A careful look at some important biblical themes: I must begin by admitting that I rather mildly fudged my own title. I do indeed want…
One can oppose abortion while supporting morally licit forms of killing: There are some believers – especially some Catholics – who seek to argue that…
How should we understand ‘an eye for an eye’? Most folks have heard of the phrase under question, and one need not know Latin to…
Is Jesus at odds with Moses here? In my previous article on this topic I noted how the Old Testament expresses the concept of lex…
Homosexuality is condemned in all three monotheistic religions: Judaism, Christianity, and Islam. While there are some similarities found on this issue in all three, there…
Let me begin by saying that I actually do not like writing about this topic for the simple reason that the minds of far too…
Some years ago I wrote a two-part article examining the biblical and theological rationale for the death penalty (DP). Since then I have also penned…
I refer here to the hyper emotionalism and cloudy thinking of way too many Christians in the case of two convicted criminals who met their…
With plenty of public discussion over a recent case of capital punishment, I have regrettably noted an incredibly high level of confusion, misinformation, illogic, and…
Does showing compassion make one a hypocrite? No, of course not – well, at least not necessarily. But I have seen far too many people…
The last half of James 2:13 says this: “Mercy triumphs over judgment”. This passage is not so much a difficult passage as it is one…
Ideally, controversial issues should be discussed with careful, logical assessment, with an eye to the facts, and in the case of Christians, with the biblical…
My topic here involves how we are to understand the sword – and the state’s use of it – as found in Paul’s discussion of…
Capital punishment is certainly one hotly contested ethical issue. It draws passionate responses from all sides. Indeed, often there can be far more heat than…
In Part One of this article I looked at three frequently-heard objections to the death penalty. Here I will examine three more. In each of…
OK, I’ve got a beef. Hopefully it is a biblical beef, or a God-given beef – if not, don’t even waste your time reading any…
I think it is safe to say that there are probably as many Catholics who are unaware of what their own church teaches on a…
A common argument made by pacifists and/or those who really do not know their Bibles very well is that all killing is wrong because it…
This is a famous passage, but one which can often be rather poorly interpreted. At least it is often used to support various agendas which…
The throw-away term ‘compassion’ today covers a multitude of sins. It seems that any behaviour, lifestyle and belief system can today be justified by simply…