Romans 13

Published: August 7, 2007, 2:38 pm

Tags: apologetics theology, criminal justice

I think it's high time we discuss Romans 13. In the midst of a big commenter hoo-hah about Regis' post yesterday, labrialumn declared:Gina, Paul affirms the death penalty in Romans 13. And God Himself has not changed.Back in May, Anne posted Who Would Jesus Kill? Let's Find Out... which resulted in another commenter dust-up of sorts. During that discussion, I noted:Sometimes I wonder if we Evangelicals don't mistreat Rom 13 a bit. I wonder if we don't extrapolate grand theologies from it a bit more than we ought to. It's one section of scripture, and upon it, and it alone, we base entire belief systems about the rights of government versus the rights of individuals. I just wonder if that's what we're supposed to do. ...Among the reasons I wonder if we treat the section with enough care is that we somehow constantly ignore verse 3: "For rulers hold no terror for those who do right, but for those who do wrong." And Paul elaborates a bit, just to really reinforce this idea:

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