Not only do we, as Lutherans, affirm the death penalty (e.g., Ap XVI), but we further condemn those who oppose it (Ep XII 15, SD XII 21).
Author: Corey J. Mahler, Esq., J.D., LL.M.
2020-12(Dec)-10(Thu)—1943PST
Are you Christian?
You support the death penalty.
2020-12(Dec)-10(Thu)—1942PST
Are you Lutheran?
You support the death penalty.
2020-12(Dec)-10(Thu)—1935PST
That State which declines to wield the sword against evil men is illegitimate.
2020-12(Dec)-10(Thu)—1930PST
The death penalty is necessary, righteous, and good.
2020-12(Dec)-10(Thu)—1611PST
Normal, functional countries do not routinely joke about civil war.
2020-12(Dec)-10(Thu)—0204PST
On this day, five hundred years ago, Martin Luther burned the papal bull “Exsurge Domine” in which Leo X condemned Luther as a heretic and called for the burning of his works.
This act marked Luther’s true break with the apostate Roman pontiff and the birth of the Reformation.
2020-12(Dec)-10(Thu)—0107PST
I do not feel that the fact that this life is the closest Christians will come to Hell necessarily entails that the approximation be this close.
2020-12(Dec)-10(Thu)—0058PST
There is nothing more pathetic, and with less pathos, than the Atheist.
2020-12(Dec)-09(Wed)—2124PST
America needs fewer non-denominational churches.