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Category: <span>Culture & Gender</span>

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The interaction of gender with varying cultures, which are the clothes of gender.

Normal Life Not Allowed

Normal Life Not Allowed

By Sam A. Andreades July 26, 2026 July 26, 2026 0

Oppression sometimes comes from the hand of God to get the people of God to face their idolatry, but there is One who suffers with us in our misery.

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Heteropessimism -The Date Killer

Heteropessimism -The Date Killer

By Sam A. Andreades July 19, 2026 July 19, 2026 0

Once in a while, a label appears that truly fits the phenomenon. Someone coins a word that immediately illuminates the meaning of what is going on.

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Stay Pride Day

Stay Pride Day

By Sam A. Andreades June 28, 2026 June 21, 2026 0

It was Gay Pride Day, June 28, 2009, in New York City. Our culture determined the unavoidable topic. But Romans 12 helped us move in the opposite direction.

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The Women of Jesus

The Women of Jesus

By Sam A. Andreades April 20, 2026 May 17, 2026 1

How important are women to the work of the gospel? And what is it with me and beer?

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Change in the Weather: The SCOTUS shocks

Change in the Weather: The SCOTUS shocks

By Sam A. Andreades April 2, 2026 April 2, 2026 2

This decision feels like a sudden weather change for which one might not have properly dressed. I suggest noting three large points in this momentous decision.

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Wearing Your Culture into Worship

Wearing Your Culture into Worship

By Sam A. Andreades January 19, 2026 January 25, 2026 0

Part 1 of the ideas of my exegesis of the 1Corinthians 11 head-covering passage, Paul’s foundational treatment of gender through his reading of Moses

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At the Crossroads She Takes Her Stand: Can Erika Kirk’s Point Turn America

At the Crossroads She Takes Her Stand: Can Erika Kirk’s Point Turn America

By Sam A. Andreades October 13, 2025 October 13, 2025 0

I recently gave a somewhat pessimistic assessment of America’s fortunes, based on a steady look at cultural movements. But a recent event has given me pause.

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Charlie Kirk’s Murder and Transgenderism

Charlie Kirk’s Murder and Transgenderism

By Sam A. Andreades September 27, 2025 September 27, 2025 0

The ongoing investigation of the tragic murder of Charlie Kirk, hints at ties between the transgenderism and the shooter. Are there such connections?

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My Farewell Message to America

My Farewell Message to America

By Sam A. Andreades September 2, 2025 October 13, 2025 12

I take leave of my beloved United States today. But I don’t exit ungratefully, without a parting gift to this fertile soil of experiment from which I sprung.

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A Subtle Destruction: Review of movie–Alice, Darling

A Subtle Destruction: Review of movie–Alice, Darling

By Sam A. Andreades August 15, 2025 August 14, 2025 0

A man may be wrongfully exercising control of a woman or acting as the head that he should be Here are some ways to discern a relationship that tips to the bad.

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Resources on Transgenderism

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?

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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.

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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.

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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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Read, think, and join the conversation!

Categories of Posts

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    • Asymmetry of Order (33)
    • Asymmetry of Intent (21)
    • True Woman/Real Man (26)
    • Specialties of Gender (11)
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  • Intergendered Fruitfulness (7)
  • Monogendered Relations (47)
  • Body (101)
    • Maleness-Femaleness (17)
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    • Scientific Inquiry (9)
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    • Political Implications (17)
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