Posts Tagged ‘capital punishment’
Apologetics
Question of the week: What about capital punishment?
The Old Testament law commanded the death penalty for various acts: murder (Exodus 21:12), kidnapping (Exodus 21:16), bestiality (Exodus 22:19), adultery (Leviticus 20:10), homosexuality (Leviticus 20:13), being a false prophet...
Apologetics
Question of the week: Capital punishment and the Bible
Question: “What does the Bible say about the death penalty / capital punishment?” Answer: The Old Testament law commanded the death penalty for various acts: murder (Exodus 21:12), kidnapping (Exodus 21:16), bestial...
South Korean court allows refugee status to three Iranian converts
A court in Seoul, Korea granted recently refugee status to three Iranians who had converted from Islam to Christianity while they were living in the country. The Seoul Administrative Court determined in its ruling that the thre...
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Christian woman in Pakistan sentenced to death by hanging for blasphemy
A Christian wife and mother in Pakistan has been sentenced to death by hanging for blasphemy. Asia Bibi, 45, was also fined some $1,135—about two and a half year’s earnings for a farm worker—for saying defamatory statements abo...
Commentary and News
Egyptian Christians are often discriminated against in school books, novels
A group of Egyptian and foreign Christians sought government action recently against a suit they filed against the Muslim author of a bestselling, award winning novel that they say discriminates against their Christian faith. T...