This is a guest blog post by the Willowdale Department of Public Affairs and Religious Liberty.
We often hear that the Bible condones slavery. It’s one of the arguments some use to disprove the authority of the Bible. But if the Bible really supported slavery, why were most abolitionists in the 18th and 19th centuries Christians and used the Bible as the reason to abolish the slave trade? This sermon by Shawn Boonstra will help you answer these questions intelligently.