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.
ALAN CHAMBERSIt’s something that’s been part of my tenure at Exodus over the last decade plus.
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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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So to pick and choose that once you come to Christ you’re never going to struggle in those areas again or never fall prey to stumbling in those ways again, I just, I don’t think we can assure that.
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I think we as believers can be secure in our relationship with Christ. I’m not saying that sin isn’t sin.
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When I said on national television I still struggle.
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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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A reparative therapist called me and said if you’ll come into therapy with me I can cure you of your temptations and attractions 100 percent.
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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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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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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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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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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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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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I’m grateful for people’s opinions but I choose to surrender and to serve Christ and Christ alone and in that my life has changed.
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What I know about my relationship with Christ is that as a believer.
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They’re a wonderful and balanced group of people and I’m grateful for their support.
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