“If Jesus were to come back and see what people have done in his name, he’d throw up,” a line from a Woody Allen character in his film Hannah and Her Sisters.
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“If you preach the gospel in all aspects with the exception of the issues which deal specifically with your time, you are not preaching at all.” Martin Luther
Currently, I am reading in Os Guinness’ book, The Global Public Square: Religious Freedom And The Making Of A World Safe For Diversity, having recently read the book Still Evangelical: Insiders Consider Political, Social, and Theological Meaning, and I have started reading in the Next Evangelicalism: Freeing the Church from Western Cultural Captivity.
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The topic I will be addressing in this short article is one that is polarizing people here in the United States from both the unchurched, not faith-based general populace to those who call themselves Christian and followers of Jesus of Nazareth. The issue of aliens, foreigners, non-citizens residing here in America, allowing for those individuals without criminal pasts, on a permanent basis is a topic over which much debate and battle lines are being drawn between political groups and ideology, as well as social-economic and religious lines. For many in our churches, battle lines of ideology on this topic are being drawn around whether or not you are a Democrat, Republican. Sadly, many Christians viewpoints aren’t decided by a careful search of scripture on this topic, but their views are derived and shaped by the various news media outlets they view or devour depending upon their party affiliations.