July 6, 2021 (LifeSiteNews) — The uncertainty over how Christians can follow the Bible’s directive to love as Christ loved without compromising the truth is creating confusion and chaos in our churches — particularly as we attempt to minister to those struggling with gender identity. In a recent podcast, J. D. Greear, the president of the Southern Baptist Convention said, “My own position is that if a transgender person comes to your church, it is fine to refer to them by their preferred pronoun.”
Many other leaders in the Christian community agree with Greear. But does the desire to build relationships conflict with adherence to truth, or have we created this conflict by elevating someone’s feelings over our commitment to honor God’s standards of right and wrong? How do we follow the directive of Ephesians 4:15 and “speak the truth in love” when someone asks us to use pronouns consistent with their gender identity rather than their birth gender?
The unwavering standard of righteousness
You may be familiar with Jesus’s encounter with the Samaritan woman, recorded in John 4. Normally, no Jewish man would speak to any Samaritan, much less a woman who wasn’t married to the man she lived
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