Asserts that in order to understand the plight of refugees worldwide in the twentieth century one only needs to analyse the lives of the Israelis recorded in the Bible, who were themselves refugees. Listing of some of the countries in the world with refugees in the 1990s; Information on the...
You are not going to find the term “personal boundaries” in the Bible. However, the Bible does talk about personal boundaries in principle. A personal boundary, as most people use the term, is a defining line that separates individuals from one another
He refuses to use transpersonal pronouns because he does not consider them as part of the English language and believes that no one should be compelled to use words that have no meaning to them. Judge for yourself whether you know how to pronounce or use the pronouns shown in the following ...
The shiny stuff (political scandals, celebrity nonsense, and more) in the long run, does not matter. We must turn away from the distractions, but it’s hard when those who “design” the distractions are very VERY good at it. The challenge with facing up to the mul...
for example. Limit the number of people who can apply for them. Ramp up surveillance measures. Start with orders that are mostly agreeable, or that are evengood. Not too many people would object to enhanced vetting procedures, especially during an international refugee crisis. I probably wouldn...
“Liberty does not exist where rights are on one side and power on the other. To be liberty, rights must be armed with vital powers. A people cannot be free who do not participate in the control of the government which operates upon them.”– Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus “If everything se...
Grylls launched his false recounting of the birth of Christ saying the world is celebrating the “birth of a Middle Eastern refugee” who “changed the course of the world forever.” “This is just a short extract from near the beginning of the adventure. When Maryam, a young, poor, and...
About 20 minutes into our conversation, we received an email from a teacher about the series, another confirmation that yes, parents need to be aware and engaged in this discussion. It doesn’t mean that we have to watch the program, but we need to be present and willing to have two-wa...
I started scrawling thoughts about my bible reading in a notebook that July. As fall progressed, and my son played happily with his Legos while his sisters were in school, I kept “writing down the bones”, as author Natalie Goldberg puts it. Bone after bone connected into a topical coll...
This article provides a theological reading of Acts 6–7, combining biblical and social-scientific insights to support constructive Christian engagement with the phenomena of twenty-first century migration. It responds broadly to US-American migratory phenomena, while drawing on insights from the Bible,...