Would Rob Gagnon and other people make as big a deal about that as they are with this? I don’t think so.
ALAN CHAMBERSNow on to reparative therapy, I think counseling is a wonderful tool for anybody regardless of what struggle they bring to the table.
More Alan Chambers Quotes
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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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You know my issue isn’t whether gay people go to heaven or straight people go to heaven.
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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’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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I can attest to the fact that sexual orientation is not immutable and I urge the city council to vote no on this amendment.
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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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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 looking at offering biblical holiness, not an unrealistic expectation for people that will leave them disappointed.
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I think we have to do a better job than we’ve done. So I do think there is, people rush to judgment and rush to clarify their point on this issue in ways that they don’t’ rush to judgment and to clarity on other 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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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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Or any other thing – are those people in danger of losing their salvation over those issues?
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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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I don’t differentiate between this one sin struggle than any other.
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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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