Does “Thou Shalt Not Kill” Preclude Every War?

Jesus said, “And ye shall hear of wars and rumours of wars: see that ye be not troubled: for all these things must come to pass, but the end is not yet.” (Mt 24.6). We hear of wars all the time. When Jesus said we would hear of them, he wasn’t making a prophecy, he…

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The Sixth Commandment

George Stiekes Thou shalt not kill. Exodus 20:13 Some people use this commandment to argue against going to war and capital punishment. We should note that the King James Version incorrectly uses the word kill. The newer translations including the New King James Version and the New American version correctly translates the Hebrew word murder.

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Guilty! But Will He Die?

By Matt Recker The Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev has been found guilty of thirty counts against him of which seventeen are punishable by death according to federal law. The guilty verdict declares Tsarnaev responsible for the death of three people as well as a police officer who was killed during Tsarnaev’s attempt to flee…

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Connecticut School Shooting: Will “Gun Control” Save The Kids?

Doug Wright In the wake of the Connecticut school shooting, Rush Limbaugh noted that guns have been around for a long, long time, but the kind of school shootings, mall shootings, theatre shootings, etc. we are experiencing have been on the rise. Limbaugh’s astute point is that guns have not changed – people have. Limbaugh…

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