Birth Dearth or Bring on the Babies? Biblical Perspectives on Family Planning

In this article, Daniel Doriani discusses biblical perspectives on family planning issues such as children, birth control and family size. Doriani examines the history of Christian views regarding family planning and the Bible’s core teachings. He argues for the “large but limited family” as opposed both to the “arranged family” (where children are only an option) and the “unrestricted family” (where there is no birth control at all). Doriani encourages the reader to focus on people’s motivations for their decisions in issues of family planning.