2015 was the year of unusual predication. What kind of thing I am mattered more than ever. Consider the following: "I am black" "I am a woman" "I am French" It was not obvious what it was that made a person any of these things. In ordinary speech we assume that some fact about the world makes a property ascription such as the above statements true about the entity we are referring to. However, the claims made by many people in 2015 were apparently fact-free claims. A man claimed to be a woman, Englishmen claimed to be Frenchmen and a white woman claimed to be a black woman. Let's think about gender for a minute. But before I do I want to say that those who struggle with this issue should know that I don't think struggling with one's gender is a grounds for me to hate you. I recently read this and it challenged me about how the Christian faith should be grounds for compassion for those who, as a result of our sin, struggle with sexu...