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 CHAMBERSThat’s good news and the church should offer it wholeheartedly to anyone.
More Alan Chambers Quotes
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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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You know my issue isn’t whether gay people go to heaven or straight people go to heaven.
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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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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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Through biblical community in their local church, through honesty and transparency, sharing what it is that troubles them, being accountable.
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It’s about pursuing a relationship with Christ.
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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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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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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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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 for believers you know we are helping people pursue holiness through a relationship with Christ.
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The point that I’m trying to make is that we as believers can have security in Christ when we are believers.
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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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Exodus will do that for people who come to us for help.
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A reparative therapist called me and said if you’ll come into therapy with me I can cure you of your temptations and attractions 100 percent.
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