I think we can all use a little bit of counseling on planet earth today. But when it comes to reparative therapy.
ALAN CHAMBERSBut 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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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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Or any other thing – are those people in danger of losing their salvation over those issues?
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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 am opposed to special rights for gays just as I am opposed to special rights for heterosexuals or smokers.
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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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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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One of the many evils this world has to offer is the sin of homosexuality.
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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 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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I am sorry we promoted sexual orientation change efforts and reparative theories about sexual orientation that stigmatized parents.
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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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That’s good news and the church should offer it wholeheartedly to anyone.
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A reparative therapist called me and said if you’ll come into therapy with me I can cure you of your temptations and attractions 100 percent.
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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 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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