TODAY ON TRUTHS THAT TRANSFORM.
JESUS HAD PLENTY OF OPPORTUNITIES
TO BLUR GENDER LINES AND HE DIDN'T.
IF THE LEFT HAS THEIR WAY EFFECTIVELY,
WOMEN'S SPORTS WILL BECOME NON-EXISTENT
HELLO AND WELCOME TO TRUTHS THAT TRANSFORM,
A PRODUCTION OF CORAL RIDGE MINISTRIES,
WHICH IS CELEBRATING OUR 50TH YEAR OF MINISTRY.
I’M PASTOR ROB PACIENZA.
WE ARE IN THE MIDST OF A CULTURAL REVOLUTION
ON SEX, GENDER, AND MARRIAGE,
THAT IS UNLIKE ANYTHING SEEN IN WORLD HISTORY.
IN THE PERIOD OF JUST A FEW YEARS,
OUR CULTURE HAS COMPLETELY REDEFINED
THE BASIC NATURE OF HUMAN BEINGS,
TO THE POINT WHERE THERE’S NOW
WIDESPREAD CONFUSION ON SOMETHING AS SIMPLE AS
THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN A MAN AND A WOMAN.
ON TODAY’S PROGRAM, WE’LL LOOK AT IT
THROUGH THE LENS OF GOD’S INFALLIBLE WORD,
AND WE’LL INVESTIGATE WHY IT’S SO IMPORTANT
TO TAKE A STAND ON THESE ISSUES IN A CULTURE
THAT REACTS SO ANGRILY TO OUR CONVICTIONS.
AND AS WE BEGIN, IT’S OFTEN BEEN SAID
THAT SPORTS IS A MICROCOSM OF SOCIETY.
THAT’S CERTAINLY TRUE NOW, WHEN THESE ISSUES OF SEX AND GENDER
ARE BEGINNING TO CHANGE THE NATURE OF COMPETITION.
OUR OWN DAVID WRIGHT TAKES A CLOSER LOOK.
IF THE LEFT HAS THEIR WAY EFFECTIVELY,
WOMEN'S SPORTS WILL BECOME NON-EXISTENT
BECAUSE ALL SOMEONE WILL BE DOING
IS DECIDING IF THEY'RE NOT REALLY SUCCESSFUL
ON THE MALE SIDE TO BE ABLE TO DECLARE THAT THEY'RE FEMALE
THE IDEA OF HAVING BIOLOGICAL MALES COMPETE
IN WOMEN’S SPORTS MAY SEEM LIKE AN ABSURDITY.
BUT BY MERELY “IDENTIFYING” AS FEMALE
HAS OPENED THE DOOR FOR BIOLOGICAL MEN TO COMPETE
AND WIN IN MANY WOMEN’S SPORTS ACROSS THE COUNTRY.
THE ISSUE OF TRANSGENDER SPORTS WHERE
MEN BEGAN TO IDENTIFY AS WOMEN AND COMPETE AGAINST WOMEN
AND BASICALLY STEAL THEIR COMPETITIONS
AND THEIR TROPHIES STARTED SEVERAL YEARS AGO,
AND IT WAS VERY SMALL WHAT WE SEE NOW IS THAT THAT'S EXPLODED.
THERE ARE STATES THAT HAVE PASSED GENDER IDENTITY LAWS
THAT BAN DISCRIMINATION,
AND THAT ESSENTIALLY FORCES SCHOOLS
TO ALLOW MEN TO COMPETE IN WOMEN'S SPORTS
IF THEY CLAIM TO BE WOMEN.
AND IT'S A TOTAL NIGHTMARE. IT’S BEEN A TOTAL DISASTER.
I THINK WE'RE TEACHING PEOPLE
ESSENTIALLY A LIE ABOUT WHAT GENDER IS.
AND I THINK THAT'S LEADING TO THE ABSURDITIES THAT WE SEE NOW,
ALMOST ON A DAILY BASIS
WHEN WE LIE IN PUBLIC, WE USHER IN ALL KINDS OF CONSEQUENCES,
THE OBLITERATION OF WOMEN’S PROTECTIVE SPACES AND
THE DESTRUCTION OF WOMEN’S AND GIRL’S ATHLETICS.
IT’S A COWARDLY SURRENDER OF WOMEN’S WELFARE
AS A SACRIFICE TO THE WOKE GODS, AND IT’S WRONG.
WOMEN’S SPORTS RECEIVED A SPECIAL DISPENSATION
WITH THE PASSAGE OF TITLE IX IN 1972.
THIS ALLOWED FOR WOMEN TO COMPETE AGAINST OTHER WOMEN
IN SPORTS, IN SCHOOLS RECEIVING FEDERAL FUNDS.
TITLE 9 WAS DESIGNED TO ENSURE EQUAL OPPORTUNITIES AND
FAIR PLAY FOR WOMEN AND GIRLS ACROSS THE NATION,
AND IN THAT RESPECT PARTICULARLY
IN ATHLETICS IT'S ACCOMPLISHED THAT ROLE.
BUT AS WE'RE SEEING THIS ASSAULT USING GENDER IDENTITY IDEOLOGY
WE'RE ALSO SEEING THAT THOSE ADVANCEMENTS,
50 YEARS OF ADVANCEMENTS,
ARE GOING TO BE ROLLED BACK BY ALLOWING
BIOLOGICAL MEN TO PARTICIPATE IN WOMEN'S AND GIRLS’ SPORTS AND
NOT ONLY DENYING THEM PODIUM SPOTS OR CHAMPIONSHIPS BUT
EVEN THE OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE A PLACE ON THE FIELD.
TO COMPETE AT A HIGH LEVEL IN TRACK
TAKES YEARS OF DEDICATION TO A SINGLE GOAL.
THERE’S NOTHING MORE SATISFYING
THEN CROSSING THAT FINISH LINE FIRST.
BUT RUNNING IS ONLY SATISFYING AND
ALL THAT SACRIFICE IS ONLY WORTH IT,
IT STARTED FROM WHAT MIGHT HAVE SEEMED LIKE A FAIR IDEA.
THE CONNECTICUT ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION DECIDED THAT
MALES WHO BELIEVE THEY ARE GIRLS CAN COMPETE AGAINST GIRLS.
BUT BELIEFS DON’T CHANGE BIOLOGY.
IT’S HARD TO EXPLAIN THE FEELING THAT
NO MATTER HOW TALENTED YOU ARE,
NO MATTER HOW HARD YOU TRAIN,
HOW MUCH YOU PRACTICE, HOW MUCH YOU WANT TO WIN,
LOSING BUILDS CHARACTER, BUT ONLY IF THE COMPETITION IS FAIR.
UP UNTIL RECENTLY IT WAS UNDERSTOOD THERE TRULY
ARE PHYSIOLOGICAL DIFFERENCES BETWEEN MEN AND WOMEN.
THESE DIFFERENCES GIVE THE MEN AN ADVANTAGE IN SPORTS
WHICH IS THE REASON FOR DIVIDING
MALE AND FEMALE SPORTS TO BEGIN WITH.
BUT TO ASSERT THAT TODAY WILL HAVE
YOU LABELED AS ANTI-TRANS AND A BIGOT.
MALES WILL ALWAYS HAVE A PHYSICAL ADVANTAGE OVER FEMALES,
AND THAT'S EXACTLY WHY WE HAVE FEMALE SPORTS.
SCIENCE AND COMMON SENSE TELL US THAT MALES
ARE GENERALLY BIGGER, FASTER, STRONGER THAN FEMALES.
THEY HAVE LARGER HEARTS AND LUNGS
AND DENSER BONES AND STRONGER MUSCLES,
AND THERE IS NO AMOUNT OF TESTOSTERONE SUPPRESSION
THAT CAN UNDO ALL OF THESE ADVANTAGES.
MALES CAN CONSISTENTLY ACHIEVE PERFORMANCES 10 TO 50% BETTER
THAN COMPARABLY FIT AND TRAINED FEMALE ATHLETES.
AND SO, NO AMOUNT OF WORK THAT WOMEN DO
IS GOING TO BE ABLE TO OVERCOME THE SCIENTIFIC AND
BIOLOGICAL DIFFERENCES BETWEEN MALES AND FEMALES.
PUSHING TRANSGENDER SPORTS IS
A DIRECT ATTACK ON WOMEN'S OPPORTUNITIES,
NOT JUST THEIR OPPORTUNITIES TO COMPETE AGAINST EACH OTHER,
BUT THEIR ABILITY TO GET SCHOLARSHIPS,
GO TO COLLEGE, AND NOT GRADUATE WITH A TON OF DEBT.
THERE'S A REASON WHY WE CARVED OUT
TITLE IX IN THE CIVIL RIGHTS LAW.
IT WAS TO MAKE SURE THAT WOMEN HAD AN EVEN PLAYING FIELD SO
THAT THEY COULD GET ACCESS TO THE SAME SCHOLARSHIPS,
THE SAME SCHOOLS,
AND THE SAME SPORTING EVENTS, THAT MEN COULD.
AND THE IDEA THAT WE'RE GOING TO ERASE ALL OF THIS,
JUST BECAUSE AN IDEOLOGY HAS TAKEN OVER HIGHER EDUCATION IS
NOW STARTING TO TAKE OVER PUBLIC EDUCATION K THROUGH 12,
IT'S ABSOLUTELY PREPOSTEROUS, WE CAN’T LET IT STAND.
RILEY GAINES HAS BEEN SWIMMING SINCE SHE WAS 4 YEARS OLD.
AS A STUDENT AT THE UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY,
SHE WON MULTIPLE AWARDS.
IN COLLEGE, HER ROUTINE INVOLVED SWIMMING 6 HOURS A DAY.
I WAS A COLLEGIATE SWIMMER, REALLY I SWAM MY WHOLE LIFE
LIKE MOST COLLEGIATE ATHLETES DO.
I WENT TO UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY WHERE I VERY PROUDLY
WAS A 12 TIME ALL AMERICAN, 5 X SEC CHAMPION,
SEC RECORD HOLDER IN THE 200 BUTTERFLY,
MAKING ME ONE OF THE FASTEST AMERICANS OF ALL TIME.
2 X OLYMPIC TRIAL QUALIFIER,
SEC SCHOLAR ATHLETE OF THE YEAR,
SEC COMMUNITY SERVICE LEADER OF THE YEAR.
MY JUNIOR YEAR I ENDED UP PLACING 7TH IN THE NATION,
WHICH I WAS PROUD OF,
YOU KNOW YOU’RE TOP 8 YOU’RE AN ALL AMERICAN
IT’S A PRETTY HIGH HONOR, BUT I KNEW I WAS CAPABLE OF MORE.
AND SO, IT WAS RIGHT THEN AND THERE
I PLACED 7TH MY JUNIOR YEAR THAT
I SET A GOAL FOR MY SENIOR YEAR TO WIN A NATIONAL TITLE,
WHICH WOULD OF COURSE MEAN BECOMING
THE FASTEST WOMAN IN THE COUNTRY IN MY RESPECTIVE EVENT.
ABOUT MIDWAY THROUGH MY SENIOR YEAR I WAS RIGHT ON PACE
TO ACHIEVE THIS GOAL.
I WAS RANKED 3RD IN THE NATION BEHIND
TRAILING THE GIRL IN SECOND
BY A FEW 100TH'S OF A SECOND, A GIRL I KNEW VERY WELL.
BUT THE SWIMMER WHO WAS LEADING THE NATION,
BY BODY LENGTHS, MIGHT I ADD,
WAS A SWIMMER THAT NONE OF US HAD EVER HEARD OF BEFORE.
AND THIS WAS THE FIRST TIME
WE BECAME AWARE OF A SWIMMER NAMED LIA THOMAS,
I DIDN’T KNOW WHO THIS PERSON WAS,
I HADN’T SEEN A PHOTO OF THIS PERSON, OR ELSE
THINGS WOULD HAVE PROBABLY BEEN A LITTLE MORE CLEAR.
BUT IT TURNS OUT AN ARTICLE WAS RELEASED DISCLOSING THAT
LIA THOMAS IS ACTUALLY WILL THOMAS AND
SWAM 3 YEARS ON THE MEN'S TEAM AT UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA
BEFORE DECIDING TO SWITCH TO THE WOMEN’S TEAM.
BUT AT THE NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS IN MARCH 2022,
SHE TIED WITH BIOLOGICAL MALE “LIA” THOMAS,
WHO HAD RANKED AS 426TH MALE SWIMMER THE YEAR BEFORE.
HE AND I RACED AGAINST EACH OTHER IN THE 200 FREE,
WHICH ULTIMATELY RESULTED IN A TIE,
MEANING WE WENT THE EXACT SAME TIME
DOWN TO THE 100TH OF A SECOND.
WE GOT OUT OF THE WATER, WE GO BEHIND THE AWARDS PODIUM WHERE
THE NCAA OFFICIAL LOOKS AT BOTH THOMAS AND MYSELF, AGAIN
THOMAS TOWERING OVER ME, AND THE OFFICIAL SAYS GREAT JOB YOU TWO,
BUT YOU TIED AND WE ONLY HAVE ONE TROPHY
SO WE’RE GOING TO GIVE THE TROPHY TO LIA,
SORRY RILEY YOU DON’T GET ONE.
RECENTLY RILEY WAS AMONG MORE THAN A DOZEN COLLEGE ATHLETES
WHO FILED A LAWSUIT AGAINST THE NCAA,
ACCUSING IT OF VIOLATING THEIR
TITLE IX RIGHTS BY ALLOWING TRANSGENDER ATHLETE
TO COMPETE AT THE NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS.
THE NCAA, WHAT THEY’VE DONE IS EXPLICITLY VIOLATE TITLE IX AND
WE WERE DIRECTLY DISCRIMINATED AGAINST ON THE BASIS OF OUR SEX
AS TITLE IX STOOD AT THE TIME.
TO ME, OF COURSE, I’M NOT A LAWYER, I’M NOT AN ATTORNEY.
BUT TO ME EVEN IN THE MOMENT I’M LIKE WAIT THIS WAS EVERYTHING
THAT TITLE IX WAS PASSED TO PREVENT FROM HAPPENING
WHY DOESN’T SOMEONE SUE THEM.
AND I KEPT THINKING THAT AND THINKING THAT AND
THEN FINALLY IT WAS LIKE GOD TAPPING ON YOUR SHOULDER
AND HE WAS LIKE HEY, IT'S YOU, YOU SUE THEM.
AND SO MYSELF AND 15 OTHER ATHLETES NOW
HAVE SIGNED ONTO THIS LAWSUIT,
15 OTHER ATHLETES THAT HAVE BEEN ADVERSELY IMPACTED AT
THE HANDS OF THE NCAA DUE TO THEIR TRANSGENDER POLICIES.
THANKFULLY, AVERAGE AMERICANS
ARE WEIGHING IN AGAINST THIS INJUSTICE.
A RECENT GALLUP POLL FOUND THAT 67% OF AMERICANS
SAID THAT ATHLETES SHOULD ONLY BE ABLE
TO COMPETE ACCORDING TO THEIR BIRTH GENDER.
AND 24 STATES HAVE RECENTLY PASSED LAWS PROHIBITING
BIOLOGICAL MALES FROM COMPETING IN WOMEN’S SPORTS.
IT REALLY IS AMAZING THAT WE'RE ALLOWING WHAT AMOUNTS TO,
IN MANY CASES, MEDIOCRE MALE ATHLETES TAKE THE PLACE OF
ELITE FEMALE ATHLETES WHO HAVE COMPETED THEIR WHOLE LIVES
AT A YOUNG AGE TO GET A SCHOLARSHIP,
TO GO TO A COLLEGE OR UNIVERSITY
TO COMPETE AND TO GET AN EDUCATION.
THE PROPONENTS OF TRANSGENDERISM, SPECIFICALLY
TRANSGENDER SPORTS CLAIM THAT IT'S ABOUT EQUALITY.
I REJECT THAT ENTIRELY.
NOT ONLY IS IT NOT EQUAL, IT'S NOT FAIR.
IT IS ROBBING WOMEN OF RIGHTS THAT THEY HAD TO WORK VERY,
VERY HARD, TO ATTAIN OVER THE LAST CENTURY.
AND IT'S ALL GONNA GET ERASED BECAUSE
A RADICAL GROUP OF PEOPLE, LESS THAN 1% OF THE POPULATION
IS CALLING THE SHOTS WHEN IT COMES TO PUBLIC POLICY.
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SPORTS IS ONLY ONE SMALL ASPECT OF OUR SOCIETY.
BUT IT’S A MAGNIFYING GLASS FOR THE PHYSICAL DIFFERENCES
BETWEEN MEN AND WOMEN, WHICH REFLECTS LARGER
CONCERNS ABOUT GOD’S OVERALL DESIGN FOR EACH OF US.
WE LIVE IN A CULTURE THAT’S NOW DEEPLY CONFUSED ON THESE THINGS.
BUT THE WORD OF GOD BRINGS NOT ONLY CLARITY, BUT ALSO FREEDOM.
THAT’S WHY I RECENTLY FELT, WITH OUR CONGREGATION HERE
AT CORAL RIDGE PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH,
THAT IT WAS VITALLY IMPORTANT TO TAKE A DEEPER LOOK
THROUGH THE LENS OF SCRIPTURE
AT GOD’S DESIGN FOR GENDER AND SEXUALITY
GOD HAS GIVEN US A SPECIFIC PURPOSE IN LIFE.
WE CALL IT THE CULTURAL MANDATE
OR THE CREATION MANDATE OR THE DOMINION MANDATE,
WHICH GIVES US A VERY DISTINCT PURPOSE IN LIFE.
TODAY WE TALK ABOUT GOD'S DESIGN CONCERNING GENDER AND SEXUALITY.
WHAT DOES GOD'S WORD HAVE TO SAY ABOUT THIS TOPIC?
AND WE WILL LOOK AT GENESIS 1:26-27.
THIS IS THE READING OF GOD'S WORD.
AND MAY GOD BLESS THE READING OF HIS WORD AND
MAY HIS NAME EVER BE PRAISED.
AMEN. YOU MAY BE SEATED.
WHY DO WE HAVE TO PREACH ABOUT SOMETHING SO CONTROVERSIAL?
I MEAN, PASTOR, WHY DON'T WE JUST
STICK TO PREACHING THE GOSPEL?
WE ARE GONNA STICK TO JUST PREACHING THE GOSPEL.
OUR PROBLEM OR ITS PROBLEM IS NOT THE GOSPEL.
THE PROBLEM IS HOW WE'VE REDEFINED
WHAT WE MEAN BY GOSPEL.
MANY THINK THE GOSPEL IS SIMPLY A MESSAGE OF
HOW WE GET OUT OF HELL AND GO TO HEAVEN.
BUT THE GOSPEL THAT JESUS CAME TO PROCLAIM
IS THE GOSPEL OF THE KINGDOM.
THE GOSPEL NOT ONLY TELLS SINNERS HOW TO BE SAVED,
BUT IT TALKS ABOUT THE POWER
OF JESUS WORKING THROUGH HIS HOLY SPIRIT,
RESTORING AND REDEEMING ALL OF CREATION
TO WHAT IT WAS ORIGINALLY INTENDED TO BE.
THE GRACE OF JESUS CHRIST RESTORES AND PERFECTS NATURE.
AS HERMAN BAVINCK SAID, WE BELIEVE LIKE THE HYMN READS,
THAT HE SHINES IN ALL THAT IS FAIR.
SO, THE GOSPEL OF JESUS CHRIST IS NOT JUST RELEVANT
FOR OUR PERSONAL SALVATION BUT
IT TELLS THE GOOD NEWS OF HOW GOD IS MAKING ALL THINGS NEW
THROUGH JESUS CHRIST AT WORK THROUGH THE HOLY SPIRIT
PROCLAIMING THE GOSPEL AND TELLING PEOPLE THAT
THERE IS GOOD NEWS FOUND IN HIS COMING CONSUMMATED KINGDOM
AND THAT IF WE ARE A PART OF IT,
WE WILL SHARE IN THE GLORY OF THE NEW CREATION.
AND SO EVEN THE GOSPEL AND GOD'S WORD
SPEAKS TRUTH INTO EVERY AREA OF LIFE.
EVEN THE CONTROVERSY CONCERNING GENDER AND SEXUALITY.
ALL OF HUMAN HISTORY UNTIL ABOUT THE 1960S,
ALWAYS CONNECTED GENDER AND SEXUALITY.
GENDER ALWAYS REFERRED TO A PERSON'S BIOLOGICAL SEX.
BIOLOGICAL SEX DETERMINED ONE'S GENDER UNTIL THE 1960S.
TODAY, SEX AND GENDER ARE TWO DIFFERENT THINGS.
IN OUR CULTURAL MOMENT, SEX IS BIOLOGY.
GENDER IS A SOCIAL CONSTRUCT.
GENDER IS NOT BASED ON YOUR BODY,
BUT WE'RE TOLD THAT YOUR GENDER
IS BASED ON YOUR INNER FEELINGS AND YOUR EMOTIONS.
IF YOU ARE BORN IN A BOY'S BODY AND YOU FEEL LIKE A GIRL,
YOU CAN GO TO A DOCTOR AND GO THROUGH THE SURGERY AND
THE TRANSITION TO BECOMING AND LIVING LIKE A FEMALE.
AND WE ARE TOLD THAT BIOLOGY IS BIGOTRY.
THAT IF YOU KEEP ANYONE FROM EXPRESSING THE REAL SELF,
ACCORDING TO BIOLOGY AND SEXUALITY,
THAT WE'RE KEEPING SOMEONE FROM EXPRESSING THE REAL YOU,
EXPRESSING THE TRUE SELF.
SO, UNFORTUNATELY, IN OUR CULTURE,
THOSE THAT HOLD TO A BIBLICAL WORLDVIEW
CONCERNING GENDER AND SEXUALITY ARE DEMONIZED.
THE CHURCH IS CONSIDERED A HATE GROUP.
CHRISTIANITY IS CONSIDERED HATE SPEECH
BECAUSE WE'RE SUPPRESSING THOSE THAT
WANT TO EXPRESS THEIR TRUE FEELINGS.
THIS IS NOT SOMETHING WE JUST MADE UP OVER THE LAST 10 YEARS
THAT WE WOULD ADVANCE GOD'S DESIGN FOR SEXUALITY AND GENDER,
NOT BASED ON FEELINGS,
BUT BASED ON WHAT GOD'S WORD SAYS.
BECAUSE WE LOOK BACK IN SCRIPTURE AND
SCRIPTURE SAYS SOMETHING VERY PROFOUND
CONCERNING OUR FEELINGS AND OUR EMOTIONS.
IN JEREMIAH CHAPTER 17 VERSE NINE, IT SAYS,
THE HEART IS DECEITFUL ABOVE ALL THINGS AND DESPERATELY SICK.
WHO CAN UNDERSTAND IT?
THE PEOPLE OF GOD HAVE ALWAYS BEEN CALLED
TO BE SKEPTICAL OF OUR FEELINGS,
TO BE SKEPTICAL OF OUR EMOTIONS,
THAT WE WOULDN'T ALLOW OUR FEELINGS TO DICTATE REALITY.
WE CERTAINLY WOULDN'T ALLOW OUR FEELINGS TO DEFINE WHAT IS TRUE.
BUT THIS IS THE MOMENT WE FIND OURSELVES IN.
FOR THE LAST TWO DECADES, ALMOST EVERY
DISNEY FILM HAS HAD THIS MESSAGE:
BE TRUE TO YOURSELF, EXPRESS YOUR TRUE SELF
AND YOU WILL LIVE HAPPILY EVER AFTER.
IT'S NOT ABOUT A MORAL ABSOLUTE.
IT IS NOT ABOUT ABSOLUTE OBJECTIVE TRUTH.
IT IS ABOUT YOUR INNER FEELINGS.
THAT IS WHAT DEFINES REALITY.
IN THIS AGE, WE HAVE MADE THE SELF AND AUTHENTICITY THE IDOL.
IT HAS COME ABOUT THROUGH THE IDEOLOGY
KNOWN AS EXPRESSIVE INDIVIDUALISM.
EXPRESSIVE INDIVIDUALISM TEACHES THAT TRUE INDIVIDUALITY WON'T
BE REALIZED UNTIL YOUR INNER FEELINGS ARE FULLY EXPRESSED.
THAT IN ORDER TO BECOME THE REAL YOU, IN ORDER TO FIND YOURSELF,
IT WON'T BE FOUND IN GOD'S WORD.
IT WILL NOT BE FOUND IN A RELIGION.
IT WILL NOT BE FOUND IN A SET OF ABSOLUTE TRUTHS,
BUT THE REAL YOU IS DEEP DOWN INSIDE
AND IT IS YOUR INNER FEELINGS.
NO MATTER WHAT YOUR PARENTS SAY, NO MATTER WHAT GOD'S WORD SAYS,
IT IS YOUR INNER FEELINGS THAT DEFINE TRUTH FOR YOU.
THIS IS THE CULTURAL CONFUSION THAT
WE FIND OURSELVES IN IN THE 21ST CENTURY.
AND SO THE QUESTION IS, IN THE MIDST OF SUCH CONFUSION,
HOW IN THE WORLD CAN WE FIND CLARITY?
WELL, THE CLARITY IS FOUND IN GOD'S WORD.
JESUS IN MARK 10 SAYS, AS IT IS WRITTEN,
GOD CREATED MALE AND FEMALE.
ALL THROUGHOUT SCRIPTURE,
WE ARE TOLD THAT GENDER IS NOT ON A SPECTRUM,
BUT THAT GENDER IS BINARY, MALE AND FEMALE.
JESUS HAD PLENTY OF OPPORTUNITIES
TO BLUR GENDER LINES AND HE DIDN'T.
HE REINFORCED THE CREATIONAL ORDER AND THE
DESIGN OF GENDER AND SEXUALITY BY MAKING IT VERY CLEAR.
DO YOU NOT KNOW IT IS WRITTEN
THAT GOD CREATED HUMANITY IN HIS IMAGE, MALE AND FEMALE.
WHILE CULTURE TELLS US THAT
THERE ARE AN INFINITE NUMBER OF GENDERS,
THE BIBLE EMPHATICALLY SAYS
THERE ARE ONLY TWO MALE AND FEMALE.
GENDER WASN'T ARBITRARILY ASSIGNED BY A DOCTOR AT BIRTH,
BUT GENDER IS DEFINED ALONE BY GOD
BECAUSE HE IS THE SOVEREIGN DESIGNER.
SO, WHAT IS YOUR IDENTITY?
I PRAY THAT IT IS NOTHING SHORT OF AN IDENTITY
FOUND IN THE FINISHED WORK OF CHRIST
THE ONLY HOPE FOR A LOST AND DYING AND CONFUSED WORLD.
HI, I’M JENNIFER KENNEDY CASSIDY.
AS YOU JUST HEARD FROM DR. PACIENZA,
WE LIVE IN THE MIDST OF INCREDIBLE MORAL CONFUSION,
IN A WORLD WHERE EMOTIONS
HAVE BEEN GIVEN PRIORITY OVER FACTS AND TRUTH.
BUT CLARITY IS FOUND IN GOD'S WORD.
THIS MINISTRY EXISTS TO BROADCAST
THOSE TRUTHS BY ANY MEANS POSSIBLE,
SO THAT GOD’S LIFE-GIVING WORD CAN SAVE
THOSE WHO ARE LOST AND STRENGTHEN HIS CHURCH.
AND WITH GENDER CONFUSION AND SEXUAL ANARCHY
BEING AT THE CENTER OF OUR CULTURAL COLLAPSE,
WE’VE JUST PUBLISHED AN IMPORTANT RESOURCE
WE WANT YOU TO HAVE,
TO HELP YOU NAVIGATE THROUGH THE FOG.
IT’S THE NEW BOOKLET,
ANSWERS TO GENDER MADNESS: A QUICK GUIDE TO HELP YOU
NAVIGATE THE CONFUSION, BY CHRISTINE SNEERINGER.
MY DAD, DR. D. JAMES KENNEDY,
WAS A SUPPORTER OF CHRISTINE AND THE MINISTRY SHE HEADS,
CALLED WORTHY CREATIONS.
AND IN THIS BOOKLET, SHE ANSWERS QUESTIONS LIKE
AND SHE OFFERS CAREFUL CHRISTIAN GUIDANCE FOR PARENTS AND OTHERS
WHO ARE DEALING WITH SOMEONE WHO CLAIMS A TRANSGENDER IDENTITY.
WE’LL SEND YOU THIS HELPFUL AND INSIGHTFUL NEW BOOKLET
AS OUR THANKS FOR YOUR GENEROUS DONATION
TO THE WORK OF THIS MINISTRY.
AND IF YOU’RE ABLE TO GIVE A DONATION OF $50 OR MORE,
WE’LL SEND YOU THE BOOKLET PLUS THE SPECIAL DOCUMENTARY PROGRAM,
THE GENDER DELUSION, AS OUR THANKS.
THIS PROGRAM INVESTIGATES THE TWISTED ORIGINS
OF THE TRANSGENDER MOVEMENT,
AND THE MENTAL AND MEDICAL DAMAGE
IT’S INFLICTING-ESPECIALLY ON YOUNG PEOPLE.
YOU’LL ALSO DISCOVER HOW THIS IDEOLOGY IS BEING ADVANCED
THROUGH GOVERNMENT, EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS,
MEDIA, BIG TECH, AND BIG PHARMA.
THE GENDER DELUSION TALKS WITH SOCIAL THINKERS,
MEDICAL EXPERTS, AND EVEN SOME WHO WERE ONCE
CAUGHT IN THE LIE OF TRANSGENDER IDEOLOGY
BEFORE BEING DELIVERED FROM THE MADNESS.
THEY EXPERIENCED THE GRACE AND HEALING OF JESUS CHRIST,
AND ARE NOW DEMONSTRATIONS OF HOW GOD’S DESIGN
FOR HUMAN BEINGS IS VITAL AND PRECIOUS.
IF YOU HAVE CHILDREN OR GRANDCHILDREN,
IT’S EXTREMELY IMPORTANT THAT YOU UNDERSTAND THIS MOVEMENT
AND HOW IT INFLUENCES THEM.
SO CONTACT US RIGHT AWAY WITH YOUR GENEROUS DONATION.
AS THANKS, WE’LL SEND YOU THE NEW BOOKLET,
ANSWERS TO GENDER MADNESS: A QUICK GUIDE TO HELP YOU
NAVIGATE THE CONFUSION BY CHRISTINE SNEERINGER.
AND IF YOU’RE ABLE TO GIVE A DONATION OF $50 OR MORE,
WE’LL SEND YOU THE BOOKLET PLUS THE DOCUMENTARY,
THE GENDER DELUSION, AS THANKS.
WE ARE CELEBRATING THE 50TH ANNIVERSARY
OF MY DAD’S FOUNDING OF CORAL RIDGE MINISTRIES,
AND WE NEED YOUR HELP TO CONTINUE BOLDLY
PROCLAIMING THE TRUTH FOR THE NEXT HALF-CENTURY.
SIMPLY WRITE TO US AT CORAL RIDGE MINISTRIES:
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THERE’S A SAYING ATTRIBUTED TO THE GREAT REFORMER
MARTIN LUTHER THAT GOES, QUOTE,
“IF I PROFESS, WITH THE LOUDEST VOICE
AND THE CLEAREST EXPOSITION,
EVERY PORTION OF THE TRUTH OF GOD
EXCEPT PRECISELY THAT LITTLE POINT WHICH THE WORLD AND
THE DEVIL ARE AT THAT MOMENT ATTACKING,
I AM NOT CONFESSING CHRIST,
HOWEVER BOLDLY I MAY BE PROFESSING CHRISTIANITY.“
RESEARCH HAS SHOWN THAT LUTHER DIDN’T ACTUALLY SAY THAT-THOUGH
HE SAID MANY SIMILAR THINGS, AND HE CERTAINLY LIVED IT OUT.
MORE LIKELY, IT CAME FROM A 19TH CENTURY NOVEL.
BUT THE POINT IS A TRUE ONE.
EACH AGE HAS ITS OWN BATTLES, AND IF WE STAY
FAITHFUL TO SCRIPTURE EXCEPT IN THE HOT SPOTS
WHERE THE WORLD IS PUSHING BACK ON IT,
THEN WE ARE IN THE PROCESS OF NEGOTIATING
OUR FAITH AWAY AND GIVING UP CHRIST.
TODAY THE PLACE WHERE THAT CULTURAL FIRE IS BURNING
MOST HOTLY IS SEXUALITY AND GENDER.
WE CAN BELIEVE A BIBLICAL VIEW OF SALVATION BY GRACE,
OR OF STEWARDSHIP, OR OF OUR PERSONAL BUSINESS ETHICS,
BUT IF WE CAVE INTO THE CULTURAL PRESSURE
ON SEXUALITY AND GENDER,
WE ARE IN THE PROCESS OF GIVING AWAY EVERYTHING. WHY?
THE DESIRE TO FIT IN IS A POWERFUL ONE.
AND IT CAN DEFINITELY BE UNCOMFORTABLE
STANDING BY BELIEFS
THAT OUR CULTURE SAYS MAKES US BIGOTS AND HATERS.
THAT’S WHY THE CULTURE DOES IT
TO TRY TO GET US TO PUT ASIDE CONVICTIONS
THAT BLOCK THE WAY OF THEIR AGENDA.
MANY OF OUR MAJOR DENOMINATIONS
ARE CURRENTLY FACING THIS BATTLE.
OFTEN, THOSE WHO ARE IN THE MIDST OF GIVING IN
TO A SPIRIT OF COMPROMISE WITH SIN
WILL WARN A DENOMINATIONAL MEETING THAT
“THE WHOLE WORLD IS WATCHING.” THE IMPLICIT WARNING IS,
“YOU’D BETTER NOT TAKE AN UNPOPULAR STAND ON THIS ISSUE
OR WE WILL LOOK FOOLISH IN THE WIDER CULTURE.”
SOMETIMES THEY EVEN THINK THEY’RE DOING SOMETHING GOOD,
LIKE MAKING IT EASIER TO EVANGELIZE
BY NOT LETTING CONTROVERSIAL ISSUES GET IN THE WAY.
BUT IF WE ARE WILLING TO GIVE UP THE POINTS OF TENSION
BETWEEN THE GOSPEL AND THE WORLD,
WE’RE GIVING UP THE GOSPEL’S TRUE POWER.
IN THE GREAT COMMISSION ITSELF,
JESUS TOLD HIS DISCIPLES NOT ONLY TO GO OUT BAPTIZING,
BUT TO TEACH THE NATIONS ALL THAT HE COMMANDED.
A THIN SO-CALLED GOSPEL THAT INVOLVES ONLY SAYING A
PRAYER TO JESUS BUT INCLUDES NO REPENTANCE DOESN’T SAVE ANYONE,
BECAUSE SAVING FAITH IS ACCOMPANIED BY EMBRACING
THE TRUTH OF CHRIST AND TURNING AWAY FROM SIN.
JESUS LOVES SINNERS-BUT HE NEVER LEAVES THEM IN THEIR SIN.
INSTEAD, HE OFFERS THEM
FORGIVENESS, FREEDOM, AND HEALING.
AND MAKE NO MISTAKE GOD IS CRYSTAL CLEAR
ABOUT HIS DESIGN FOR MARRIAGE, SEX, AND GENDER.
SO FOR THE SAKE OF ALL OF THOSE WHO ARE DROWNING
IN OUR CULTURAL LIES,
WHO ARE BEING PHYSICALLY MUTILATED AND
PSYCHOLOGICALLY TORTURED -OFTEN TO SUICIDE-
WE WILL NOT PUT ASIDE THE POINT THAT THE WORLD
AND THE DEVIL ARE CURRENTLY ATTACKING.
GOD CREATED US MALE AND FEMALE, AND
CREATED MARRIAGE BETWEEN ONE MAN AND ONE WOMAN
FOR THE FLOURISHING OF THEM AND OF THEIR CHILDREN.
THANK YOU FOR JOINING US TODAY.
CORAL RIDGE MINISTRIES IS CELEBRATING OUR 50TH YEAR,
AND WE ARE SO GRATEFUL FOR YOUR
CONTINUED SUPPORT AND VIEWERSHIP.
THE NEXT TIME YOU’RE IN SOUTH FLORIDA,
WE’D LOVE TO HAVE YOU COME WORSHIP WITH US AT
CORAL RIDGE PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH IN FORT LAUDERDALE.
OR YOU CAN JOIN US VIA LIVESTREAM AT CRPC.TV.
AND MAKE SURE TO CHECK OUT ALL OF OUR PROGRAMMING-INCLUDING
PAST TV BROADCASTS, DOCUMENTARY SPECIALS, PODCASTS,
AND MORE AT OUR BRAND-NEW STREAMING SITE, WATCH.CRM.TV.
YOU CAN ALSO JUST GET TO IT BY CLICKING THE “WATCH” BUTTON
AT OUR WEBSITE, CRM.TV.
AND NOW, HERE’S A LOOK AT THE NEXT TRUTHS THAT TRANSFORM.
GAY RIGHTS ACTIVISTS, I WAS AMONG THEM,
WORKED VERY HARD TO MAKE HOMOSEXUALITY LOOK WHOLESOME,
AND WE WERE EXTREMELY STRATEGIC ABOUT IT.
THAT'S NEXT WEEK
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