147 | What Does The Bible Say About: Christians who commit suicide

About this episode

The episode discusses what the Bible says about suicide and the implications for Christians who die by suicide.

This week, Steve, Rich, and Sarah continue last week’s conversation on what the Bible says about suicide. Early in the discussion, they address a difficult and often-asked question: If a Christian dies by suicide, do they still go to heaven? To explore this, Steve references several accounts in Scripture involving suicide and briefly touches on some Catholic perspectives that have historically viewed suicide as a mortal sin. Ultimately, though, he brings the conversation back to the central q...

People in this episode

Hosts: Steve, Rich, Sarah

Topics covered

• suicide
• Christianity
• heaven
• Scripture
• mortal sin

Keywords

• suicide
• Christians
• heaven
• Bible
• Catholic perspectives

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Catholic

Books & works: Bible

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