Recommended Resources: Dad, are boys and girls the same?

• Dan Doriani offers “Three Things to Tell Your Children about Gender.”

• Gracilynn Hanson argues in “Defining Gender for Ourselves and Our Kids” that “gender refers to two types of humankind—male and female—who share purpose, mandate, and virtues but who differ in their expression.”

• For a thorough biblical definition of gender and sexuality, see this essay by Andrew Walker, and for more, check out his book God and the Transgender Debate.

• Paul Tripp offers a clear explanation of gender expression in this video.

• Sinclair Ferguson sums up the biblical affirmation of gender and the disastrous theological and cultural implications of discarding it in five minutes on the Things Unseen podcast.

• Sharon James provides a clear introduction to the ideology behind the current gender debate with both compassion and courage in Gender Ideology: What Christians Need to Know.

• For a deeper dive, see The Genesis of Gender: A Christian Theory by Abigail Favale. Kevin DeYoung interviews her about the book on the Life, Books, and Everything podcast.