Why I’m Pro-Life (Part 3: What About the Death Penalty?)
07/29/2005: Of the “pro-life” issues, very few will split people like the death penalty. This is an issue on which pro-life advocates are not in complete agreement. Feminists for Life, for example, opposes the death penalty. Some of my friends who are in the ministry also oppose both abortion and the death penalty. On the other hand, most evangelicals I know oppose abortion but support the death penalty. There are cases to be made for both views. I will discuss both, and articulate my view. The wackiest view, however, comes from some of the hard-core lefties, who support abortion but oppose the death penalty. I have zero respect for them. A minister friend of mine–a former fellow seminarian–recently articulated that the death penalty is contrary to a pro-life ethic. He also articulated that the death penalty removes any opportunity for Christian regeneration. I agreed with him initially, but–after further review–I disagree on both points. Typically, a death row inmate will not face exe
