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By Denny Burk Yesterday, we looked at a controversy about an Olympic athlete who is reported to suffer from an intersex condition. Today, we acknowledge that from a Christian perspective, there are larger issues for us to consider than the male and female divisions of Olympic competition. Cases like this one raise questions about the...
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By Denny Burk As the Olympics wound up last week, there were numerous reports about an Olympic runner whose sex was a point of controversy. It is reported that this athlete has an intersex condition called 5-ARD and has the testosterone level of a man. The athlete competed as a woman and won the gold...
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By Denny Burk Last month, the CBMW board chairman invited me to consider coming on board as the new president of the organization. As I began praying about this unexpected opportunity, my thoughts turned very quickly from whether to accept the position to what CBMW needs to be and to do in the days ahead....
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By Matt Damico The Council on Biblical Manhood and Womanhood has named Denny Burk the organization’s next president. CBMW’s board of directors made the appointment shortly after former president Owen Strachan announced his resignation last week. The appointment makes Burk the organization’s ninth president since its founding in 1987. “I want to thank the CBMW...
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Jason S. DeRouchie | Associate Professor of Old Testament and Biblical Theology Bethlehem College and Seminary Minneapolis, Minnesota 1. The Rising Storm A gender identity crisis is sweeping across our land. This study seeks to help the church assess biblically and confront lovingly yet truthfully the rising storm of transgender issues confronting our culture.[1] The American...
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Dale Johnson | Assistant Professor of Biblical Counseling Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary Fort Worth, Texas The dismal state of marriage in the United States is a well-documented reality. The growing trends in marital and related statistics cause concern on many levels. Sociologically, the strength of a nation depends, to a large degree, on the strength of its...
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