We will all struggle, we will all fall prey to some type of sin, some will fall prey to the same types of sin over and over again.
ALAN CHAMBERSIn all caps PERMANENT – reduction of their same-sex attraction.
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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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How can we quantify that? How can you even know that that’s what you have experienced? And what if at some point you fall to 85 percent or 70 percent?
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For other people who are involved in unrepentant sin whether it’s the sin of homosexual sexual expression or gluttony or pride or heterosexual sexual expression outside of a monogamous heterosexual marriage.
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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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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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The ones that are running rampant within our churches largely go unaddressed.
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I think, again, if someone wants to know what I believe then look at my life.
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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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My beliefs and my desires have changed. They have come into alignment with who he is and who he created you to be.
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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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That’s good news and the church should offer it wholeheartedly to anyone.
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Would 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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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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Who need to be discipled and to pursue Christ in their life.
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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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