Standing Firm in a Culture of Gender Confusion

Originally published by Sola Ecclesia, September 4, 2023

Chris Priestley

I pastor a church in West Virginia, the final frontier for every trend, fad, and advance of progressivism. Yet, even out here, the confusion of gender ideology has arrived and sunk its roots deep into our culture. Here, as in the rest of the nation, a toxic war rages around the idea of masculinity—and caught in the very center of the conflict, with casualties stacking up at a breakneck pace, are our nation’s young men. Some are responding by rejecting their masculinity as a poison, many are tragically taking their own lives, and a growing number are taking a “red pill” and imitating the most extreme characterizations of the worst sinful proclivities of men. Some young women are reacting by embracing the #tradwife movement and replicating 1950s gender stereotypes for a 2020s social media audience, while the majority of young women continue racing towards progressivism and its gender ideology, even as growing mental health troubles and dissatisfaction with life keep pace.

Our culture is confused about gender, but so are our churches...

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