There are two key truths in Michael’s assessment of Exodus. First, the organization has changed with the times—to a degree. Second, it will always be difficult to have a real dialogue when there’s a fundamental disagreement with what homosexuality is. Does it rise to the level of immutable identity—or at least an aspect of identity? Or is it just a bad habit, a behavior that can be mitigated or conquered? Is it an expression of what God has made—and therefore an element of human diversity that Christ calls us to embrace? Or is it a manifestation of the world’s brokenness—the very thing that
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