What Should Christians Think about the Death Penalty?

Questions about what Christians should think about the death penalty, how it can be moral if it’s not applied fairly across people groups, whether Matthew 6:25–34 is a promise given to all believers, and whether we should pray for friends who have died and were not believers.

• What should Christians think about the death penalty?
• How can capital punishment be moral when we know it’s not applied fairly across people groups and some innocent people have been sentenced to death?
• Is Matthew 6:25–34 a promise given to all believers or just to the ones Jesus was speaking to?
• Should we pray for friends who have died and were not believers?