Our separate struggles are really one.
"Do not forget to show hospitality to strangers, for by so doing some people have shown hospitality to angels without knowing it.”
-- Hebrew 13:2
Quotations, ideas, thoughts, bookmarks to stuff about my experiences, and perceptions on the migration of people.
Thursday, June 24, 2010
Monday, June 21, 2010
Balance of Love and Law on Immigration
I re-worked my review of Welcoming the Stranger for Amazon. It is posted there are ready for you to read and comment. Be sure to click on "yes" if you found the review helpful.
[Link above is fixed.]
Hopefully you'll find this book dangerous and even life changing.
[Link above is fixed.]
Hopefully you'll find this book dangerous and even life changing.
Friday, June 18, 2010
Friday, June 4, 2010
Evangelical Christians on Immigration
There is an interesting set of essays on immigration by theologians, writers, pastors, ethicists, and activists on Patheos.com. The site is full of information on religion in general, with a portal for evangelical Christianity. They publish periodic responses to a set of questions posed by their content editors to a targeted group of respondents.
The most recent set of responses are on the topic of immigration and immigration reform. I am one of the writers from the activist perspective. These were the questions we were asked to respond to:
I'd be interested to know what you think and hear your feedback.
The most recent set of responses are on the topic of immigration and immigration reform. I am one of the writers from the activist perspective. These were the questions we were asked to respond to:
"Immigration and illegal immigration are matters of grave ethical concern. Does the Bible give principles or insights that should guide Christian thinking on this issue? Is there a 'Christian position' on illegal immigration? Would it be un-Christian to expel illegal immigrants who have built their lives in the United States?"
I'd be interested to know what you think and hear your feedback.
Labels:
Christianity,
CIR,
immigrants,
immigration,
politics,
Religion
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