Jen Wilkin, JT English, and Kyle Worley discuss how Christians should think about the death penalty.
Questions Covered in This Episode:
- Is the death penalty biblical?
- What is the Christian framework for being against the death penalty?
- Why do we have civil laws?
- Is the death penalty just? Is it a deterrent?
- How could you kill an image bearer by any means?
- How does the civil government wield the sword? How do we regulate the taking of human life for the punishment of a crime?
- What’s the difference between justice and mercy?
- Do we tend to overemphasize the therapeutic in this conversation?
- What is your view on this?
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