Yesterday I was on the Chris Fabry Live! Show (Moody Broadcasting) concerning the story of famous Christian singer Ray Boltz. It was concerning how Mr. Boltz is now saying that he is gay and finally at peace with pursuing homosexual relationships.
It wasn’t the best interview I’ve ever done and I think it is in part due to the fact that the whole thing is so sad to me. Let me explain, I feel awful for him that he felt so isolated and suffered from shame. It’s sorrowful that he didn’t feel like he could be honest and transparent with others unless it was to embrace a gay identity and worldview.
Boltz says, in an interview with a gay newspaper, that he read all the books but never went to an Exodus group or event. I also don’t know Mr. Boltz personally. So I have no real context for what he did or didn’t apply to his life. All I do know is that for myself, I can’t just read books about relational issues. I have to apply those lessons and principles in a transparent and unfiltered relational life. Along with thousands upon thousands since the Corinthian Church (1 Cor. 6:9-11), I found that I could live out my faith, and sexuality, in a way that brings peace and contentment. I had to apply the knowledge gained from books and teachings into real life transparent relationships. I had to get out of my own head and start actually relating to people in honest and Biblically appropriate ways. This was necessary so that I could grow from the wisdom that can only be achieved through applied knowledge.
It was a much more difficult road than embracing a gay identity but one I found very worth traveling down.
I know there is enormous pressure by the homosexual community to say that embracing a gay worldview is the only way to be “honest.” I know personally that isn’t true. I pray someday that Mr. Boltz will also reconsider the testimony of those like myself.
I was really blessed by Boltz in the early days of my faith walk. I didn’t even like Contemporary Christian Music back then (still have a hard time with most of it). I will remember those songs for the blessings that they are but they will also serve as a reminder to pray for Mr. Boltz and his family.
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