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A nationally recognized pediatrician offered a jolting reality check about the dangers of encouraging children to think they are transgender and prescribing hormone blockers to prevent them from developing. On October 11, the Heritage Foundation sponsored a forum on transgenderism at which Dr. Michelle Cretella said it is child abuse to facilitate gender confusion in children by helping them “transition” to the opposite sex. “ Chemical castration is what you’re doing when you put any biologically normal child on puberty blockers,”  said  Cretella, the president of the American College of Pediatricians . “It’s treating puberty like a disease, arresting a normal process which is critical to normal development.” The doctor’s truth crusade did not stop there. “Sterilization is not good for kids,” she flatly stated. “Prepping them for what will likely result in a case in girls of a double mastectomy at 16 is not how you treat depression or anxiety.”   She added that she spe

Below is an example of the false logic of a radical homosexual activist. They claim that homosexual marriage is a right and this right beats any other right. They also display contempt and ignorance of the gospel, Bible and God .   There are many dramatic and fake faecbook posts about people being “bullied into submission.” The complaints are mainly from the Nay Sayers who say the Yes camp are the perpetrators. I am not denying that there have been no incidents, as in any sensitive political question , there are freaks on both sides of the fence.   What bothers me more though, is the self -righteous attitude of those claiming to have “better moral values” than others, while they sit pointing fingers and judging those who live differently to them. Oh the moral irony! I am not against anyone who is religious and wants to live by faith. That is their right, but I do object when their religious judgements infringe upon the rights of others. (But the writers judgement is

The “transgender” phenomenon is an “ongoing social and psychological experiment” with children used as guinea pigs and which society will come to regret, says an expert in gender dysphoria. Moreover, evidence shows that   80 percent to 90 percent   of children with gender identity confusion “revert to their natal sex” if they are “left to their own devices,” says Dr. Paul McHugh , a professor of psychiatry and behavioral sciences at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine . “We’re doing experiments on these children,” said McHugh, who was chief psychiatrist at Johns Hopkins for 25 years, and has more than 40 years’ experience working with people with gender confusion . “We should tell everybody this is an experimental procedure right now, and that experiment is not being done with controls. It’s not being done with clear statements to the parents that we can’t tell what the outcome’s going to be,” he told LifeSiteNews. "A very large number of these families

Question: If I am a Christian who experiences same-sex attraction, should I pray to not have homosexual feelings? Every Christian should pray exactly as the Lord taught us to pray in the Lord's Prayer : "Thy kingdom come, Thy will be done in earth, as it is in heaven" ( Matt. 6:10 KJV ). This kind of prayer not only longs for world systems to align with the kingdom of Christ , but also longs for our lives to align with God 's will. It reflects a desire to become more faithful to Christ and more conformed to his image. This certainly includes our sexual orientation. We should also pray, "Lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil" (v. 13).  Asking God to draw us away from things that tempt us should be the content of our prayer. We should ask God ro replace temptation with holiness. Heterosexuals are also tempted sexually. "Lead us not into temptation" is a prayer for both the heterosexual Christian and the Christian battling sa

Question: Can a person with same-sex attraction change his or her orientation? If so, how? At one level we must answer this question with affirmative conviction. Yes, a person with same-sex attraction can change. Christians must proclaim that rebellious sinners, whether heterosexual or homosexual, can be redeemed by Christ and conformed to his image by the Holy Spirit.  We can affirm this without hesitation because of God 's promises in Scripture and because of the gospel's transformative power. At the same time, the process of sanctification and the radical change from sexual sinner to a life of purity and holiness is never simple.  The redemption of someone with same-sex attraction does not instantaneously produce a heterosexual orientation. The New Testament displays the difficulty of escaping patterns of temptation and sin. In Romans 7 , Paul demonstrates the tension Christians experience between new life in Christ and indwelling sin. There is simply no easy

Question: Is experiencing same-sex attraction itself sinful ? Do  Christians who experience same-sex attraction need to repent of their orientation, or only of homosexual action and lust ? First, this is not a question limited to issues of sexuality in general, or sexual acts and sexual orientation in particular. This question relates to the larger theological question of temptation and behavior. Every child growing into maturity recognizes the distinction between the temptation and the act.  Every criminal law system also understands the difference between the temptation and the act. Rather than imprisoning people for every criminal temptation, the law distinguishes between the temptation of a criminal act and the performance of a criminal act. Every parent understands that same distinction when raising children and when they look in the mirror. Therefore, Christians must distinguish between temptation and the performance of sin. Still, there is indeed something sin

Question: What is a theologically faithful definition of sexual orientation? Does sexual orientation affect one's sexual identity ? Christians must be honest enough to recognize that the modern secular understanding of sexual orientation has legitimate insights that we can appropriate in a way consistent with evangelical theology, Scripture, and the Christian tradition . Christians in general, and evangelicals in particular, must admit that we have often had a very superficial understanding of sexuality.  We assumed for centuries that people simply chose their pattern of sexual interest. The modern secular concept of sexual orientation suggests that every single human being who has reached the age of sexual maturity is characterized by a specific pattern of sexual interest that includes sexual arousal , sexual fantasy , sexual expectation, and a hope for specific sexual fulfillment. From the vantage point of biblical theology and orthodox pastoral counsel, the modern notion

Question: Since the sexual revolution uses the rhetoric of the civil rights movement, should we differentiate between racial identity and sexual identity? In response to this question, Christians must engage carefully in the task of biblical theology. The diversity of races and ethnicities comprises part of God 's plan (see, for example, the table of nations in Genesis 10 ). The Bible also indicates that God is pleased that his human creatures are organized by families, clans, languages, and nations. Furthermore, Revelation 5 indicates that this pleasure is an eternal pleasure for God. Those gathered around the Lamb's throne are men and women from evety tongue, tribe, and nation who have all been ransomed by Christ . Thus, Scripture celebrates racial differences. The Bible celebrates these distinctions as part of God's glorious diversity in creation. The Bible, however, unquestionably expresses only one legitimate pattern of human sexuality. Only one framework

Question: The biblical authors did not have the category of orientation, so aren't they talking about something different than we are? If sexual orientation refers to a pattern of sexual interest and arousal, then the Bible is actually quite explicit about this. In Romans 1 , for example, Paul addressed not only men who have unnatural relations with men and women who have unnatural relations with women, but also those who burn with same-sex passions toward one another.  This language reflects sexual preference and a pattern of sexual arousal that corresponds with the modern concept of sexual orientation. Furthermore, the Bible recognizes something even more fundamental than a sexual orientation-it recognizes a sinful orientation. Scripture communicates that every single human being is born with a sinful orientation. We all have a pattern of interest, ambitions, and temptations unique to us. Further, every single human being who has experienced puberty has a sexual orientat

If liberal California legislators have their way, calling a transgender man “he” could result in a $1,000 fine and a year in prison. The “ Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Long-Term Care Facility Resident’s Bill of Rights ,” or Senate Bill 219 , will criminalize referring to a transgender nursing home resident by his/her actual gender. The proposed law, which passed the California senate, states , “It shall be unlawful for a long-term care facility or facility staff to … willfully and repeatedly fail to use a resident’s preferred (transgender) name or (opposite sex) pronouns after being clearly informed of the preferred name or pronouns.” The bill also requires nursing homes — whether Christian-owned or not — to accommodate transgender bathrooms and showers. Penalties are capped at $1,000 and a year in prison. Supporters say the law is justified because nursing homes and long-term care facilities are state regulated and licensed , and “professional-client speech is subjec

V ishnitz Orthodox girls' school failed three inspections on the grounds it did not meet requirements set out in the Equalities Act. A private faith school in London has failed its third Ofsted inspection for refusing to teach its pupils about homosexuality. Inspectors visiting Vishnitz Girls School in north London last month said the Orthodox school does not give pupils “a full understanding of fundamental British values ”, The Telegraph reported. Pupils were not taught about LGBT issues such as “ sexual orientation ”, which are in breach of equality laws. “This restricts pupils’ spiritual, moral, social and cultural development and does not promote equality of opportunity in ways that take account of differing lifestyles,” inspectors reported. The school’s approach resulted in pupils being “shielded from learning about certain differences between people, such as sexual orientation,” the report went on. “The school’s culture is, however, clearly focused on teaching pu

It’s difficult to unearth the truth with all the noise and fanfare surrounding the studies that purport to show “no difference” between children raised in the home of same-sex parents and those raised in the home of their married mother and father. It’s also discouraging that in our highly educated, scientifically minded society many have accepted this claim without really understanding the evidence. So, if you are a fan of data and research, here is an itemized review of every single study done on the subject of same-sex parenting: A Review and Critique of Research on Same-Sex Parenting and Adoption . For those who don’t have the time to review this 120 page document, here’s the abstract: Are the outcomes for children of gay, lesbian, or bisexual parents in general the same as those for heterosexual parents? That controversial question is discussed here in a detailed review of the social science literature in three parts: (1) stability of same-sex parental relationships, (2) ch

There are several observations from a Christian biblical worldview that are really important here. There’s no reason for Christians committed to that biblical worldview to deny the existence of something like sexual orientation. But there’s every reason for Christians to understand that this cannot be merely a matter of some kind of biological determinism.  The Scripture doesn’t speak of us that way.  Rather, the Scripture speaks of the totality of everything that makes us a human individual of being affected by and essentially corrupted by sin.  And that corruption is going to show up in many different ways. It’s going to show up in the fact that there will not be a single human being who will stand on the day of judgment without sin. And that means in terms of humanity’s sexual sin as well. A second thing Christians have to understand is that there is absolutely no biblical category whatsoever for arguing that our sexual behavior is in any way determined by factors out