I preached the below SEVEN years ago. I studied and sought to understand my trans kin because I was curious and wanted to fulfill Christ's command to love my neighbors as myself.
Christians,
People often cite "Spare the rod, spoil the child" as a Bible verse about the need for spanking children.
"In my day, my dad beat me with a belt, and I turned out
New Testament authors routinely took Hebrew Bible metaphors and redeemed them by re-reading and reinterpreting them through the lens of Christ.
In my church's Ezekiel Bible Study this week, we wrestled with Ezekiel
Conservative Christians love to obsess over who has the authority in a marriage between a man and a woman. They'll tell you about Ephesians 5 and Colossians 3. They'll talk about headship and wives submitting and the metaphor of Christ and the church.
There's a significant portion of the church that believes that women are not allowed to teach. Maybe they can teach kids or other women, but they can't have authority or teaching authority over
