I can attest to the fact that sexual orientation is not immutable and I urge the city council to vote no on this amendment.
ALAN CHAMBERSI can attest to the fact that sexual orientation is not immutable and I urge the city council to vote no on this amendment.
ALAN CHAMBERSI am eternally secure. I gave my heart to Christ and that gift of salvation is irrevocable.
ALAN CHAMBERSWhen I said on national television I still struggle.
ALAN CHAMBERSThat’s good news and the church should offer it wholeheartedly to anyone.
ALAN CHAMBERSThe 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.
ALAN CHAMBERSIn all caps PERMANENT – reduction of their same-sex attraction.
ALAN CHAMBERSI’m looking at offering biblical holiness, not an unrealistic expectation for people that will leave them disappointed.
ALAN CHAMBERSAnd then there are encouragements to use heterosexual pornography or heterosexual images to encourage heterosexual attraction.
ALAN CHAMBERSI think we’ve made it a golden idol. I think we in the church have treated it differently than we’ve treated anything else.
ALAN CHAMBERSBut 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.
ALAN CHAMBERSI think that’s really where we need to be more consistent as believers.
ALAN CHAMBERSThat, 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 we as believers can be secure in our relationship with Christ. I’m not saying that sin isn’t sin.
ALAN CHAMBERSI know Christ. And that is secure. And I think that is something that actually helps believers pursue his holiness.
ALAN CHAMBERSI am sorry we promoted sexual orientation change efforts and reparative theories about sexual orientation that stigmatized parents.
ALAN CHAMBERSHow 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?
ALAN CHAMBERS