http://www.russellmoore.com/2009/04/17/quote-of-the-moment-6/ By Russell D. Moore. Russell D. Moore serves as the teaching pastor at Highview Baptist Church in Louisville, Ky. In addition, Dr. Moore is the Dean of the School of Theology and Senior Vice President for Academic Administration at The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary. Find sermons and other resources to help Christians engage the culture from a biblical worldview at www.russellmoore.com. Mon, 21 May 2012 19:06:03 +0000 http://www.russellmoore.com/2009/04/17/quote-of-the-moment-6/#comment-889 Russell D. Moore Tue, 21 Apr 2009 21:07:27 +0000 http://www.russellmoore.com/?p=2414#comment-889 Brother Hank, You are quite right, both about O'Donovan's great book and about IVF. Brother Hank, You are quite right, both about O’Donovan’s great book and about IVF.

]]> http://www.russellmoore.com/2009/04/17/quote-of-the-moment-6/#comment-880 Brother Hank Tue, 21 Apr 2009 02:05:37 +0000 http://www.russellmoore.com/?p=2414#comment-880 I thought Oliver O'Donovan's handling of IVF in his work "Begotten or Made" is absolutely stellar, and prophetic in terms of Christian Ethics. He hammers home the same truth that Ponnuru touches on, namely the connections between how we come to "think" about children and procreation as "making" rather than "begetting," and the direction that such scientific/secular thought is headed. In the end (or in the case of life, in the very beginning), consistency demands that we seriously consider the ethics of IVF in light our larger doctrines of life, marriage, sex, procreation, and children. That IVF is possible (even with joyous results), is far from enough proof that it should be ethically permissible -- not to mention the fact that IVF is the fountain from which countless other morally questionable practices arise, like cryopreservation, AID, abortive selective reductions, embryonic stemcell research, etc., etc. Such scientific "fruit" from a technology like IVF should be enough to give any Christian great pause... I thought Oliver O’Donovan’s handling of IVF in his work “Begotten or Made” is absolutely stellar, and prophetic in terms of Christian Ethics. He hammers home the same truth that Ponnuru touches on, namely the connections between how we come to “think” about children and procreation as “making” rather than “begetting,” and the direction that such scientific/secular thought is headed. In the end (or in the case of life, in the very beginning), consistency demands that we seriously consider the ethics of IVF in light our larger doctrines of life, marriage, sex, procreation, and children. That IVF is possible (even with joyous results), is far from enough proof that it should be ethically permissible — not to mention the fact that IVF is the fountain from which countless other morally questionable practices arise, like cryopreservation, AID, abortive selective reductions, embryonic stemcell research, etc., etc. Such scientific “fruit” from a technology like IVF should be enough to give any Christian great pause…

]]> http://www.russellmoore.com/2009/04/17/quote-of-the-moment-6/#comment-861 Russell D. Moore Fri, 17 Apr 2009 20:34:06 +0000 http://www.russellmoore.com/?p=2414#comment-861 Elizabeth, Yes, but there are some. I would commend the writings of Robert George and Gilbert Meilaender on this issue. They are excellent. Elizabeth, Yes, but there are some. I would commend the writings of Robert George and Gilbert Meilaender on this issue. They are excellent.

]]> http://www.russellmoore.com/2009/04/17/quote-of-the-moment-6/#comment-858 Elizabeth Fri, 17 Apr 2009 17:43:19 +0000 http://www.russellmoore.com/?p=2414#comment-858 Few Christian leaders have spoken kindly but truthfully about IVF but hopefully that will change. Few Christian leaders have spoken kindly but truthfully about IVF but hopefully that will change.

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