Posts tagged “Gender”
Is the Bible Sexist?
Is it true that women aren’t allowed to hold higher positions in the church? This seems sexist and rudimentary. This week, Pastor Mike answers tough questions from viewers like you.
Paying the price for being incomplete
We are underperforming in many important arenas because the teams on the field are incomplete. Too many things are still under the thumbs of…
God & transgender (Part 5)
God gave us a gender (male or female); sin broke our bodies (including our sense of gender); Jesus’ body was broken to give us…
God & transgender (Part 4)
I came across a sobering statistic from the American Academy of Pediatrics. It reported that 42 percent of transgender teens have attempted suicide. 42…
God & transgender (Part 3)
Do you think Jesus experienced the same temptation that many transgender people face? Jesus is God—all-powerful, eternal, present everywhere—but two thousand years ago, when…
God & transgender (Part 2)
If God created us “male and female” and declared that our genders are “very good” (Genesis 1:27,31), why do so many people—even God-fearing, Spirit-filled…
God & transgender (Part 1)
How should Christians approach their transgender questions? When we (or someone we love) feel a disconnect between our brains and our biological bodies, what…
God & Gender: What About Transgender? (Part 2)
If God created us male and female, why have so many of God’s sons questioned if he actually created them to be his daughters? And why have so many Christian women wondered if they were really made to be God’s sons? Paul indirectly answered these questions when he wrote about the struggles of life in this broken world. Both parts of this message intend to explain the transgender temptation and offer hope and encouragement to those facing it.
God & Gender: What About Transgender? (Part 1)
If God created us male and female, why have so many of God’s sons questioned if he actually created them to be his daughters? And why have so many Christian women wondered if they were really made to be God’s sons? Paul indirectly answered these questions when he wrote about the struggles of life in this broken world. Both parts of this message intend to explain the transgender temptation and offer hope and encouragement to those facing it.
God & Gender: In Marriage (Part 2)
Perhaps now more than ever, Americans find the idea of distinct gender roles as outdated, offensive, and oppressive. Much more preferable, many believe, is to recognize God-given gifts, regardless of gender. How does such thinking fit into the biblical view that Paul lays out in Ephesians chapter 5 where husbands are the “heads” of their wives and wives are called to submit to their husbands? How do biblically committed Christians winsomely explain these verses in our modern age?
God & Gender: In Marriage (Part 1)
Perhaps now more than ever, Americans find the idea of distinct gender roles as outdated, offensive, and oppressive. Much more preferable, many believe, is to recognize God-given gifts, regardless of gender. How does such thinking fit into the biblical view that Paul lays out in Ephesians chapter 5 where husbands are the “heads” of their wives and wives are called to submit to their husbands? How do biblically committed Christians winsomely explain these verses in our modern age?
God & Gender: In the Church (Part 2)
First Timothy chapter 2 is a chapter in the Bible many Christians wish was not written. The apostle Paul’s words seem patriarchal and downright impossible. No elaborate hairstyles? or expensive clothes? Women in church must be “quiet”? Really? Both parts of this message, which are based on 1 Corinthians, seek to faithfully explore Paul’s provocative words from 1 Timothy in context and the issue of men and women working together in the church.