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Homosexuality? >> people say once you're gay, you're always gay, you can't break free from that. that's not true. >> so now chambers has a new message and it's an apology. joining me live is lisa ling. she has a special on god and gays. lisa, it's great to have you on here. alan chambers came to you and asked for your help in this to arrange for this interview to help him apologize to a group of reparative therapy survivors. i want to play a small clip of what he had to say. take a look. >> you acknowledge that exodus has hurt a lot of people. how do you make up for that? >> i don't. there are...

Never in 15 years have i been tempted to be unfaithful to my wife. i love her. she is the object of my every affection. to say i don't have -- >> what would you say to a young person who perhaps three years ago at the time we first met via the airwaves listened to alan chambers and took to heart your message as it then existed and believed and pursued a career path for the past couple years hoping they could turn away from these innate feelings they had. do you apologize to those folks now? do you say i got it wrong and come back to this fold? i mean, what's the message? >> well, i think if so...

Three years ago i welcomed my next guest to the radio program to discuss the american psychological association's repudiation of gay to straight therapy. as president of exodus international, the largest evangelical organization dealing with this issue, alan chambers believed you could pray away the gay. let's listen. >> i'm denying the power those things had over me. people say once you're gay, you're always gay, you can't break free from that. that's not true. >> chambers even appeared with his wife in ads saying change is possible, but now, he's saying there's no cure for homosexuality and ...

Three years ago i welcomed my next guest to the radio program to discuss the american psychological association's repeatuation of gay to straight therapy. as president of exodus international, the largest evangelical organization dealing with this issue, alan chambers believed you could pray away the gay. let's listen. >> i'm denying the power those things had over me. people say once you're gay, you're always gay, you can't break free from that. that's not true. >> chambers even appeared with his wife in ads saying change is possible, but now, he's saying there's no cure for homosexuality and...

-- sell sell le bat lives. >> would a homosexual be precluded admission from heaven on the basis of their sexuality according to alan chambers? >> well, thankfully, it's not according to alan chambers. my biblical beliefs are that no one is exkplud -- excluded from heaven. i think the bible is very simple in its terms of how you come into a relationship. it says ask and you shall receive. seek and you will find. knock and the door will be opened to you. it doesn't say anywhere there's any exclusions of people who can seek, ask and knock. that has always been our message. >> you defended repair...