And that’s a wonderful thing and that’s what we will always offer at Exodus.
ALAN CHAMBERSIn all caps PERMANENT – reduction of their same-sex attraction.
More Alan Chambers Quotes
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This is the church’s job. This is who we are as the body of Christ to reach out to people who are in need, who are struggling.
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I think, again, if someone wants to know what I believe then look at my life.
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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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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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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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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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It’s about pursuing a relationship with Christ.
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I think we can all use a little bit of counseling on planet earth today. But when it comes to reparative therapy.
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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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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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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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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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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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What I know about my relationship with Christ is that as a believer.
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