As Christians, we desire to know and follow God’s plan for our lives and this is true in the area of procreation as well. However, with advances in modern technology offering more and more options to augment or even replace natural relations between a husband and wife, what was once a quite simple decision has become daunting at best.
Steven Goodspeed presented a paper in The Round Table that I thought would be helpful for anyone wanting to understand the biblical teaching on procreation as well as the important differences between the Catholic and Protestant views of birth control, various kinds of contraception and which ones have an abortive purpose or risk, what is being taught in Sex Education classes, and where this has and is leading our young people.Pro-Creation: A Biblical View of Contraception