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Editor’s note: The following essay appears in the Fall 2022 issue of Eikon. I wrote the first draft of the Danvers Statement (1987). Thirty years later, I gave input on the final draft of the Nashville Statement (2017). The former was foundational for the Council on Biblical Manhood and Womanhood; the latter expresses the Council’s...
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Editor’s note: The following essay appears in the Fall 2022 issue of Eikon. What will you do when a detransitioner comes to your church? With more young Americans identifying as transgender, easy access to cross-sex hormones, and insurance coverage for gender reassignment surgery, the number who have transitioned[1] has exploded. In 2013, the American Psychiatric Association...
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Editor’s note: The following essay appears in the Fall 2022 issue of Eikon. I did not originate the title of this article. The Eikon editors initially asked if I would be willing to write about how and why my thinking had changed about the Nashville Statement. But in service to greater accuracy, it would be...
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Editor’s note: The following essay appears in the Fall 2022 issue of Eikon. It seldom happens that theological statements make the news in a secular country such as the Netherlands. However, in the first week of 2019 this is what happened. The Dutch translation of the Nashville Statement set off a metaphorical bomb — the...
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Editor’s note: The following essay appears in the Fall 2022 issue of Eikon. First Corinthians 15:58 states, “Therefore, my beloved brothers, be steadfast, immovable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, knowing that in the Lord your labor is not in vain.” This verse comes just after a discussion of the victory we have...
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Editor’s note: The following essay appears in the Fall 2022 issue of Eikon. I can still remember the day when I first saw the Nashville Statement. It was at the end of August in 2017. After reading it for the first time, I thought: this statement pretty much addresses the questions we are currently discussing...
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