Retribution – An Exercise in the Fundamentals of Orthodoxy

A Biblical Case for the Death Penalty

By Peter Ould Posted on August 4, 2011 Posted in Death Penalty, Theology, UK Politics 12 Comments Tagged with Biblical Case, Christian Faith, Dangerous Undertaking, Death Penalty, Elizabeth Hunter, Foolishness, Fragility, Humility, Inaction, Justice System, Murderers, Objectivity, Perfect Justice, Police Woman, Retribution, Staines, Theos, Those Hands, Traffic Warden, Understandable Desire

Much ruptures this morning in response to Paul Staines’ campaign to reintroduce the death penalty. Perhaps the most reasoned response is from Elizabeth Hunter of Theos. Perhaps it is because foreshortening a still-redeemable life seems a very dangerous undertaking, permissible …

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Something Sensible from Gene Robinson

By Peter Ould Posted on April 30, 2008 Posted in Identity, Sexuality, Wholeness 3 Comments Tagged with Alienation, Band Wagon, Consecration, Conservative Side, Current Times, Episcopacy, Gay Rights, Jimmy Somerville, Lgbt Community, Listener, Little Gem, Living In Fear, Nanosecond, Nugget, Oppression, Paragraphs, Rejection, Retribution, Second Nature, Single Word

Surprisingly, there is a little gem in the current Times serialisation of Gene Robinson’s book, a nugget that all those on the conservative side need to grab hold of and understand: The worst part is that it’s reminiscent of the …

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A Biblical Case for the Death Penalty

Something Sensible from Gene Robinson