The Greatest of these is Love: A Conversation About Transgenderism and Our Role as Believers

The Heidi St. John Podcast

Heidi St. John

Christianity, Religion & Spirituality

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🗓️ 28 April 2017

⏱️ 21 minutes

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Summary

Today on the podcast, I’m replying to a question I am getting a lot lately: “How do we respond to the cultural push to normalize gender fluidity?”
This is an important topic, but we can’t talk about transgender issues—or any other issue—without first remembering that God calls us to speak the truth in love. God loves us, no matter our struggles. Surely His heart breaks over the sin that is causing people to do irreparable harm to their bodies in the name of finding their own version of truth.
We are a culture in crisis.

Somehow we’ve come to a place where women who do not want men in their bathrooms and locker rooms are accused of bigotry and labeled “transphobic.” It’s an upside-down world and it’s requiring that we have a tough conversation. Listen in as we talk about this very important topic.
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0:42.6	Hey everybody, this is Heidi St. John. It's Friday, April 28th. Welcome to the Busy Mom
0:48.2	podcast. I'm coming to you from Katie, Texas, today where I'm getting ready to open up
0:53.3	my Women's event Fearless. If you are anywhere in the southeastern area of Houston, I
0:58.8	want to just invite you to come out and join me. It's not too late. We're taking registrations
1:03.2	at the door. I'll be speaking tonight from six to eight, and then almost all day Saturday.
1:08.9	So come on out and join me. I think you'll be encouraged.
1:19.4	Speaking of Fearless, I have been doing this Women's event around the country now for several
1:23.6	years, and it's kind of my way of trying to help encourage and disciple Christian women
1:29.8	because we are living in a time of incredible fear and confusion. And remember, I told
1:34.8	you on Wednesday that I have been receiving quite a few emails with regard to this issue
1:39.9	of transgenders, and we see it everywhere. Clearly, what happened with Target some time
1:44.1	ago has hurt them tremendously. And for those of you who aren't familiar with what's going
1:49.0	on with Target, I can't imagine there be anyone. Target made an announcement that they
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