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Evangelical Churches, National Association of Evangelicals and God’s compassion for the immigrant
I sent the following to the President of the Baptist denomination that my evangelical church is a part of this week in response to the reaction of restrictionist groups to the statement in support of comprehensive immigration reform by the National Association of Evangelicals and the kerfuffle that followed. I have edited the what follows to be more generic and encourage you to edit and use it in your context. …The impetus for my writing at this time are the events surrounding the recent testimony of prominent evangelical leaders be

love casts out fear, not immigrants
Professor Rah's blog features Jose Morales, Jr. “Immigration, Fear, Cultural Idolatry and the Liberating Power of Faith" Mr. Morales makes good points about the nature of fear and the treatment of immigrants."The sad tale to this saga for me, as a faithful Christian, is that this cultural hegemony has been, and still is, sanctioned and sustai

My response to a conversation on Facebook
I recently did a Facebook updated in order to send people to my post below on Lynn Hybels testimony before the Senate Judiciary Committee on Immigration. A flood of comments followed. I have now responded. And, my comments are:"All of the conversation here surprised me, as my original intention was to drive traffic to my blog on this topic. I am not going to address everything that people have injected here, but I do want to say a couple of things. For those who may want to develop a Christian faith-based viewpoint on the migration of people and specifically people immigrating to the United States, I recommend 3 books that I have read in the past 18 months. Welcoming

Dawn in the Darkness: building an inclusive biblical paradigm
KenoshitaBiolaI thought you’d be interested in this event at Biola University on October 29, 2009 at 12 noon until 2 pm in the Café Banquet Room.Biola University’s Multi Ethnic Department will be a screening of a short documentary “Dawn in the Darkness: building an inclusive biblical paradigm” by Glen Kinoshita.From the promotional flyer about the film:“What is the role of the church in caring for the poor? Should diversity be important to a body of believers? Aimed at addressing the issue of diversity and soci