Gender, a presentation for the 2025 Free Lutheran Youth Convention
I was saved at the 1991 FLY Convention, so I like it. And they ask me to teach on the sticky topics, so here goes.
I was asked to speak on this topic, which was rather broad, including the following description: Biblical masculinity and femininity are God’s perfect designs. God’s Word can equip us to thoughtfully engage others who would challenge what God has to say about gender, gender fluidity, and tolerance of how others choose to express themselves.
I’m not sure I hit the mark, either in content or presentation. I have so much to say on the issue, but the vast majority of listeners are people caught up in the manufactured confusion of this societal movement, which is, thankfully, fading from popularity.
The “my left shoe” slide is a less gross adaptation of “my left sock,” something that I use in class at FLBC. The point is that if I am looking for my left sock but refuse to believe that the hosiery you identify is not, in fact, my left sock, then easy things get confusing way fast.
Are you a boy or a girl? This is not difficult.
But what about alternative genetic gender expressions? How frequently does that happen? Is gender dysphoria part of the fall or part of creation? Figuring out how to address these things with kindness does not mean that gender is a fluid, internally-perceived social construct.
It’s important that people not get bluffed or bullied into making easy things difficult.
A side note: I unapologetically use AI to turn text into powerpoint slides. It’s marvelous, and good for all the reasons that AI writing is bad. But would you believe that neither Canva nor Pilot would let me talk about this issue with them?
I had a little fun and asked “them” what a woman was, and “they” gave me 500 words of gibberish. When I told “them” that they were over-complicating the matter the response was “a woman is a female human.”
Glad we cleared that up :-)
Peace to you.
Wade
UPDATE: I used Grok to give me some slide ideas (sans content) because one of my beloved employees told me that I’m good at this but my slides stink. You know who you are. I hope you’re happy now.
