Mark Coppenger

I am not saying there is a firm biblical teaching against it, but I did a piece a number of years ago where I listed 10 reasons why I favored the burial of the deceased. 

If you go back to the Noahic Covenant in Genesis 9, it says, "Whoever sheds man's blood by man's hands shall his own blood be shed."

Professor Mark Coppenger acknowledges that there may be no biblical injunction against cremation, but there are several reasons he finds to favor traditional burial for the...