Several years ago when I was a kids’ pastor, I encountered my first transgender guest at church. I was not ready for the situation. No class had prepared me on how to react to a 5th grade girl asking to use the boy’s bathroom because she was changing her gender to something that made her …
Continue...Since the release of my book, God and the Transgender Debate, I have traveled across the country and given numerous talks to Christian audiences on how to understand the new frontier of transgenderism. In almost every instance, one of the first and most pressing questions I received after speaking was on the subject of pronoun …
Continue...The Star Tribune ran an opinion piece drawing attention to the recent launch of a clinic for transgender and “gender diverse” young people at the flagship facility, Children’s Minnesota.[1] The opening of this gender clinic highlights the current trend within the country to normalize the experience of gender dysphoria. Social programs are presenting a transgender …
Continue...What just happened? On Friday, May 13, the Obama administration sent a letter to all public schools in America notifying teachers and administrators of the regulations they must comply with in regards to their students’ “gender identity.” The letter states that, to comply with Federal law, policies concerning students must be based on their gender identity and not …
Continue...Yesterday, the Department of Justice and the Department of Education issued a notice withdrawing the statements of policy and guidance issued last year by the Obama administration that affected public schools. In May 2016, the Obama administration sent a letter to all public schools in America notifying teachers and administrators of a new regulation for …
Continue...Earlier this month the White House designated a gender-neutral restroom for visitors and staffers in order to express solidarity with transgender activists. Several states are also debating bills in their legislatures that would prohibit individuals who identify as transgender from using public restrooms of the opposite sex. Here are five facts you should know about …
Continue...Last week, the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) issued a letter addressing a “transgender participation” policy adopted by a high school athletic conference and multiple school districts in the state of Connecticut. The “Revised Transgender Participation Policy” adopted by the schools aimed to include students identifying as transgender to compete on athletic teams and in …
Continue...The transgender debate is becoming all-encompassing. Issues such as education, law, government, entertainment all fall in the crosshairs of the transgender debate, and our culture moves with such speed that working out how to respond seems overwhelming, if not impossible. So here are five essential things for Christians to keep in mind as we think …
Continue...An important paper has been released that challenges the practice of puberty suppression in gender dysphoric children. Christians need to pay attention to this report, because it captures many of the underlying problems bubbling underneath the surface of the transgender revolution that are at root incompatible with Christian teaching. Titled “Growing Pains: Problems with Puberty …
Continue...Although terms like “transgender” and “gender identity” are increasingly used in the public square, many Christians are still unaware of what they mean or how broad the scope is in which they are being used. To help provide some clarification and context, I’ve provided definitions for 31 terms commonly used by the gender identity movement. …
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