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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?
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