The Death Penalty on Trial

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here is the Daily Update for   Fri Jun 04, 2010 Today's Bible Reading: 2 Corinthians 10 Now I Paul myself beseech you by the meekness, and gentleness of Christ, which when I am present among you am base, but am bold toward you being absent: And this I require you, that I need not to be bold when I am present, with that same confidence... CONTINUE READING Today's Devotion: Bring Your Empty Vessels Perhaps you find the duty of your calling too heavy for your weak faith. Look to God for strength. When you are sick of your work and ready like Jonah to run away, encourage yourself with God's words to Gideon: "Go in this thy might... have not I sent thee?"... CONTINUE READING  Today's Article: The Death Penalty on Trial by Eric Rauch In the 1995 film, Just Cause, Sean Connery plays a law professor who strongly opposes capital punishment. In the opening scene of the film, Connery’s character, Paul Armstrong, is shown debating the issue in front of a packed house. When his debate opponent describes a theoretical situation involving Armstrong’s own family in an attempt to personalize the death penalty rather than keeping it theoretical, Armstrong remains true to his stated convictions, dramatically closing his answer by saying that he “refuses to believe in any government which is willing to trade torture for torture, death for death.” Although this mainly serves as a plot device for the rest of the movie, Armstrong’s seemingly compassionate answer is a very good summary of the modern opposition to the death penalty. Unfortunately for Armstrong and the rest of the capital punishment detractors, this sorely misses the point of the entire debate. Although we seem to be preoccupied with other topics lately, the controversy over the death penalty in America is still very far from over. And because the arguments for and against capital punishment are often closely tied to the abortion debate, Christians of every denomination should be ready and willing to offer the biblical answer. While the Bible is abundantly clear on what God’s view of the death penalty is, we need to be constantly reminding ourselves of the primary reasons WHY the death penalty is to be used, to avoid being sidetracked by the opposition’s endless appeals to emotion and pity... CONTINUE READING Click here to subscribe to the daily Christian Reader email updates © 2010 Christian Reader — A Division of Tolle Lege Press, LLC 46 Mountain Park Drive • White Hall, WV • 26554

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