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.
ALAN CHAMBERSI don’t differentiate between this one sin struggle than any other.
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That’s good news and the church should offer it wholeheartedly to anyone.
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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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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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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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But sin resides, the power of sin resides in our flesh. It will always try us and it was always tempt us and therefore we always need to be submitting our mind, will and emotions to the lordship of Jesus Christ.
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And then there are encouragements to use heterosexual pornography or heterosexual images to encourage heterosexual attraction.
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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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I think, again, if someone wants to know what I believe then look at my 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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Exodus will do that for people who come to us for help.
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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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I think that’s really where we need to be more consistent as believers.
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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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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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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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