Mt. 25:35 For I was hungry and you gave me something to eat, I was thirsty and you gave me something to drink, I was a stranger and you invited me in, 36 I needed clothes and you clothed me, I was sick and you looked after me, I was in prison and you came to visit me.’

Compassion constitutes a radical form of criticism, for it announces that the hurt is to be taken seriously, that the hurt is not to be accepted as normal and natural, but is an abnormal and unacceptable condition for humanness. Walter Brueggemann

Turns out that bad Christianity is far worse than no Christianity at all.

May this be true of those who call themselves Christian: Acts 17:6 “These men (and women) who have caused trouble all over the world have now come here...They are all defying Caesar’s decrees, saying that there is another king, one called Jesus.”

Our thoughts on immigration: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/vox…

If this is true, it’s an absolute disaster for the American Church.

Beyond blasphemous! Jesus people must publicly resist the idolatrous attempts of this administration to justify its policies in "christian" language and imagery.

We just spent an hour talking with Pastor Ara Torosian about the video he recorded as members of his congregation were detained by customs officials. The backstory about this makes it even more outrageous. https://www.Christianity today.com/2025/06/ice-ar…

1 in 5 US Catholic households includes at least 1 person vulnerable to deportation, per this U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops/National Association of Evangelicals/Global Christianity/World Relief study worldrelief.org/onepart/ 1 in 18 evangelical households is at risk Among other Christian groups (Mainline, Orthodox, etc), 1 in 33

At World Relief, we support this bill because of the ways it would keep families together & affirm human dignity worldrelief.org/world-relief-p…, & other evangelical Christians support for similar reasons evangelicalimmigrationtable.com/evangelicals-l… But there are also economic reasons to support this bill

Pastor Ara Torosian’s congregants fled Iran to escape persecution due to their Christian faith. Now, they are being held in immigration detention. religionnews.com/2025/07/23/la-…

"Jesus didn't come to give us a new and improved version of Caesar." Greg Boyd

I can taste this picture.

The circle of those whom God loves has always been bigger than the circle the church has drawn.

Sick and twisted.

Amen and amen.

Please join us if you are in Nashville. Matthew and I will be hosting a discussion on Immigration in Brentwood -- on 8/25.

Live as children of light (for the fruit of the light consists in all goodness, righteousness and truth) and find out what pleases the Lord. Have nothing to do with the fruitless deeds of darkness, but rather expose them. Eph. 5:8b-11. Let the reader understand.

Unjust and inhumane. Community members demand release of LAUSD student in federal custody for nearly 2 weeks abc7.com/post/community…

Please join us next Tuesday in Memphis for a discussion about immigration and the church's response!