At what point does this statement become controversial to you?

From Focuspress: August 19, 2020, by Jack Wilkie

Men and women are different, therefore transgenderism must be rejected.

Most of us have watched with disbelief as our nation has debated transgenderism over the past decade. We’ve watched the debate over “dead names” and pronouns. We’ve seen “transgender women” (biological men) be allowed to compete against women athletically and dominate, to no one’s surprise. We’ve argued over who should use what bathroom. No matter how much some want to bend reality to be whatever they want it to be, men cannot become women and women cannot become men. God created them male and female (Genesis 5:2). Nearly all Christians would agree on this point.

Men and women are different, and they were given different roles in the church.

Just because one doesn’t feel like God would assign different roles for men and women, and just because one can rip Galatians 3:28 out of context and make it contradict the rest of the Bible’s teaching on the matter, it doesn’t negate the very plain teachings about male leadership in the church. This doesn’t mean men and women aren’t equal. It means they are different.

I suspect this point will have offended some, but most Christians are likely still in agreement.

Men and women are different, and therefore they should have different roles in the home.

I’m not talking about the worthless sitcom tropes of a dumb, juvenile man who does nothing but drink beer and watch football while the smart, capable wife does all the work. Nor am I talking about some twisted old view in which the man has no involvement with the children because that’s “the woman’s job.” I’m talking about Ephesians 5’s gender roles, where the husband gives his life for his wife while she submits and follows his lead. I’m talking about Deuteronomy 6 male leadership in which the husband and father take responsibility for teaching his family about God. I’m talking about Titus 2 womanhood in which the wife and mother take mentors who can teach her how to love her family and be a keeper at home. I’m talking about re-adopting the politically incorrect descriptions of 1 Peter 3 in which the wife strives to have a gentle and quiet spirit while the husband shows her honour as the weaker vessel. I suspect things just got controversial for a few. This is the point at which you begin to see how the culture’s thinking has crept into the church. 

Men and women are different, and therefore boys and girls should be raised in accordance with such differences.

This, I suspect, is the point at which the statement becomes most controversial. Years of conditioning have taught us to raise boys and girls exactly the same, telling them to pursue the same things, giving them the same goals. But if men and women aren’t interchangeable (a point on which we almost all agree), and men and women have been given different roles in the church (a point on which most of us agree), and men and women have been given different roles in the home (a point on which many of us agree), why on earth would we not raise them by those principles?

Are you teaching your son to be respectful of women as a weaker vessel worthy of honour, particularly with regard to how he speaks to his mother and how he treats his sister? Are you committed to helping him avoid the snare of pornography? Are you teaching him to “act like a man” (1 Corinthians 16:13), standing with integrity and being willing to do that which is difficult but necessary? Are you setting the example in these areas? If not, you are harming them and any future women and children to whom they are tied.

Are you teaching your daughter to possess a gentle and quiet spirit, or are you teaching her to be “empowered” so the world can hear her roar? Are you teaching her that submissive marriage and motherhood are good and holy things to desire, or are you teaching her to put those things off, or to reject such “antiquated” ideas? Are you teaching her to view herself as no different than the boys, even viewing the boys as direct competition? Mothers, are you modelling biblical love and submission to her? If not, you are harming her and her potential future husband and children.

Raise your boys to be men. Raise your girls to be women. What society needs, what the church needs, and what your grandchildren, great-grandchildren, and great-great-grandchildren need are for you to raise up men and women who take on the roles God gave them.