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Are the Refugees Our Concern?

9/29/2015

 
Cursed be anyone who perverts the justice due to the sojourner...
-Deuteronomy 27:19
Are the refugees our concern? In a word, yes.

But I realize it's much more complex than that.

Is it our duty to use tax dollars to get them here and take care of them as they get settled? Or only private funds? Or some kind of combination?

And what about the threat of undercover terrorists?
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With the threat of undercover terrorists it seems a little difficult to sort out. I get that.

But on the other hand - while I realize there are still practical issues to wade through carefully - if we turn to God's Word where it actually speaks to socio-political ethics - it does seem to clear up pretty well what our obligations are. So what are our obligations?

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God Bless Memorial Day

5/21/2015

 
Greater love has no one than this, that someone lays down his life for his friends.
-John 15:13
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Unlike Veteran's Day, where we set apart some time to thank those who are serving or have served in the armed forces for the sake of protecting us and our nation, on Memorial Day we take special time to remember those who gave their lives for that protection.

This is no small thing. War is not simply "a part of life." And those who die in battle ought to be mourned. Indeed, David did this very thing when he heard of Saul and Jonathan. He lamented, "How the mighty have fallen in the midst of the battle!" (2 Sam. 1:25). 
His lament was for both of them (2 Sam. 1:23): Jonathan, who was like a dear brother to him (2 Sam. 1:26), and also Saul (2 Sam. 1:24), who tried to kill him (1 Sam. 19:1, 20:33). David lamented and was grieved over both of their deaths that occurred as a result of the fallen-world calamity we call war.

People feel pain. The loss of loved ones and even the loss of past enemies can reduce the strongest of men to tears beyond counting. And I say again, this is no small thing. War is not a trivial matter. In the words of one of my good friends: "War is a hellish death machine, an unfortunate consequence of fallen man's condition."

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America's Place in Bringing Peace to the Middle East

8/14/2014

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There is an answer to the atrocities occurring in the Middle East. There is a solution that will bring peace to that region of the world. The Bible has that answer. And would you believe that the United States of America has a role to play in that solution?

Of course, it is very unfortunate that the United States has also already had a role to play (a negative role, that is) in the current state of affairs. And we’ll get to that later. The important thing to understand right now is that, right now, citizens of the United States have, not just a role, but a moral duty to bring peace to the Middle East.
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In order to avoid as much misunderstanding as I can, let me clarify what I just said. Firstly, citizens of the United States have a moral duty to bring peace to the Middle East. This does not, by necessity, mean the government (by use of military power) has a moral duty (or even a right) to bring peace to the Middle East (though it could be the case in certain circumstances). Secondly, we have a duty to bring peace to the Middle East. This does not, by necessity, mean our goal is to bring democracy.

So how do citizens of the U.S. bring peace to the Middle East?

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Loving Our Neighbors in The Crimean Crisis

3/15/2014

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I still have not really figured out fully what is happening over there near the Black Sea.

In researching as much as I can with the small amount of time I have, it seems, I stress "seems," there are actually three separate political sovereigns immediately involved in the situation: Ukraine, Russia, and the Autonomous Republic of Crimea.(1)

Admittedly, I'm really very unclear as to how it all works.(2) But while I have no scientific evidence to back this up, I'm fairly confident that the majority of U.S. citizens are in the same boat.
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I'm okay with that though for the intended purposes of this post.(2) My point in all this is not to explain the relationship between those three political sovereigns (or two - again I'm still unclear on the details), but my point is simply to ask, from a Biblical perspective, how should the U.S. be involved?

Should the U.S. impose sanctions against Russia?
Should the U.S. send aid to Ukraine?

The answers to those questions will, in part, depend on how we define the U.S.

Should the U.S. (as in the U.S. government) impose sanctions against Russia?
Should the U.S. (as in private American citizens) send aid to Ukraine?

Here is where it gets a little more sticky.

But regardless of how we're defining the terms and how sticky the situation is, as Christians, we still need to think of it in terms of Christian ethics (that is, in terms of what we ought to do regarding the situation according to God's Word and the Lordship of Christ in our lives). And indeed, we ought to do something...

But what is it that we ought to do?

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