When I said on national television I still struggle.
ALAN CHAMBERSOne of the many evils this world has to offer is the sin of homosexuality.
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But when it comes to someone pointing to this passage and saying homosexuals changed, well, I’m not sure that’s what that passage is referring to.
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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 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 that’s really where we need to be more consistent as believers.
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I’ll be very glad to tell them what my faults and my weaknesses are and the areas that I pray about in my life every day.
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Or any other thing – are those people in danger of losing their salvation over those issues?
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Let me be clear that I’m not God so I can’t tell you who is and isn’t going to heaven.
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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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They’re a wonderful and balanced group of people and I’m grateful for their support.
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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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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 know Christ. And that is secure. And I think that is something that actually helps believers pursue his holiness.
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I’m looking at offering biblical holiness, not an unrealistic expectation for people that will leave them disappointed.
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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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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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The ones that are running rampant within our churches largely go unaddressed.
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One of the many evils this world has to offer is the sin of homosexuality.
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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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The point that I’m trying to make is that we as believers can have security in Christ when we are believers.
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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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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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That’s good news and the church should offer it wholeheartedly to anyone.
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My beliefs and my desires have changed. They have come into alignment with who he is and who he created you to be.
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We’ve made it bigger; the resolution for this needs to be bigger than for other people.
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You know my issue isn’t whether gay people go to heaven or straight people go to heaven.
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If we were talking about one of their sin issues we wouldn’t have addressed this at all. I find that hypocritical and inconsistent.
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