Introduction Throughout Christian history some outside of the main stream of Christian orthodoxy have opposed all forms of war and violence. They are called “pacifists” or “people of peace.” Often they appeal to texts in the Sermon on the Mount in which the Lord spoke of the blessed peacemakers and to His command to “turn […]

Editor’s note: The CRC Synod has referred to the churches for study a committee report on Capital Punishment. That report, as I pointed out in the May, 1979, OUTLOOK (p. 6), labors especially to overthrow, mainly with practical arguments God’s injunction Genesis 9:6, “Whoso sheddeth man’s blood, by man shall his blood be shed, for […]