There are certain emails I receive on a routine basis and an especially common one relates to pronouns. Thankfully it\u2019s not asking me to define my own pronouns as is all the rage today, but rather asking me whether Christians ought to capitalize God\u2019s pronouns.<\/p>\n
By way of explanation, when some Christians use a pronoun to refer to God, they capitalize it: \u201cGod tells us that He<\/strong> is holy.\u201d Or \u201cGod is King, so worship before Him<\/strong>.\u201d Other Christians simply use the same uncapitalized pronouns they would use in any other circumstance: \u201che\u201d and \u201chim.\u201d Anyone who has written as much as a sentence about the Christian faith has had to decide which they will use.<\/p>\n Christians who capitalize divine pronouns believe that capitalizing any word that refers to God is a sign of respect. For them, failing to capitalize the word is dishonoring to God. On the other hand, Christians who do not capitalize divine pronouns insist they are just following the conventions of the English language rather than crafting a new one. For them, there is no need to adapt the language.<\/p>\n Which is biblical? Neither, really. The Bible<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" There are certain emails I receive on a routine basis and an especially common one relates to pronouns. Thankfully it\u2019s not asking me to define my own pronouns as is all the rage today, but rather asking me whether Christians ought to capitalize God\u2019s pronouns. By way of explanation, when some Christians use a pronoun to refer to God, they capitalize it: \u201cGod tells us that He is holy.\u201d Or \u201cGod is King, so worship before Him.\u201d Other Christians simply use the same uncapitalized pronouns they would use in any other circumstance: \u201che\u201d and \u201chim.\u201d Anyone who has written as much as a sentence about the Christian faith has had to decide which they will use. Christians who capitalize divine pronouns believe that capitalizing any word that refers to God is a sign of respect. For them, failing to capitalize the word is dishonoring to God. On the other hand, Christians who do not capitalize divine pronouns insist they are just following the conventions of the English language rather than crafting a new one. For them, there is no need to adapt the language. Which is biblical? Neither, really. The Bible does not speak to the issue and therefore we are free to do as we please and as convention and conscience direct. On the other hand, we are not free to hold up one option as intrinsically better or holier than the other. As for me, I do not capitalize pronouns that refer to God. Here\u2019s my reasoning. The Bible doesn\u2019t use them. The\u2026See AlsoA Field Guide on Gender and SexualityShould We Exercise \u201cPronoun Hospitality?\u201dWeekend A La Carte (April 27)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":19,"featured_media":119447,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[31],"tags":[303],"class_list":["post-119435","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-tim-challies","tag-articles","et-has-post-format-content","et_post_format-et-post-format-standard"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/biblicalcounselor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/a-c-65cvmTgf_Ug-unsplash-1-1.jpg?fit=1920%2C1080&ssl=1","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/biblicalcounselor.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/119435","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/biblicalcounselor.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/biblicalcounselor.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/biblicalcounselor.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/19"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/biblicalcounselor.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=119435"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/biblicalcounselor.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/119435\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":119448,"href":"https:\/\/biblicalcounselor.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/119435\/revisions\/119448"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/biblicalcounselor.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/119447"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/biblicalcounselor.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=119435"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/biblicalcounselor.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=119435"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/biblicalcounselor.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=119435"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}