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.
ALAN CHAMBERSFor someone to promise a percentage type cure for this issue, for instance I had someone who said they had experienced a 90 percent permanent.
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I believe the gay community is a good group of people but with groups like NAMBLA [a pedophile group] riding on their coattails.
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I think, again, if someone wants to know what I believe then look at my life.
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In all caps PERMANENT – reduction of their same-sex attraction.
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They’re a wonderful and balanced group of people and I’m grateful for their support.
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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.
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One of the many evils this world has to offer is the sin of homosexuality.
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So he can add his voice to the chorus of others whether it’s gay activists or now a New Testament professor.
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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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And then there are the offers of using homosexual pornography within the therapeutic process to help people understand why they’re struggling.
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But it doesn’t say anywhere in that passage that the people didn’t still struggle with temptation or that they never fell prey to that sin again whether it was the issue of homosexuality or any of the other things that are listed there.
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It says in this world you will have trouble in John 16:33 but take heart you can have peace in me because I’ve overcome the world.
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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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I think for believers you know we are helping people pursue holiness through a relationship with Christ.
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I am pursuing Christ wholeheartedly 100 percent. I don’t need a theologian or a set of man-made beliefs to guide me in my daily life.
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Through biblical community in their local church, through honesty and transparency, sharing what it is that troubles them, being accountable.
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