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.
ALAN CHAMBERSWe 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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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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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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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 don’t differentiate between this one sin struggle than any other.
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So to pick and choose that once you come to Christ you’re never going to struggle in those areas again or never fall prey to stumbling in those ways again, I just, I don’t think we can assure that.
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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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In all caps PERMANENT – reduction of their same-sex attraction.
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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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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 am eternally secure. I gave my heart to Christ and that gift of salvation is irrevocable.
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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 think for believers you know we are helping people pursue holiness through a relationship with Christ.
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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 think we can all use a little bit of counseling on planet earth today. But when it comes to reparative therapy.
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