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Why Debate Over Born This Way Won’t Go Away

Why Debate Over Born This Way Won’t Go Away

By Sam A. Andreades July 5, 2024 September 3, 2024 0

A hormone-birthed predisposition, when mixed with other ingredients in one’s experiences, responses, can yield same-sex attraction. But it is not determinative.

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Respect For Marriage: Is SSA as Unchanging as Ethnicity?

Respect For Marriage: Is SSA as Unchanging as Ethnicity?

By Sam A. Andreades November 18, 2022 December 12, 2022 1

The new act in Congress to codify monogendered marriage presupposes the immutability of sexual desire, like ethnicity. But research shows it is not so.

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Neuroplasticity and Change in Sexual Desires

Neuroplasticity and Change in Sexual Desires

By Sam A. Andreades March 11, 2022 March 11, 2022 1

The truth that in Christ people can actually change is fundamental to the Christian message. Neuroscience is catching up with the idea.

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“Born This Way” Soon to Go Away

“Born This Way” Soon to Go Away

By Sam A. Andreades March 14, 2018 March 14, 2018 4

If there was an anthem for the last ten years of gender minimization, it would be the sentence, “I was born this way.” The proclamation would stop conversations, halt dialogues, silence critics. Now the chorus is dying away and, like most pop songs, it will soon be forgotten.

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Ever Since I Can Remember, I Have Had These Attractions

Ever Since I Can Remember, I Have Had These Attractions

By Sam A. Andreades June 2, 2017 June 9, 2017 2

I have a confession to make about myself, and I suppose it is appropriate to disclose it on this website.   From the time when I was very young, as young as one can be and have desires like this I guess, I have had certain desires that I was ashamed of. I got the impression early on that these …

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Does Same Sex Attraction Run in the Family?

Does Same Sex Attraction Run in the Family?

By Sam A. Andreades April 26, 2017 April 24, 2017 1

In a recent counseling meeting, a man with same sex attraction (SSA) was telling me about his relationship with his father. As an aside, he mentioned the time he discovered, to his surprise, that his father had experienced SSA at one point as well. I have heard this before, but it is usually a hard slice of information to come …

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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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