When the Chief Architect’s design is not followed.

There’s (another) new trend unleashed upon the already confused country about sexuality.

Instead of shouting in the delivery room, “It’s a boy!” or “…a girl!” now, “It’s a THEYBIE!”

That’s right. Don’t thrust upon the little one a gender. One needs to protect these little ones from the harmful stereotypes of males and females, boys and girls. (Look up “theybies” and “Emily Zanotti,” for further reading).

Activists are evangelizing this approach: Sex is not “assigned” at birth but self-assigned in later years. This separates gender from bodily reality.

Ryan Anderson, in his 2018 “When Harry Became Sally: Responding to the Transgender Moment” (Encounter Books) writes: “The best biology, psychology, and philosophy all support an understanding of sex as a bodily reality, and of gender as a social manifestation of bodily sex. Biology isn’t bigotry. Every human society has been organized around a recognition that men and women are different, and modern science shows that the differences begin with our DNA and development in the womb. It is true that men and women differ among themselves, and that some people have difficulty identifying with their bodily sex. But this doesn’t mean that sex is fluid or subjective…” (pp. 2-3).

Boys are boys, and girls are girls. God said so. He made them and continues to make them. “So God created man in His own image, in the image of God He created him; male and female He created them,” (Genesis 1:27).

God—the Father, Son and Holy Spirit—remains Creator, the designer of His creation which He called “very good,” (Gen. 1:31).

In and through God’s very creation He asserts His goodness and, in the marriage pattern itself of the groom and bride, He shows His deep love. Christ as the Groom and the Church as His Bride, who the Groom spilt His own blood to make her holy (Ephesians 5:25-27).

Raise little boys as boys, and little girls as girls, as God made them, body, mind and spirit. No confusion here, simply going along with the Creator’s design. The Father knows best.

Oh, and baptize them into the forgiveness of sins and teach them God’s Word of life.

Pastor Golter is the Senior Pastor at Trinity Lutheran

Children look to their parents as models, what to believe and how to live. They do this naturally. They do what daddy and mommy do.

The daddy who loves sports will teach his son the same love by how he spends his time. The same pattern is for the mommy as well. Parents’ practice preaches far more than what is said.

God has instruction for parents, as He has appointed them as their children’s primary instructors of His words and ways. They are the Ten Commandments. The very first, of course, is this: “You shall have no other gods before Me,” (Deut. 5:7).

Here’s the reason: Only God, the Father, Son and Holy Spirit, offers and gives the forgiveness of sins and salvation to people. The children must understand by God’s grace that they have a god, the God, who daily and richly forgives them of all their sins. He is the God who gave His Son on the Cross for them.

Practice preaches. If parents never mention the name of Jesus, this preaches. If parents do not go to church but place other activities as a higher priority…practice preaches. If parents yell at each other when there’s disagreement, well…

Both parents and children need Jesus, the forgiveness of sins daily.

The Holy Spirit teaches the battle of little and big children of God. “So that we may no longer be children, tossed to and fro by the waves and carried about by every wind of doctrine, by human cunning, by craftiness in deceitful schemes,” (Ephesians 4:14).

“Every wind of doctrine” tosses about the soul of a child. The devil through all kinds of teachers intends to bring uncertainty as to whether Jesus and His Word are true. Children ever need the steady and sure teaching of Jesus and His Word, His Word alone. So do parents. 

As a way to strengthen children, Trinity Lutheran ChurchSchool teaches Luther’s Small Catechism. Why? It’s a delightful summary of bible teaching, of salvation and how to live as a Christian.

Steady and secure souls of children—secure in Jesus— make happy children.  

Happy parents make happy children, parents who happily study and learn God’s Word.

Parents’ practice preaches.

Pastor Golter is the Senior Pastor at Trinity Lutheran