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 CHAMBERS- I 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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I 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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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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We’ve made it bigger; the resolution for this needs to be bigger than for other people.
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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.
ALAN CHAMBERSExodus 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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Or any other thing – are those people in danger of losing their salvation over those issues?
ALAN CHAMBERSOr any other thing – are those people in danger of losing their salvation over those issues?
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And that’s a wonderful thing and that’s what we will always offer at Exodus.
ALAN CHAMBERSAnd that’s a wonderful thing and that’s what we will always offer at Exodus.
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I find it a golden idol, honestly, where we have been hypocritical to ask people to resolve this issue in a way that we haven’t encouraged other people with other struggles to resolve.
ALAN CHAMBERSI find it a golden idol, honestly, where we have been hypocritical to ask people to resolve this issue in a way that we haven’t encouraged other people with other struggles to resolve.
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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.
ALAN CHAMBERSBut 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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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.
ALAN CHAMBERSI 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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In all caps PERMANENT – reduction of their same-sex attraction.
ALAN CHAMBERSIn all caps PERMANENT – reduction of their same-sex attraction.
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For someone to promise a percentage type cure for this issue, for instance I had someone who said they had experienced a 90 percent permanent.
ALAN CHAMBERSFor someone to promise a percentage type cure for this issue, for instance I had someone who said they had experienced a 90 percent permanent.
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And then there are encouragements to use heterosexual pornography or heterosexual images to encourage heterosexual attraction.
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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.
ALAN CHAMBERSThere 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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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.
ALAN CHAMBERSSo 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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Now on to reparative therapy, I think counseling is a wonderful tool for anybody regardless of what struggle they bring to the table.
ALAN CHAMBERSNow 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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Would Rob Gagnon and other people make as big a deal about that as they are with this? I don’t think so.
ALAN CHAMBERSWould Rob Gagnon and other people make as big a deal about that as they are with this? I don’t think so.
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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.
ALAN CHAMBERSCertainly 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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