The prevailing legal and public opinion in 18th century England was that slavery was acceptable. But in 1772, evangelical Granville Sharp argued that English law stretching back to Magna Carta did not justify the practice. He later memorably remarked that “no power on earth” can make slavery right.
A new study claiming that smacking damages children has been published in The Lancet and widely reported in the press.
On 19 June AD 325, the Nicene Creed was adopted by the First Ecumenical Council. History tells us that this was no ordinary church meeting.
Seven years ago, on 9 June 2014, the No to Named Persons (NO2NP) campaign was launched at the Macdonald Holyrood Hotel in Edinburgh.
Religious liberty is one of our most important freedoms. When it is threatened, so is gospel freedom. As a result, the good news of Jesus Christ becomes harder to proclaim and it becomes increasingly difficult for Christians to live out godly lives that witness to the Gospel.
Nowadays many believe that marriage is no better than any other type of relationship and should not have a special status in law.
