Birth Control As Selfishness

There is a discussion on the topic of birth control as selfishness going on over at Rightly Dividing the Word of Truth. You can read the whole message thread here. I've posted the comment I left below:

The birth control subject is a touchy one. Many of the arguments I’ve heard from people for using birth control is to prevent conception at the present time, so they can achieve this goal, wait to have kids until they earn more money, etc. I’ve heard sermons indicating some forms of birth control are a form of stewardship (i.e. have only as many kids as you can afford). On the other side of the argument you have people who view children as a blessing and they’re going to have as many children as God blesses them with. This group is sometimes known as the “quiverfull movement”. Personally, I have 5 children, so I’ll let you guess which way I lean on this issue. : ) Mark Driscoll preached a great sermon about birth control. My only critique on this sermon is that he gave mostly negative examples of the home schooling, quiverfull crowd. Otherwise, I thought it was a thorough treatment of the issues. Here are a few interesting books related to birth control, quiverfull movement, etc.:

Be Fruitful & Multiply - Nancy Campbell

A Full Quiver - Rick & Jan Hess

Does the Birth Control Pill Cause Abortions - Randy Alcorn