He will not take accountability for his sin. How is the Church the blame when he's the one doing the deed that transmits HIV/AIDS? We (the Church) did all we could to advise, counsel, love, embrace and warn folks about all of this, but it fell upon rebellious ears.
. They need a Christian to spiritually/biblically counsel them and hold them accountable for their sins. Iyanla is not it. As a matter of fact I would say this show has done more damage. They are on Twitter estatic about the outpouring of support. Too many enablers and the sad thing is there are people who will be inspired by their stories.
ITA, I think some of these people purposely seek her out because they know she is not going to call them out on them being gay...Pretty much
Eta: I would actually have some respect for them if they stepped down and lived their life in that they wouldn't have the platform to lead others astray but no these negroes are about the have my cake and eat it too life. Very dangerous game to play but we all know God has the final say.
Pretty much
Eta: I would actually have some respect for them if they stepped down and lived their life in that they wouldn't have the platform to lead others astray but no these negroes are about the have my cake and eat it too life. Very dangerous game to play but we all know God has the final say.
Iyanla's brand of "help" rubs me the wrong way for exactly the reasons that you and Shimmie have stated. I remember watching the 3 part episode where she tried to "fix" the man who had 30+ children by an inordinate number of women. I watched just to see what help she would indeed offer. I wanted to see if she would talk about God. Briefly, she talked about doing what was spiritually right in regards to the way children should be brought into the world. She started out by saying to one particular man in a forum discussion, that he needed to only produce children in marriage. Then she said, well... at least living together and committed. Come on now...you can't talk about producing children in the way God intended and then also mention living together and call that committed as if it's equivalent to marriage! In addition, Iyanla spent most of her time berating the man for his promiscuity (and yes, the was/is wrong for his behavior). However, she acted like the women were only victims, as if they were not just as culpable as the man they reproduced with (some had multiple children with this man). Iyanla does not speak Biblical truth to anyone on the show. People need to be held accountable for their actions and told the truth about sin in addition to being told that God loves them. The good news is not complete when all of the parts are not present.
A sincere Christian would not pacify his gay lifestyle. Iyanla not only pacifies it, but gives them 'permission' to continue. She also belittles those who are living the truth of God so that 'they' (the ones gay) feel vindicated and validated even more.
It's on now. I was watching HGTV "Property Brothers" renovations.
Wowwwww. That's incredible. Your area was also in the midst of Joaquin.
I'm very sorry to hear that. My heart has been in prayer for you all along.
I'm very sorry to hear that. My heart has been in prayer for you all along.
Me as well of your love and prayers. Me as well.
And those who supported him as loving and kind. But then, are we surprised? This was the entire objective of this series from the very beginning, which was to validate the sin and discredit God's Word. Just sad 
@MzRhonda, thank you so much for this.
This man is just evil.
I just went back to the article noted up thread via the 'Mitchel' guy that Iyanla interviewed who blames the Black Church for the high HIV/AIDS rate in the Black community. This man is not only delusional but this twitter post of his when mentions 'young boys' truly scares me.
He opens his post with 'accepting our young boys'..... It's dated March 4th, a few posts down the page and it's been zoomed in size for emphasis.
https://twitter.com/mastermindwithm
Mitchell Jones @MastermindwithM Mar 4
Accepting Our Boys, Uplifting Our Men: Loving Unconditionally to End the Spread of HIV/AIDS http://www.huffingtonpost.com/verneda-white/accepting-our-boys-uplifting-our-men-loving-unconditionally-to-end-the-spread-of-hivaids_b_6768456.html… via @blackvoices
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This message smells horridly of recruiting young boys into homosexuality. They are not 'born that way.
I know when Iyanla visited he and his ex wife on the 3rd show I think she said she was in Virginia.
Ok and this man lives in Virginia and grew up in Virginia...how they heck did it appear as though he lived in Kentucky and pastored a church there.
I'm praying for them as they have far too much to offer if they were on the right side of God and His Word.
