Considering Surrogacy

Mortification of Spin

Alliance of Confessing Evangelicals

Religion & Spirituality

4.4 • 879 Ratings

🗓️ 2 September 2020

⏱️ 32 minutes

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Summary

When couples struggle with the pain of infertility, surrogacy may be one of the available options. Is surrogacy as simple as finding a “carrier” for your baby, or are there more considerations to bear in mind? Carl and Todd sit down with Adeline Allen, associate professor of law at Trinity Law School. Adeline raises some questions about the moral, Christian ethical, and lawful implications of surrogacy. It is biblical that Christians would strive to raise godly offspring, but does the means of surrogacy justify that end? How are pastors to help their congregants to think through such a sensitive issue? There’s much to be discerned from this thoughtful and important episode.

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0:00.0	This podcast is supported by Matthew Henry.org.
0:03.2	The new devotional website based on Matthew Henry's A Method for Prayer.
0:07.1	Listen for more at the end of today's program. Welcome to Mortification of Spin, a casual conversation about things that count with Carl Truman and Todd Pruitt.
0:35.1	Mortification of Spin is a weekly podcast from the Alliance of Confessing Evangelicals.
0:40.4	Let's join this week's conversation.
0:53.5	Welcome to Mortification of Spin.
0:55.8	I'm one of the usual hosts, Carl Truman, professor at Grove City College in Pennsylvania,
1:00.2	here with my usual co-host, Todd Pruitt, pastor of Covenant Presbyterian Church,
1:06.4	a congregation in the Presbyterian Church in America in Harrisonburg, Virginia.
1:10.5	Todd, I think that's the third time I've introduced you faultless. And you've gotten it right.
1:15.5	After, after what? Seven years of you've been there. Seven years? You're finally nailed. Exactly. I even recognize you.
1:22.9	Well, right. If I were to see you on the other side of the road, I would, there's Todd. Well, and we seem to both be balding at relatively the same rate now.
1:32.3	So that's kind of helpful.
1:33.3	You're in a number two on the clip.
1:34.7	I'm already on a number one.
1:36.6	I am kind of the shape of the future for you.
1:38.4	Yeah, that is true.
1:40.0	These are important things.
1:42.1	One of the great things about doing this podcast is we get opportunities to reconnect with old friends.
1:47.1	And that's what I'm going to do today because we have a woman on the show.
1:51.8	Her name is Adeline Allen.
1:54.0	She is Associate Professor of Law at Trinity Law School in California.
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