Afghan Christian Convert Faces Death Penalty for BeliefsSTEVE INSKEEP, RENEE MONTAGNE
"New Books in Christian Studies" Anthony Santoro, "Exile & Embrace: Contemporary Religious Discourses on the Death Penalty" (Podcast Episode 2014) - Plot summary, synopsis, and more...
Christianopolis is of course in some sense a metaphor for the ideal Christian personality; it is also probably informed by the view that human proportions are a reflection of the divine. The passage was echoed by Gogol: ‘Think carefully of the town we have seen in the play. Everybody agre...
“A spillover from Calvinism into Arminianism has occurred in recent decades. Thus many Arminians whose theology is not very precise say that Christ paid the penalty for our sins. Yet such a view is foreign to Arminianism.… Arminians teach that what Christ did he did for every person; there...
Taking a similar view of the death of a faithful Christian may lessen our grief because we know that he is in line for a resurrection. —Ecclesiastes 7:1. jw2019 After the death of Obodrite Prince Henry, a Christian, Niklot renounced Christianity in favor of traditional pagan beliefs. ...
Why even question the prevailing view of Romans 13? Micah's Vine & Fig Tree vision insists that Christians should be working toward beating "swords into plowshares." The traditional interpretation of Romans 13 has resulted in millions of Christians standing idle in the face of horrifying evil, ...
WMAW brings many of them together to share knowledge and to share their points of view. It is incredibly useful to here from other people who have points of view radically different from your own. Perhaps this might be applied outside of swordsmanship… but I won’t get preachy. (Oh, ...
From God’s view, the influence of Christ’s power working in the life of the redeemed has a drawing effect upon the unsaved marital partner. The unbelieving spouse experiences the blessings, benefits and influence of a life in the process of transformation; they are eyewitnesses to Christ’s...
III. When the Church takes a view of divorce different from that taken by the State. it cannot sanction the remarriage of a person whom it regards as bound by Christ's law to a former wife or husband. SEE DIVORCE. 1. Some of these obstacles to marriage are of such a nature that a...
“Whoever sheds the blood of man, by man shall his blood be shed. for God made man in his own image.” Genesis 9:6 ESV Because humans are made in the image of God, human life is not to be taken. In fact, the death penalty is proposed for unauthorised intentional killing of people...