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.
ALAN CHAMBERSI think it’s hypocritical and inconsistent for us to attack this one group of people over any other group of people that are within our churches today.
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Certainly if someone looks at my life, they will see that I have surrendered my heart, my life to Jesus Christ.
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There wasn’t reparative therapy in Corinth. So in this passage I think people came to Christ and experienced a new life in him apart from the therapeutic process.
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One of the many evils this world has to offer is the sin of homosexuality.
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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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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 ones that are running rampant within our churches largely go unaddressed.
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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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I think, again, if someone wants to know what I believe then look at my life.
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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 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 we as believers can be secure in our relationship with Christ. I’m not saying that sin isn’t sin.
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Certainly anyone who comes to faith in Christ has a new heart and they have an opportunity for new life and that’s a wonderful thing.
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When I said on national television I still struggle.
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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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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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