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Now here's today's news, discerned differently.

Note, I am grateful to my son, Ryanison for writing the daily article this week while I am

traveling.

Ryan is a graduate of Baylor University and Truitt Seminary and is completing his doctoral

dissertation in church history.

He serves as senior fellow for theology with our ministry, and writes often in my

absence. I am certain you will find his insights to be both biblical and practical.

According Dallas, Texas ruled earlier this week that the mother of seven-year-old James Younger

could have full custody over him and his twin brother.

Such an outcome would not normally be worthy of news, as, sadly, divorce cases with similar

results happen quite frequently. What makes this case stand out is that James' father, Jeffrey Younger,

brought a lawsuit against his ex-wife, Anne Georgoulis, because the latter believes

her son is gender dysphoric and is taking steps toward affirming him as a girl named Luna.

The trial featured expert witnesses from both sides that argued for opposite approaches.

Jeffrey Younger claims that James only wants to be a girl around his mother, and that she has been pushing him toward living as a girl since he showed interest in the movie Frozen as a three-year-old and asked for the girl's toy at McDonald's.

He says that when James is with him, the child is happy dressing and playing as a boy, and shows no signs of wanting to be a girl.

Georgoulos and her team argue the opposite. They say that James is happiest as a girl,

and chooses to go by the identity associated with Luna while with her. They contend that he

only pretends to like being a boy while he is with his father in order to make him happy.

Ultimately, the most rational explanation

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