Are there hills to die on for Christians? This is Jim Denison's daily article for Tuesday, December 11th, 2018.

Teacher fired for not using transgender student's preferred pronoun. Peter Vlaming teaches French

at West Point High School in West Point, Virginia. He was fired by the school board last Thursday

for refusing to use a transgender student's preferred pronoun. The student was born as a biological

female, but wishes to use the pronouns he and him. The school's administration claims that

Vlaming was told multiple times to refer to the student using male pronouns. Quote,

by failing to follow the directive, he was therefore discriminating and creating a hostile

environment, end quote. The superintendent told the board. The next day, students at the school coordinated a walkout in support of Vlaming.

Several held signs that read, quote,

Men are men and women are women and that is a fact, end quote.

You can't impose delusion on us, end quote.

Vlaming told the school board that his Christian faith was the reason for his refusal.

Quote, we are here today because a

specific worldview is being imposed on me, end quote, he said. Quote, even higher than my family ranks my

faith, end quote. Asked whether the debate was worth losing his job over, he told reporters, quote,

there are some hills that are worth dying on, end quote. My purpose today is not to focus on the

transgender issue itself.

For an in-depth discussion of this subject, please see my chapter on the transgender debate

in my book, Seven Crucial Questions.

Nor do I want to limit our discussion to the West Point controversy.

Rather, I want to ask, are there hills that are worth dying on for Christians today?

Imagine yourself in Peter Vlaming's position.

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