Last Wednesday evening, while at a Christian College in rural Ohio that I was visiting for the first time, I experienced a surreal sense of déjà vu. Nearly a decade ago now, as a freshman at Wheaton College, I was present for what some would argue was the most exciting event that ever happened to […]Continue Reading →
Let Them In: The Case for Open Borders by Jason Riley is an excellent book with a regrettable title. Because I personally do not think the United States could sustain an open borders policy—and because that is also quite adamantly not the position of my employer, World Relief, which like other evangelical groups […]Continue Reading →
Our most popular guest post thus far here on the g92.org blog has been Sarah Eisele-Dyrli’s post on “The Connection Between Faith, Human Trafficking, and Immigration” a few weeks ago. We’re very glad that, in recent years, the Church in the United States has begun to recognize the tragic reality that modern-day slavery exists […]Continue Reading →
On June 18, 1954, the CIA dropped leaflets across Guatemala demanding the resignation of the nation’s democratically-elected president, Jacobo Arbenz, and then armed, organized, and trained a military opposition to successfully topple his presidency. Arbenz had supported an agrarian reform policy that was of concern to the United Fruit Company, the American company that owned […]Continue Reading →
This is the second part of a two-part blog post. If you haven’t already, read Part I. As I’ve had more time to study Romans 13, reflect on it, and be sharpened by the views of others, I’ve come up with a few thoughts, which I’ll mention briefly here, that I wish […]Continue Reading →
Walt Disney conceived of his namesake theme park, Disneyland, as a place that he could “keep developing, keep plussing and adding to,” an idea that appealed to him in part because of the frustration of making films, which once they are “in the can,” can no longer be changed. Books, for better or worse, […]Continue Reading →
Anyone paying any attention to the news over the past several weeks is aware that Libya is in the midst of a political upheaval inspired by the successful, peaceful revolutions in Egypt and Tunisia. Sadly, the Libyan situation has become very violent: as the Libyan government has stubbornly clung to power, as many as […]Continue Reading →
A few months ago, The New York Times ran a front-page story about the strong support coming from evangelical leaders like Richard Land, Bill Hybels, Mat Staver, and Samuel Rodriguez for a comprehensive reform of our nation’s immigration laws. While I appreciated the article as a whole, I thought […]Continue Reading →
Much like the related vices of pride and gossip, slander is a subtle sin. It is often committed without much forethought, and it is easier than more blatant iniquities to justify afterwards in our minds. Slander is seldom the topic of sermons, and many Christians—who could very readily explain to you what is meant […]Continue Reading →
