This exceptional sermon from Pastor Gary Hamrick explains the madness overtaking America today. Learn more about what is happening and why as he speaks about the deception overtaking our culture. Hear how Pastor Gary encourages believers to respond to this present-day delusion.
In His Love, Cindy
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I have been researching the transgender movement and what I have learned has been so heavy on my heart that I could barely stand to read one more article. I searched for another topic to write about all week, but I can’t seem to do it. So now it’s down to the wire (Friday afternoon) and I find I must write about what is burning in my heart.
Just this week, a friend confided in me that her 7-year-old grandson was asked by someone what his pronouns were. He didn’t know what the person was talking about. My friend was visibly upset about it.
If you haven’t been personally affected in some way, you may be ignoring this growing evil agenda. My advice is to take action before it affects you personally.
Does the Bible teach us to remain silent and mind our own business when evil raises its ugly head? No! It says we must “Speak up!”
“Speak up for those who cannot speak for themselves,
for the rights of all who are destitute. Speak up and judge fairly;
defend the rights of the poor and needy.” Proverbs 31:8-9
I ran across an excellent blog post by Laura at Enough Light Blog. Laura is a Christian blogger who has written a series of blogs on the trans movement. She linked to an article that I highly recommend you read. I Thought I Was Saving Trans Kids. Now I’m Blowing the Whistle. It was written by Jamie Reed, a self-described queer woman married to a transman. Jamie describes herself as “left of Bernie Sanders”. You can rest assured there is no right-wing bias here. In fact, Jamie is putting herself in danger by blowing the whistle on this so called “care”.
I am going to share portions of Jamie’s article, but please read it for yourself. I warn you. You will be left shocked, outraged, and very troubled.
Jamie worked for four years as a case manager at The Washington University Transgender Center at St. Louis Children’s Hospital.
I left the clinic in November of last year because I could no longer participate in what was happening there. By the time I departed, I was certain that the way the American medical system is treating these patients is the opposite of the promise we make to “do no harm.” Instead, we are permanently harming the vulnerable patients in our care…what is happening to scores of children is … morally and medically appalling.
Jamie Reed
Jamie provides first-hand knowledge of some of the disastrous effects that hormone therapy has had on children. Some are so horrific I’ve decided not to write about them here, but you can read about them in Jamie’s article.
Our enemy, Satan, is crafty. He works in a stealthy manner. He comes as an “angel of light”. He deceives the whole world.
Suicide in the Trans Community: Forty-one percent of the transgender persons in the United States attempt for suicide at least once in their life.[8] In San Francisco, the prevalence of attempted suicide among transgender persons is 32%, among young age (<25 years) it is 50%. (National Library of Medicine)
This is my call to action: Become knowledgeable about this evil agenda. Much of what is actually going on is not revealed to the public. If you haven’t noticed, people are easily led astray to believe lies. Don’t be one of them. Don’t hide your head in the sand. Do your own research. Find out the policies at your child’s school. Pray for vulnerable children who are being brainwashed by this insanity.
Ignoring this travesty is no different than ignoring any child cruelty. The only difference is that this one is being sold as a caring action, as in gender-affirming “care“.
“The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is that good men do nothing.”
“Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth. 1 Corinthians 13:6 NIV
In His Love, Cindy
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All Scripture references are from the NIV unless otherwise noted.
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The government is increasingly taking the side of transgender activists to subvert the influence of parents. For example, 21 states have policies requiring teachers to assign new names and pronouns to trans-identifying students without parental notice or consent. (emphasis mine)
Joe Carter, The Gospel Coalition, September 15, 2022
Do you know what your child’s teacher believes? Is that teacher a trans activist? You better find out. Trans activists believe that sex and gender are two completely different things. And gender trumps “sex assigned at birth”. In other words, gender is “how you identify”. So it doesn’t matter if you were born male (or female). The thing that matters is how you identify now.
This recently promoted ideology is ludicrous and dangerous. It has no scientific basis, yet the U.S. Department of Education issued a strict policy on the promotion and affirmation of so-called transgender ideology. Click to access ED-DCL-Fact-Sheet.pdf
I hope you will at least scan this document. It explains how schools are required to treat transgender students from pre-school through university. It requires schools to give restroom and locker room access according to their gender identity. Schools must use the name and pronouns the student chooses while keeping the child’s legal name in a segregated and confidential file. That’s just the tip of the iceberg. I hope you will at least scan this document!
These facts will shock you:
Historically, gender dysphoria only affected a small percentage of children, less than 0.01 percent, and almost all the cases were boys. Today, the U.S. has seen an estimated 1,000 percent rise in gender dysphoria over the past decade, and the UK has reported a more than 4,000 percent rise in girls demanding gender “treatments.” And 70 percent of “sex reassignment” surgeries were done on girls.
Kali Fontanilla, Capital Research Center, April 17, 2023
If that doesn’t scare you, it should! What is going on? You have to wonder how this ideology could have captured our children’s psyche so quickly. Some have suggested that the influence of teachers and TicTok is responsible. Other experts attribute this phenomenon to peer contagion, a form of social contagion—the thesis that attitudes, beliefs, and behavior can spread through populations as if they were somehow infectious. (Joe Carter)
This is the social contagion thesis; that sociocultural phenomena can spread through, and leap between, populations more like outbreaks of measles or chicken pox than through a process of rational choice.”
Paul Marsden, Research Psychologist
Consider your own youthful behavior. Did you dress like your friends? Style your hair like your friends? Did you adopt the morals of your friends? Did you copy their behaviors? Listen to the same music? Did you smoke because your friends did? Well, that list goes on and on.
I know that when I reflect on my own youthful behavior, I realize I pretty much just followed the crowd. Didn’t you? Don’t expect your kids to be any different. Unless you are proactive, they will be highly influenced by society, their teachers, and friends.
One thing I know, there is a powerful force pushing this agenda. It didn’t just happen.
As parents, what can we do to protect our children? What does God’s Word teach us?
#1 Be knowledgeable and informed. Don’t think it could never happen in your child’s school. Don’t be naive.
“I appeal to you, brothers, to watch out for those who cause divisions and create obstacles contrary to the doctrine that you have been taught; avoid them. For such persons do not serve our Lord Christ, but their own appetites, and by smooth talk and flattery they deceive the hearts of the naive.” Romans 16:17-18 ESV (emphasis mine)
#2 God calls us to be holy. That means to be separate, set apart from the world. We should love our neighbor, but don’t expect to fit in with those who love the world.
“Be holy, because I am holy. … live out your time as foreigners here in reverent fear.” 1 Peter 1:17
“Do not conform to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind.” Romans 12:2
#3 Find ways for teens and younger children to be influenced by Christian adults, such as grandparents and Sunday School teachers.
“Fix these words of mine in your hearts and minds … Teach them to your children, talking about them when you sit at home and when you walk along the road, when you lie down and when you get up.” Deuteronomy 11:18-19
“Only be careful, and watch yourselves closely so that you do not forget the things your eyes have seen or let them fade from your heart as long as you live. Teach them to your children and to their children after them.” Deuteronomy 4:9 (emphasis mine)
#4 Know your child’s friends.
“Walk with the wise and become wise, for a companion of fools suffers harm.” Proverbs 13:20
“Do not be misled: “Bad company corrupts good character.” 1 Corinthians 15:33
#5 Prayerfully consider removing your child from public school.
“If any of you lacks wisdom, you should ask God, who gives generously to all without finding fault, and it will be given to you.” James 1:5
Last Thoughts
Researching this topic has been shocking and disturbing. The genital mutilation of children is demonic and evil, especially when done without parental consent.
The purpose of this post is not to debate the legitimacy of transgender care. Instead, it is to warn parents of a growing danger and help equip them to protect their children against this movement which is being actively promoted by Teacher’s Unions, Universities, the corporate world, and the government.
“The Lord’s promises are pure,
like silver refined in a furnace,
purified seven times over.
Therefore, Lord, we know you will protect the oppressed,
preserving them forever from this lying generation,
even though the wicked strut about,
and evil is praised throughout the land.” Psalm 12:6-8 NLT
In His Love, Cindy
Do you want to know more about Jesus? See my page Who Is Jesus?
Sources:
Click to access ED-DCL-Fact-Sheet.pdf
https://capitalresearch.org/article/trans-inc
Joe Carter, The Gospel Coalition, May 15, 2023
All Scripture references are from the NIV unless otherwise noted.
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The world (and our children) are being brainwashed like never before. In an attempt to normalize homosexuality, TV and even commercials show men kissing men and other sinful behaviors. And it isn’t subtle! It’s right in your face!
Libraries are bringing in drag queens to entertain little children.
I’m amazed at how easily our culture has been completely changed, virtually overnight. And for our youth, this is all they’ve ever seen on TV, in commercials, and even in cartoons.
In some schools, transgenderism is being promoted and even encouraged. This is outrageous!
Militant transgender advocates are imposing their agenda with uncompromising zeal on schoolchildren.
That’s fine with President Joe Biden. His administration announced this month that by April, it will enhance the legal entitlements of transgender public-school students, with new guarantees regarding access to bathrooms, locker rooms and sports competitions.
These issues grab the headlines, but they’re less harmful to most students than the damage being done by the distortion of the school curriculum. From the youngest age, students are being brainwashed with gender ideology.
Children — as young as 5 — are being encouraged to disregard their anatomy and choose their gender based on their feelings.”
New York Times, April 17, 2023
At least for people my age, we know it hasn’t always been this way. That’s why training our children according to God’s Word is so vitally important.
Christian parents must teach their children that God loves the sinner. He died to wash away our sins because He loved us so much. But that does not mean we should allow them to be brainwashed into thinking that what God calls sin is to be accepted as normal behavior.
Some parents are sending their children to a Christian school. Some are homeschooled. Some parents have removed television access. Individual parents must decide what course of action to take.
“These commandments that I give you today are to be on your hearts. Impress them on your children. Talk about them when you sit at home and when you walk along the road, when you lie down and when you get up.” Deuteronomy 6:6-7
“Oh, that their hearts would be inclined to fear me and keep all my commands always, so that it might go well with them and their children forever!” Deuteronomy 5:29
“For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life. For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but to save the world through him.” John 3:16-17
As Christian parents, we must teach our children according to God’s Word. In this day and age, it will not be easy. It will require us to honestly evaluate the situation we find ourselves in and take action to protect our children.
In His Love, Cindy
Do you want to know more about Jesus? See my page Who Is Jesus?
All Scripture references are from the NIV unless otherwise noted.
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Have you ever kept silent because what you know to be true isn’t politically correct? Have you ever been out to dinner with friends and something controversial comes up like homosexuality, transgenderism, or abortion? Have you noticed how much influence TV has on what people believe?
As I was reading in the book of John this morning, I was struck by the fact that Pilot refused to do what he knew was right (to release Jesus). It was more important to him to please the crowd who cried, “Crucify Him!”. And so he bent to the pressure.
“Then Pilate took Jesus and had him flogged. 2 The soldiers twisted together a crown of thorns and put it on his head. They clothed him in a purple robe 3 and went up to him again and again, saying, “Hail, king of the Jews!” And they slapped him in the face.
4 Once more Pilate came out and said to the Jews gathered there, “Look, I am bringing him out to you to let you know that I find no basis for a charge against him.” 5 When Jesus came out wearing the crown of thorns and the purple robe, Pilate said to them, “Here is the man!”
6 As soon as the chief priests and their officials saw him, they shouted, “Crucify! Crucify!”
But Pilate answered, “You take him and crucify him. As for me, I find no basis for a charge against him.”
7 The Jewish leaders insisted, “We have a law, and according to that law he must die, because he claimed to be the Son of God.”
8 When Pilate heard this, he was even more afraid, 9 and he went back inside the palace. “Where do you come from?” he asked Jesus, but Jesus gave him no answer. 10 “Do you refuse to speak to me?” Pilate said. “Don’t you realize I have power either to free you or to crucify you?”
11 Jesus answered, “You would have no power over me if it were not given to you from above. Therefore the one who handed me over to you is guilty of a greater sin.”
12 From then on, Pilate tried to set Jesus free, but the Jewish leaders kept shouting, “If you let this man go, you are no friend of Caesar. Anyone who claims to be a king opposes Caesar.”
13 When Pilate heard this, he brought Jesus out and sat down on the judge’s seat at a place known as the Stone Pavement (which in Aramaic is Gabbatha). 14 It was the day of Preparation of the Passover; it was about noon.
“Here is your king,” Pilate said to the Jews.
15 But they shouted, “Take him away! Take him away! Crucify him!”
“Shall I crucify your king?” Pilate asked.
“We have no king but Caesar,” the chief priests answered.
16 Finally Pilate handed him over to them to be crucified.” John 19:1-16 NIV (emphasis mine)
How difficult it can be to do what is right when the pressure of the crowd demands we do otherwise. We can be tough on Pilot for giving in to the crowd, but going against the tide isn’t easy especially when there is a lot at stake.
I believe it is only going to get worse. Our culture is changing faster than we ever dreamed possible. Who will stand up for truth? Who will say, “No! This is not right!”?
Research done by the Cato Institute reported that self-censorship is on the rise in the United States, with 62% of Americans saying the political climate today keeps them from expressing their beliefs. And “77% of conservatives … feel compelled to keep their beliefs to themselves.”*
If we can’t openly speak the truth of God’s Word, truth will be silenced and deception will reign.
“The Spirit clearly says that in later times some will abandon the faith and follow deceiving spirits and things taught by demons.” 1 Timothy 4:1 NIV
How much easier that will be if truth is silenced. God’s Word is the source of truth.
Love, Cindy
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*From the book Foreshadows, by Steve Miller
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