Welcome to episode 079 of Mud Stories!
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Today’s episode is part two of a two-part episode with Alan Chambers, and his wife Leslie, who share their very public story of Alan’s struggle with same sex attraction and their journey together through the ex-gay movement. Choosing to move from fear to embracing grace and learning to love well, no matter the cost.
Alan served as the leader of Exodus International–a ministry of the ex-gay movement that he voluntarily closed in 2013 with a public apology to the LGBT community and anyone who had ever been marginalized or hurt by Exodus.
They write of their journey in their book, My Exodus: From Fear to Grace
Alan and Leslie share about:
- Alan’s same sex attraction
- His decision from celibacy to marriage with Leslie
- Their wedding night and honeymoon
- And intimacy and sexual struggles are universal
We talk about:
- Their experience filming a documentary with Lisa Ling that aired nationally
- How hearing others’ stories helps us love better
- Reparative therapy and theory
- Alan’s decision to shut down Exodus International
- And what he and Leslie are learning about embracing God’s grace
- And how we can all learn to love well, all because of Christ
Alan and Leslie’s story gripped me because of grace and I am praying we are all changed because of their words.
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SCRIPTURE:
Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation. The old has passed away; behold, the new has come. All this is from God, who through Christ reconciled us to himself and gave us the ministry of reconciliation;that is, in Christ, God was reconciling the world to himself, not counting their trespasses against them, and entrusting to us the message of reconciliation. Therefore, we are ambassadors for Christ, God making his appeal through us. We implore you on behalf of Christ, be reconciled to God. For our sake he made him to be sin who knew no sin, so that in him we might become the righteousness of God. 2 Corinthians 5:17-21 (ESV)
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Alan & Leslie’s book:
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LINKS:
- Alan’s Post: An Unlikely Love
- Our America — ‘God and Gays’, with Lisa Ling {VIDEO}
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