Welcome to the fifth post in our blog series on The Sanctity of Life. Having previously addressed abortion, euthanasia, and suicide under the Sixth Commandment ("You shall not murder," Exodus 20:13, NKJV), we now turn to a topic involving civil law and public justice: capital punishment and the scope of judicial authority. The Moral Authority of the State Does the state possess the moral authority to forfeit a citizen’s right to life as punishment for egregious crimes? The biblical text makes...

Welcome to the fourth post in our blog series on The Sanctity of Life. Having examined the distinction between killing and murder, abortion at the beginning of life, and euthanasia at life’s end, we now address a topic that touches countless lives with profound sorrow: suicide, self-harm, and the valuation of self under the Sixth Commandment ("You shall not murder," Exodus 20:13, NKJV). Is Suicide a Violation of the Sixth Commandment? Historically and modernly, Christian theology has...

Welcome to the third installment of our blog series on The Sanctity of Life. In our previous posts, we established the distinction between killing and murder under the Sixth Commandment ("You shall not murder," Exodus 20:13, NKJV) and evaluated the moral status of human life at its beginning. Now, we turn our attention to the end of life—examining euthanasia, assisted dying, and how biblical ethics speak to suffering, medical technology, and human dignity. Active vs. Passive Euthanasia:...