Month: August 2018
Cornelius Van Til’s ‘Medicine Book’
There is a great danger in believing the Bible is merely a rulebook for living, an agglomeration of ancient poems and stories, or a sort of self-help handbook. There is equally a danger in thinking...
Responding to Concerns and Objections About Refugees
The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom; all who follow his precepts have good understanding. – Psalm 111:10 At this point, I have laid out (hopefully) a means of thinking about refugeeism...
The Contribution of Christians in the Middle East–and the Call to Keep Them There
North American Christians can be confident and excited about the contribution of refugees to our communities. We also need to appreciate the sometimes greater and more vital contribution of refugees when we assist them to...
The Blessing of Refugees: Cultural Contributions of Refugees
Beyond the net positive economic impact of uprooted peoples resettled in our countries, refugees can bless our communities culturally. When God’s people were in exile in a foreign land, swept off to Babylon in captivity,...
It Turns Out Older Churches Are More Progressive Than Newer Ones
What with the secularization of American society, increasing moves toward and beyond relativism, and advancing political progressivism, one might presume new church plants are more liberal than churches planted 50 or 100 years ago. Actually,...
The Blessing of Refugees: Economic Contributions of Refugees
Out of Egypt I called my son. – Hosea 11:1 It was out of refugeeism that God returned the Messiah to Israel. It was out of foreignness that the Savior of the world came. Not...
Arm’s-Length Prejudice and Real Respect
Imagine a guy who looks like a member of Hell’s Angels—tatted, scruffy, big-bearded, and all black leather—walks into a corporate headquarters in downtown Chicago. Think of a kid in a Bernie Sanders shirt that gives...