I’m looking at offering biblical holiness, not an unrealistic expectation for people that will leave them disappointed.
ALAN CHAMBERSI’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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The ones that are running rampant within our churches largely go unaddressed.
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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.
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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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I think it’s for me with regards to this issue I believe in justification at the point of salvation.
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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 am opposed to special rights for gays just as I am opposed to special rights for heterosexuals or smokers.
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Now on to reparative therapy, I think counseling is a wonderful tool for anybody regardless of what struggle they bring to the table.
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I believe in sanctification at the point of salvation. That doesn’t mean that we don’t continue to mature as believers in Christ. But I believe that we are justified and we are sanctified.
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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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In all caps PERMANENT – reduction of their same-sex attraction.
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That’s good news and the church should offer it wholeheartedly to anyone.
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Or any other thing – are those people in danger of losing their salvation over those issues?
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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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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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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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