and right,\u201d\u2014it\u2019s, as we start to follow Him, we can taste that. It\u2019s not always easy\u2014sometimes it\u2019s very, very hard\u2014but we can taste the goodness of what He says, as we follow Him.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Dennis:<\/strong> Jesus did say: \u201cTruly, truly I say to you, whoever hears My word and believes Him who sent Me has eternal life. He does not come into judgment, but has passed from death to life.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>Sam:<\/strong> Now, do you know what\u2019s wonderful about that? That was the first verse I learned off by heart, just after I came to faith\u2014John 5:24\u2014is that right?<\/p>\n<p><strong>Dennis:<\/strong> That\u2019s correct!<\/p>\n<p><strong>Sam:<\/strong> Because I remember thinking\u2014I can\u2019t remember where I came\u2014I\u2019m sure a friend would have pointed me to that verse; but I remember reading it and thinking: \u201cWow! This is what\u2019s just happened to me!\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>Dennis: <\/strong>\u201cI have passed from death to life!\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>Sam: <\/strong>Yes.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Dennis:<\/strong> To the listener who\u2019s tuned in, today\u2019s the day of salvation. Realize you\u2019re bad and you need a Savior\u2014it\u2019s that simple. Cry out to Him: \u201cLord, be merciful to me, a sinner. Take me as I am and make me become who You made me to be.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>If you pray that prayer, you have the rest of your life to begin to figure out what we just talked about here\u2014what it means to be a follower of Christ, to be a disciple, to get in the Bible, to know God, and all that the Bible has to say about how to live life. It\u2019s an adventure. I\u2019m telling you\u2014it is an adventure of a lifetime.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Sam: <\/strong>There\u2019s never a dull day.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Dennis: <\/strong>Never! Because you\u2019re in the hands of the One who made you\u2014doesn\u2019t get any better than that\u2014and to know you\u2019re reconciled to Almighty God \/ that He\u2019s forgiven you, you\u2019re clean, and He\u2019s washed you white as snow\u2014He said.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Sam:<\/strong> And He\u2019s <em>for you<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Bob: <\/strong>Yes.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Dennis:<\/strong> He is for you, and He has a plan for you.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Bob:<\/strong> We have on our website at FamilyLifeToday.com a link that says, \u201cTwo Ways to Live,\u201d that spells out what you\u2019re talking about here. Are we going to live self-directed lives, where we simply follow our desires and our passions and they rule us, or are we going to lead God-directed lives, where we bring our passions and our desires under the lordship of Christ and He rules us and He calls the shots in our lives?<\/p>\n<p>I\u2019d encourage listeners\u2014go to our website, FamilyLifeToday.com, and click that link that says, \u201cTwo Ways to Live,\u201d and ask yourself the question, \u201cWhich way am I living, and how do I want to be living?\u201d Again, the website is FamilyLifeToday.com. You\u2019ll find the \u201cTwo Ways to Live\u201d link when you get there.<\/p>\n<p>You\u2019ll also find information about the book Sam Allberry has written, called <em>Is God Anti-Gay? And Other Questions About Homosexuality, the Bible, and Same-Sex Attraction<\/em>. This is a short, simple book, very accessible, easy to read. I know folks who keep copies of this book available to share with friends they know who ask questions about same-sex desire and same-sex attraction. Again, find out more about Sam Allberry\u2019s book\u2014<em>Is God Anti-Gay?<\/em>\u2014when you go to FamilyLifeToday.com. You can order online or you can call to order\u20141-800-FL-TODAY is our toll-free number\u20141-800-358-6329. That\u2019s 1-800-\u201cF\u201d as in family, \u201cL\u201d as in life, and then the word \u201cTODAY.\u201d Or again, order online at FamilyLifeToday.com.<\/p>\n<p>You know, as we\u2019ve talked about this subject today, I\u2019m thinking about friends of ours, who\u2014actually, Legacy Partners\u2014who live in the Midwest, and this has been their experience.<\/p>\n<p>They have a son who has come to them and said that he is attracted to members of the same sex. He\u2019s come out to his parents, and it\u2019s been a real struggle for them. Over and over again, as we\u2019ve talked about the subject on <em>FamilyLife Today<\/em>, we\u2019ve been able to send them books and resources, transcripts, audio programs we\u2019ve done. I was talking with the mom recently and she said those programs have been a lifesaver to them as they\u2019ve navigated these difficult waters.<\/p>\n<p>Well, that\u2019s what we\u2019re here for\u2014<em>FamilyLife Today<\/em> wants to be a resource. We want to provide practical biblical help and hope for your marriage and your family when you face challenging times, whether it\u2019s marital issues or family issues. On our website at FamilyLifeToday.com, we offer articles and past programs, where you can get help. You can get biblical information about whatever issue you are confronting at the moment related to marriage and family.<\/p>\n<p>Our goal is to see every home become a godly home and to effectively develop godly marriages and families, because we think godly marriages and families can change the world, one home at a time.<\/p>\n<p>We are helped in this endeavor by those of you who support this ministry. Some of you do that occasionally, some of you do that monthly as Legacy Partners. Whether you contribute, month in and month out, or you send an occasional gift to support this ministry, we\u2019re grateful for whatever you\u2019re able to do and for your vote of confidence in the ministry of <em>FamilyLife Today<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>In fact, we\u2019d love to say, \u201cThank you,\u201d for your support today by sending you Dennis and Barbara Rainey\u2019s best-selling devotional, <em>Moments With You<\/em>. It\u2019s a guide that couples can use each day to spend time together in the Word and in prayer. It\u2019s our gift to you when you make a donation today. You can do that online at FamilyLifeToday.com, or you can call 1-800-FL-TODAY to donate.<\/p>\n<p>You can also mail your donation to <em>FamilyLife Today<\/em> at PO Box 7111, Little Rock, AR; and our zip code is 72223.<\/p>\n<p>Now, tomorrow, we want to find out if Sam Allberry was ever angry with God over the fact that he was same-sex attracted and a Christian, and that meant being celibate and never being a husband or a father. He talks about that tomorrow. I hope you can tune in for that.<\/p>\n<p>I want to thank our engineer today, Keith Lynch, along with our entire broadcast production team. On behalf of our host, Dennis Rainey, I'm Bob Lepine. We will see you back next time for another edition of <em>FamilyLife Today<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p><em>FamilyLife Today<\/em> is a production of FamilyLife of Little Rock, Arkansas.<\/p>\n<p>Help for today. Hope for tomorrow.<\/p>\n<p>______________________________________________________________________________<\/p>\n<p>We are so happy to provide these transcripts to you. However, there is a cost to produce them for our website. If you\u2019ve benefited from the broadcast transcripts, would you consider <a href=\"http:\/\/wp-stage.familylife.com\/www\/donate\"><u>donating today<\/u><\/a> to help defray the costs?<\/p>\n<p>Copyright <sup>\u00a9<\/sup> 2017 FamilyLife. 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