following points are worth considering: (1) Homosexuality and adultery are not approved by the Bible, still there is no enduring death penalty prescription for either of these activities. (2) While sexual sins are unique, they are not so unique that other sins don’t matter. (3) Government is not called to enforce Biblical morality, but it is described as an instrument of God’s judgment in its use of the sword—i.e., enforcing the death penalty for murder (Rom 13:1–7). Finally, as we live in a system