Summary

My name is Michael Newman. I grew up in a world where few men were present and I often felt insecure about my manhood. As a baby boomer, I experienced a childhood marked by strong female influences and the absence of a solid male role model. At 13, I attended a youth camp where I first encountered the gospel and accepted Christ. In college, amid the pressures and confusions of sexual identity, I struggled deeply with my homosexuality. Through a long, painful process of self-reflection, prayer, and the convicting work of the Holy Spirit, I chose to reject my false identity and embrace the heterosexual man God created me to be. My testimony is not only about overcoming a personal identity crisis but also a call for others to seek true redemption and restoration in Jesus.

Time Chapters
  • 00:49 Youth Camp & Gospel
  • 06:00 College Identity Crisis
  • 12:00 Relationship Struggles
  • 18:00 Choosing Heterosexuality

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Michael describes growing up gay and the process by which he decided to deny that false identity in favor of the man God created him to be.