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.
ALAN CHAMBERSI think, again, if someone wants to know what I believe then look at my life.
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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.
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When they don’t have to live in that fear or that life of condemnation wondering whether God’s going to yank His relationship from them
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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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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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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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Or any other thing – are those people in danger of losing their salvation over those issues?
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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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You know my issue isn’t whether gay people go to heaven or straight people go to heaven.
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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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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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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 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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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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I don’t differentiate between this one sin struggle than any other.
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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’m looking at offering biblical holiness, not an unrealistic expectation for people that will leave them disappointed.
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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.
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Someone’s always calling for my resignation. It’s nothing new.
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And that’s a wonderful thing and that’s what we will always offer at Exodus.
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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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When I said on national television I still struggle.
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It’s something that’s been part of my tenure at Exodus over the last decade plus.
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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’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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I know Christ. And that is secure. And I think that is something that actually helps believers pursue his holiness.
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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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