Most of us easily agree with Scripture that murderers are worthy of death. They took another person’s life; they brought death upon themselves. In societies like our “advanced” one, it is, perhaps, more difficult to agree with Scripture that those who commit sexual immorality are worthy of death. Today, we will see a few other…
Previously, we looked at God’s penalty for murder, the shedding of innocent blood, and we saw that God demands the death penalty in such cases. In addition, God holds the town or city or government responsible for not putting to death men convicted of murder (by at least two witnesses). God is not suggesting this;…
In 1987, an eight-year-old boy stood on a picnic table with a slender stick in his hand. He bent his head back and opened his arms wide as if to encompass the great blue expanse and the cotton-white clouds blown about so high above. The boy was on a one-month visit to his grandparents’ house…
Abraham lost the love of his life in a land which was not his own. At the Lord’s command, he had been wandering about Canaan for the last 60 years or so, with Sarah constantly at his side. In fact, they had been married for most of Sarah’s 127 years. But the time came when…