It’s something that’s been part of my tenure at Exodus over the last decade plus.
ALAN CHAMBERSWould Rob Gagnon and other people make as big a deal about that as they are with this? I don’t think so.
More Alan Chambers Quotes
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How can we quantify that? How can you even know that that’s what you have experienced? And what if at some point you fall to 85 percent or 70 percent?
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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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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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Who need to be discipled and to pursue Christ in their life.
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In all caps PERMANENT – reduction of their same-sex attraction.
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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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I am eternally secure. I gave my heart to Christ and that gift of salvation is irrevocable.
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I know Christ. And that is secure. And I think that is something that actually helps believers pursue his holiness.
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Within 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.
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You know my issue isn’t whether gay people go to heaven or straight people go to heaven.
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They’re a wonderful and balanced group of people and I’m grateful for their support.
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What I know about my relationship with Christ is that as a believer.
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The ones that are running rampant within our churches largely go unaddressed.
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I don’t differentiate between this one sin struggle than any other.
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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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I think we as believers can be secure in our relationship with Christ. I’m not saying that sin isn’t sin.
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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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I think for believers you know we are helping people pursue holiness through a relationship with Christ.
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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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When I said on national television I still struggle.
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I believe in sanctification at the point of salvation. That doesn’t mean that we don’t continue to mature as believers in Christ. But I believe that we are justified and we are sanctified.
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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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And then there are encouragements to use heterosexual pornography or heterosexual images to encourage heterosexual attraction.
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But it doesn’t say anywhere in that passage that the people didn’t still struggle with temptation or that they never fell prey to that sin again whether it was the issue of homosexuality or any of the other things that are listed there.
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I believe the gay community is a good group of people but with groups like NAMBLA [a pedophile group] riding on their coattails.
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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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