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Man and Woman Make a Mission

By Sam A. Andreades May 16, 2025 May 15, 2025 0

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.

Competent to Care For (not Kill)

By Sam A. Andreades May 18, 2024 May 18, 2024 0

Quentin Tarantino’s “Once Upon a Time…In Hollywood” recalls a time of competent manhood and its play with violence. How do the two go together?

Inspire Young Men Without Demeaning Women

By Sam A. Andreades November 11, 2023 November 10, 2023 0

A good friend expressed sadness to me at the absence of young men in churches and yet their responsiveness to influencers like Jordan Peterson and Andrew Tate.

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?

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.

Read, think, and join the conversation!