Aug 24, 2026 · 29 min · 9 segments
In this episode of Counsel the Word Pastor Keith Palmer talks with Pastor Keith Christensen about talking to your kids about sex.
Keith ChristensenGuestKeith PalmerHostUh, one of the tenets of biblical counseling and just orthodox evangelical Christianity in general is we believe in the sufficiency and the authority of scripture, and we believe that that sufficiency extends to all of life, uh, including areas that are in one sense perverted by the culture, uh, like the topic we have before us today, but also sometimes ignored by the church.
... uh, depending on your tradition and when you grew up or if you grew up in the church that, you know, sometimes sex and intimacy and, and sexual sin are topics that the church has been afraid to talk about or has done so in a, a, a way that's so general that it doesn't really help a whole lot.
So we wanna thread that needle by being, uh, specific enough today to, to be helpful as the Bible is helpful and, and also to be wise in how we do that.
Um, you know, I, I'm-- we're just talking, uh, off, off air that, uh, you know, I'm, I'm a year or two ahead of you in our marriage and family.
And, um, but, you know, we're both in the midst of, um, parenting and, and, uh, addressing all sorts of issues, including sex and intimacy.
So, um, why should we have a podcast about this? Of everything we could talk about, um, with your pastor and dad hats both on-
Well, it, it's important for us to talk about this because it's important for parents to talk about this with their children, um, because the world, the culture we live in is talking to our children about sex.
E-even if you smashed your TV and got rid of all of your computers and you, you just drive down the main street in the city where I live in, and there's, there are billboards for dentists that say, "We make sexy teeth." I mean, it's-- we live in such a sexualized culture.
Um, if, if you don't talk to your kids about sex, they're not going to be a blank slate in what they think about sex.
So parents need to be the ones to disciple their kids, lest the world be the one that disciples them, what they think about sex.
I think another reason why it's important for us to talk about is because it's biblical.
Well, what is Proverbs? It's perhaps a parenting manual, right? What's the most common phrase in the Book of Proverbs? "My son, my son, my son." Uh, I mean, th-this is, this is just part of training your kids in the, uh, instruction and admonition of the Lord.
Um, and, and I think probably the other reason why we need to have a podcast about it is because, uh, in my experience as a pastor and as a dad, a lot of parents don't feel equipped to be able to talk to their kids about this well.
So, um, that's why I think this is important, and I hope it'll be helpful as well.
Uh, one of the tenets of biblical counseling and just orthodox evangelical Christianity in general is we believe in the sufficiency and the authority of scripture, and we believe that that sufficiency extends to all of life, uh, including areas that are in one sense perverted by the culture, uh, like the topic we have before us today, but also sometimes ignored by the church.
... uh, depending on your tradition and when you grew up or if you grew up in the church that, you know, sometimes sex and intimacy and, and sexual sin are topics that the church has been afraid to talk about or has done so in a, a, a way that's so general that it doesn't really help a whole lot.
So we wanna thread that needle by being, uh, specific enough today to, to be helpful as the Bible is helpful and, and also to be wise in how we do that.
Um, you know, I, I'm-- we're just talking, uh, off, off air that, uh, you know, I'm, I'm a year or two ahead of you in our marriage and family.
And, um, but, you know, we're both in the midst of, um, parenting and, and, uh, addressing all sorts of issues, including sex and intimacy.
So, um, why should we have a podcast about this? Of everything we could talk about, um, with your pastor and dad hats both on-
Well, it, it's important for us to talk about this because it's important for parents to talk about this with their children, um, because the world, the culture we live in is talking to our children about sex.
E-even if you smashed your TV and got rid of all of your computers and you, you just drive down the main street in the city where I live in, and there's, there are billboards for dentists that say, "We make sexy teeth." I mean, it's-- we live in such a sexualized culture.
Um, if, if you don't talk to your kids about sex, they're not going to be a blank slate in what they think about sex.
So parents need to be the ones to disciple their kids, lest the world be the one that disciples them, what they think about sex.
I think another reason why it's important for us to talk about is because it's biblical.
Well, what is Proverbs? It's perhaps a parenting manual, right? What's the most common phrase in the Book of Proverbs? "My son, my son, my son." Uh, I mean, th-this is, this is just part of training your kids in the, uh, instruction and admonition of the Lord.
Um, and, and I think probably the other reason why we need to have a podcast about it is because, uh, in my experience as a pastor and as a dad, a lot of parents don't feel equipped to be able to talk to their kids about this well.
So, um, that's why I think this is important, and I hope it'll be helpful as well.
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