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.
ALAN CHAMBERSOne of the many evils this world has to offer is the sin of homosexuality.
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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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I think that’s really where we need to be more consistent as believers.
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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’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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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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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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Well, I find it interesting first that this all centers around the issue of homosexuality and we don’t bring in any other sin issue into the picture.
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I think we can all use a little bit of counseling on planet earth today. But when it comes to reparative therapy.
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I don’t differentiate between this one sin struggle than any other.
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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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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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Within the membership we have 270 or so members within the network of Exodus whether that’s a local member ministry, a counselor or one of our members of our church association.
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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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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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