The ones that are running rampant within our churches largely go unaddressed.
ALAN CHAMBERSSo he can add his voice to the chorus of others whether it’s gay activists or now a New Testament professor.
More Alan Chambers Quotes
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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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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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And then there are the offers of using homosexual pornography within the therapeutic process to help people understand why they’re struggling.
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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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Issues of pride and judgment and gossip and slander and other types of sexual immorality, gluttony, you name it.
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I think we’ve made it a golden idol. I think we in the church have treated it differently than we’ve treated anything else.
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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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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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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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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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I don’t differentiate between this one sin struggle than any other.
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One of the many evils this world has to offer is the sin of homosexuality.
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But sin resides, the power of sin resides in our flesh. It will always try us and it was always tempt us and therefore we always need to be submitting our mind, will and emotions to the lordship of Jesus Christ.
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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.
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