I find it a golden idol, honestly, where we have been hypocritical to ask people to resolve this issue in a way that we haven’t encouraged other people with other struggles to resolve.
ALAN CHAMBERSIt’s about pursuing a relationship with Christ.
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I think we’ve made it a golden idol. I think we in the church have treated it differently than we’ve treated anything else.
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For some that will mean getting the help or expertise of a counselor that can help them walk through and navigate through some of the traumatic things that they’ve been through in their life.
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I think it’s hypocritical and inconsistent for us to attack this one group of people over any other group of people that are within our churches today.
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I am sorry we promoted sexual orientation change efforts and reparative theories about sexual orientation that stigmatized parents.
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And that’s a wonderful thing and that’s what we will always offer at Exodus.
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When they don’t have to live in that fear or that life of condemnation wondering whether God’s going to yank His relationship from them
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I’m looking at offering biblical holiness, not an unrealistic expectation for people that will leave them disappointed.
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They’re a wonderful and balanced group of people and I’m grateful for their support.
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I can attest to the fact that sexual orientation is not immutable and I urge the city council to vote no on this amendment.
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It’s about pursuing a relationship with Christ.
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This is the church’s job. This is who we are as the body of Christ to reach out to people who are in need, who are struggling.
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There wasn’t reparative therapy in Corinth. So in this passage I think people came to Christ and experienced a new life in him apart from the therapeutic process.
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t’s really an encouragement of discipleship, it looks like anything else that we’re offering to anyone else, any other person struggling with any other issue in their life.
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The reason we have distanced ourselves from it is because some of the things that they employ and some of the messages that I’ve heard from reparative therapists with regards to what someone can expect once they get through that type of therapy.
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We will all struggle, we will all fall prey to some type of sin, some will fall prey to the same types of sin over and over again.
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