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The Christmas Story: Marriage By Mission

The Christmas Story: Marriage By Mission

By Sam A. Andreades December 23, 2022 December 22, 2022 2

God chose to bring the Messiah smack dab into the middle of a marriage engagement story. What on earth was He thinking in this Christmas story?

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Is Gender in Every Passage of the Bible?

Is Gender in Every Passage of the Bible?

By Sam A. Andreades March 4, 2022 March 4, 2022 0

In a book that begins w/the creation of gender, ends w/a wedding and fills the in-between w/how males & females are to be His image, gender is going to come up.

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Christmas in the Book of Revelation I: The Paradigm of Gender

Christmas in the Book of Revelation I: The Paradigm of Gender

By Sam A. Andreades December 23, 2021 December 29, 2021 0

John’s vision of Christmas in Ch. 12 of Revelation gives us how history unfolds, through the archetypes of gender.

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Finding a Firstborn (new book excerpt)

Finding a Firstborn (new book excerpt)

By Sam A. Andreades September 23, 2021 September 23, 2021 1

This Dating-with-Discernment book excerpt advises women daters: you want a man in whom you can invest authority. I.e., you want a guy who is able to take charge for you. Those last 2 words are important.

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He Had to Come by a Woman and Not by a Man

He Had to Come by a Woman and Not by a Man

By Sam A. Andreades December 23, 2017 August 11, 2022 0

This Christmas, ask yourself this: Why a woman and not a man? Why not have Christ come through a man with the wonder of it being that it was done without a woman? I mean, so long as God is doing a miracle, he could certainly have done it the other way.

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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!

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