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 CHAMBERSWhat I know about my relationship with Christ is that as a believer.
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Certainly if someone looks at my life, they will see that I have surrendered my heart, my life to Jesus Christ.
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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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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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It’s something that’s been part of my tenure at Exodus over the last decade plus.
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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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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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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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What I know about my relationship with Christ is that as a believer.
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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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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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And that’s a wonderful thing and that’s what we will always offer at Exodus.
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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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So to pick and choose that once you come to Christ you’re never going to struggle in those areas again or never fall prey to stumbling in those ways again, I just, I don’t think we can assure that.
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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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I don’t differentiate between this one sin struggle than any other.
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