GRACE & TRUTH CONCERNING GENDER (2)
Scripture: Genesis 1:26-27, Genesis 2:7, Genesis 2:18-25
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Title: Grace & Truth Concerning Gender (2)
Series: Living Upright In An Upside Down World
Author: Donald Cantrell
Text: Genesis 1: 26-27 & Genesis 2: 7, 18-25
Jhn 1:14 KJV - And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us, (and we beheld his glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father,) full of grace and truth.
I - The Designer of Mankind (Genesis 1: 26)
II - The Design of Mankind (Genesis 1: 27)
III - The Difference of Mankind (Genesis 1: 27b)
IV - The Distinction of Mankind (Genesis 2: 7)
V - The Desire of Mankind (Genesis 2: 18 - 25)
My Father Was Gay
Yet I oppose legalizing same-sex marriage.
It took me decades to come to my views on same-sex "marriage."
From infancy, I was unwittingly identified under the gay, lesbian, bisexual and transsexual umbrella. During the first 30 years of my life, I garnered many personal, social and professional experiences with my father, whom I always loved, and his partners. My father, a successful executive recruiter, taught me a strong business ethic.
My childhood
My father told me that he always wanted children. I was exposed to a lot of expressed sexuality and subcultures in my home. My father never required me to call any of his sexual partners "dad"; instead, I called each of them by their first name. Gender is supposed to be boundless, yet I did not see my father or his partners valuing, loving and affirming women. My father's preference for one gender (male) created an inner sense of inequality for me.
During my 20s, I achieved academic and career goals, but for a long while I denied the impact my childhood had on me. In 1991, my father died of AIDS. None of his former partners is alive. I did not have all the words to express my thoughts and feelings until my late 20s and early 30s. It took a while before I went public.
Push to quiet me, others
It is very hard to tell my story because of media silencing, political correctness, GLBT lobbying efforts and the ...
Series: Living Upright In An Upside Down World
Author: Donald Cantrell
Text: Genesis 1: 26-27 & Genesis 2: 7, 18-25
Jhn 1:14 KJV - And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us, (and we beheld his glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father,) full of grace and truth.
I - The Designer of Mankind (Genesis 1: 26)
II - The Design of Mankind (Genesis 1: 27)
III - The Difference of Mankind (Genesis 1: 27b)
IV - The Distinction of Mankind (Genesis 2: 7)
V - The Desire of Mankind (Genesis 2: 18 - 25)
My Father Was Gay
Yet I oppose legalizing same-sex marriage.
It took me decades to come to my views on same-sex "marriage."
From infancy, I was unwittingly identified under the gay, lesbian, bisexual and transsexual umbrella. During the first 30 years of my life, I garnered many personal, social and professional experiences with my father, whom I always loved, and his partners. My father, a successful executive recruiter, taught me a strong business ethic.
My childhood
My father told me that he always wanted children. I was exposed to a lot of expressed sexuality and subcultures in my home. My father never required me to call any of his sexual partners "dad"; instead, I called each of them by their first name. Gender is supposed to be boundless, yet I did not see my father or his partners valuing, loving and affirming women. My father's preference for one gender (male) created an inner sense of inequality for me.
During my 20s, I achieved academic and career goals, but for a long while I denied the impact my childhood had on me. In 1991, my father died of AIDS. None of his former partners is alive. I did not have all the words to express my thoughts and feelings until my late 20s and early 30s. It took a while before I went public.
Push to quiet me, others
It is very hard to tell my story because of media silencing, political correctness, GLBT lobbying efforts and the ...
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