An execution in the US is to be live streamed. This has kept the death penalty on public profile following another recent botched execution. Personally, I don’t favour the death penalty for various reasons, not least because I do not see it as required by a Biblical worldview. Setting that aside, I’ve been intrigued by… Continue reading Live streamed executions?
Tag: Capital Punishment
Jesus and the death penalty
The other day, I started to reflect on the question of whether a Biblical worldview requires us to support the death penalty. I concluded that it does not One argument missing from my case but used sometimes by opponents of capital punishment is that Jesus has taken the penalty of death on himself at the… Continue reading Jesus and the death penalty
Does a Biblical worldview require the death penalty?
The understandable response from some people to the horrific attack in Belfast on the 8th June and the reporting of the trial of Henry Nowak’s killer has been to call for a return of the death penalty. I say “understandable” because I can fully grasp why for many that is the gut response. I share… Continue reading Does a Biblical worldview require the death penalty?
