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 CHAMBERSI don’t differentiate between this one sin struggle than any other.
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It’s about pursuing a relationship with Christ.
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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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Now on to reparative therapy, I think counseling is a wonderful tool for anybody regardless of what struggle they bring to the table.
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Issues of pride and judgment and gossip and slander and other types of sexual immorality, gluttony, you name it.
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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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I know Christ. And that is secure. And I think that is something that actually helps believers pursue his holiness.
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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 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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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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And that’s a wonderful thing and that’s what we will always offer at Exodus.
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I think that’s really where we need to be more consistent as believers.
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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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You know my issue isn’t whether gay people go to heaven or straight people go to heaven.
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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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We’ve made it bigger; the resolution for this needs to be bigger than for other people.
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