Sam A. Andreades | AffirmingGender

Feel Like Christian Men Are Not Stepping Up In Marriage? Here’s A Big Reason Why

By Sam A. Andreades January 7, 2017 June 10, 2017 6

I find it a helpful practice as a pastor to read through some recommended book on engagement or marriage with each couple I am counseling for marriage. This exercise, along with discussion about the couple’s particular issues, provides perspective for them about what life together will really be like. So, over time I have built up an annotated bibliography of …

Three Questions You Should Ask About Intersex Birth Certificates

By Sam A. Andreades January 5, 2017 June 10, 2017 3

New York State issued the nation’s first intersex birth certificate last week. NBC News reported on it here. I encourage you to read the report on 55-year-old Sara Kelly Keenan who got the state to change the sex on the birth certificate to the non-binary term. Intersex is a current term used to refer to the mercifully rare condition of …

The Big Frolicking Circle on the Deep

By Sam A. Andreades January 3, 2017 August 27, 2017 0

The following is an excerpt from enGendered, one of the “Scenic Overlooks.” This one opens the book. The idea of these is to try and guess while you are reading what Bibilcal passage is being imagined, before the last line. If it completely throws you for a loop, don’t worry–I’ll explain it after: I was racing faster than the speed …

Congratulations to the Study Guide Contest winners!

By Sam A. Andreades January 2, 2017 February 22, 2017 2

We’ll be contacting you winners for your mailing address. I am a little concerned though. The first ten subscribers came in within the first ten hours of the New Years Midnight launch. Shouldn’t you guys be sleeping more instead of being on social media in those hours? I mean, really. Maybe you should go to bed.

I saw it begin at Yale in 1980…

By Sam A. Andreades December 31, 2016 June 10, 2017 10

It was in the campus air. Women’s Studies had begun as a field, laying a groundwork for Queer Theory in the 1990s. The people in the know would introduce it slowly, of course, to make sure it wasn’t completely abhorrent. It was the program to tear down the gender binary. I noticed it in the women’s styles. Long hair …

What's a Real Man? What's a True Woman?

Is gender real? Does it matter in relationships? What does God think about it? So many diverse questions on peoples' lips today come down to the same thing: What does gender mean? Is it a construct of society or self-perception? Or is it a gift to foster intimacy and fruitfulness in our relationships?

This site fosters honest and thoughtful conversation about the pressing issue of gender. I write from a Christian perspective, placing great value on the Bible's wisdom about it. But just understanding the Bible's message on gender is a big job for our time, and so part of what we discuss here. We also take up questions posed by our current culture's sometimes confusing views on women & men, relationships and identity.

If you are new here, you might want to start with the Big Picture posts, Three Questions... and Want It In A Nutshell?, briefly outlining what I see as the seven main principles of gender.

The posts consist of commentary on current events, excerpts from my general book, transgenderism book, or book on dating, Biblical exposition, praise for the culture’s gender goodness and ruminations on its errors as I see them. We also welcome guest posts from gender-savvy writers.

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