Suicide does not automatically mean loss of salvation; Christians can and do commit terrible sins — but suicide harms others profoundly

Mike does not believe suicide automatically negates salvation — there is no strong biblical reason to think so. Christians can and do commit grievous sins. The relevant question is always whether someone was genuinely saved, not a specific act at the end of life. He rejects manufacturing false doctrine to scare people away from suicide as dishonest and harmful. However, he strongly emphasizes that suicide is devastating to those left behind, and he argues the church should speak more about this harm rather than only sympathizing with the person who died. He also notes that suicidal states often involve extreme self-focus (narcissism in the clinical sense) that blocks awareness of the harm caused to others.