"I'm pregnant."<\/p>\n\n
After Cori, my 21-year-old, unwed daughter, said those words, I went through all kinds of emotions.<\/p>\n\n
Yes, it would be embarrassing. I wrote the book Sanctified Sex<\/em>. I had criss-crossed the country telling thousands of young adults like my daughter to "just say no."<\/p>\n\n Yes, it broke my heart. I stayed awake many nights listening to my wife's muffled sobs. I came home many days to referee a family feud.<\/p>\n\n Cori has always made it clear that she likes the wilder side of life. She has always learned her lessons the hard way.<\/p>\n\n My wife, Roberta, and I have always wanted our home to be a place where no-strings-attached love could grow.<\/p>\n\n Throughout the crisis, I have asked God, "How do I model sensitivity and strength when my family is falling apart?"<\/p>\n\n God replied with several questions: "Will you quit, Haman? Will you quit loving your daughter? Will you quit investing in her life? Will you quit forgiving her as you have been forgiven?"<\/p>\n\n My answer continues to be: "No, I won't quit, Lord. With your help, my family will make it."<\/p>","protected":false},"author":30,"featured_media":0,"template":"","tax_ctp_audience":[310],"tax_ctp_authors":[],"tax_ctp_categories":[165],"tax_ctp_format":[171],"tax_ctp_illustration_types":[411],"tax_ctp_multimedia":[],"tax_ctp_point_editor":[],"tax_publications":[140],"tax_ctp_tags":[3802,3967,3971,4597,4692,4695],"tax_ctp_topics":[378,382,390],"class_list":["post-52134","sermon-illustrations","type-sermon-illustrations","status-publish","hentry","tax_publications-ct-pastors","tax_ctp_tags-disobedience","tax_ctp_tags-fathers-day","tax_ctp_tags-fathers","tax_ctp_tags-parents","tax_ctp_tags-pregnancy","tax_ctp_tags-premarital-sex"],"acf":{"scripture_references":[{"first_verse":null,"add_second_verse":false,"second_verse":null},{"first_verse":null,"add_second_verse":false,"second_verse":null},{"first_verse":null,"add_second_verse":false,"second_verse":null}]},"yoast_head":"\n