Not Dying is Not an Option
I have a couple of different edition's of a book titled The Law of Self Defense in my library. A gun can be a very efficient and effective tool when used for defending innocent life, and that book does a good job of describing the legal boundaries associated with using a gun in that manner. The book is recommended reading for anyone who carries a gun for self-defense.
But, just who (or what) is this "self" that we are defending? Is it really the case that, for some, using a gun to stay alive is nothing more than prolonging the agony of life? Question's like that have an answer, and the answer is theological.
Theologian Dr. Albert Mohler addresses the fear of death as one of the topics in his Daily Briefing on June 15, 2018.
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