The ones that are running rampant within our churches largely go unaddressed.
ALAN CHAMBERSNow on to reparative therapy, I think counseling is a wonderful tool for anybody regardless of what struggle they bring to the table.
More Alan Chambers Quotes
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Or any other thing – are those people in danger of losing their salvation over those issues?
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I think it’s for me with regards to this issue I believe in justification at the point of salvation.
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Would Rob Gagnon and other people make as big a deal about that as they are with this? I don’t think so.
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Someone’s always calling for my resignation. It’s nothing new.
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My beliefs and my desires have changed. They have come into alignment with who he is and who he created you to be.
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I think for believers you know we are helping people pursue holiness through a relationship with Christ.
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One of the many evils this world has to offer is the sin of homosexuality.
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Exodus will do that for people who come to us for help.
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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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It’s about pursuing a relationship with Christ.
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Now on to reparative therapy, I think counseling is a wonderful tool for anybody regardless of what struggle they bring to the table.
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I am pursuing Christ wholeheartedly 100 percent. I don’t need a theologian or a set of man-made beliefs to guide me in my daily life.
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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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Through biblical community in their local church, through honesty and transparency, sharing what it is that troubles them, being accountable.
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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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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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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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If we were talking about one of their sin issues we wouldn’t have addressed this at all. I find that hypocritical and inconsistent.
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For someone to promise a percentage type cure for this issue, for instance I had someone who said they had experienced a 90 percent permanent.
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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 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.
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Issues of pride and judgment and gossip and slander and other types of sexual immorality, gluttony, you name it.
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I think we have to do a better job than we’ve done. So I do think there is, people rush to judgment and rush to clarify their point on this issue in ways that they don’t’ rush to judgment and to clarity on other issues.
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I’m grateful for people’s opinions but I choose to surrender and to serve Christ and Christ alone and in that my life has changed.
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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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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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