Talk #1 from Feb 2026 Gendered Education Saturday Seminar

Raising Masculine Boys and Feminine Girls in a Secular Culture | Biblical Parenting | Michael Clary

How do Christian parents raise masculine sons and feminine daughters in a culture that is actively working to undermine biblical sexuality? In this session from our Saturday seminar on Christian parenting, Pastor D. Michael Clary of Christ the King Church (Fort Thomas, KY) makes the case that the real battle in parenting isn't about homeschooling vs. classical Christian school — it's about catechizing your child's heart.

Many conservative Christian families are doing everything right on the outside and still losing their kids to gender confusion and LGBTQ ideology. Why? Because the secular left has waged a sophisticated, decades-long propaganda war targeting the hearts and affections of children — and most Christian parents don't know how to fight it.

In this talk you'll learn:

• Why choosing the right schooling method isn't enough to protect your kids
• How LGBTQ activists have used psychology-based marketing to normalize sexual perversion since the 1980s
• Why biblical parenting must target your child's desires and affections, not just their intellect
• How to model masculine and feminine virtue in your marriage in a way that trains your children's instincts
• How to cultivate a righteous, Spirit-filled discernment in your kids that propaganda can't override
• What Romans 1 teaches us about how to think and speak honestly about homosexuality

This is the foundational session from our Christian parenting seminar on raising godly boys and girls. The follow-up practical session with Associate Pastor Wade Thomas is linked below.

Key Scriptures: Genesis 1 | Romans 1:18-32 | Ephesians 5 | Colossians 3 | 1 Peter 3 | Isaiah 5:20

Topics: biblical parenting, raising boys, raising girls, Christian masculinity, biblical womanhood, gender ideology, LGBTQ and Christianity, catechism, Reformed Baptist, homeschooling, classical Christian education, Christian marriage, complementarianism