Fallen Perceptions
The Supreme Court versus the American Medical Association on treating a child’s gender incongruence–does the Christian understanding of the Fall help?
Gender is Moral and Needs to be Taught
This week the Supreme Court ruled for a Tennessee law banning gender imitative measures for children. The decision moves the culture closer to a key insight.
Gender is Everlasting…
The Scriptures show that that feature of us will go on forever. What does that say about the gift and our identity?
Metamorphosis -The Character of the Christian Life
What makes a life Christian? What marks a soul entangled with the Divine through Jesus Christ? This word stands out as a defining characteristic.
An Unintentional Outlaw, Once Again
Legal Limits Last week, the state of Colorado passed into law House Bill 25-1312, which made referring to a person by his given name or a gendered pronoun that he does not like to be a punishable offense under the Colorado Anti-Discrimination Act. If you think about it, it means that seeking to help a person resolve her alienation from …
As Much A Part of God As Commanding
The Trinity teaches us that submission makes up God’s nature as much as ruling. Christ’s eternal generation shows itself in His glad obedience.
Man and Woman Make a Mission
The Bible shows God calling men and women together in mission. In spiritual work, we see a representational leadership of man and a critical enactment of woman.
The New Testament Pronatalism
The Mifepristone Abortion Pill reveals a culture running contrary the New Testament’s exaltation of childbearing, through which salvation continues to unfold.
The Forgotten Purpose
A Prime Purpose God created gender for intimacy, to bring people together. He also created it for fruitfulness, to make more God-imaging life. As teacher Christopher West reminds us, the root of the word itself is about generation. Quoting from his book: “The root “gen” from which we get words like generous, generate, genesis, genetics, genealogy, progeny, gender, and genitals—means …
Appreciating the Overlap…and Not
This month, fencer Stephanie Turner declined to face a male opponent. In response, USA Fencing made the same mistake as Serena Williams made in tennis in 1998.