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Christian refugees…guides for our “Theology of suffering”?

When I pastored in Phoenix a few years ago, my assistant pastor was from a Middle Eastern country and a number of our church members were refugees from Burma/Myanmar. For all of them and almost every other refugee that our church served, their life experience prior to being resettled in America was oppression generated by the…

June 25, 2016 in Church related, Suffering, U.S.A. related.

Lessons for the church from those pesky Gibeonites

The bible is full of admonitions for God’s people to be an expression of His love for the poor and oppressed. This includes caring for the fatherless, the widow, and the “strangers” that live among us, (Deut. 10:17-22 being just one of dozens of examples). But does the bible have anything to say about the…

June 20, 2016 in Immigration, Refugee related, U.S.A. related.

10 thoughts and 10 “What if” questions about refugees and incognito terrorists.

Knowing a bit of my back round, a few friends have asked me what my thoughts are regarding whether or not the United States should permit refugees from Syria to be resettled here. Before I share a few of the things that I think about that subject and a few others, I believe that sharing…

November 22, 2015 in Church related, Refugee related, U.S.A. related, Uncategorized.

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