Stop telling your children that they're the same biologically.

Boys and girls aren't the same.

They can't do the same things.

We're not identical.

You might pull that charade off until hormones kick in.

I know you love your children.

I understand you don't want them to be denied opportunities,

but if you tell them they can do anything that someone or the other sex can do,

you're confusing them.

We've had too much rebellion.

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We've begun a new series talking about shaping culture.

And in this session, we're going to talk about the essential family.

But the beginning of this, I think, is really significant.

I believe the church's assignment is to shape culture, not to be shaped by it.

When we're called salt and light, light is intended to dispel the darkness. I don't think it's helpful to rage against the darkness. I think we have to turn up the light. And I think we have been

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