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A school district in Illinois has voted to allow biological males who identify as girls,

unrestricted access to the female locker room.

Privacy stalls are available, but transgender students will no longer be required to use them.

One student was in tears after the ruling, telling reporters

she felt uncomfortable, my privacy is being invaded, as I am a swimmer. I do change multiple times

naked in front of other students in the locker room. I understand that the board has an

obligation to all students, but I was hoping that they would go about this

in a different way, that would also accommodate students such as myself. Robin Williams was right.

Words and ideas can change the world, and not always for the better. Yesterday we discussed

God's call to choose courage when our culture rejects biblical truth and morality.

Today, let's think together about some practical ways we can respond biblically to such opposition.

Ephesians 612 reminds us that we do not wrestle against flesh and blood,

but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the cosmic powers

over this present darkness, against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly places.

Using Paul's military metaphor, let's consider three imperatives.

One, remember what is at stake. It's tempting to accept society's relativistic narrative that truth is individual and subjective,

that evangelical opposition to unbiblical morality is a matter of personal preference rather than a reflection of objective reality.

Nothing could be further from the truth.

Consider the abortion debate.

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