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A Christian Response to the Refugee Crisis
I'm a bit tired of the bleeding hearts....some in politics and some behind pulpits waging the finger and scolding us for not being compassionate because we won't fulfill (their) version of the great commission. It's the same liberal interpretation of scripture that asserts: if we are biblical about views on homosexuality, then we are unloving. It's the same interpretation that scolds us for refuting false teachers by nonsensical platitudes like: "What unites us is greater than what divides us." The answer is simply....no, not if it demeans or diminishes Jesus. It's the same way with the current refugee crisis. I'm not a hater, uncompassionate, un-Christlike, or suffer from Islamophobia......just because I don't want to see people murdered in the streets by terrorists and want to utilize common sense when dealing with this crisis. Not wanting to see schools stormed, malls, colleges, synagogues, or churches stormed by crazed demonic terrorists doesn't make me uncompassionate, in all reality....it's the epitome of compassion. My home church here in Indianapolis is bringing real hope and meeting some needs of many fleeing refugees and Syria via our Christmas offering. This isn't just education, books, food, and tents......this is real bold witness and declaration of the gospel right there in the Middle East. Needs can be met in the US, Europe, and on the ground in Syria & Iraq. I have seen a war zone first hand and now the citizens of Paris are knowing it's horrors all to well. I wrote this article to widen the very narrow and I believe naive approach of some Christians who I believe are genuine in their love for people, but blinded to the realities of the ground. Let's be compassionate, let's show the love of Christ, let's share the gospel, but let's be wise and harmless in our Christian response to the refugee crisis.
Howard Green