Studies just released show teens who take pledges of abstinence are just as likely to have premarital sex as those who do not take the pledge. The results of the survey just released also show that more than half of youths become sexually active before marriage.
Although ministries in the church are structured to teach the youth the pitfalls of sex before marriage, both physically and spiritually, it is apparent these programs have little effect lasting effect. The church is caught up in a society which aids and promotes promiscuity among the teens, and even the preteens. TV programs aimed at grade school children promote sexual exploitation with their suggestive dress, dance, and advertisements.
The church must find ways to effectively reach the youth of our day. We must educate them, mentor them, and stir them with the passion of God. We must also guard against judgmental attitudes towards them.
Sadly, the stats of sexual immorality do not just apply to the teens. Ask pretty much any motel chain, and they will tell you their biggest hits of porn on pay tv are when the Christian groups come in. It seems that while men are going to the conference, they come back to the room to watch a little playboy.
We can't preach it to the kids if we don't live it!
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