{"id":62754,"date":"2017-08-25T16:15:59","date_gmt":"2017-08-25T20:15:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/?p=62754"},"modified":"2017-08-25T18:33:41","modified_gmt":"2017-08-25T22:33:41","slug":"tgc-sam-alberry-interviews-andrew-walker-how-writing-on-transgenderism-changed-me","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/?p=62754","title":{"rendered":"(TGC) Sam Allberry interviews Andrew Walker&#8211;How Writing on Transgenderism Changed Me"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>What are your hopes for this book?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Several. First, I hope Christians come away with a basic understanding of theological anthropology\u2014that God created humanity in his image, male and female, and that male and female are made exclusively for one another.<\/p>\n<p>Second, Christians are called to both conviction and compassion. As you once reminded me in personal conversation, Sam, grace and truth aren\u2019t in tension when we look at Jesus. I hope this book models the unity Jesus Christ so lovingly and compassionately displays. I want Christians to see that the Christian story provides a framework for understanding this controversy in terms of creation, fall, redemption, and restoration. In light of the gospel, there\u2019s hope for those with gender dysphoria and those who identify as transgender.<\/p>\n<p>Third, I hope this book starts conversations inside churches, and that churches get serious about being safe places for those with gender-identity conflicts to talk openly and seek help.<\/p>\n<p>Fourth, I want the transgender community in America to know Christians aren\u2019t their enemy, despite the stereotypes. We are called to neighbor love, and that can\u2019t be be limited to people who agree with us. When transgender persons are bullied, mocked, ridiculed, or physically harmed, Christians must defend their humanity and inviolable dignity\u2014even when we think they\u2019re transgressing sacred boundaries that God wisely and beautifully imposed on humanity.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thegospelcoalition.org\/article\/how-writing-on-transgender-changed-me\">Read it all<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What are your hopes for this book? Several. First, I hope Christians come away with a basic understanding of theological anthropology\u2014that God created humanity in his image, male and female, and that male and female are made exclusively for one<span class=\"ellipsis\">&hellip;<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"read-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/?p=62754\">Read more &#8250;<\/a><\/div>\n<p><!-- end of .read-more --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":794,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[175,92,168,177,108,112,34,169],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-62754","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-anthropology","category-books","category-ethics-moral-theology","category-pastoral-theology","category-religion-culture","category-sexuality","category-theology","category-theology-scripture"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/62754","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/794"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=62754"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/62754\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":62757,"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/62754\/revisions\/62757"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=62754"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=62754"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=62754"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}