Immigrants and Immigration: Come to Work The Law of God and Public Policy Strangers coming here must come to work. “And when you reap the harvest of your land, you shall not reap your field right up to its edge, nor shall you gather the gleanings after your harvest. You shall leave them ...

Immigrants and Immigration: Citizenship The Law of God and Public Policy Is citizenship essential? “When a stranger sojourns with you in your land, you shall not do him wrong. You shall treat the stranger who sojourns with you as the native among you, and you shall love him as yourself, for you were ...

Immigrants and Immigration: Love and Justice The Law of God and Public Policy Justice requires that we love the strangers in our midst. “For the LORD your God is a God of gods and Lord of lords, the great, the mighty, and the awesome God, who is not partial and takes no bribe. ...

Immigrants and Immigration: Love the Stranger? The Law of God and Public Policy Do we love those who come seeking the blessings God has granted us? “For the LORD your God is a God of gods and Lord of lords, the great, the mighty, and the awesome God, who is not partial and ...

Immigrants and Immigration: Gratitude and Immigration The Law of God and Public Policy Addressing the immigration “problem” begins in thanksgiving. “For the LORD your God is a God of gods and Lord of lords, the great, the mighty, and the awesome God, who is not partial and takes no bribe. He executes justice ...

Immigrants and Immigration: A Call to Gratitude The Law of God and Public Policy Are we a nation of grateful—or grudging—immigrants? “For the LORD your God is a God of gods and Lord of lords, the great, the mighty, and the awesome God, who is not partial and takes no bribe. He executes ...

Immigrants and Immigration: The Attraction of Justice and Love The Law of God and Public Policy Where the divine economy prevails, others will want to share in it. “Keep them and do them, for that will be your wisdom and your understanding in the sight of the peoples, who, when they hear all ...

Caring for the Poor: The Way Out The Law of God and Public Policy Churches are the key to dealing with poverty. “Hear therefore, O Israel, and do them, that it may go well with you, and that you may multiply greatly, as the LORD, the God of your fathers, has promised you, ...

Caring for the Poor: No Complacency The Law of God and Public Policy We must not become complacent about poverty. “Hear therefore, O Israel, and do them, that it may go well with you, and that you may multiply greatly, as the LORD, the God of your fathers, has promised you, in a ...

Caring for the Poor: Churches and Public Policy The Law of God and Public Policy Churches should take the initiative in caring for the poor. “At the end of every three years you shall bring out all the tithe of your produce in the same year and lay it up within your towns. ...