Suicide

What is the proper Christian response to suicide? Can there be any hope of salvation for someone in the church who takes their own life? It is always a tragedy when a person takes his own life. Generally speaking, suicides die “having no hope, and without God in the world” (Eph. 2:12b), and the Bible takes a dim view of suicide. The only suicides in the Bible were obvious unbelievers and reprobates (Saul, Ahithophel, Zimri, and Judas Iscariot). In addition, the Heidelberg Catechism, in its...