Tag: Capital punishment
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Life For Life
On November 26, 1981, in Leetown, MS, James Billiot killed his stepfather, mother, and 14-year-old stepsister with an 8-pound sledgehammer. It was a gruesome crime. The State sentenced Billiot to death in December 1982. Today, 40-years-later, he is still on death row. Billiot is one of thirty-five folks on Mississippi’s death row. They’ve been there…
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Slow to Speak
This week, I was going to discuss the error of liberation theology, but there are yet more stories about police officers killing young, black men. We are hearing of Daunte Wright, of Minnesota, Adam Toledo of Chicago, and, most recently, Peyton Ham of Leonardtown, Maryland. These events are deeply concerning to us, as Christians. Every…
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