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John Wants to Be Jane: 3 Ways to Counsel a Gender-Confused Child
While Christian parents can’t affirm their child’s misplaced desires, they have a God-given responsibility to lovingly help their child through a real struggle with gender identity. Rather than being bewildered into ineffectiveness, parents can proactively care for their child in at least three basic ways.
Wisely Handling the Book of Proverbs
Still, we must be very careful in how we approach and implement these wise sayings. Simply because they are inspired does not mean that the biblical proverbs are like laws, imposing a universal obligation. Yet, some people treat them as if they were divine commandments. If we regard them in that way, we run into all kinds of trouble. Even divinely inspired proverbs do not necessarily apply to all life situations. Rather, they reflect insights that are generally true.
How To Be Lonely (To The Glory Of God)
This matters. If the God of creation was lonely within creation, like a lonely sparrow on the housetop while on the cross, then all of loneliness’ weapons are repurposed and reforged into hammers that God uses to build his people together. Here are two lies that this truth debunks:
Don’t Use ‘Calling’ to Avoid Serving
We are not called to use people in our church for ourglory, but to serve them for God’s glory. Rather than using the idea of “calling” and “gifts” to make excuses for why we can’t serve a subset of church members, we should be exhorting one another to take risks in loving and serving others even when it stretches us outside of our comfort zone.
The Power Over Christian Publishing We’ve Given To Amazon
The upshot is that as Christians we have given a great deal of power over Christian publishing to the distinctly non-Christian Amazon. What can we do about it? To be honest, I’m not too sure. It may be too late. Obviously we can and should choose to support good Christian booksellers, and be willing to pay at least a small premium to buy from them. This premium isn’t just being nice Christians, but is a means of showing that we want them to continue to have some influence over the writing, publishing, and distribution of valuable, Bible-based resources.
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