DOCUMENTATION AND ADDITIONAL READING
PART 1
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Is “Coming Out” Soon a Thing of the Past? Not Yet, But The Sexual Revolutionaries Want to Take Down the “Heteronormative Patriarchy” So That Everyone On Earth is “Out”

USA TODAY (SCOTT GLEESON)
'The NFL needed this': How Carl Nassib's coming out as gay can change football and society

PART 2
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What Does the Utopian Culture of the Sexual Revolution Look Like? Well, USA Today Gives Us a Glimpse, Writing About a Day When Heterosexuality Is No Longer the Norm

USA TODAY (DAVID OLIVER)
Carl Nassib just came out as gay. But could coming out as LGBTQ be over someday?

PART 3
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Are We Witnessing the End of Gendered Clothing? Despite the Push from the Fashion Elites, It’s Hard to Imagine a World of Men in Their Summer Dresses

NEW YORK TIMES (GUY TREBAY)
The Boys in Their Summer Dresses

Hudson Taylor is no stranger to anyone who has been through a Media Gratiae study. He was a pioneer missionary to inland China and founded the Inland China Mission. There is a great deal we could say about his life and ministry, but Dr. John Snyder and Teddy James wanted to spend the next two weeks walking through a particular talk Taylor gave to his missionaries in the 1880s.
The talk is recorded in “Days of Blessing in Inland China” and the story of its creation is worth noting, as John does in the podcast. But the heart of his focus is 2 Corinthians 4:1-2 where Paul is teaching that Christians do not have to rely on the same tools and deceitful approaches of the world for success. We do not have to alter the truth of the gospel to affect change. We use His means and trust His hand.
While Taylor’s talk is aimed at missionaries, his applications speak to the pastor, the Sunday school teacher, the parent, or the Christian friend witnessing to a lost soul. Because we wanted to give a brief biography of Taylor in this episode, we only get through the first major point of his talk. We will finish it next week. If you would like to read it for yourself, find the link below.
Show Notes:
Days of Blessing in Inland China: Being an Account of Meetings Held in the Province of Shan-Si
Digtal: https://www.brethrenarchive.org/bookshelf/missionary/china/days-of-blessing-in-inland-china/
Physical: https://www.amazon.com/Days-Blessings-Inland-China-Meetings-ebook/dp/B00MW7YMRG
Hudson Taylor Biography
https://www.davidsonpublishing.org/hudson-taylor.html
Poor Richard
https://issuu.com/omf_international/docs/poor_richard_gospel_tract#google_vignette
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