Barbie Has Always Been Hard to Interpret
It is not surprising that the new Barbie movie has drawn wildly opposing takes. The doll has always been a problem and proponent for feminism.
When Sex Differences Should Count
Highlighting sex differences is good. And it is also bad. I have tried to learn when they should count. Because enumerating sex differences can help and hurt.
The Differences Between the Sexes (Review of Why Gender Matters, by Leonard Sax)
On average on every trait, men and women are more similar than different, but that doesn’t make the differences irrelevant.
The Lesser Voice of Pornography and The Call to Marriage
Surprising directive from the apostle Paul really helps those wishing to break a pornography compulsion.
The Hand on a Boy’s Shoulder
A father needs to break the cultural silence about manhood for a boy to hear his call and take the steps to becoming a man.
Hearing the Call to Manhood
Here is a secret: Every boy begins with doubt that he is man. The Biblical story of the young Samuel “growing in stature” pictures maturing to manhood for us.
How should one define the word: Gender?
For a word that gets tossed about quite a bit, it is surprising how murky its definition is. Both feminists and gender ideologues advance a partial truth.
How Jesus Identifies: As Wisdom
Jesus identifies in ways that surprise us, that we might get a glimpse of what is otherwise opaque to us—the glory of the Invisible Incomprehensible Divine.
A Helpful Secular Approach to Youthful Gender Troubles (Review of Gender Dysphoria by Evans and Evans)
A book by the doctors who were helpful in reversing Great Britain’s belief-affirming model for gender dysphoric youth offers a different model.
A Tribute to Tim Keller
With the passing of Tim Keller last week, here are some fond remembrances from a congregant and mentee.