Capital Punishment
We believe God has authorized government to take the life of a murderer after a just trial, because human life bears His image, and we hold that authority with fear, knowing that human courts fail and that faithful Christians differ on how a nation should use it.
The lesson walks through the topic one card at a time. The full study is the complete written article, with its sources.
Explain why Genesis 9:6 reaches beyond Israel and rests on the image of God
Show from Numbers 35 and Deuteronomy how Scripture guards against wrongful death
Handle John 8:1-11 honestly, including its textual question and what it does and does not teach
State the Christian case against the death penalty fairly, and describe Rome's changed position
Hold justice and mercy together, and care for victims, prisoners, and the wrongly accused