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Some LGBT advocates say those with same-sex attraction who use "avoidance techniques" are cheating.Martin Luther wrote, "If your head is made of butter, stay away from the fire." Sound advice for anyone seeking freedom from a bad habit or sinful temptation.To listen to gay supporters, one should be able to immerse themselves in all things homosexual and have the will power to abstain from sin.Are avoidance techniques true in the natural realm?Indeed they are. Someone might say the very term "avoidance techniques" sounds unbiblical.Fair skinned persons should avoid the noon day sun; that would include me. I burn easily.Persons allergic...

A former homosexual turned Baptist minister recently spoke at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. There, he told students that although having same-sex attractions is not a choice, acting on those feelings by engaging in homosexual behavior is; but freedom from homosexuality is available through Jesus Christ. Ex-homosexual Tim Wilkins was invited by the Apologetics Association to speak on the campus of UW-Milwaukee to offer a Christian response to the issue of homosexuality. His speech was repeatedly interrupted by cell phone noise and audience comments as well as a fight, which he believes was intentionally staged. Wilkins, who heads North Carolina-based Cross...