Sıra | DOSYA ADI | Format | Bağlantı |
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01. | Immigrants Multiculturalism Immigrants Immigration | pptx | Sunumu İndir |
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Every Thought Captive:ImmigrationKeith Rice
Physical security◦ Do immigrants cause more crime? Job security◦ Do immigrants take jobs from American workers? Multiculturalism◦ Is a multicultural society a healthy society?Immigration Causes Tension
Commands to migrate◦ Adam and Eve (Gen 3◦ Abram (Gen. 12:1)◦ Lot◦ Jacob and his family◦ Naomi and Ruth (Moab Judah)Bible On Immigration Part 1
Laws concerning treatment of immigrants◦ Exodus 12:49◦ Exodus 22:21◦ Leviticus 23:22◦ Numbers 35◦ Deuteronomy 1:16 ◦ Deuteronomy 27:19 Bible On Immigration Part 2
Spiritual analogies◦ I Chronicles 29:14-15◦ Ephesians 2◦ 1 Peter 2:11◦ Hebrews 11:13-16Bible On Immigration Part 3
Positive, but… 1. Immigrants were expected to assimilate◦ Implications: No heightened insecurity, no multiculturalism 2. Jews still had preferential treatment◦ This is most evident in the slave laws◦ Implication (speculative): Any hard-working Jew would have job securityGod’s Attitude Toward Immigrants
America is not Israel! Physical security◦ Do immigrants cause more crime? Job security◦ Do immigrants take jobs from American workers? Multiculturalism◦ Is a multicultural society a healthy society?Questions Revisited
Immigration is not a one-dimensional issue Define your terms when you talk to others Are politicians’ motives the Church’s motives?◦ Have you made comfort an idol? Default Christian position◦ Welcome the immigrant Never forget: you are an alien We’re saved by an alien righteousnessSummary