Posted on 07/18/2020 6:36:07 AM PDT by Ennis85
Matthew Paul Turner, a Christian children's book author, has come out as gay and is in the process of divorcing his wife.
Turner is the author of at least 16 Christian books, including children's books, "When I Pray for You" and "When God Made You."
What are the details?
Turner, who is also the former editor of CCM, made the abrupt announcements on social media.
In a Friday Instagram post, Turner said he aims to "embrace freedom, hope, and God as a gay man."
“Dear friends, I have difficult news to share," he wrote. "After much thought, prayer, and counseling, Jessica and I have made the decision to end our marriage. While we're best friends and thoroughly love doing life, parenting, and pursuing our dreams together, ending our marriage is necessary because I am gay.
"[A]s someone who spent 30+ years in fundamentalist/evangelical churches, exploring God through conservative theologies, I've lived many days overwhelmed by fear, shame, and self-hatred," Turner continued. "But for the first time in my life, despite the sadness and grief I'm feeling right now, I can say with confidence that I'm ready to embrace freedom, hope, and God as a gay man."
Turner said that he still "deeply" loves his estranged wife, Jessica, despite the announcement.
"I fell in love with her 17 years ago and still love her deeply," he wrote. "Despite her own grief and pain, she has loved and encouraged me to be fully me."
Turner's wife, Jessica, shared a Facebook post about the former couple's future as well as the future of their three children.
"We are moving forward with ending our marriage, while remaining deeply committed to our family and each other. We are all adjusting to a new normal, with our home now extended under two rooftops," she wrote.
"We have worked for more than a year on trying to make our marriage work, even in light of Matthew's truth, but it wasn't healthy or fair to us or our children," she continued. "We feel confident that this is the next right step for each of us and our family."
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Turner added that he and his estranged wife plan to keep the children first. "Our utmost desire is to move forward in love and compassion for each other and put the well-being of our kids first," he insisted. "Coming out to my kids was one of the hardest, most beautiful things I've ever done. Loving and protecting their stories will always be our first priority."
Turner said he still plans to continue his career as a Christian children's book author.
"Writing books about wholeness, hope, and God's love for children is an honor and privilege I do not take for granted," he said.
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Why do these a-holes always assume we’re interested in the slightest?
No - you’re not gay. You’re sexually bored.
“After years of not being gay, I’ve decided I was born gay”
Exactly.
Secret ped?
Spot on.
“Coming out to my kids was one of the hardest, most beautiful things I’ve ever done.”
...how’d you go about doing that? Punk ass perv.
The dog has returned to his own vomit and the sow that has bathed to rolling in the mire.
The entire article rests on this initial false premise.
Coming out to his children was “ hard and beautiful”
The gushy rainbow love stuff is only going to last for so long
Then, hard reality of loss and betrayal
But at least he will feel “complete”
His next book will be...
“The biggest mistake of my life. How I gave up everything for a lie...”
______________________
Really!
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Where was the BARF ALERT?
Oh; he’s attractive.
Christian Man leaving his wife and kids to pursue a life of freedom as a gay man.
Some more evidence of the about 2,000 years of demon possessed swine predicted in the Bible before He returns..
Mathew Paul Turner...one of Satan’s agents
Not gay. Gave in to lust and temptation.
1 John 2:
Do Not Love the World
15 Do not love the world or the things in the world. If anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him. 16 For all that is in the world—the desires of the flesh and the desires of the eyes and pride of life[c]—is not from the Father but is from the world. 17 And the world is passing away along with its desires, but whoever does the will of God abides forever.
Warning Concerning Antichrists
18 Children, it is the last hour, and as you have heard that antichrist is coming, so now many antichrists have come. Therefore we know that it is the last hour. 19 They went out from us, but they were not of us; for if they had been of us, they would have continued with us. But they went out, that it might become plain that they all are not of us.
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