Sex, Gender, and Transgender Experiences: Part 5—Do we have a sexed soul?
This is part 5 in an ongoing series on gender by Dr. Preston Sprinkle. Click here to see the first post. What if someone has a female body but a male soul? Are they a man or a woman? I’m going to wrestle with these questions below. But if you’re just now jumping into this blog […]
The Broken Cistern of Gender Dysphoria: One Pastor’s Story
Benjamin Schulke is a bi-vocational pastor from West Michigan. He received his M.Div at Grand Rapids Theological Seminary, and B.S in Intercultural Studies from Cornerstone University. He is married to his beautiful wife Lauren, both whom love to serve their community through hospitality and coffee! “My people have committed two sins: They have forsaken […]
Sex, Gender, and Transgender Experiences: Part 3—Gender Identity
This is part 3 in an ongoing series on gender by Dr. Preston Sprinkle. Click here to see the first post. In my previous post, I wrestled with the first two of the following three concepts: To repeat, the existence non-intersex humans as male and female is one of the only widely accepted facts across […]
Sex, Gender, and Transgender Experiences: Part 2—Biological Sex and Gender Role
This is part 2 in an ongoing series on gender by Dr. Preston Sprinkle. Click here to see the first post. What is gender, and how is it related to sex? In my previous post, we saw that the definition of biological sex is widely agreed upon, the same is not true of […]
Sex, Gender, and Transgender Experiences: Part 1—Biological Sex
I’m going to do two things that I thought I’d never do: blog about gender and allow for comments. Don’t get me wrong. I love getting feedback, especially critical feedback. But as you might know, the comment section on blogs can be a dumping ground for dehumanizing rhetoric, and the topic of gender seems to […]
The Center at the Q Conference
Last week, the Lord provided a fantastic opportunity for The Center to address the LGBTQ conversation at the annual Q Conference in Nashville. The Q Conference is sort of like a Christian version of the TED talks, where some of the most influential Christian leaders present their big ideas in 9 or 18 minutes […]
Free Pastoral Paper: What Does Discipleship Look like for Transgender People?
Guidance for Churches on Baptism, Membership, Service, Leadership, and Communion for Transgender People A New Pastoral Paper by Robert S. Smith Jesus’s call to “make disciples of all nations” (Matt. 28:19) necessarily involves his followers in taking the gospel to the transgender community. Because the gospel is God’s power to save and […]
Is a Traditional Theology of Marriage Intrinsically Harmful Toward LGBTQ People? Part 2
By Preston Sprinkle, President of the Center for Faith, Sexuality, and Gender. In the previous post, I wrestled with the question: Is a traditional theology of marriage intrinsically harmful toward LGBTQ people? I raised some logical concerns about this line of reasoning, especially when the argument is used to weaponize a particular ideology. It […]
Is the Traditional Definition of Marriage Harmful to LGBTQ People?
By Preston Sprinkle, President of the Center for Faith, Sexuality, and Gender. This question is dear to my heart, because many of my friends, who identify as LGBTQ, are so dear to my heart. And many of them have been harmed by the church. Drew Harper, a gay man raised in the church, captures […]
Shame Watching a Football Game
The following blog is written by Pieter Valk. Pieter is a part of The Center’s collaborative team and the director of EQUIP, which is a Nashville-based organization that helps churches become places where gay people can thrive according to a traditional sexual ethic. I was watching a college football game with my family over Christmas break. […]