BECOME DISCIPLE MAKERS: FREE INDEED

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Jesus said: “So if the Son sets you free, you will be free indeed.” (John 8:36) Yet many believers truly love Jesus—yet they are still bound. They want to live free, but they keep struggling with the same sin again and again. In Episode 2 of the Disciple Makers Podcast, Torben talks about a truth many avoid: 👉 A half gospel cannot produce real freedom.

In this episode:

• Torben unpacks John 8:31-36 and what Jesus meant by true freedom

• He addresses the lie that “we will always be sinners”

• He rejects both extremes: endless bondage and sinless perfection

• Joah shares his powerful testimony—from hidden struggle to real freedom

• He speaks directly to pastors and leaders about our responsibility

• He shows how repentance, baptism, discipleship, and obedience belong together This is not about condemnation. This is about freedom. And to be clear: we do not preach sinless perfection. We preach freedom from being slaves to sin. Movements begin with the right seed. If the seed is wrong, the fruit will be wrong. If you’d like to reach out directly to Joah, you can email him here: Contactadisciple@gmail.com

CONVERSION THERAPY OUTLAWED

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Book Review by Perter Barnes : Cause, Free to Change: Survey of 78 Ex-LGBT People, available through cause.victoria@gmail.com

Before the Victorian government (Australia) passed its oppressive laws banning ‘conversion therapy’ in February 2021, it drew on a predictable report from La Trobe University entitled Preventing Harm, Promoting Justice. This was based on the testimony of just fifteen individuals who claimed that ‘conversion therapy’ had been harmful and damaging to them. As a result, praying for and counselling a homosexual – even one who asks to be prayed for and counselled – has become a criminal offense carrying huge fines and long gaol terms. Against this, Cause (Coalition Against Unsafe Sexual Education) has found 78 people who have experienced lasting change through counselling. Indeed, the number is growing.

SURVEY OF 78 EX-LGBT PEOPLE

The 107 page work is thorough and trustworthy. The dangers in promoting the homosexual and lesbian lifestyle, and entrenching gender confusion, are well exhibited. The testimonies from former homosexuals, lesbians and transgenderites, in chapter 7 of the book, are powerful indeed, and deeply moving. Not all give a Christian story; some come from Muslims and some do not indicate any religious convictions. But transformation through Christ is a thread running through much of this book. La Trobe’s study was supposedly aimed at preventing harm, but achieved the opposite. Sin is a form of bondage and there is only one solution.

“If you abide in my word, you are truly my disciples, and you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free… So if the Son sets you free, you will be free indeed.” John 8:32,36

The Victorian legislation was a cruel form of keeping people in bondage, even if they expressed a wish to change. We can be grateful that this clear and brave study was put together by Con Kafataris, John Whitehall, John Steenhof and others. May God greatly use it!

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