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What is Gender? Part II: Can You Change Yours?

What is Gender? Part II: Can You Change Yours?

By Sam A. Andreades July 25, 2025 July 31, 2025 0

Five definitions of ‘gender’ show that the answer to whether gender can be changed depends on what you think it is. How do you define it?

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What is Gender? Part I:Seeing Thru History

What is Gender? Part I:Seeing Thru History

By Sam A. Andreades July 18, 2025 July 23, 2025 0

“What does ‘gender’ mean?” is not a question we can answer simply. In our time, we must instead ask, what does it mean to you, and how has it come to mean that?

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A Reprieve for Lia Thomas

A Reprieve for Lia Thomas

By Sam A. Andreades July 11, 2025 July 10, 2025 0

Stunning announcement: UPenn stripped Lia Thomas’ women’s swimming awards. A missed opportunity for leadership but an opportunity for reflection for him.

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The Value of Numbers

The Value of Numbers

By Sam A. Andreades July 4, 2025 July 6, 2025 1

The greatest of the early theologians, Tertullian, uses ordinal numbers, showing us Trinitarian  asymmetry as a reality of relationships.

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Fallen Perceptions

Fallen Perceptions

By Sam A. Andreades June 27, 2025 June 26, 2025 0

The Supreme Court versus the American Medical Association on treating a child’s gender incongruence–does the Christian understanding of the Fall help?

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Gender is Moral and Needs to be Taught

Gender is Moral and Needs to be Taught

By Sam A. Andreades June 20, 2025 June 19, 2025 2

This week the Supreme Court ruled for a Tennessee law banning gender imitative measures for children. The decision moves the culture closer to a key insight.

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Gender is Everlasting…

Gender is Everlasting…

By Sam A. Andreades June 13, 2025 June 20, 2025 0

The Scriptures show that that feature of us will go on forever. What does that say about the gift and our identity?

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Metamorphosis -The Character of the Christian Life

Metamorphosis -The Character of the Christian Life

By Sam A. Andreades June 7, 2025 June 7, 2025 0

What makes a life Christian? What marks a soul entangled with the Divine through Jesus Christ? This word stands out as a defining characteristic.

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An Unintentional Outlaw, Once Again

An Unintentional Outlaw, Once Again

By Sam A. Andreades May 30, 2025 May 29, 2025 0

Legal Limits Last week, the state of Colorado passed into law House Bill 25-1312, which made referring to a person by his given name or a gendered pronoun that he does not like to be a punishable offense under the Colorado Anti-Discrimination Act. If you think about it, it means that seeking to help a person resolve her alienation from …

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As Much A Part of God As Commanding

As Much A Part of God As Commanding

By Sam A. Andreades May 23, 2025 May 22, 2025 0

The Trinity teaches us that submission makes up God’s nature as much as ruling. Christ’s eternal generation shows itself in His glad obedience.

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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!

Categories of Posts (hover over for desc.s)

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  • Equality (24)
  • Asymmetries of Gender (108)
    • Asymmetry of Origin (19)
    • Asymmetry of Order (33)
    • Asymmetry of Intent (21)
    • True Woman/Real Man (25)
    • Specialties of Gender (11)
  • Intergendered Intimacy (33)
  • Intergendered Fruitfulness (7)
  • Monogendered Relations (46)
  • Body (99)
    • Maleness-Femaleness (17)
    • Transgenderism (77)
      • Gender Dysphoria (46)
    • Intersex (7)
  • Dating with Discernment (18)
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    • Scientific Inquiry (9)
    • Movie Reviews (11)
    • Political Implications (16)
  • Trinitarian Love (42)
    • Gender Matters in Relationship (15)
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