GAY TRUTH

Yes, truth is a casualty of our popular culture. And when truth goes, the authority of the gospel is undermined, because the gospel tells us all about the Truth. We can see evidence of this everywhere today. The modern notions of “tolerance” and “pluralism” are a direct result of the culture’s assault on truth. Liberal secularists insist that tolerance is the highest virtue. But they don’t tell you what they mean by “tolerance.” To them, tolerance doesn’t simply involve treating those with different ideas respectfully and civilly. It means affirming their ideas as valid, which Christians can’t do without renouncing their own beliefs. If, for example, you subscribe to the biblical prohibition on homosexual behavior as sinful, you cannot at the same time affirm that such behavior is not sinful. The postmodern secularist doesn’t have to confront these questions because he rejects the idea of absolute truth and the Law of Noncontradiction . He can just go on his merry way moraliz...

I just recently realized that First Things had posted on Nov. 15 a response (" Understanding Gender Dysphoria: A Reply to Gagnon ") by Mark Yarhouse, a professor of psychology at Regent University in Virginia, to my Oct. 16 critique (" How Should Christians Respond to the Transgender Phenomenon ") of his Christianity Today article (" Understanding the Transgender Phenomenon "). Mark is a good man. I did not then, and do not now, make any character attack. As I stated in my article, "Yarhouse would certainly prefer that persons with gender dysphoria make peace with their biological sex. He thinks counseling should be directed to 'how best to manage gender dysphoria in light of the integrity lens' and advising persons with GID to explore their other-sex desires 'in the least invasive way possible.'" However, having said that, I still disagree with his view that in church meetings (and elsewhere) we should address a man who thin...