When I said on national television I still struggle.
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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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.
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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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It’s something that’s been part of my tenure at Exodus over the last decade plus.
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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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I am opposed to special rights for gays just as I am opposed to special rights for heterosexuals or smokers.
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I think, again, if someone wants to know what I believe then look at my life.
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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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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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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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But sin resides, the power of sin resides in our flesh. It will always try us and it was always tempt us and therefore we always need to be submitting our mind, will and emotions to the lordship of Jesus Christ.
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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 ones that are running rampant within our churches largely go unaddressed.
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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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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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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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