Now on to reparative therapy, I think counseling is a wonderful tool for anybody regardless of what struggle they bring to the table.
ALAN CHAMBERSThis 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 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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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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For other people who are involved in unrepentant sin whether it’s the sin of homosexual sexual expression or gluttony or pride or heterosexual sexual expression outside of a monogamous heterosexual marriage.
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When I said on national television I still struggle.
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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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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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I am eternally secure. I gave my heart to Christ and that gift of salvation is irrevocable.
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I think that’s really where we need to be more consistent as believers.
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Or any other thing – are those people in danger of losing their salvation over those issues?
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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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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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For some that will mean getting the help or expertise of a counselor that can help them walk through and navigate through some of the traumatic things that they’ve been through in their life.
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Who need to be discipled and to pursue Christ in their life.
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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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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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