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Comment on I Repent by Robin Vestal

Robin Vestal — Sun, 03 Jun 2012 00:36:47 +0000

As always holding you and your family in the light of God’s love and mercy.

Comment on I Repent by chadholtznew

chadholtznew — Sat, 02 Jun 2012 20:47:32 +0000

Thank you, everyone.

Adele, nice to see you again. All I can do is testify that before I was blind and in a very dark place. Now I can see. Before I was suicidal. Now I am alive. Before I was in bondage to my sin, now I am free. Before I was heading for divorce and leaving a painful legacy to my 5 kids, but today, because of God’s mercy, my family is restored and vibrant.
None of that is because of me or what I have done, but God. No one can tell me differently and its impossible to rain on my parade.

What grieves me most, because it is true, is your observation of so few transformed lives. I could argue that your limited perspective (We are all limited) is hardly a just one to judge the power of God. But I won’t. I’ll simply say that as long as I loved my sin more than I loved Jesus, transformation was nill.

But God is more than willing and able to redeem lives. I saw it happpen a lot at Pure Life. And it happened to me.

Comment on I Repent by Adele Sakler

Adele Sakler — Sat, 02 Jun 2012 19:48:31 +0000

Chad, while i appreciate and respect your journey, i have some concerns here with your response. As a woman who lived in the closet for years, hating myself and believing G-D hated me because that is what i was hearing from my fundamentalist charismatic church pulpit and Regent University, home to Pat Robertson. During my time at Regent i went through MUCH therapy and ex-gay ministries to ‘pray-away’ the gay. it NEVER worked. i am a happily out and proud queer woman who has left Christianity behind as i rarely see transformed lives. i know 12 step groups have abundantly helped people with different addictions but they are constantly working the program. NOT that i don’t think porn and sex addiction are real. They are. i am just concerned about the program you went through, especially how quickly you appear to have changed. Change is difficult and takes time. ALSO, your conversion BACK to believing in hell concerned me too. It felt like when i read your post as a sort of brain washing you went through. Sorry if this is raining on your parade, but i could not, not say anything.

Comment on I Repent by Andrew Book

Andrew Book — Sat, 02 Jun 2012 11:45:25 +0000

Thanks be to God for amazing grace!

Comment on I Repent by Will David

Will David — Sat, 02 Jun 2012 06:47:48 +0000

Chad, I don’t know you, but after reading your story from common friends who have posted this article, I am very amazed and grateful over what has happened in your life. I am glad that you have really found God, or that God has really found you. I guess the one thing I would say is that all you use to say and believe in the past was not in vain or necessarily incorrect. Perhaps, you were not walking with God, but it doesn’t mean he still wasn’t speaking through you to other people who needed to have their thinking challenged. Just make sure you don’t go too far in the other fundamentalist direction from these new experiences you have had. Let God bring you back to that balance.

Comment on I Repent by Bill Alton

Bill Alton — Sat, 02 Jun 2012 04:53:34 +0000

It’s like looking in a mirror. I repent too Chad…

Comment on I Repent by The Charismanglican

The Charismanglican — Sat, 02 Jun 2012 04:46:21 +0000

Hey, Chad! Thanks be to God for the hope you and your family hasn’t in Christ. I’ve been meaning to email you…I had a similarly transformative experience over Lent and Easter and wanted to share some of that with you. Walk in peace brother, and rest in the knowledge of God.

Comment on I Repent by Andrew Shinn

Andrew Shinn — Sat, 02 Jun 2012 03:39:00 +0000

Powerful stuff, Chad. Thank you for your transparency.

Comment on I Repent by jasdye

jasdye — Sat, 02 Jun 2012 03:30:12 +0000

Love you, Chad. It’s a blessing to hear that you, your wife and your family have been reconciled.

God is merciful, indeed.

Comment on I Repent by Kurt Willems (@KurtWillems)

Kurt Willems (@KurtWillems) — Sat, 02 Jun 2012 03:19:43 +0000

I support you 100 % bro. May the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you.