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What happens when the desire to have a child collides with the rights of the child?
In this episode of The DeBunked Files, we sit down with Josh Wood of Them Before Us to tackle some of the most difficult and controversial questions facing Christians today—including IVF, frozen embryos, surrogacy, adoption, marriage, and parental rights.
Josh challenges us to look at reproductive technology from a perspective that is often missing from the conversation: the perspective of the child. If human life begins at conception, how should Christians think about embryos created, frozen, graded, discarded, or donated for research through IVF?
Is surrogacy comparable to adoption—or is there a fundamental difference between responding to a child’s loss and intentionally creating that separation? And what happens to society when we redefine motherhood, fatherhood, marriage, and the family around what adults want rather than what children need?
This is a challenging conversation that asks believers to examine some deeply emotional issues through a biblical worldview—and to consider a simple but powerful principle:
Before asking what adults want, ask what children deserve.
And ultimately, while education and public policy matter, lasting change begins with changed hearts—and that brings the conversation back to the Gospel of Jesus Christ.
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What happens when the desire to have a child collides with the rights of the child?
In this episode of The DeBunked Files, we sit down with Josh Wood of Them Before Us to tackle some of the most difficult and controversial questions facing Christians today—including IVF, frozen embryos, surrogacy, adoption, marriage, and parental rights.
Josh challenges us to look at reproductive technology from a perspective that is often missing from the conversation: the perspective of the child. If human life begins at conception, how should Christians think about embryos created, frozen, graded, discarded, or donated for research through IVF?
Is surrogacy comparable to adoption—or is there a fundamental difference between responding to a child’s loss and intentionally creating that separation? And what happens to society when we redefine motherhood, fatherhood, marriage, and the family around what adults want rather than what children need?
This is a challenging conversation that asks believers to examine some deeply emotional issues through a biblical worldview—and to consider a simple but powerful principle:
Before asking what adults want, ask what children deserve.
And ultimately, while education and public policy matter, lasting change begins with changed hearts—and that brings the conversation back to the Gospel of Jesus Christ.
RESOURCES:
To help get answers click here: rforh.com/rforhapp
To Book a Speaker from Reasons for Hope - rforh.com/book-a-speaker
Subscribe to our YouTube Channel: bit.ly/2CJcAAb
Reasons for Hope: rforh.com
Debunked Ministries getdebunked.org
Follow us on Gab gab.com/rforh2011
Follow Debunked Ministries on Gab. gab.com/GetDebunked
Reasons for Hope Facebook: facebook.com/reasonsforhope
Debunked Ministries Facebook: facebook.com/debunkedministries
Reasons for Hope X: https://x.com/rforh
