This is a sequel to Mark Warner’s piece about abortion and complements it. This article is primarily about the practice of abortion. Is it an option for Christians? Is there a Biblical perspective to help us understand if it is… Read More »The Essential Truth About Abortion
A Bill to legalise assisted killing has been introduced to the House of Commons by Labour MP Kim Leadbeater and has its second reading on 29th November 2024: The Terminally Ill adults (End of Life) Bill. You are welcome to… Read More »Assisted Dying (Euthanasia) 3rd contribution
The full text including footnotes is available as a pdf here. Following its second reading on Friday 29th November 2024, MPs voted 330 to 275 in favour of Kim Leadbeater’s bill – the draft Terminally Ill Adults (End of life)… Read More »Assisted Dying: Update and What to Do Now
One of the factors in direct opposition to holiness is what the Bible describes as ‘Worldliness’. Kevin DeYoung writes of Worldliness ‘The world stands for everything that opposes the will of God. In its simplest form, this means “the desires… Read More »Holiness – Part five: Accommodation
Joseph Fletcher’s book called “Situational Ethics” became a best seller in the 1960s. It was linked at points with the emergence of the so called New Morality. The “situational ethics” thesis was this: the Christian faith was not based on… Read More »Holiness – Part Four: What About Love?
In Holiness – part two we saw there was an impasse between God’s holiness and human sin. How could this be overcome? The book of Hebrews (Chapter 10), describes how the blood of bulls and goats could not take away… Read More »Holiness – Part Three: Sanctification and Sexuality
Holiness begins with the nature of God, for right beliefs about God are foundational and essential for everything else in the Christian life. Since God is holy He insists his people live holy lives. Sin is essentially rebellion against God… Read More »Holiness – Part Two: The Nature of God
This first article is a synopsis of the whole study on holiness. I examine holiness in four parts,namely: Each Part stands on its own, but also can be understood within the whole. SynopsisThese articles are an exploration of holiness. Holiness… Read More »Holiness – Part One: Overview
This letter can be used as a template by Baptist Minister’s to personalise and send to your own local MP Dear Sir, I am a minister of a Baptist Church. I now write to you about a matter that has… Read More »A letter to my MP
The Issue The Baptist Union has circulated a survey about sexuality: The specific issue under discussion is as follows: Our current Ministerial Recognition Rules for Accredited Ministers are clear that any sexual activity outside of heterosexual marriage is deemed gross… Read More »Homosexuality and Christian Ministers