127. Is IVF Biblical? My Response to Fertility, Surrogacy, and God’s Sovereignty

About this episode

The episode explores the moral implications of IVF and surrogacy from a Christian perspective, emphasizing God's sovereignty over life and fertility.

A lot of people talk about IVF and surrogacy like they’re morally neutral tools. We don’t. In this episode, we slow down and ask a question many Christians avoid saying out loud: If God is sovereign over life and fertility, what does that mean for the choices we make when infertility hurts and hope feels delayed? We walk through Scripture—from Genesis to 1 Samuel, Ruth, and the Psalms—where children are consistently described as a gift and a stewardship, not a product or an entitlement. ...

People in this episode

Host: Danielle Venables

Topics covered

• IVF
• surrogacy
• Christianity
• God's sovereignty
• infertility
• Scripture

Keywords

• IVF
• surrogacy
• Christianity
• infertility
• God's sovereignty
• Scripture
• morality

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: Genesis, 1 Samuel, Ruth, Psalms

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