“So God created man in his own image, in the image of God he created him; male and female he created them.” – Genesis 1:27
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Articles
- A Bad Trade: Helping Teenagers See Sexual Sin Clearly by Jennifer Kvamme
- Teaching Biblical Sexuality Points Teenagers to the Gospel by Syler Thomas
- Showing Hospitality to the Teenager Identifying as LGBTQ by Mark Culton
- Prayers for A Teenager Who is Same-Sex Attracted by Chelsea Kingston Erickson
- Offering a More Beautiful Sexual Ethic to Today’s Teenagers by Liz Edrington
- Preparing Christian Children for the Transgender Moment by Cameron Cole
- Gender Warriors Aren’t Helping Kids (But the Church Hasn’t Helped Much Either) by Cameron Cole
- Pastoring with Truth and Love to Transgender Teens by Seth Stewart
- Premarital Sex: Five Apologetics Every Student Needs by Davis Lacey
- Rooted2014 Audio: Mark Howard on Purity by Mark Howard
Five Things to Remember When a Transgender Student Visits Your Church by Patrick Weikle, ERLC
Christianity and Transgenderism: A Youth Group Session by Rhys Laverty
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Podcasts
- Teens’ Sexuality and Gender Confusion with Amanda Smith
- Rooted Conference: Andrew Walker, “Bruised Reeds & Broken Bodies”
- Understanding and Caring for Same-Sex Attracted Teenagers
- Becket Cook on Shepherding Students During Pride Month
- Rooted Podcast: Dr. Christopher Yuan on Holy Sexuality and the Gospel- Not Gay to Straight but Death to Life
- Rooted Podcast: God’s Design for Male and Female
- Podcast: Walt Mueller on Teaching Teenagers About Biblical Sexuality
Transgender and the Gospel: An interview with Preston Sprinkle and Heather Skriba. “Filled with compassion, truth, and authenticity, Heather Skriba helps us understand her transgender experience, gender dysphoria, and what role the church can play in helping people who are wrestling with their gender identity and sexuality.”
Gender Identity, Biblical Womanhood, and Girly Girls– Thirty Minutes with the Perrys. We commend this episode to anyone who is seeking to understand what the Bible says about manhood and womanhood and to discern what notions our particular culture has constructed for us. It’s rich with insight that we all need at time when issues of gender are fraught with pain and tension.
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Books
TransFormed: A Brief Biblical and Pastoral Introduction to Understanding Transgender in a Changing Culture (by the Evangelical Alliance in the UK). This free ebook presents a biblical and pastoral crash course on gender dysphoria while offering basic recommendations for how to minister to those who struggle.
Talking Back to Purity Culture: Rediscovering Faithful Christian Spirituality by Rachel Joy Welter. Read Rooted’s review here.
Understanding Sexual Identity: A Resource for Youth Ministry by Mark Yarhouse.“Mark Yarhouse has written a book that describes, better than almost anything I’ve read, the kinds of questions I was asking when I was a teenager in my church’s youth group – and a book that, in turn, gives youth pastors the necessary tools to engage those questions with delicacy, discernment, faithfulness, and love.”
Gay Girl, Good God: The Story of Who I Was, and Who God Has Always Been by Jackie Hill Perry. “In Gay Girl, Good God, author Jackie Hill Perry shares her own story, offering practical tools that helped her in the process of finding wholeness.”
Holy Sexuality and the Gospel: Sex, Desire, and Relationships Shaped by God’s Grand Story by Christopher Yuan. “Dr. Christopher Yuan explores the concept of holy sexuality–chastity in singleness or faithfulness in marriage–in a practical and relevant manner, equipping readers with an accessible yet robust theology of sexuality.”
God and the Transgender Debate: What Does the Bible Actually Say About Gender Identity? By Andrew Walker. “Dr. Christopher Yuan explores the concept of holy sexuality–chastity in singleness or faithfulness in marriage–in a practical and relevant manner, equipping readers with an accessible yet robust theology of sexuality.”
Does God Care About Gender Identity (TGC Hard Questions Series) by Sam Ferguson. “In this concise booklet, Samuel Ferguson carefully and compassionately compares the core beliefs and practices of the transgender movement with fundamental truths expressed in Scripture.”
More to the Story: Deep Answers to Real Questions on Attraction, Identity, and Relationships by Jennifer M. Kvamme. “You will be encouraged to trust Jesus with your deepest desires as you follow him in all of life, including your sexuality and relationships.”