Tag: atonement

  • Responding to Allie Beth Stuckey on Genesis 9:6 and the Death Penalty

    Responding to Allie Beth Stuckey on Genesis 9:6 and the Death Penalty

    Recently, a right-wing Christian political commentator named Allie Beth Stuckey began making the rounds on Twitter/X because of a tweet she made claiming that she supported the death penalty because she was pro-life. Her argument was, in essence, that murderers violate the sanctity of life; and out of His abundant mercy, God permits capital punishment for such…

  • Correcting Two Common Misconceptions about Sacrifice in Leviticus

    Correcting Two Common Misconceptions about Sacrifice in Leviticus

    It doesn’t take long for students of the Bible to recognize the level of significance Scripture places on blood sacrifice. While many daily Bible reading plans have gone to the book of Leviticus to die, most Christians are at least familiar with Leviticus 17:11: “For the life of the flesh is in the blood, and…