Now on to reparative therapy, I think counseling is a wonderful tool for anybody regardless of what struggle they bring to the table.
ALAN CHAMBERSI am opposed to special rights for gays just as I am opposed to special rights for heterosexuals or smokers.
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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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They’re a wonderful and balanced group of people and I’m grateful for their support.
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I am sorry we promoted sexual orientation change efforts and reparative theories about sexual orientation that stigmatized parents.
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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 am eternally secure. I gave my heart to Christ and that gift of salvation is irrevocable.
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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 am opposed to special rights for gays just as I am opposed to special rights for heterosexuals or smokers.
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It says in this world you will have trouble in John 16:33 but take heart you can have peace in me because I’ve overcome the world.
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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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When I said on national television I still struggle.
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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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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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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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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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I think, again, if someone wants to know what I believe then look at my life.
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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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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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And then there are the offers of using homosexual pornography within the therapeutic process to help people understand why they’re struggling.
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But as a property owner of Orlando, I wouldn’t rent to someone who is gay any more than I would rent to a person who is a practicing witch.
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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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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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It’s about pursuing a relationship with Christ.
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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 don’t differentiate between this one sin struggle than any other.
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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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I think that’s really where we need to be more consistent as believers.
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