Is Capital Punishment Wrong?

In the same issue of Christianity Today mentioned above, Jacob J. Vellenga gives his views on the above question. Dr. Vellenga, author of the article, is connected to the United Presbyterian Church. He expects all who accept "the authority of Scripture" to agree with him that "the issue of capital punishment must be decided on what Scripture actually teaches and not on the popular naturalistic ideas of sociology and penology that prevail today." We agree with him. In the same issue of...