On March 6, 1857, the Supreme Court, in Dred Scott vs. Stanford, ruled that no act of Congress or territorial legislature could make laws banning slavery. The fundamental argument was that slaves are not free and equal persons but the property of their masters. The ruling is analogous to Roe vs. Wade because today no state may make a law banning abortion to protect the unborn. The argument is similar: basically because the unborn are at the sovereign disposal of their mothers and do not have personal standing in their own right. There was no consensus in this country on the personhood and rights of salves. We were split down the middle. But the issue was so fundamental that the states went to war, and in the end the Lincoln administration overturned the Dred Scott decision. And today, 130 years later, we look back with amazing consensus and marvel at the blindness of our forefathers.
John Piper

Monthly Archives: March 1994

Truth is Jesus Christ

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True Gospel

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The truth of lying

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Tears in the Bible

Tears in the Bible 2 Ki 20:2 "Then he turned his face to the wall, and prayed unto the LORD, saying," 2 Ki 20:3 "I beseech thee, O LORD, remember…

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Talk is cheap

Talk is cheap THE <E>LECTRONIC <L>IBRARY E<X>CHANGE DENVER, COLORADO BBS: 303-935-6323 * TALK IS CHEEP? [Word Study] From The Wisdom Of Proverbs Prov. 4:24 Put away from thee a froward…

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