We’ve made it bigger; the resolution for this needs to be bigger than for other people.
ALAN CHAMBERSSomeone’s always calling for my resignation. It’s nothing new.
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Issues of pride and judgment and gossip and slander and other types of sexual immorality, gluttony, you name it.
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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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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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When I said on national television I still struggle.
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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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And then there are encouragements to use heterosexual pornography or heterosexual images to encourage heterosexual attraction.
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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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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 know Christ. And that is secure. And I think that is something that actually helps believers pursue his holiness.
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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 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 for me with regards to this issue I believe in justification at the point of salvation.
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I think for believers you know we are helping people pursue holiness through a relationship with Christ.
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And that’s a wonderful thing and that’s what we will always offer at Exodus.
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But when it comes to someone pointing to this passage and saying homosexuals changed, well, I’m not sure that’s what that passage is referring to.
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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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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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If we were talking about one of their sin issues we wouldn’t have addressed this at all. I find that hypocritical and inconsistent.
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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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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 that’s really where we need to be more consistent as believers.
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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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I am opposed to special rights for gays just as I am opposed to special rights for heterosexuals or smokers.
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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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My beliefs and my desires have changed. They have come into alignment with who he is and who he created you to be.
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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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