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.
ALAN CHAMBERSI think for believers you know we are helping people pursue holiness through a relationship with Christ.
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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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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It’s about pursuing a relationship with Christ.
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And that’s a wonderful thing and that’s what we will always offer at Exodus.
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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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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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The ones that are running rampant within our churches largely go unaddressed.
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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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How can we quantify that? How can you even know that that’s what you have experienced? And what if at some point you fall to 85 percent or 70 percent?
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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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We will all struggle, we will all fall prey to some type of sin, some will fall prey to the same types of sin over and over again.
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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 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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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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I know Christ. And that is secure. And I think that is something that actually helps believers pursue his holiness.
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