I think we have to do a better job than we’ve done. So I do think there is, people rush to judgment and rush to clarify their point on this issue in ways that they don’t’ rush to judgment and to clarity on other issues.
ALAN CHAMBERSMy beliefs and my desires have changed. They have come into alignment with who he is and who he created you to be.
More Alan Chambers Quotes
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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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Or any other thing – are those people in danger of losing their salvation over those issues?
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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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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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Who need to be discipled and to pursue Christ in their life.
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What I know about my relationship with Christ is that as a believer.
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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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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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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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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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Let me be clear that I’m not God so I can’t tell you who is and isn’t going to heaven.
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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 am sorry we promoted sexual orientation change efforts and reparative theories about sexual orientation that stigmatized parents.
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But to say that people who have same-sex attractions are the only group of people who need to go to a therapist to completely resolve those attractions isn’t something I find biblically accurate.
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