Christian Baker being sued again.

This is Jim Denison's daily article for Thursday, December 20th, 2018.

Jack Phillips made headlines in 2012 when he refused to make a cake celebrating a same-sex wedding.

The suit against him went to the United States Supreme Court, which ruled in his favor.

Now Phillips is in court again, this time for refusing to bake a cake celebrating a gender transition.

The Colorado Civil Rights Commission claims that he discriminated against Autumn Scardina,

who transitioned from male to female and wanted him to make a cake that was blue on the outside and pink on the inside to celebrate.

Phillips' attorneys called the complaint an obvious setup.

They say their client, believes as a matter of religious conviction that sex, the status of being male or female,

is given by God, is biologically determined, is not determined by perceptions or feelings,

and cannot be chosen or changed. So do millions of evangelical Christians, including me.

I expect to see more such lawsuits in the coming years as our post-Christian culture collides

with Christian morality.

When so-called civil rights compete with religious rights, civil rights usually win.

As believers navigate the legal and social implications of our faith in this challenging

day, there is an imperative we need to remember.

Our lives must bear the scrutiny our beliefs are sure to provoke.

Two related facts follow.

One, people deserve to know what we believe and why we believe it.

In 1 Peter 315, Peter called his readers to be prepared to make a defense to anyone who ask you for a reason for the hope that is in you.

God's word speaks with powerful relevance to every

issue we face today. It is vital that we speak his truth to our times. You've probably

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