Would Rob Gagnon and other people make as big a deal about that as they are with this? I don’t think so.
ALAN CHAMBERSThe 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.
More Alan Chambers Quotes
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Exodus will do that for people who come to us for help.
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It’s about pursuing a relationship with Christ.
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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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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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They’re a wonderful and balanced group of people and I’m grateful for their support.
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And then there are encouragements to use heterosexual pornography or heterosexual images to encourage heterosexual attraction.
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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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I think that’s really where we need to be more consistent as believers.
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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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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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I believe the gay community is a good group of people but with groups like NAMBLA [a pedophile group] riding on their coattails.
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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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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 don’t differentiate between this one sin struggle than any other.
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Exodus is a very large organization. My board of directors is supportive of me as the president of Exodus and are very much involved in my decision-making and those types of things.
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