#540 A Pastoral Perspective on Supporting Those with Gender Dysphoria

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🗓️ 11 November 2024

⏱️ 45 minutes

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Summary

Knowing what God’s word says about a topic and walking that out in a way that honors Him and dignifies others are two very different things. So how do we move in love and integrity towards friends and loved ones struggling with gender dysphoria?

Pastor Sam Ferguson joins Juli to get practical about loving the hearts of hurting people while staying rooted in God’s Word.

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0:00.0	Hey friend, welcome to Java with Julie.
0:04.1	I'm Julie Slattery and this podcast is part of a ministry called Authentic Intimacy, which
0:09.1	helps people navigate sexual issues from a biblical perspective.
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0:22.5	listener support to keep this ministry going. So thank you for listening, sharing, reviewing,
0:27.6	commenting, giving to our ministry, helping us spread the word to let people know what we're doing.
0:33.7	Well, in today's conversation, I'm going to talk with a pastor about his perspective on how to care for those experiencing gender dysphoria and how to support parents of children who experience gender dysphoria.
0:46.0	Now, I know that this is a very sensitive topic, particularly if you're somebody who struggles with gender dysphoria or you have a close friend or family member who
0:55.0	does and we have covered this topic from a more clinical perspective in the past we can link to
1:00.6	that and our show notes but we also need to talk about what it looks like from a pastoral perspective
1:06.6	to love people well in this conversation sam and i talk about what scripture says, but then we get very
1:12.5	practical about what is actually helpful and loving.
1:16.0	So grab your Java and enjoy my conversation with Pastor Sam Ferguson.
1:24.1	Sam, thanks so much for being willing to hop on a call with me for Job with Julie and to discuss
1:30.2	this issue of gender and just how we navigate gender with the people that we love.
1:36.3	You are a pastor, Sam, and before you kind of get into some practical things that you have
1:42.6	shared in some of your writings.
1:49.7	I love to talk a little more broadly about this topic of just gender confusion and gender fluidity.
1:51.1	When I go and speak and I interact with people, sometimes have people tell me, like, I think
1:56.9	the Bible is really clear on sex and on marriage you know, marriage and male and female within marriage.
2:03.1	But I don't see anywhere where the Bible really speaks at all about male and like gender,
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