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Lie # 20 - "Gender  Is Fluid" When I first taught this series, I touched on this topic as an issue of clarifying  roles.  The lie at the time - which was really just a few years ago - was that "gender equality" meant there were no individual roles for men and women. Back then, we were being told that, since men and women are equal in value ( something everyone in this country agreed with ), then there should be no distinction in the roles that they played. That was the lie back then - and how I miss those days!  Within about five years, that lie has shifted from gender roles  to the idea of gender identity . Now the lie is that the terms "man" and "woman" are as changeable and fluid as how you feel.  - "How do you identify yourself?"  - "What pronouns do you prefer?" After we lost the obvious value found in  distinct roles for men and women...we quickly moved into questioning the very concept  of man and woman. Now we see our...

 Lie #19 - "Those Rich People Are So Greedy! " The idea of "Poor vs. Rich" isn't a new concept at all. It's been a common theme throughout history. It's a mentality that has caused countless crimes, has organized countless revolutions, and has ruined countless lives. And yet - for all the misery that this attitude has caused - it's never disappeared. Actually, it's still just as strong as it ever was. The fighting and division between 'poor' and 'rich' is a natural outgrowth of what Jesus called  covetousness.  In Luke 12:15 He defines what happens when a person is covetous: " Take heed and beware of covetousness, for one's life does not consist in the abundance of the things he possesses. "  The definition of being covetous isn't "wanting what someone else has."  The true definition of covetousness is " defining the quality of your life based on what you have or don't have. " And here is ...