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.
ALAN CHAMBERSI am pursuing Christ wholeheartedly 100 percent. I don’t need a theologian or a set of man-made beliefs to guide me in my daily life.
More Alan Chambers Quotes
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I am eternally secure. I gave my heart to Christ and that gift of salvation is irrevocable.
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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 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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Through biblical community in their local church, through honesty and transparency, sharing what it is that troubles them, being accountable.
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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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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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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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You know my issue isn’t whether gay people go to heaven or straight people go to heaven.
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Someone’s always calling for my resignation. It’s nothing new.
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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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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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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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Exodus will do that for people who come to us for help.
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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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When I said on national television I still struggle.
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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.
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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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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.
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But it doesn’t say anywhere in that passage that the people didn’t still struggle with temptation or that they never fell prey to that sin again whether it was the issue of homosexuality or any of the other things that are listed there.
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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 am sorry we promoted sexual orientation change efforts and reparative theories about sexual orientation that stigmatized parents.
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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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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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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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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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What I know about my relationship with Christ is that as a believer.
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