“A truly marvelous book. Sam (Alberry) writes as a pastor who himself struggles w/ same-sex attraction. Sam’s humanity shines through every page; his understanding of weakness under-girds the whole. A compassionate and compelling resources for pastors and elders to keep on hand, as this is an issue which will become more, not less, important.”
Carl R. Trueman
“Sam’s story is one of God’s goodness in the midst of same sex attraction, and is a powerful testimony for those needing encouragement in the face of this temptation.”
Doug Wilson
These words of praise for Alberry came out before it was found out that Sam wasn’t so successful in resisting temptation for other guys. These words of support and recommendation were written when some book by Alberry was released.
But what I want to point out here (again) is how all this normalized sodomite longings. Try to imagine a Carl R. Trueman or a Doug Wilson coming out with blurbs supporting some Christian Pastor who admitted to having “little boy attraction,” or maybe, “farm animal attraction.” You can’t imagine that because those perversions are so beyond the pale that no Pastor would dare either admit that they were attracted to little boys or to farm animals and no Pastor would dare come out in support of such a Pastor admitting such a thing who insisted he could still remain in the role as Pastor.
No, the only reason these blurbs were originally written or were once seen as being sane, is because sodomy has now been seen as acceptable. Because being sodomite has been accepted in the Christian conservative church it is the case that Pastors can serve as Pastors while at the same time admitting their sexual attraction is aimed at other men while other Pastors (Trueman and Wilson to name only two) could praise the Pastor with putatively controlled sodomite longings as somehow being estimable.
Somehow, it is now seen as being noble, sensitive, and caring to write things like Trueman and Wilson wrote above in support of a Pastor who admitted publicly that “I like other guys.” However, guys like Trueman and Wilson would never write the same thing about ministers coming out admitting that they are attracted to little boys or to farm animals. The only difference is, is that the former perversion is now seen as an acceptable perversion which we are now required to say, “Sam is a pervert but since he has his perversion under control, it’s all good.” Speaking this way demonstrated how noble, sensitive, and caring, Trueman and Wilson were. Trueman and Wilson would never speak the same way about a pretend Pastor Noberry writing a book admitting how the Holy Spirit had given him control over his continuing sexual attraction to little boys or farm animals.
And…. all I have written would remain true even if Alberry hadn’t decided to give in to his particular perversion.
The Reformed Church is dead. Long live the Reformed church.
