The Bible For Normal People cover image

Episode 144: Austen Hartke - The Bible & the Lives of Transgender Christians (REISSUE)

The Bible For Normal People

00:00

Transgender Christian: Is Genesis 32 Inappropriate?

I think that's especially noticeable around the conversations that we have about sort of the nature or you could even say gender of God. We realized this, I guess relatively historically recently, but in the grand scheme of things, but the idea that like for so long, we read God almost entirely as male all the time. And it wasn't until we realized like, wait a second, if we talk about God only as male, always, always,. always, and with only male descriptors ... then people who are outside of the gender binary don't get to experience the text as being relevant to their lives.

Transcript
Play full episode

The AI-powered Podcast Player

Save insights by tapping your headphones, chat with episodes, discover the best highlights - and more!
App store bannerPlay store banner
Get the app