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Body and Soul – Serving Transgenders In Your Church (Part Five)
The term ‘transgenderism’ is fairly recent (1971), but men dressing like women, and women dressing like men is nothing new. Moses wrote about it thousands of years ago because the Israelites were going to live among people who did those things – thus the warning:
A woman shall not wear anything that pertains to a man, nor shall a man put on a woman’s garment, for all who do so are an abomination to the Lord your God. Deuteronomy 22:5
Other terms from the 20th century you may have heard include ‘transvestite,’ ‘transsexual,’ and ‘polygender.’ Homosexuality used to be illegal in England, punishable by imprisonment. The term ‘androgyne’ goes back to the 16th century in England. We now have dozens of different terms to describe a wide variety of ‘genders.’ Some people say they are “gender fluid,” which means that the gender a person identifies as being often changes.
Your View
What’s your view? What do you believe about gender varieties? What do you believe about non-binary and gender fluid? I ask because your personal view will determine how you “serve” transgenders and other members of the LGBTQ+ community who visit and possibly join your church. Your church or denomination may have a position on the subject, but that’s not my question. What’s your view? I hope it agrees with God’s view, which He has established forever in His Word.
You may find yourself at odds with your church, denomination, friends, neighbors, co-workers, and even members of your own family. That’s why I want to share some reference materials that may help support you in what you believe.
References
The first and most important reference is your Bible – a solid translation, not a paraphrase. Paraphrases are people’s opinions about what God said. I’d rather hear directly from God Himself. Get a good translation (e.g. NKJV, KJV, ESV, NASB) and use it every step of your journey.
Here are other references that you can use. I don’t necessarily agree with everything you may read or hear in these resources, just as I’m sure the authors won’t all agree with me, but the materials are basically solid biblically and should help you as you serve the needs of transgenders in your church. The primary thing is to understand the Bible and compare anything else with it. God is always right.
Articles
5 Things Every Christian Must Know About the Transgender Debate
7 Facts About Christianity and the Transgender Debate
A Christian Case for Transgenderism?
Biblical Christianity Has the Most Loving Response to Transgenderism
Biblical View on Transgender Identity: A Primer for Parents and Strugglers
“Born that way” and transgenderism: How should Christians respond?
Christian Ethics and Transgenderism
Gender and Sexuality
Helping Kids Stand Firm While Navigating the Ever-Changing Landscape of Transgenderism
How Do Christians Respond to the Transgender Movement?
How Should Christians Respond to the Transgender Phenomenon?
How Should Christians Think About The Transgender Movement?
How to Talk to My Child About Transgenderism
New Resource for Parents: “Responding to the Transgender Issue”
Talking to Your Children About Transgender Issues
The Christian Response to Gender Dysphoria
‘Trading My Sorrows’ – A Story of Healing From Transgenderism
Transgender Identity—Wishing Away God’s Design
Transgenderism: A Christian Perspective
Transgenderism: Blurring the Lines
What the Bible Says about the Idea of Transgenderism
Books
A Practical Guide to Culture: Helping the Next Generation Navigate Today’s World
Five Lies of Our Anti-Christian Age
God and the Transgender Debate
Podcasts
How Trans Ideology Twists Language to Distort Reality
‘Something Demonic’: Why Transgenderism Is a Medical and Social Scandal
The Death of Reality: Why the Transgender Contagion Is Fueling Irreversible Cultural Chaos
The History and Trajectory of Gender Ideology: How We Got Here
Troubling History: How Trans Ideology Captured Our Institutions
What Does Scripture Say? Transgender Ideology, Sexuality, and the Biblical Worldview
Videos
5 Reasons Why THIS Caused me to Homeschool my Children
A Change in Identity: Lost in LGBTQ… Found in Christ
Advice to those who struggle with same-sex attraction
Alistair Begg talks to the CI on LGBT issues and ‘conversion therapy’
Help! I Don’t Know How To Answer My Child’s LGBT Questions
Homosexuality and Transgender – Pastor Voddie Baucham
How Christians Should Respond to Transgenders
Is it Harmful to Not Affirm Someone’s Chosen Identity?
Navigating the Transgender Discussion
Shocking Lies Believed by Many Christians
“Staying the Course when Others Don’t” – Teaching the Truth when Times Change
The Bible is clear about homosexual behavior
The Church and Transgender Persons
What Christianity Offers to Transgender Persons
What is a Christian response to transgenderism?
Language Helps
Thayer’s Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament: Coded with Strong’s Concordance Numbers
The New Strong’s Expanded Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible
Vine’s Complete Expository Dictionary of Old and New Testament Words
Free eBook
Here is a free eBook of this series. Please read, download, and share as God leads.
Scripture taken from the New King James Version®. Copyright © 1982 by Thomas Nelson. Used by permission. All rights reserved.
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