Someone’s always calling for my resignation. It’s nothing new.
ALAN CHAMBERSWithin the membership we have 270 or so members within the network of Exodus whether that’s a local member ministry, a counselor or one of our members of our church association.
More Alan Chambers Quotes
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It says in this world you will have trouble in John 16:33 but take heart you can have peace in me because I’ve overcome the world.
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The point that I’m trying to make is that we as believers can have security in Christ when we are believers.
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But to say that people who have same-sex attractions are the only group of people who need to go to a therapist to completely resolve those attractions isn’t something I find biblically accurate.
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In all caps PERMANENT – reduction of their same-sex attraction.
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It’s something that’s been part of my tenure at Exodus over the last decade plus.
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But as a property owner of Orlando, I wouldn’t rent to someone who is gay any more than I would rent to a person who is a practicing witch.
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And then there are the offers of using homosexual pornography within the therapeutic process to help people understand why they’re struggling.
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Or any other thing – are those people in danger of losing their salvation over those issues?
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Certainly if someone looks at my life, they will see that I have surrendered my heart, my life to Jesus Christ.
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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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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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Certainly anyone who comes to faith in Christ has a new heart and they have an opportunity for new life and that’s a wonderful thing.
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I think that’s really where we need to be more consistent as believers.
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When I said on national television I still struggle.
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That, I think, sets people up for unrealistic expectations and is something that I’m not willing to offer when we’re sharing these types of messages or presenting what was presented to me.
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