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.
ALAN CHAMBERSWhat I know about my relationship with Christ is that as a believer.
More Alan Chambers Quotes
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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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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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It’s something that’s been part of my tenure at Exodus over the last decade plus.
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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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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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I think it’s for me with regards to this issue I believe in justification at the point of salvation.
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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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We’ve made it bigger; the resolution for this needs to be bigger than for other people.
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And then there are encouragements to use heterosexual pornography or heterosexual images to encourage heterosexual attraction.
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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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What I know about my relationship with Christ is that as a believer.
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Or any other thing – are those people in danger of losing their salvation over those issues?
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It’s about pursuing a relationship with Christ.
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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 am opposed to special rights for gays just as I am opposed to special rights for heterosexuals or smokers.
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