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My Child Wants to Identify as Transgender. What Should I Do?

March 30, 2022

Adriel Sanchez

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My Child Wants to Identify as Transgender. What Should I Do?

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My Child Wants to Identify as Transgender. What Should I Do?

25 min

Episode 934 Show Notes

From the Show

You want to be characterized by patience and gentleness, while still being able to disagree. It’s not true that we have to embrace and affirm someone in whatever they do in order to love them.

–Adriel Sanchez

My Child Wants to Identify as Transgender. What Should I Do?

Questions in this Episode

  1. Are Roman Catholic views of Mary based in Scripture?
  2. Did the disciples receive the Holy Spirit twice?
  3. My child claims to be transgender and is demanding that we use their preferred pronouns, what should I do?
  4. Is cremation a desecration of God’s image?
  5. How can I lovingly correct the members of my small group?

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Adriel Sanchez

Adriel Sanchez is the pastor of North Park Presbyterian Church (PCA) in San Diego, CA. He received his theological training from Westminster Seminary California and serves as host of Core Christianity. Adriel is the author of Praying with Jesus and, most recently, Why We Worship: Experiencing Heaven on Earth at Church. He and his wife, Ysabel, have six children.

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