• Should we think that birth control is morally acceptable?
• If so, are there types of birth control that are morally wrong?
• What birth-control methods are morally acceptable?

 A. SCRIPTURE VIEWS CHILDREN NOT AS A BURDEN BUT AS A GREAT BLESSING

B. OBJECTION: “THE WORLD ALREADY HAS TOO MANY PEOPLE”

C. BIRTH CONTROL FOR A LIMITED TIME IS MORALLY PERMISSIBLE

D. MORALLY ACCEPTABLE AND MORALLY UNACCEPTABLE METHODS OF BIRTH CONTROL

E. AN ALTERNATIVE VIEWPOINT: ALL BIRTH CONTROL IS WRONG (OR ALL “ARTIFICIAL” BIRTH CONTROL IS WRONG)

1. Children are a blessing; therefore, we should have many children.
2. We should trust God to decide how many children we should have.
3. Birth control is unnatural.

F. HOW CAN A COUPLE KNOW HOW MANY CHILDREN TO HAVE? 

There are two errors that should clearly be avoided:

1. Basing a decision on fear, selfishness, and the unsanctified expectations of a non-Christian culture, and thus failing to obey God’s calling
2. Basing a decision on a reckless, irresponsible sort of “faith” that is not from God but is only a projection of a person’s wrongful motives.