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| style="padding:15px;" |“''I have learnt; I am learning; I will learn to love [[God]], other people and myself. This healing process will only be complete when I'm with [[Jesus]].''”<div style="padding-left:40px;">&mdash; Martin Hallet<ref name="Stott1998"/><ref>{{cite book |title=I Am Learning to Love |author=Martin Hallet |publisher=Marshall, Morgan, and Scott |place=Upton, Wirral, Merseyside |year=1987 |pages=155}}</ref></div>
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'''Martin Hallet''', who was active in the gay scene until his [[conversion]], is author of autobiographical sketch ''"I  Am Learning to Love. A Personal Journey to Wholeness in Christ"'' and co-founder of the [[True Freedom Trust]] ministry.<ref name="TfT">{{cite web |title=God is faithful |author=Martin Hallett |publisher=True Freedom Trust |date=September 1998 |url=http://truefreedomtrust.co.uk/node/246 |quote=This is Martin Hallett's story of how he came out of a homosexual lifestyle and co-founded the ministry of True Freedom Trust. |accessdate=24 November 2016}}</ref> In his account of experience with the [[same-sex attraction]]s and of what he calls ''"Christ's way out of homosexuality"'', he is very candid about his continuing vulnerability, his need for safeguards, his yearning for love, and his occasional boats of [[ABC Theory of Emotion|emotional]] turmoil.<ref name="Stott1998">{{cite book |title=Same-Sex Partnerships? A Christian Perspective |author=John Stott |isbn=978-08007-56741 |publisher=Baker Book House Co. |location=Grand Rapids, MI |year=1998 |pages=75 |url=http://www.bakerpublishinggroup.com/books/same-sex-partnerships/219040}}</ref>
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'''Martin Hallet''', who was active in the gay scene until his [[conversion]], is author of autobiographical sketch ''"I  Am Learning to Love. A Personal Journey to Wholeness in Christ"'' and co-founder of the [[True Freedom Trust]] ministry.<ref>{{cite web |title=God is faithful |author=Martin Hallett |publisher=True Freedom Trust |date=September 1998 |url=http://truefreedomtrust.co.uk/node/246 |quote=This is Martin Hallett's story of how he came out of a homosexual lifestyle and co-founded the ministry of True Freedom Trust. |accessdate=24 November 2016}}</ref> In his account of experience with the [[same-sex attraction]]s and of what he calls ''"Christ's way out of homosexuality"'', he is very candid about his continuing vulnerability, his need for safeguards, his yearning for love, and his occasional boats of [[ABC Theory of Emotion|emotional]] turmoil.<ref name="Stott1998">{{cite book |title=Same-Sex Partnerships? A Christian Perspective |author=John Stott |isbn=978-08007-56741 |publisher=Baker Book House Co. |location=Grand Rapids, MI |year=1998 |pages=75 |url=http://www.bakerpublishinggroup.com/books/same-sex-partnerships/219040}}</ref>
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==Immersed in a homosexual lifestyle==
 
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Early in 1972, Martin Hallett was completely immersed in a homosexual lifestyle. He had no desire to change and felt quite happy and secure. Most of his sexual relationships were casual, although there had been some long term partners. His life was dominated by sex and he was [[promiscuous]] without feeling guilty. Sex seemed to be the way into a relationship, which M.H. hoped would be faithful and secure. One day, a newcomer who declared himself to be a [[Christian]] became a part of M.H.’s circle of friends. This newcomer, who was certainly very new to the social scene, seemed a bit confused about the whole idea of his own homosexuality and was filled with uncertainties about the rightness of [[homosexual sex]] alias sodomy. M.H., who was attracted to the newcomer, physically and to his gentle humility, thought the newcomer was simply very new to the whole idea and would change once he has been around for a while.<ref name="TfT"/>
 
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==Dramatic lifestyle change==
 
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The lifestyle of M.H. began to change quite dramatically after one night on his way home from a gay pub, when he, while being alone, was feeling a bit depressed. In his reflections, he realized that the story of Jesus dying on the [[Cross]] for his sins meant nothing more for him than just he could do as he pleased, within reason, and still get to [[Heaven]]. Now he started to think differently about it and the story of [[redemption]] in the [[Old Testament|Old]] and [[New Testament]]s began to make much more sense to him. He began to comprehend that [[sin]] is anything which displeases God and saw, for the first time, that his sins separated him from God, because of God’s [[Holiness]].
 
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M.H. became convinced, through [[Scripture]], that homosexual sex was wrong. In the light of Jesus's morality and lifestyle recorded in the [[Gospel of Matthew|Matthew's Gospel]] and [[Paul the Apostle |Paul]]'s words in [[Romans]] and [[Corinth]]ians, M.H. found it difficult to believe that God would be happy with homosexual relationships. He was strongly determined to turn away from sexual [[temptation]], firstly after God took his new friend away, then as he became more involved in a Christian lifestyle. He believes the [[Holy Spirit]] changed the desires of his [[Heart#Poetic_Significance|heart]] and many attitudes and ideals were transformed. M.H. has felt fulfilled emotionally because he could now love other men, without the relationship becoming eroticized. Now he claims that it became clear that sexuality and [[ABC Theory of Emotion|emotional]] needs are inextricably linked and that emotions and sexual feelings are not static but changeable. In his words, he made the choice to accept the truth of God's love in a real way he already experienced, rather than being dependent on his feelings, which are influenced i.a. by one's hurts and insecurities. The ways to overcome loneliness involve working at the deeper issues of self, which make a lack of identity, feelings of emptiness and loneliness a problem. In the first place, a person needs to find the sense of security in the only perfect person, Jesus; and only then one can work at meeting the legitimate needs - to love and be loved, especially since a multitude of feelings like hurt, despair, betrayal and confusion, often irrational, are frequently a part of every day life.<ref name="TfT"/>
 
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==Publications==
 
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*''I Am Learning to Love: A Personal Journey to Wholeness in Christ'' (Grand Rapids, Zondervan, 1987) — autobiographical sketch.<ref>{{cite book |title=Issues Facing Christians Today |author=Dr. John R.W. Stott, John Wyatt |edition=4 |publisher=Zondervan |year=2011 |isbn=9780310862659 |url=http://books.google.com/books?id=_V5S8XQvXy0C }}</ref>
 
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*''Sexual Identity and Freedom in Discipleship'' — In this booklet, Martin Hallett responds to the St Andrew's Day Statement by looking at the importance of personal experience and the place of pastoral guidelines as offered in the mainline [[church]]es.<ref>{{cite web |title=grovepastoral:Sexual Identity and Freedom in Discipleship|publisher=Grove Books Ltd |place=Cambridge |pages=24 |isbn10=1851743391 |url=https://grovebooks.co.uk/products/p-69-sexual-identity-and-freedom-in-discipleship |accessdate=25 Nov 2016}}</ref>
 
  
 
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== References ==

Revision as of 11:40, November 26, 2016

Healing process
“I have learnt; I am learning; I will learn to love God, other people and myself. This healing process will only be complete when I'm with Jesus.”
— Martin Hallet[1][2]

Martin Hallet, who was active in the gay scene until his conversion, is author of autobiographical sketch "I Am Learning to Love. A Personal Journey to Wholeness in Christ" and co-founder of the True Freedom Trust ministry.[3] In his account of experience with the same-sex attractions and of what he calls "Christ's way out of homosexuality", he is very candid about his continuing vulnerability, his need for safeguards, his yearning for love, and his occasional boats of emotional turmoil.[1]

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 John Stott (1998). Same-Sex Partnerships? A Christian Perspective. Grand Rapids, MI: Baker Book House Co., 75. ISBN 978-08007-56741. 
  2. ↑ Martin Hallet (1987). I Am Learning to Love. Marshall, Morgan, and Scott, 155. 
  3. ↑ Martin Hallett (September 1998). God is faithful. True Freedom Trust. Retrieved on 24 November 2016. “This is Martin Hallett's story of how he came out of a homosexual lifestyle and co-founded the ministry of True Freedom Trust.”

See also

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