"Christians have little awareness of any controversy surrounding the Pill"

I agree with the author’s purpose here. This medication can also have other very serious side effects. I think it is a shame that, at least for many years, the conservative Christian community offered very little good information about it.

Church Ministries Representative, serving in the Midwest, for The Friends of Israel Gospel Ministry

We believe what we want to believe, at times. I was flabbergasted (from Greek - flabbergasteo?) when as a student at a conservative Bible college the instructor of the Marriage & Family class not only spoke highly of the pill, but also encouraged it.

There are two issues here: (1) Is “family planning” God’s realm or man’s?, and (2) if not God’s realm, what parameters are Biblically acceptable?.

Without answering #1 (my answer is “God’s” so #2 is irrelevant in most situations), this article deals with #2. If people do want, in my terms, to attempt to prevent God from giving conception, then they at the very least should choose a method that with certainly prevents conception as opposed to potentially ending conception.

I think that this ultimately is a theological issue (an abandonment of God’s sovereignty, God’s ability, and a rejection of what God clearly teaches about gender, gender roles, the purpose of marriage, and the blessing of children). This is only a small part of the overall issue.

This has been briefly discussed on SI here: http://www.sharperiron.org/obama-and-next-frontier-of-human-rights

For the Shepherd and His sheep, Kevin Grateful husband of a Proverbs 31 wife, and the father of 15 blessings. http://captive-thinker.blogspot.com