Hospitality in an Age of Terror
“By the exercise of hospitality we come to the knowledge of Christ.” – Augustine[1] The week that the controversial US travel and immigration ban was first issued, I sat in my […]
Current Events
Righteous Anger
The full version of this article first appeared June 1, 2017 at Christianity Today as “Righteous Anger: Egypt’s Christians Respond to ISIS” by Jayson Casper. Thirty Coptic Christians were gunned down by […]
From our Vantage Point: The Signs of the Times Unfolding in the Middle East Today
Earlier this year, I was flipping through the radio channels as I was driving from Houston to Dallas. I fell upon a talk show where, to my surprise, I heard […]
Are Refugee Crises historically a Muslim phenomena?
According to the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), there are 63.91 million “persons of concern”, which includes refugees, people awaiting recognition as refugees, and people who have fled […]
Andy Stanley on the Refugee Crisis
It was a matter of time before popular megachurch pastors started delivering sermons specifically addressing the ongoing refugee debate in America. Andy Stanley, Evangelical pastor of the nation’s largest Protestant […]
The US Immigration Ban: A View from the Kingdom
“Give me your tired, your poor, Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free,The wretched refuse of your teeming shore.” (Engraved on the pedestal of the Statue of Liberty from “The New Colossus” […]
We Will Come to You: Christian Help for Refugees
John Piper recently preached at the Bethlehem 2017 Conference for Pastors + Church Leaders. In his message he says the gospel believing church “marches to a different drum” and in […]
Bearing Witness: What Refugees Teach Us About Suffering
This article first appeared at The Table. For more articles featuring thoughtful Christian perspectives on the the nature and embodiment of love, growing through suffering, and acquiring humility, click here. […]
Muslims Turn to Christ in Unprecedented Numbers (Part 2)
This is part 2/2 of an article originally published by Open Doors, USA. Read Part 1 here. Muslims in the Middle East are turning to Jesus in unprecedented numbers. This […]
A Family Reunion
Much of the world’s focus has been on the refugees in Syria and Iraq as a result of the Syrian civil war and ISIS. And rightly so, this conflict has […]