Flushing the Pill: The Dangers and the Decision to Refuse Them

I providentially came across this brother’s blog (a fellow Southern Seminarian) tonight and was very encouraged by what I read. Indeed, the Lord is changing hearts…
“One of the most dramatic flip-flops of the past year has been my view on birth control pills. Previously, I had no problem with such a friendly form of contraception. [...]

Unless I Am Convinced By Sound Reason: Has Our Pragmatic Defense Of Birth Control Undermined Our Understanding Of Biblical Ethics?

I enjoy being convinced of things, especially things that I had once held a strong opinion about (which is just about everything when it comes to me!). But like most people in this culture, I prefer to be convinced of facts rather than wisdom. Facts are typically clean, well formed, and easily digestible. Wisdom, on [...]

Birth Control in Light of the Image of God: Closing Arguments, and Parting Words

(The following post is the final partof a 5-part series entitled “Birth Control in Light of the Image of God“, modified from a paper I wrote for an M.Div. course in Systematic Theology II, April 2008)
It is very difficult to defend the non sequitur argument (mentioned in the previous post), because it is couched in [...]

Birth Control in Light of the Image of God: Part IV - Objections

(The following post is part 4 of a multi-part series entitled “Birth Control in Light of the Image of God“, modified from a paper I wrote for an M.Div. course in Systematic Theology II, April 2008)
The premiere objection to this position on birth control is that it is a non sequitur argument (a Latin term [...]

Birth Control in Light of the Image of God: Part III - In The Shadows of a Technological Image

(The following post is part 3 of a multi-part series entitled “Birth Control in Light of the Image of God“, modified from a paper I wrote for an M.Div. course in Systematic Theology II, April 2008)
Technology changes the way we think about things. And reproductive technology is no different. In fact, it may indeed be [...]

IVF and Parental Dominion IV: The Proper Dominion of Parenthood and Conclusions

(The following is the final post of a multi-part series entitled “In vitro Fertilization and Parental Dominion“, modified from a paper I wrote for an M.Div. course in Marriage, Infertility, and Assisted Reproductive Technologies, November 2007)
The Proper Dominion of Parenthood
The questions of man’s dominion in parenthood forces us to deal primarily with rejecting IVF from [...]

IVF and Parental Dominion III: The Limited Dominion of Man

(The following is part 3 of a multi-part series entitled “In vitro Fertilization and Parental Dominion“, modified from a paper I wrote for an M.Div. course in Marriage, Infertility, and Assisted Reproductive Technologies, November 2007)
With few, if any, mainstream voices warning of the dangers of the technological fetishism in which we find ourselves, the infertile [...]

IVF and Parental Dominion: Babies At All Cost?

(The following is part 1 of a multi-part series entitled “In vitro Fertilization and Parental Dominion“, modified from a paper I wrote for an M.Div. course in Marriage, Infertility, and Assisted Reproductive Technologies, November 2007)
 The question of infertility is, at its very core, a question of begetting children. For the infertile couple themselves, the question [...]

“Marriage is a wonderful invention…”

In his Wife of Bath’s Prologue, Geoffrey Chaucer once quipped, “Marriage is a wonderful invention; but, then again, so is a bicycle repair kit.” One’s view of marriage can be influenced by many things, but as Christians, we have the responsibility to form our view of marriage from Scripture and the principles that we find [...]

Alas, For Them, I Found It: Music and Me, We’re Old Buddies You See…

As I began my pre-Final procrastination exercises a few days ago with the typical deep clean and pre-packing warm up, I came across one of my old harmonicas. It’s the cheaper version of the one pictured, called “The Echo” made by M.Hohner harmonicas. It has been a delightful addition to the many things that I [...]