Steve Massey is pastor of Hayden Bible Church. He wrote the “religion” piece yesterday for the Spokesman-Review.
From an orthodox, historical Christian perspective, what he said is normative. But it sure set off a firestorm in Spokane, and even evoked a response column from the editor this morning.
We are living in interesting times when you cannot say that biology determines your sex, that men can have babies, and that putting a wig on some dude makes him a girl.
Transgenderism is neither normative, nor acceptable. To insist otherwise is dangerous and lacks true compassion for those struggling with gender identity. (A staggering 41 percent of trans or gender non-conforming people surveyed have attempted suicide).
If we let God’s Word be the last word on the matter it is simply this: “From the beginning of the creation, God made them male and female.”
That’s reality.
Transgenderism is simply an attempt by people to create their own reality, perhaps to deal with deep emotional pain. That parents would assist their own precious, vulnerable kids in this is unconscionable.
A person’s gender is determined genetically, not by how that person feels. For a boy to say he feels like a girl does not make him so physiologically, no matter how deeply he might wish to change his God-given gender.
Christians approaching today’s transgender issue must balance this truth with compassion.
The truth is that all of us have desires that don’t match reality. Disordered desires of any kind are common to the human condition, and they damage us rather than help us. The Bible simply calls such disordered desires sin.
And the good news is that God has a better way than you and me creating our own reality.
Conservatives always lose on social issues. Tranny rights will be no different and will be solidified after conservatives have played their last legal card.
Where is your endpoint? Plural marriages? Beastiality? Pedophilia?
Where are the brakes on your position?