Reacharound wrote: “Preventing out-of-wedlock pregnancy is a goal of our entire society not just evangelicals but there is not enough reliable data to suggest that chastity commitments work.”
Really? If you stay committed to chastity, how would you then be pregnant out of wedlock? In spite of what you are willing to admit to, there are other ramifications to having sex, not just pregnancy. It’s a deeply intimate and revealing experience when done right, why would a person want to give that away to a stranger?
As an expectant father of a daughter, I will try my hardest to instill a biblical sense of self worth and dignity in my daughter as one who was created in God’s image and should save herself for marriage as part of God’s plan. She will know who truly loves her and that fact will never change, in spite of what she does. Yet, as I’ve found in my life, living by God’s plan is far more freeing than the world’s plan, and I will clue her in on that as well. Not that it’s easy or simple, but way worth it.
If we’re blessed with a son, you can bet I’m going to be letting him know what’s expected of him as well. Being a man means taking care of your responsibilities and striving to do what’s right, in spite of what you feel or the odds of success. Life ain’t easy, but it’s easy to make it way harder.
