by Barnabas | Jun 12, 2018 | Additional Resources, Bible, Crossdressing, Cultural Ideologies and Trends, Homosexuality |
One of the things that I have come across often in conversations about crossdressing or homosexuality (and many other controversial issues), is the charge that Christians just pick and choose what they want to follow from the Bible. Non-Christians (and even some...
by Barnabas | Jun 12, 2018 | Bible, Biological Transgender Issues, Crossdressing, Cultural Ideologies and Trends, Harmful Effects of Crossdressing, Identity, News Articles, Transgender |
I read an article (it’s been removed) in which a transwoman, Jenna Talackova said, “One of my key traits is positive thinking.” “I believe you create the world around you with your thoughts.” I have nothing personal against this person....
by Barnabas | Jun 12, 2018 | Addiction, Biological Transgender Issues, Crossdressing, Cultural Ideologies and Trends, Identity, Psychologists, Transgender, Transgender Analogies (Race, Eating Disorders, BIID, Species) |
I read an article in the past, which has since been removed, about people using gender identity disorder in court as a defense for criminal action. This made me think more generally about the idea of people having “disorders.” What are the ramifications...
by Barnabas | Jun 11, 2018 | Crossdressing, Cultural Ideologies and Trends, Gender Roles, Gender Stereotypes, Identity, Marriage, Men's Fashion, Origins of the Desires, Sexual Pleasure, Transgender |
One day the thought struck me that in some ways crossdressing seems to stem from patriarchy. Feel free to disagree or push me on this. These are just my musings, and I have doubts myself about what I’m saying. I realize that the whole thesis here is incredibly...
by Barnabas | Jun 10, 2018 | Addiction, Crossdressing, Cultural Ideologies and Trends, Dealing with Failures, My Personal Journey, Temptations |
I’ve done a lot of reading online about crossdressing, and it is very common for me to come across a quote like, “you can try to give up crossdressing for a while, but it will always come back eventually.” Sometimes this kind of statement is...
by Barnabas | Jun 10, 2018 | Additional Resources, Biological Sex Differences, Biological Transgender Issues, Cultural Ideologies and Trends, Intersexual Conditions, Transgender |
The occurrence of people born with bodies that have some biological male traits and some biological female traits have led many people in our mainstream culture to reject not only a gender binary but also a sexual binary. It is common to hear people argue that we are...
by Barnabas | Jun 10, 2018 | Addiction, Crossdressing, Cultural Ideologies and Trends, Harmful Effects of Crossdressing, Marriage, My Personal Journey, Pornography, Sexual Pleasure, Temptations, Testimonies |
I’ve been reading lately about science. I love learning and I also think it’s good for pastors like me to keep on learning about science, even if some of it goes over my head. I’ve been reflecting on some scientific findings that relate to our...
by Barnabas | Jun 8, 2018 | Bible, Crossdressing, Cultural Ideologies and Trends, Temptations |
I believe that many people in our current culture follow their feelings more than rational thought. They hold fast to the popular saying: “Just follow your heart.” They base their religion, morality, and view of life based on their own personal perspective...
by Barnabas | Jun 6, 2018 | Crossdressing, Cultural Ideologies and Trends, Pastoral Ministry, Practical Tips |
I chose this picture because it encapsulates one aspect of loving churches, that is loving fellowship and meals together. In our culture, it seems to me that most people think that churches are full of judgmental and hypocritical people. On the one hand, I want to...
by Barnabas | Jun 6, 2018 | Biological Transgender Issues, Cultural Ideologies and Trends, Gender Stereotypes, Identity, Law and Policy, News Articles, Transgender, Transgender Analogies (Race, Eating Disorders, BIID, Species) |
I read this article in the News – Transgender Americans take on New York – I found it interesting but also troubling in a few ways. First of all, I always think it is strange when transsexuals make statements like – “It is the contents of a...
by Barnabas | Jun 6, 2018 | Crossdressing, Cultural Ideologies and Trends, Gender Stereotypes, Men's Fashion, Temptations |
I did a post before about refusing to wear my wife’s apron. I believe I had good reasons for that. In general I think it makes sense for men to wear aprons. They are a very practical item and it makes sense that both sexes should be allowed to wear them....
by Barnabas | May 12, 2018 | Addiction, Crossdressing, Cultural Ideologies and Trends, Envy, Gender Roles, Gender Stereotypes, Homosexuality, Marriage, Masturbation, Sexual Intercourse |
I’m sure there are about 20 different links with information like this, but I used the one I found most quickly – here. It’s not my intention to attack this website. Not at all. I don’t know the person who made the site. I can tell that they...
by Barnabas | May 12, 2018 | Accountability, Addiction, Bible, Crossdressing, Cultural Ideologies and Trends, Forgiveness, Harmful Effects of Crossdressing, Identity, My Personal Journey, Temptations |
In my struggle with crossdressing, many Bible verses have been helpful to me. I’ve studied them, memorized some of them, and often read them after failures. I’ll periodically mention and comment on some of them and how they relate to our fight with sexual sin. For...
by Barnabas | May 9, 2018 | Addiction, Crossdressing, Cultural Ideologies and Trends, Men's Fashion, Sexual Pleasure |
There is a common type of argument in favor of crossdressing that I think is rather unsophisticated and false. We can boil those arguments down to statements like this – “They are just clothes, what’s the big deal?” “Every culture is...
by Barnabas | May 8, 2018 | Accountability, Additional Resources, Bible, Crossdressing, Cultural Ideologies and Trends, Forgiveness, Homosexuality, Law and Policy |
This is one of the most well known statements of Jesus, and I find it is often thrown back at Christians by non-Christians. Non-Christians feel judged by Christians and they think Christians are largely hypocrites who are ignoring the very commands of their Lord. The...
by Barnabas | May 7, 2018 | Biological Sex Differences, Crossdressing, Cultural Ideologies and Trends, Embracing Manhood, Gender Stereotypes, Homosexuality |
I find it interesting to think about who finds crossdressing funny and in which contexts. There are a lot of plays, movies, books, and television shows where crossdressing comes up and often it is supposed to be comical. And much of the time when crossdressing comes...
by Barnabas | May 7, 2018 | Bible, Crossdressing, Cultural Ideologies and Trends, Forgiveness, Purges of Clothing |
Guilt is pretty interesting for me to ponder in all my readings about crossdressing or blogs written by crossdressers. I’ve read a lot online over the last 15 years and it seems there is one huge theme that stands out to me. The basic message mature...
by Barnabas | May 7, 2018 | Accountability, Bible, Crossdressing, Cultural Ideologies and Trends, My Personal Journey |
Is crossdressing sinful? How do we know? What is our basis for determining truth? That is an important question. In this post, I will not make a full argument as to why I think crossdressing is sinful. I’ve done that in this post – Summary – Reasons...
by Barnabas | May 6, 2018 | Bible, Biological Sex Differences, Crossdressing, Cultural Ideologies and Trends, Gender Roles, Gender Stereotypes, Identity, Marriage, Men's Fashion, Origins of the Desires, Transgender |
Short Synopsis of entire post I believe that 1 Corinthians 11:2-16 indirectly, but clearly, prohibits crossdressing for Christians. (From the New International Version) 2 I praise you for remembering me in everything and for holding to the traditions just as I passed...
by Barnabas | May 5, 2018 | Additional Resources, Bible, Crossdressing, Cultural Ideologies and Trends, Forgiveness, Gender Roles, Homosexuality, Idolatry, Intersexual Conditions, Sexual Pleasure, Transgender |
Introduction If you have not read my post on How to Interpret the Bible, it is important that you read that post first as this builds on everything I have written there. As a pastor writing about my past with crossdressing, I feel like this is probably the most...
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