God Made Boys and Girls helps children understand that their gender is a gift from the God who made them and loves them. The story begins as the girls and boys at Grace Christian School are discussing if boys will always be boys and girls will always be girls.
Their teacher explains that God gives each of us the gift of being male or female before we are born, and that you continue to be a boy or a girl whether you like to climb trees or play house, play tag or color pictures, cause a ruckus or sit quietly.
In a world where there is so much confusion about gender and identity, pastor and best-selling author Marty Machowski shares the simple, clear truth that all of us are made in God's image as either male or female—and what God made is very good!
Included in the back of the book is a special section just for parents and caregivers that gives biblical guidance and help as they have this important conversation with their children.
"Are you watching the culture's rapid departure from biblical principles and wondering how to address these sensitive issues with your precious children? Marty Machowski has provided a timely resource to help you in that crucial task, his new book takes a gentle and scriptural look at what God's Word tells us about his design for the two genders. This volume offers parents a terrific way to initiate important discussions with their kids."
Jim Daly, President of Focus on the Family
"This helpful book hits all the crucial talking points in an engaging and humorous story that connects with kids (including my own). Since even young children are bombarded with confusing messages, Marty gives needed clarity on the blessing and permanence of gender. He includes vital discussion on rejecting gender stereotypes and loving those with differing world views. In fact, the parents' 'cheat sheet' alone is an invaluable resource for your home."
David White, Director of Discipleship at Harvest USA; pastor; author of Sexual Sanity for Men and God, You, & Sex
"The message that God made boys and girls is much needed in our day. Marty Machowski does an excellent job of communicating that maleness and femaleness isn't about stereotypes but about embracing the design that our Creator has encoded into every cell of our bodies. What a tremendous resource for children!"
Mary A. Kassian, Author of Girls Gone Wise
"In our current day, children can easily become confused about all kinds of issues that are clearly presented in the Scriptures, particularly if their home, church, and school do not provide a consistent biblical foundation. Gender issues rank high on the list of areas that children can become untethered from the Bible's teaching. This beautiful book gently teaches children to cherish their God-given gender and to love their neighbor as themselves, a timely word on a sensitive issue."
Joel R. Beeke, President, Puritan Reformed Theological Seminary, Grand Rapids, Michigan
"In a culture that is increasingly accepting of gender-fluid identities, it's so important to teach our kids that gender is part of their personhood. God Made Boys and Girls is a wonderful tool for that task. It reminds children (and parents!) that being a man or woman is a gift we receive from God."
Jared Kennedy, Pastor of Operations and Families at Sojourn Church Midtown in Louisville, KY, Author of The Beginner's Gospel Story Bible
"The sin of Babel was that human beings sought to fashion society and identity on their own terms, in denial of the loving purposes and rule of our Creator God. The current cultural challenges around sex and gender are similar attempts to deny what God has given and his purposes for human flourishing. God Made Boys and Girls: Helping Children Understand the Gift of Gender is a timely resource to equip parents to explain God's good gift of gender to their children, and to prepare children to meet a world that is bent on denying how wonderful it is to be made in the image of God, male and female, boys and girls."
Claire Smith, Author, God's Good Design: What the Bible Really Says about Men and Women
"Clear, careful, and unashamed, God Made Boys and Girls is a great tool to help children learn from their early years the truth of God's design for them, and to help both parents and children celebrate the wonder of that design. Let this book help ground your family in the deep goodness of God's gifts."
Mike Bullmore, Senior Pastor, CrossWay Community Church, Bristol, Wisconsin
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For Christians only - Bible-based and clearly Protestant but usable for Catholics. Covers differences of sexual development in notes at the end for adults.
For Christians only - Bible-based and clearly Protestant but usable for Catholics. Covers differences of sexual development in notes at the end for adults.
Great, clear, informative, factual. This book helps parents talk about the basic concepts of sex/gender without being confusing. It encourages boys and girls that they can enjoy the same or different activities and still be who God created them to be.
Great, clear, informative, factual. This book helps parents talk about the basic concepts of sex/gender without being confusing. It encourages boys and girls that they can enjoy the same or different activities and still be who God created them to be.
Great book on a timely topic
There is helpful stuff in here & I am fine with the purchase. However, it often feels like a book written for adults first and foremost. There are a ton of words. Illustrations feel generic, strictly OK. Personally, I'd like to see the series be punchier & more thoughtful in its formatting & editing choices
Beautifully written explanation of how God designed male and female with intentionality and diversity. Makes the point that boys and girls can enjoy different types of activities even though the activities may be stereotypically “masculine” or “feminine,” but this doesn’t change our DNA. Celebrates how God made us and how we are all different!
Beautifully written explanation of how God designed male and female with intentionality and diversity. Makes the point that boys and girls can enjoy different types of activities even though the activities may be stereotypically “masculine” or “feminine,” but this doesn’t change our DNA. Celebrates how God made us and how we are all different!
We used this book with our older kiddo teams in VBS. It is written on 3rd grade level. ALL the kiddos thought it was great!! Gave one to each student to take home and have for their very own. Money well spent!!!
I highly recommend this book for anyone involved in children's ministry as a resource to fight the current gender culture. We offer a link to this book to parents and grandparents and share with anyone who is facing this issue. Importantly, we are teaching young children that God's Word is truth.
