On a Christian blog I frequent, the question was posed (paraphrasing), "Is it ever okay to give our children condoms as a means of protection?" Needless to say, the response was lively. Here was my response:
This entire issue is a discipleship & heart issue, not one of sheer behavior. We are responsible for guiding our children's hearts toward God, not toward the world.
We all know from the scripture Eph. 6:4 that we are to raise our children in the "nurture and admonition of the Lord." Handing out condoms seems to go completely against scripture as it is providing the WORLD's way of dealing with sexual urges or self-control issues, not the Lord's way. Nowhere in scripture are we given an escape hatch way out of something because it's too difficult to do what God has commanded. Doing anything contrary to God's word (ie. premarital sex) is sin and handing out condoms is condoning it. We are saying, "God, your work within the heart of my child (or anyone else for that matter) is not sufficient. I must do more than You can to protect them." Where's the surrender or the trust in that???!!
If we are afraid that we have not done an adequate job in discipling our children around these issues, we must seek the Lord, do as He instructs and leave it in His hands. Does that guarantee that mistakes will not be made -- NO, but at least we will know that we did what was the will of God.
As believers, we are to be concerned about the salvation of those around us. [Someone asked about how we should handle giving or not giving condoms to people in countries with high AIDS populations.] Even those countries with high AIDS populations are not exempt from the work of the Holy Spirit. Again, we are to spread the gospel, not condoms. Handing out condoms is at cross purposes with our goal to spread the gospel both in discipling our children and anyone else within our reach.
One more comment here, in providing condoms, would we not be trying to help others avoid the consequences of sin? Consequence avoidance is a WORLDY construct, not a Biblical one. We are to spread the gospel, not give in to the world! | 
