Why CHRISTIANS are GETTING SEX WRONG (and how to make it right)

I think this is how many parents and churches roll. We don’t want our kids to be doing it–and rightly so–but, we don’t want to open the door and have a real, honest conversation about how good sex is either. I think that some of us are afraid that if kids know that sex is a “good” thing, then they will have a higher likelihood of having pre-marital sex.  These kinds of conversations also force parents and church leaders to think about our own past sexual mistakes, and we aren’t comfortable talking about this with our children.  We are afraid that our kids will think things like:

“Well, Mom and Dad didn’t wait, so why should I?” or

“Dad had multiple sexual partners before he met Mom, and everything turned out okay for them.  So, I’m not waiting.” or

“My leader got pregnant in high school, and she has a wonderful life today.  So, having sex before you are married really isn’t a big deal.”

I get it.  Sometimes, it’s hard to know how to properly address sex without revealing some holes in our own stories.  None of us are perfect.  We all make mistakes.  But, we can’t let this keep us from having honest, age-appropriate discussions about what the Bible says about sex–and there is a lot.

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