What Is A Biblical Response To The Syrian Refugee Crisis?

Show Notes

• Watermark Disaster Relief Fund (must create a log in)
• A People without a Home: Helping in the Syrian Refugee Crisis
• Immigration and the Christian: The Balance of the Welcome and the Wall
• We should not oppress or restrict the gēr see Exod 22:21; Lev 19:33-34). The sojourner who in effect says in word and deed, “your people will be my people n your God will be my God” We should not welcome the nekhar.

Take Aways Mentioned In The Video

1. Rule of law is important
2. Facts are our friends
3. The law of love is always in place whatever the facts are
4. Law of love is never contradictory to compassion OR wisdom
5. Wisdom's way is not always politically correct
6. Love does not mean doing what others want us to do (nice is not kind…kind is grace and truth)
7. Love is not provoked (by emotion or fear)
8. Love does not seek its own
9. Love means action
10. Action must be compassionate and wise
11. PRAY AND ACT

Tweets From Todd Wagner

We can't just say "we're Christians let 'em in" OR "we're scared keep 'em out" we have to be wise Pr22:3 & loving Lk10:27b #SyrianRefugees

— Todd Wagner (@wordsfromwags) November 18, 2015

We must do justice & love kindness as we walk humbly w/ the Lord (Micah6:8) Govrmnt must vet/protect Church must love/preach #SyrianRefugees

— Todd Wagner (@wordsfromwags) November 18, 2015

Racism is wrong-if ur immigration policy says u need to be white to be welcome u are uninformed/unbiblical/ungodly. #SyrianRefugees But....

— Todd Wagner (@wordsfromwags) November 19, 2015

If I told u the #SyrianRefugees were babies & we're going to DIE if we didn't allow them to immigrate from the womb-would u feel different?

— Todd Wagner (@wordsfromwags) November 18, 2015

If #ParisAttacks have shown the world anything it is that postmodernism is a failed philosophy and Truth matters. Find it. Preach it.

— Todd Wagner (@wordsfromwags) November 18, 2015