Immigration Articles

Listen to the Children

Book Review: Listen to the Children: Conversations with Immigrant Families. By Elizabeth Conde-Fraizer.

Conde-Fraizer has made the ancient immigration policy God gave to Israel relevant for 21 century American Christians. Every page, each family anecdote, reinforces God’s guidelines governing Israel’s relationship to immigrants.

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Welcoming the Stranger: A New Testament Perspective

Rodney Cooper states that, “the immigration debate is divisive many Christians are taking a socio-political approach to this issue as opposed to a theological-biblical stance.”

The Good Samaritan

The Illegal Samaritan

A student from Arizona in my world religions class in my evangelical seminary told me that he would never give a cup of water to an illegal immigrant because it is against the law in Arizona.

Woman Praying

“Who Would Jesus Deport” Ministering Among the Undocumented in the Midst of a Broken Immigration System

Juan Martinez asks “What should a Christian do when human laws are either clearly unjust or, at least, disconnected from the reality of immigrants who suffer under them?” What would Jesus do?

The Holy Bible

The Immigration Debate: Insights from the Bible

Daniel Carroll argues that believers are to treat immigrants with respect and kindness.