A heartbroken dad writes in who has a rebellious 15-year-old daughter.

She will not attend church with a family.

We address that topic in episode 1421 live in Nashville.

You might remember we covered that episode 1421.

This same heartbroken dad has a second question.

We have not addressed on the podcast, and it's this.

Hello, Pastor John, and thank you for this podcast and for your books.

I thank God for your ministry as it has touched my life and so many others.

My wife and I recently became aware that our 15-year-old daughter is sexually active.

She was raised in a Christian home, and we have done our best as Christian parents to

instill in our children godly traits and characteristics.

How would you approach this if she was your teenage daughter?

There are very few things that can compare to the sorrow of the gut punch that takes

your breath away.

When you find out that your own son or daughter is involved in beliefs or practices, which

not only go against what you've taught them, but could ruin both their earthly and their

eternal lives.

You feel helpless as a parent, angry, fearful, uncertain about what to do and deep, deep

sadness at what this could mean for your child.

So I don't blame these parents for reaching out for help because I would do the same thing.

I have done the same thing.

I'm going to make a few assumptions now because I can't give any counsel without assuming

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