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

Does love demand that we agree to call our transgender friends by their preferred gender title?

A very common question we receive is reflected in a question from a podcast listener named Ruth, who asks: “Pastor John, how should we respond when LGBT friends want us to refer to them by a different, opposite-gender name, like when a female asks everyone to now call her by a male name? Should we?” Samantha likewise asks: “In light of the Bruce Jenner interview and other celebrities pushing LGBT agendas, how should a Christian treat a person who identifies under one of these labels? Should I treat a transgender person as the gender they chose or the one they were born with?”

Episode 641: https://www.desiringgod.org/in....terviews/he-or-she-h

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“Doesn’t the Bible Tell Christians to Put Homo****uals to Death?” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xhDM251BZUc

“Is Homo****uality Really the Worst Sin?” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qbq8F_W1JvQ

“Is Sexual Identity My Choice?” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y98kxJsRlEg

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