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. [...]

The Value of Children and the Global Fame of Jesus Christ

I had the awesome opportunity to run into Mr. Brent Nelson from the Council for Biblical Manhood and Womanhood last week as I stopped by their office in Louisville, KY. I had no appointment, and really had little more than a half-brain-stormed idea that I brought with me to discuss, but Mr. Nelson was extremely [...]

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: 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 [...]

Birth Control in Light of the Image of God: Part II - What They’re Saying

(The following post is part 2 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 most widespread stance on the morality of birth control in a Christian context is argued on the grounds of [...]

Birth Control in Light of the Image of God: Part I

(The following post is part 1 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 primary characteristic of a technological society is not the things it may do with the aid of machines, but [...]

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 [...]

“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 [...]

Beholding Beauty

(The following is adapted from Dr. Russell Moore’s Systematic Theology I lecture on beauty (Fall 2007, SBTS). The poem contains my reflections on the class.)
inconfusedly, unchangeably, indivisibly, inseparably
Beauty – Scripture speaks of God as beautiful. Because of that, we are to understand that there is an objective category of beauty. For something to be beautiful, [...]

Russell Moore & Bluegrass Music

Probably one of my favorite bluegrass bands ever is Doyle Lawson and Quicksilver. And today, they even went up a notch in my book. I found out that one of their guitars players from the early 90’s was named…you guessed it…Russell Moore. Okay, maybe it’s not our Russell Moore, but still…how much cooler can you [...]