Handling Christians' Objections Towards the Death Penalty
I remembered having some trouble with my views on the death penalty with Roman Catholics. What should have surprised me or not is that some Christians who are truly saved do object to the death penalty? They have various reasons which I will address. Part of being a Christian means correcting one's brethren of their mistakes. Objection #1: The death penalty is Old Testament law Some Christians think that the death penalty is just an Old Testament law that got repealed in the New Testament. This is a problem when they fail to study their Bible properly. While they have gotten their soteriology right, they question the conversion of people who claim to be Christians but evidence suggests otherwise but they are against the death penalty. They say that the death penalty may belong to the ceremonial law. They may think that Jesus abolished the death penalty in John 8:1-11. But do they know the context? The problem is not the death penalty. The Pharisees should have brought the