Winter 2022
How to Love Your Neighbor in a Transgender Culture

Purpose of the class: to bring clarity to the reasons for the transgender movement and to give clear biblical direction on how to live in this culture without compromising the Scripture’s teaching on sexuality nor our conscience.

This 4-6 week class will be covering the following topics

An introduction to the topic
The need for compassion
How we got to the current cultural climate
The vocabulary of the transgender revolution
What the Bible says about humanity and gender
How theology works itself in the lives of real people
Answering some tough questions
Challenging the Transgender Movement.

Resources for the class

God and the Transgender Debate:

What Does the Bible Actually Say About Gender Identity (Expanded and Updated)

by Andrew T. Walker

This will be the main resource for the series but will be accompanied by material from other sources.

A number of short videos on this book can be found at

https://www.thegoodbook.com/transgender-debate

Copies of the book will be available for sale or can be checked out from the library.

Class 1 - Feb 20, 2022 - Introduction

Handout

Link to video: How transgender people experience life – 2 min video

Link to video: Albert Mohler: God's Design for Male & Female - 21 min video

Class 2 - Feb 27, 2022 - How We Got To Where We Are

Handout

Class 3 - Mar 6, 2022 - Do You Really Believe What You Believe Is Real?

Handout

Class 4- Mar 13, 2022 - God's Design For Male and Female

Handout

Class 5- Mar 27, 2022 - Beauty and Brokenness

Handout

Class 6- Apr 3, 2022 - Challenging The Church

Handout

Class 7- Apr 10, 2022 - Laura To Jake and Back Again

Case Studies

World Magazine Article

Sunday School - Post High School and Up

Course Resources

A Christian Response to Wokeness (FULL VIDEO) | Noelle Mering | Leadership Institute

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3wy0MY_EmDE&list=LL&index=1

The Gospel is Big Enough for Our Transgender Neighbors – Al Mohler 5:27 min Sep 18, 2018

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hkERnfdBa_E

A number of short videos answering questions answered in the book “God and The Transgender Debate” expanded edition. Includes 1.5 min on Should I call a transgender person a him or her.

https://www.thegoodbook.com/transgender-debate

Albert Mohler: God's Design for Male & Female 21 min

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=66Ki0MCVjlc

Ask Pastor John He or She? How Should I Refer to Transgender Friends? 10 min

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v2_8rNEcGho

Should I Call Someone by Their Preferred Pronouns? | Sam Allberry Answering a number of questions

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4ur-lfYF4dc

Dr. Richard Caldwell – Pastor answers the question Should Christians Refer To People By Their Preferred Pronouns? 9 min. Consider this one

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-qYLX_A1Alw&t=29s

Sam Allberry interview: Sexual identity debates, abuse in Christian contexts, and apologetics

A series of excellent questions answered by Sam Consider using seqments of this

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GEInprf8mHU