On This Day: Anniversary of Isaac Watts’ death
On 25 November 1748, the father of English hymnwriting, Isaac Watts, died at the age of 74.
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Children on the front line in gender battle
The animals went in two by two. Or did they?
Oliver Cromwell: Puritan and Protector
Oliver Cromwell is a man who divides opinion like few others, but his heart was to unite the godly, rather than foster division.
On this day: Victory for Christian demoted over gay marriage comments
On 16 November 2012, a judge ruled that Adrian Smith had ‘done nothing wrong’ in describing same-sex weddings in churches as “an equality too far”.
Myth buster: “My doctor will be prescribing me cannabis joints”
“Two cannabis medicines are approved for use on the NHS”, read the Daily Mirror headline. “Cannabis on the NHS”, said the Daily Mail. So is your GP about to advise you to smoke cannabis for that recurrent back pain? In a word, no.
The promise and price of religious freedom
When Noah and his family set foot on the earth after the flood that had destroyed everything, one of the first things they did was to praise God.