Candidates or their canvassers may come to your door, call by telephone or stop you in the street to ask how you intend to vote. This presents an ideal opportunity to find out where the candidate stands on key moral issues. His or her opinions on these issues can be quite different from the position of their party.
When it comes to matters of public policy, Christians have to assess biblical priorities. We can distinguish those political issues on which the Bible is absolutely clear from those on which it is not.
The state is a means of God’s common grace. The Bible is very clear that the governing authorities act on God’s behalf to restrain evil and promote what is good (Romans 13 and 1 Peter 2). This benefits all people in this world, not just Christians.
What is the right reaction to pain and suffering: compassionate care, or hard-hearted abandonment? Most of us instinctively know the answer.
Colin Hart did as much to proclaim the relevance of biblical truth to every area of life as any leading UK evangelical of the last 50 years.
Liam McArthur MSP has finally introduced his long-promised assisted suicide Bill to the Scottish Parliament.
