Category: Crime and Punishment

If I asked you, “What do you think is the saddest thing there is?” What would your answer be? Your answer would be very revealing about the priorities you have in life. I will give you mine. It is not…

As our culture begins spiraling toward accepting dangerous behaviors, such as justifying violence and revenge for less and less egregious offenses, we are quickly headed toward a very dark place. For example, an NCRI (Network Contagion Research Institute at Rutgers…

So many people view Jesus’ death on the cross at Calvary through the lens of Roman crucifixion. It’s as if that suffering alone defines Christ’s acceptance of becoming the Lamb of God and the sacrificial offering for the sin of…

The rule of law under God (how this country was founded) means we have absolutes to guide, correct, and administrate our legal system. Some things are inalienable. The rule of law under man (where this country is being taken) means…

There is a continuing mantra (and a self-serving one) against judgment, especially in Christian circles, as if doing so was an outright evil thing. For Christians (and even many secularlists) the biblical passages ritualistically cited are Luke 6:37 or Matthew…

Terri Shiavo has now died. There is only one thing left to occur and the sharp divisions in this case have made that one necessity a matter of national import: what is the actual truth in this contentious case? Is…

For if you do, I will punch you straight away in the face. Yes, it will probably get me arrested. Yes, it will open me up to a law suit. Yes, I will still do it, for nothing has made…

I am currently working on a series dealing with the death penalty. (part I, part II) This series was precipitated by the Scott Peterson case and my response to a posting on LaShawn Barber’s site and some thought about capital…

This discussion was started because of a posting on Proverbial Wife. This is solely a biblical investigation, since, to the best of my ability, my life is scripture-driven and that is my touchstone for this issue. Social, psychological, and public…

The Scott Peterson case has brought the topic of the death penalty back into discussion and numerous Christian writers have begun to comment on the issue (i.e. Proverbial Wife). I have a problem. I have stated before that to the…