Yesterday I watched the latest documentary from the wonderful PBS program “Frontline”. The documentary is called “Solitary Nation” and it is part of a two-part series on the criminal justice system in America which is called “Locked-Up in America.” You can watch the documentaries online here. The film focuses on several months in the solitary […]
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An eye for an eye, a paralysis for a paralysis
In response to my article “The Reason for Hell: A critical engagement with Timothy Keller (Part 3)” FroKid04 wrote the following: “The consistent Biblical definition of retribution is the return of the sinner’s own sin upon his own head. The righteous judgment of God is a wrath that sinner’s have “stored up for themselves” (Rom […]
Does Jesus commend the killing of children in Mark 7:10?
In “Would Jesus stone a misbehaving child?” I argued that he wouldn’t. One of my readers, Jeff, responded as follows: “Jesus affirms in Mark 7:10 the practice of stoning rebellious children, and we don’t have any manuscript evidence (that I’m aware of, at least) that this is an inauthentic addition to Mark.” Jeff clearly believes […]
