What do your teens value? val-ue VERB 2. consider (someone or something) to be important or beneficial Oxford Dictionary What is really important to your teens? What do they desire more than anything? The answer to these questions will determine what … Continue reading
Christian sex education
Choices II — Why do we make bad ones?
Why do we make bad choices? Is it because of lack of information? Is it a failure to consider the outcome, to weigh the consequences of a particular action? A lack of support to do what is right? A weak will? Is … Continue reading →
Transgender questions, facts, and concerns 3
Q. Is it wise to treat a pre-pubescent child with puberty-blocking hormones, or a teenager with cross-sex hormones? What about sex reassignment surgery? Fact: “Gender confusion is often temporary. (Dr. Ken Zucker) Only a minority of children under the age … Continue reading →
Mary Rice Hasson: A top-down ideological movement
How is it that “transgender” has so suddenly become a household word all over the world? Mary Rice Hasson says it was an utterly predictable next step following the legalization of same-sex marriage in the United States Supreme Court’s Obergefell … Continue reading →
Walter Schumm: Feelings and identity
Before 2015 little was known about transgender issues. Within a year transgender issues were on the front pages of newspapers every day, at least in the western world, and schools everywhere were scrambling to put into place policies for bathroom … Continue reading →
Walt Mueller: “We need to get it right!”
“My friend Steve Garber told me three years ago,” writes Mueller, “that the transgender issue is ‘the most complex, tender, and difficult issue we face in the church right now.’” In figuring things out, Mueller is committed to following the … Continue reading →