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.
ALAN CHAMBERSI think we’ve made it a golden idol. I think we in the church have treated it differently than we’ve treated anything else.
More Alan Chambers Quotes
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In all caps PERMANENT – reduction of their same-sex attraction.
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I think, again, if someone wants to know what I believe then look at my life.
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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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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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We’ve made it bigger; the resolution for this needs to be bigger than for other people.
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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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When they don’t have to live in that fear or that life of condemnation wondering whether God’s going to yank His relationship from them
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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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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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Exodus will do that for people who come to us for help.
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Who need to be discipled and to pursue Christ in their life.
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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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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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I 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.
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I think we’ve made it a golden idol. I think we in the church have treated it differently than we’ve treated anything else.
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