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Help Wanted: Foreign Christians to Evangelize America

America was originally founded by those who came to this new land on the Mayflower and subsequent ships, to be a place where Christians could openly express their faith and, in turn, send missionaries to the ends of the earth to see people come into a personal relationship with the Creator of the Universe–the Messiah Jesus.

This nation made good on that intent for a long time. Certainly millions around the world can trace their hearing of the Word to Christians who came from the United States, not to mention the material aid in all forms that has plentifully flowed from the USA to the far reaches of the globe.

Now America is in a crisis. Christianity is in the crosshairs of the government and the left at large. Secularism has taken over. At the same time sin (and the occult) flourishes. Addictions, depression, racial division, gender rebellion and gender confusion, and vaccine conflicts are the norm.

Today, in a Zoom Bible study I’m a part of, a Christian brother from Nigeria said something that must be heard:
“America is in need of missionaries.” His comment received “amens” from other brothers in Eastern Europe and Kurkistan.

In other words, our Christian brothers and sisters in other nations believe missionaries from their lands need to come to evangelize the United State of America.

These are dark times indeed. Let’s pray for a harvest of souls in the USA and a revival of true faith worldwide.

Equality Act: “straight from the bowels of hell”

It’s really no surprise.  America’s youngsters are being targeted by the left with a destructive gender ideology.

For the last few years it’s been coming at them from cultural forces in social media and entertainment. Now it’s coming from state governments, local school boards, and CONGRESS AND THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION.

On Day One of his administration, President Joe Biden signed a divisive transgender executive order that forces all K-12 public schools in the nation that accept federal funds to adopt sexual orientation and gender identity policies. This allows students to participate in single-sex sports and use single-sex facilities that don’t match their biological sex, such as bathrooms and locker rooms.

So much for your daughter who was hoping to win the 100 meter dash championship. More importantly it places girls and young women in great jeopardy in their locker rooms and restrooms.

And of course last week, the Democrat-controlled Congress announced its intention to permanently impose sexual orientation and gender identity ideology on the nation by voting on the Equality Act in the House next week.

This is a legislative plan straight from the bowels of hell!

Let us not forget: So God created man in His own image; in the image of God He created him; male and female He created them (Genesis 1:27). 

Every person should be treated with dignity and respect, and no one should be discriminated against simply because they identify as gay or transgender. But the Equality Act will turn disagreements over biological sex and marriage into legal “discrimination.”

In the states, sexual orientation and gender identity laws and policies have already led to the punishment of doctors and hospitals who don’t want to perform surgical interventions to affirm gender identity and of teachers who don’t use “preferred pronouns.”

It’s also harmed girls who have lost sports competitions and scholarships to males who “identify” as females.

State lawmakers and parents have tried to fight back. But by instilling transgender ideology into federal law, the Equality Act will cause irreversible harms to children.

In Congress, if passed, the Equality Act would open the door for K-12 curricula to include controversial information, such as suggesting that a girl can be trapped in a boy’s body or vice versa and that “gender transition” is both healthy and helpful.

By adding sexual orientation and gender identity to Title IV and Title VI of the 1964 Civil Rights Act, the Equality Act could pressure K-12 schools and federally funded colleges and universities to adopt the sexual orientation and gender identity curricula and preferred pronoun policies.

For this reason, parents and lawmakers are rallying around the “Promise to America’s Children.” The 10 principles of the promise unite concerned citizens and lawmakers in protecting children’s minds and bodies, and relationships with their parents.

The promise begins with the pledge to protect children’s minds from graphic sexual content and the sexual orientation and gender identity agenda in the classroom by demanding that any curricula related to sex or gender, in any subject, require an opt-in from parents.

The Promise to America’s Children recognizes that biological differences between the sexes are integral to the personhood and health of all children.

Gender dysphoria (the distress someone experiences when they have a disconnect between their bodily sex and internal sense of gender) is a serious condition that should be treated with humane and compassionate responses. The Promise defends a child’s chance to be affirmed in his or her body.

Among children who struggle with gender dysphoria, 80% to 95% of those who are allowed to mature naturally through puberty tend to resolve their dysphoria.

In contrast, those who undergo physical “transition” interventions, such as puberty blockers and other irreversible surgeries, often do not see any lasting benefits with regards to mental health. In fact, many patients experience permanent damage to their cardiovascular health, bone density, and reproductive functions.

Contrary to the science, the Equality Act would make physical “transition” interventions standard medical care for gender-dysphoric minors. Puberty blockers and cross-sex hormones could be offered at as young as 9 years old. After receiving these, minors could then undergo irreversible “top” or “bottom” surgery.

By expanding the definition of “public accommodations” under Title II of the Civil Rights Act to include health care establishments, as well as changing federal assistance requirements under Title VI of that law, the Equality Act would make counselors and medical professionals who do not “affirm” self-professed gender identity liable to discrimination claims.

As a result, evidence-based treatments that have been proven to help children reconcile with their bodies would disappear. Medical providers who administered those treatments would be forced to choose between their consciences or performing interventions that they consider to be “bad medicine.”

Parents will be left without therapeutic alternatives that do not cause irreversible harms to their children’s bodies.

The Promise recognizes that parents are the ones best suited to provide the love and care their children deserve. Unfortunately, the Equality Act places strain on this essential relationship by pitting parents against the education system, the medical profession, and federal law.

Parents purchase gear to hide children’s biological gender

Okay, before we dive into this ball of confusion, let’s begin with why God created two distinct genders: male and female.

“Then God said, “Let us make man in our image, after our likeness. And let them have dominion over the fish of the sea and over the birds of the heavens and over the livestock and over all the earth and over every creeping thing that creeps on the earth.”

“So God created man in his own image,
in the image of God he created him;
male and female he created them.

“And God blessed them. And God said to them, “Be fruitful and multiply and fill the earth and subdue it… And God saw everything that he had made, and behold, it was very good. And there was evening and there was morning, the sixth day.” Genesis 1:26-28; 31 (ESV)

God honors humanity by creating us in His own image and likeness, male and female. This story is expanded in Genesis 2, as God forms the man from the dust of the earth and breathes life into him.  He then fashions the woman from the man’s side — or heart. In doing this, He separates humans into two sexes, male and female. Each is unique.  Both reflect the image and likeness of God.

The word “sex” even comes from a Latin word meaning “to divide or separate,” showing that humanity has been separated into two distinct groups, male and female. Not only does Moses write about this in Genesis, but Jesus and the Apostle Paul also point to the male-female creation as a foundational truth.

Adam rejoices at this creation of Eve, celebrating and recognizing her as his partner, a complement, distinct from any other created being. Woman is uniquely formed as a gift for man — and man as a gift for woman. The two aspects of God’s image, male and female, are joined wholly together in marriage — a unique, permanent and covenantal relationship.

God doesn’t make mistakes.  When a man or woman identifies as the opposite sex, there’s a serious emotional problem.  Often it involves sexual abuse, or a broken family.  I’d recommend professional therapy, but in California such therapy has been outlawed.  Seriously.

Enough preaching.  Here’s the story…

The online store Tranzwear apparently is a fan-favorite for those in search of fake child penises, offering products such as a “semi-erect“ unit for children “under [five years old],” as well as an item called “Best Boy Bump for the little guys“ which is “made especially for the younger kids.”  In case you and your child find all these products and methods overwhelming, plenty of information on “packing” for youth is available on YouTube.

Parents who believe their children to be a male-to-female transgender have the opposite problem, sharing tips and recommendations of products meant to help male children “tuck” to appear or feel more female. Many members mention Etsy stores by the names of Tuck Buddies and Leolines, both of which sell handmade feminine looking underwear with extra lining to help conceal the bulge of the male anatomy. Leolines also offers chest bindersmeant to flatten breasts in “teen to adult” sizes.

Parents of Transgender Children has more than 8,000 members on Facebook, and is just one of many closed Facebook groups geared toward “gender affirming” parents, most of which claim to extensively screen individuals who wish to join in order to ensure they are friendly to the cause.  The group appears to have strict rules banning screenshots or sharing posts in any way with outsiders.

Separate websites such as TransPulse.com also have specific forums for parents of transgender children, and while many of the discussions focus on parents whose children have “come out” to them as transgender, others focus on trying to determine the gender identity of children as young as two. (“My [two-and-a-half-year-old] daughter has been saying on-and-off  for [five] months that she’s a Boy,” one post reads.)

However, there is at least one group formed to combat this nonsense.

4thWaveNow was started by a mom after her teenage daughter “suddenly announced she was a ‘trans man’ after a few weeks of total immersion in YouTube transition vlogs and other trans-oriented social media.”

And the mom, “Chiara,” has taken some heat for her position.

“Online, I have been accused of being ‘unsupportive,’ even abusive, simply for daring to question whether lifelong medical treatment – injections and plastic surgeries – is the answer for every young person who has gender dysphoria,” the group’s founder explains. “In my world, caring about, listening to, and lovingly parenting a child or young adult is not necessarily a synonym for unexamined ‘support’ for everything the child says or wants. In fact, one of the main jobs in parenting a teen is, not coercion, but the offering of alternatives; discussing, and sometimes disagreeing.”