Today David considers why he and others have thought that it was necessary for the enactment of good laws and public polices to develop alliances with influential persons and organizations who essentially mock God by treating Him as irrelevant. You may find surprising the fundamental reason his thinking in that regard changed.

Conversations and controversies about transgenderism and the two biological sexes heat up by the week. But what is the connection between the image of God and the two biological sexes? Animals have two sexes and God is pure spirit, non-corporeal. So, what is the essential about being made in the image of God, and is it being overlooked?

Following the Covenant School shooting in Nashville, the conversation about transgenderism seemed to turn up another notch. A particular news story caught my eye that made we wonder if evangelicals are prepared to engage in the conversation in a meaningful way that goes beyond mere behavior or biology.

“There is nothing new under the sun,” and, indeed, that is true of transgenderism. It answers three great philosophical questions raised by the ancient Greeks. Today David explains the questions and how they are answered by transgenderism, on the one hand, and, on the other, the triune God of creation.

Today, David examines the testimony given to the Tennessee House of Representatives in support of transgenderism by the ACLU's Deputy Director of transgender justice and a woman attired as a Christian cleric. Find out what their testimony says about the nature of human beings and God.

Transgenderism says men can have babies and feminine products should go in men’s restrooms. There are only two reasons that stand in the way of such thinking. Today David covers the second, and it is a reason only available to Christians.

David introduces a short new series with transgender affirming testimony offered to the Tennessee legislature by an ACLU attorney and a minister who is a “follower of Jesus.” In the mini-series David will explain two doctrinal deficiencies within evangelicalism over the last 200 years that have made their testimony perfectly logical to so many. Only as these two doctrinal deficiencies are addressed will our nation’s present course change.

In today’s episode, David takes J. Gresham Machen’s explanation of justification by faith in his monograph, “What is Faith?” and, using audio clips from the Tennessee House floor, compares what Machen wrote to the way the state’s transgender legislation was defended. Justification by faith provides a conception of law that raises an important question, “Are Christians unwittingly undermining the gospel in the way we speak to this type of legislation?"

Today David draws on Abraham Kuyper to explain an “ah ha” moment he had last week regarding previous episodes discussing legislation in multiple states seeking to end “transgender care” for minors. It was the moment in which Kuyper’s distinction between religion for the sake of God vis-à-vis the sake of man came into focus and became practical and real.

Today David reflects on recent conversations with Christian policy makers regarding transgender legislation and on the growing emphasis by Christians on restoring “civil liberty” in light of what Hosea, Isaiah, and Augustine have to say. What might they tell us about the way Christians now “do” politics and their motivations for engagement, and what might that mean in the years to come?