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.
ALAN CHAMBERSIn all caps PERMANENT – reduction of their same-sex attraction.
More Alan Chambers Quotes
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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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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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But when it comes to someone pointing to this passage and saying homosexuals changed, well, I’m not sure that’s what that passage is referring to.
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There 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.
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But we will encourage the church to do that in general for anyone and everyone who’s seeking to be a mature believer in Christ.
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One of the many evils this world has to offer is the sin of homosexuality.
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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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Someone’s always calling for my resignation. It’s nothing new.
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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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We’ve made it bigger; the resolution for this needs to be bigger than for other people.
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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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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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Who need to be discipled and to pursue Christ in their life.
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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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Through biblical community in their local church, through honesty and transparency, sharing what it is that troubles them, being accountable.
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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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It’s about pursuing a relationship with Christ.
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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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In all caps PERMANENT – reduction of their same-sex attraction.
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Well, I find it interesting first that this all centers around the issue of homosexuality and we don’t bring in any other sin issue into the picture.
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Satan, the enemy is using people to further his agenda to destroy the Kingdom of God and as many souls as he can.
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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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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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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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It’s something that’s been part of my tenure at Exodus over the last decade plus.
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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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