The Tulip Driven Life

             GREENVILLE PRESBYTERIAN THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY IS THE USE OF CONTRACEPTION BIBLICAL? Thomas Booher AP 42 Ethics March 26, 2016                The question of whether or not using contraception is biblical is a difficult one because there are many variables at play. Despite the variables, however, principle must determine practice; practice ought not make principle. Therefore, the first question to ask regarding the use of contraception is to ask what the principle for using contraception is. The principle must be taken from Scripture, and while Scripture has little to say about contraception directly, it does have much to say about children, which is directly related to the matter of contraception. In a sinless, unfallen world, contraception wouldn’t even be considered, because covenant children are a blessing from the Lord, without qualification. On this ground, some argue that contraception is necessarily evil because it prevents