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.
ALAN CHAMBERSThere 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.
More Alan Chambers Quotes
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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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I’m not saying that people should live in unrepentant sin. I’m not saying that that’s a mark of a mature believer at all.
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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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In all caps PERMANENT – reduction of their same-sex attraction.
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I don’t differentiate between this one sin struggle than any other.
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Exodus is a very large organization. My board of directors is supportive of me as the president of Exodus and are very much involved in my decision-making and those types of things.
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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 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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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 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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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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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 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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One of the many evils this world has to offer is the sin of homosexuality.
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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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