Your people shall be my people, and your God, my God. (Ruth 1:16) Immigration. Mention the word in conversation and you’ll likely find few people lacking an opinion on the topic. It’s a hot button issue and one badly in need of a Scripturalist analysis. In the past I have made abortive attempts to [...]
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The Bible and Immigration: A Few Preliminaries
Posted in Immigration on December 7, 2011 | 2 Comments »
Immigration Part 2: The Case of Ruth
Posted in Immigration, Politics on April 13, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
When discussing immigration, the conversation usually revolves around immigrant rights. Rarely is the subject of immigrant responsibilites ever broached. But what do the Scriptures say? Do immigrants have responsibilites? If so, what are they? To help answer these questions, let’s consider the example of Ruth, one of the clearest examples of immigration in the Bible. Elimelech and Naomi were [...]
Immigration Part 1
Posted in Immigration on April 6, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
The debate over US immigration policy has become heated in recent years and shows no sign of going away. Part of the reason for this is the failure of those engaged in the debate, whatever their position on immigration, to understand and believe what the Bible has to say about the subject. It may come as a surprise [...]
