Guest Blog by Andrew Wainer. A large portion of Americans believe we have 11 million unauthorized immigrants in the United States because we’re lazy. According to this line of thinking, if we turned up the heat by reducing public benefits, some of the 13.5 million unemployed citizens would be compelled to turn off the TV, get off the couch, and apply for jobs working as field hands, cleaning staff, and construction workers.Continue Reading →
At the heart of what it means to be an evangelical Christian is a deep belief in the gospel (evangelion). Evangelicals desire to see those who have not yet embraced and been transformed by the hope of a relationship with Jesus Christ join into the family of those who have. We share the gospel […]Continue Reading →
Guest Blog by James Fischer Written by an accomplished professor at a prominent evangelical seminary, Christians at the Border is an important resource for anyone exploring biblical perspectives on immigration in America. Daniel Carroll speaks with a balanced and insightful voice in a tone becoming of healthy Christian discourse. His experience as a […]Continue Reading →
Guest Blog by Bruce Strom The alien within our borders suffers many injustices. Administer Justice, the Christian legal aid ministry that I lead, is often criticized for assisting undocumented individuals. Many Christians view our involvement as a failure to obey the authorities. It is not. But understanding what the authorities say is both complex […]Continue Reading →
“Let us not love with words or speech but with actions and in truth” (1 John 3:8). Much of the discussion around immigration in the United States, including within our churches, focuses on questions of public policy: who should be allowed in? How should we penalize those who have broken immigration laws? How […]Continue Reading →
Guest Blog by Sarah Jackson Some of my most vivid childhood memories swirl around time in the water. Splashing in a pool for hours on end gave way to my nickname, “The Fish.” On one particular pool day my mom packed a lunch for our family. We would be hungry after a full […]Continue Reading →
When I’m asked how I became interested in immigration, I sometimes mention that I grew up in a part of the country—Northeast Wisconsin—where there really aren’t many immigrants and that, as such, for lack of meaningful relationships, most of my opinions about the topic until a few years ago were formed by television and other […]Continue Reading →
Guest Blog by Bethany Anderson Osama bin Laden is dead. The world is celebrating? Let me start by saying that, as the wife of someone who lost his grandmother in the 9/11 attacks, I know full well the devastation this man has caused. He did many evil things and was responsible for the […]Continue Reading →
