In Haldane’s words, ‘As children of the same family, and members of the same body, they are, therefore, laid under the strongest obligation to love and to do good to each other.’ The impact of Christian kindness to others ought not to be underestimated. It played a highly significant role in winning pagans to Christ in the days of the early church. When the Emperor Julian (known in Christian history as ‘Julian the Apostate’) sought to turn the Roman Empire back to paganism, he was forced
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