Trusting Systems With the Irreversible Power of Death
One can only hope that executing people is one of the things we don’t want to return to.
When Killing Is the Priority
How does a state that is reportedly 77% Christian choose to carry out the ritualized killing of a likely innocent man in the middle of a pandemic crisis?
Merciful Easter: Abolish the Death Penalty
If anyone had just cause to kill in self-defense or execute someone for the sake of justice, it was Jesus. Yet . . .
A Reflection on Maundy Thursday
The story that begins on Maundy Thursday is one of betrayal, denial, pain, and sacrifice. Where were you?
Cast No Stones
I am not willing to short-change the crucifixion and resurrection of Christ for our sins.
Dear Gov. Lee: Pray with These Brothers in Christ on Death Row
Gov. Lee, please be like Jesus and pray with the men in Unit 2.
Washing the Blood Off Our Hands
We have a system that kills but that has no killers.
Will Grace Prevail as Tennessee Execution Looms?
No one is above reproach. And no one is beyond redemption.
Christians Can’t Allow the Bible Belt to Be the ‘Death Belt’
It makes me wonder if Christians have missed the whole point of the gospel.
Red Letter Christians Go to Court with Judge Wendell Griffen
Jesus said that if we want God’s mercy, we must show mercy.