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A Fundamental of Being Human

A Fundamental of Being Human

By Sam A. Andreades December 30, 2022 December 29, 2022 2

What was among the most important events of this year? My choice would be the large number of transgender drugs and surgeries that 2022 witnessed.

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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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The Really Upsetting Thing about the Respect for Marriage Act

The Really Upsetting Thing about the Respect for Marriage Act

By Sam A. Andreades December 16, 2022 December 15, 2022 4

This week, with great celebration, President Biden signed the “Respect for Marriage” Act, seeking to normalize monogendered unions. That is not the scary part.

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Better For Your Daughters to Know Why You Submit

Better For Your Daughters to Know Why You Submit

By Sam A. Andreades December 9, 2022 January 2, 2023 0

The “why” of the Bible’s gender instruction is not an easy or popular topic, but the church had better keep conversing with her daughters about it.

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The Church Complicit: Review of Jesus & Gender by Fitzpatrick & Schumacher

The Church Complicit: Review of Jesus & Gender by Fitzpatrick & Schumacher

By Sam A. Andreades December 2, 2022 January 24, 2025 0

While it has its good points, this book is typical of the church’s and the culture’s current minimization of gender in relationship.

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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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Why You Need the Pactum Salutis in Your Life

Why You Need the Pactum Salutis in Your Life

By Sam A. Andreades November 11, 2022 November 10, 2022 0

The doctrine teaches that for us sinners to be saved, the trinitarian Persons entered into a pact with each Other in eternity about how to do it.

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Boys Wearing Nail Polish

Boys Wearing Nail Polish

By Sam A. Andreades November 4, 2022 November 3, 2022 2

It is not uncommon now to see boys sporting painted nails. How do you respond? What is the conversation with your son or friend?

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Listen to Genderly Dating

Listen to Genderly Dating

By Sam A. Andreades October 28, 2022 October 27, 2022 1

You can now hear Dating with Discernment read to you, available through Audible and, I suppose, wherever fine audiobooks are sold.

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Coming to a Relationship Near You (Review of The Gospel in the Gay Bars)

Coming to a Relationship Near You (Review of The Gospel in the Gay Bars)

By Sam A. Andreades October 7, 2022 March 16, 2023 0

Gallup reports that 7.1% of all Americans now identify as LGBT+. A new book, The Gospel in the Gay Bars, helps us talk to people in the cultural orthodoxy.

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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!

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    • Asymmetry of Intent (21)
    • True Woman/Real Man (23)
    • Specialties of Gender (10)
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  • Intergendered Fruitfulness (7)
  • Monogendered Relations (46)
  • Body (98)
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    • Intersex (7)
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    • Political Implications (16)
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