Pastor John Hill preaches a message that we know you need to hear. Every day, we know you face people who you disagree with, maybe even hate, but there is a better solution than canceling them. It might sound too good to be true, but it’s not! Check out this message all about loving people you want to hate.
Discussion Questions:
Share a time in your life where you knew you needed to change but you weren’t listening to Godly wisdom and people in your life?
How is Jesus our example for reaching people we want to change? Specifically, how did he reach Mary?
Is it easy or hard for you to have relationships with people who won’t change? Why or why not.
Why is it so important for us to build relationships with people who disagree and live differently than us? If possible, share an example from your own life.
What is your alabaster jar? What is holding you back from breaking it?
Who is someone in your life you can pursue and love this week like Jesus?
Kristin Hill and Enoch Hill Orientation Story:
Cited Links/Research Links:
Homosexuality increases depression, suicide, substance abuse
http://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamapsychiatry/fullarticle/481699
Amalgamation of 13,706 papers finds increases in depression, suicide and substance abuse among other psychiatric disorders for people with same sex partners significantly higher than heterosexual
https://bmcpsychiatry.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/1471-244X-8-70
Significant increase in STD, HIV/AIDS and psychological morbidity in LGBT people
http://ajph.aphapublications.org/doi/abs/10.2105/AJPH.2006.087254
Suicide among Homosexual men higher than heterosexual men
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1446201/
Attempted suicide rate among LGBT youths 31% mental disorders like serious depression, conduct disorder way higher than hetero sexual
http://ajph.aphapublications.org/doi/abs/10.2105/AJPH.2009.178319
Longitudinal study on LGBT youth found suicide attempts at 31.2%
https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10508-012-0013-9
Discrimination does not account for the disparity in mental health between LGBT and Heterosexual people. Journal of LGBT Health Research 2008
http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/15574090802226626
Having a homosexual parent(s) appears to increase the risk of incest or molestation by a parent by a factor of about 50.”
http://search.proquest.com/openview/67bcdd654b9a3faae8a46316fa0d4fcd/1?pq-origsite=gscholar&cbl=1819054
Modal range of sexual partners for older gay men between 100-500
http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/00224499709551903
Increase in sexual partners increases depression
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0749379705002138
Most occurrences of domestic abuse among lesbian women
http://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/springer/vav/1997/00000012/00000002/art00006
Stories of LGBT hate, bigotry and persecution against loving Christians
https://www.lifesitenews.com/blogs/if-you-think-christians-arent-being-persecuted-in-the-u.s.-its-because-your
Here it is: Complete catalogue of ‘same-sex marriage’ violations of faith
Gay Totalitarianism and the Coming Persecution of Christians
40% suicidality among transgender people/Schools teaching gender spectrum to elementary students:
http://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2017/05/02/526067768/a-new-generation-overthrows-gender?sc=tw
Infographic on number of years lost with corresponding addictions (Source not academic)
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-2788399/how-years-drinking-drug-smoking-habits-shaving-life-terrifying-graphic-reveals-one-cigarette-cuts-14-minutes-alcoholic-drink-cost-7-hours.html
Suicidality in Nazi Concentration camps 25%
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/7738915_The_Suicide_Rate_in_the_Concentration_Camps_Was_Extraordinarily_High_A_Comment_on_Bronisch_and_Lester
2011 study on the occurrence of LGBT people (3.8% total, .3% Transgender, 1.8% bisexual, 1.7% Gay or lesbian)
https://williamsinstitute.law.ucla.edu/wp-content/uploads/Gates-How-Many-People-LGBT-Apr-2011.pdf
Kinsley institute article saying 73-88% of children with gender dysphoria will identify as adults by their anatomic gender
https://kinseyinstitute.org/research/publications/faq.php
Life expectancy for gay men is 8-20 years shorter than heterosexual men
https://academic.oup.com/ije/article/26/3/657/742184/Modelling-the-impact-of-HIV-disease-on-mortality
Singles and marrieds have similar life satisfaction
http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/019251392013003008
Life satisfaction of singleness roughly equal but to heterosexual marriage (Study not a direct examination)
http://www.jstor.org/stable/353980?seq=1#page_scan_tab_contents
Federally endorsed common core sexual education standards identifying gender as a spectrum or range
http://answer.rutgers.edu/file/national-sexuality-education-standards.pdf
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