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Is it a sin or forbidden to follow any of the parts of the Law of Moses?
In John 7:53-8:11, Jesus condemns fulfilling the Law of Moses when it requires that a crowd stone an adulteress to death. This seems to imply (if these passages are authentic, which is in question) ...
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Does Genesis 9:5 say that God holds animals accountable for killing humans?
I was looking back over Genesis 9, just after the flood, when God allowed man to eat animals for food. The text is fairly interesting here:
4 “But you must not eat meat that has its lifeblood ...
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Why neither David nor Solomon were stoned to death?
David was a murderer and an adulterer. Both crimes were punishable by death by the law.
Solomon had ... how many wives and concubines? I don't even remember.
Why neither David nor Solomon were ...
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What does the Bible say about Capital Punishment?
Some Christians are for and some are against capital punishment. However what does the Bible have to say about it?