The truth will make you free. That familiar and profound statement comes from Jesus: “If you continue in my word, you are truly my disciples, and you will know the truth, and the truth will make you free” –John 8:32.
Jesus is the reason for this website and our kind of NFP. The single most important reason for learning how to practice natural family planning is that you want to do what is morally right. If you are Christian, you believe what Jesus said at the Last Supper, “I am the way, and the truth, and the life…” (John 14:6). In Chapter 1 of our user’s manual, Natural Family Planning: The Complete Approach, we explain why we believe that Jesus is the ultimate author of the teaching that only the natural methods of conception regulation are morally right to use. Also important: NFP is NOT Catholic birth control.
There’s something more. We teach how to observe and evaluate all three common signs of fertility. Knowing the truth about the various natural signs involved in fertility awareness will make you free to choose what seems best for you at this point in your life. Only by knowing all these elements are you free to make an informed choice to use them singly or to use them together in a cross-checking way.
NFP International is unique in teaching ecological breastfeeding as a specific form of natural family planning. Almost everyone today says nice things about breastfeeding in general, but the only pattern of breastfeeding that truly spaces babies is the frequent nursing of ecological breastfeeding. The research has been done and the evidence is clear. When mothers do eco-breastfeeding, as a group they will experience breastfeeding infertility for an average of 14 to 15 months. Again, only by learning these things are you free to make a well informed choice.
You can teach yourself from the NFPI manual which you can purchase and/or download for a modest donation. You will find that its Q and A format makes for easy reading and actual use. Better yet, take the NFPI Home Study Course. In this course you will interact via email with a real person who will correct your three tests and point out any areas of weakness in your understanding and interpretations. You will learn the material well and will be able to interpret two charts for a better understanding. The course is not at all difficult, but still the common comment from students who take it is this: “I can’t believe how much I’ve learned!” This course is very economical.
The truth will make you free. Learn more with the Home Study Course.
John and Sheila Kippley