The Christian Case against Contraception

By Bryan C. Hodge

Evangelicals often give little thought to the morality of contraception, but when they do, serious studies of the subject are scarce if not non-existent. The Christian Case against Contraception seeks to fill this gap by evaluating the practice, not from personal preference or mere experience, but from the four major theological disciplines of Christianity: Historical, Biblical, Systematic, and Practical Theology and Ethics. The book begins with a contrastive analysis between secular and ecclesiastical culture and thought concerning the subject of contraception and the purpose of the sexual act. The claims of the Church, that contraception is morally unacceptable, is examined further as the book takes the reader on a journey through biblical, systematic, and practical arguments which establish the foundations of the Historic Church's claim. Opposing arguments are evaluated as to their strength and validity. In fact, Hodge stirs the debate with a challenge that he has yet to see Christians set forth a valid biblical argument in support of contraceptive practices. For the reader seeking to place procreative ethics under the lordship of Christ, The Christian Case against Contraception offers a bold and clear way forward.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1608990109
• ISBN13: 9781608990108
• Release Date: December 2009
• Publisher: Wipf & Stock Publishers
• Length: 310 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.9" x 8.9"

Customer Reviews

Truth

I have been on a 15+ year journey of finding truth in the matter of birth control, after growing up in a Christian home and environment in which birth control was a norm, and expected. When, after marriage, my heart felt uneasy about it, but I couldn't back it up as to why, I began reading and praying, and gradually I became convinced and convicted that as Christians God wanted us to give him control over our child bearing. Currently as a mother of eight, my personal conviction in the area has grown stronger and stronger over the years. Right now, many Christians are choosing to have no children or to limit them to a few, and choosing barren lives. How tragic. When I recently came across this book, I was eager to read it. It has proved to be a very well thought out, researched, and written book! May God bring about His truth to many.