Russell Moore: Parents, 'Don't Be Shocked' by Your Teen's Sexual Sin
Moore, president of the Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission of the Southern Baptist Convention said during his Signposts podcast on Friday that even though parents should acknowledge the seriousness of sexual sin, it's not helpful to express shock and outrage when they discover their teenager has sinned sexually.
"Don't communicate to your child, 'I can't believe what you did,' or even worse, 'I can't believe you did this to us,'" Moore said.
"Too many parents take their children's sin personally, because they don't understand the weight of sin and temptation and they expect their child to always make the right moral decision in challenging moments," he added.
When it comes to sex, the dominant view in American society is an unbiblical belief that sexual expression is "intrinsic" to what it means to be human, he asserted....