• Skip to primary navigation
  • Skip to main content
  • Skip to primary sidebar
  • Skip to footer

Emerging Scholars Blog

InterVarsity's Emerging Scholars Network

DONATE
  • Home
  • About Us
    • About Our Bloggers
    • Commenting Policy
  • Reading Lists
  • Scholar’s Compass
    • Scholar’s Compass Booklet
    • View Recent Posts
  • Connect
    • Membership
    • Events
    • Donate
    • Contact Us

neighbor

Thinking Biblically About Immigration. Part 7 of the Welcoming the Stranger Series

fence
Send Me Your Tired… by chefranden

. . . Scripture suggests that all of us who follow Christ, whatever our nationality, have become aliens in this world, as our allegiances are to lie not primarily with any nation-state but with the kingdom of God. Paul reminds the believers at Philippi that their citizenship is in heaven (Phil 3:20), while Peter (1 Pet 2:11) and the author of Hebrews describe believers as foreigners and strangers on earth (Heb 11:13).

God used migration throughout Scripture to accomplish his purposes and bring his people to a greater understanding of his will for creation. God, who used migration so vividly throughout the Bible, works today to move his people from one place to another. – Soerens and Yang (2018), “Thinking Biblically About Immigration,” Chapter 5 in Welcoming the Stranger, p. 89.

Chapter 5 Summary

I am a facilitator for a 3-year discipleship course at New Psalmist Baptist Church here in Baltimore. Before becoming a facilitator, I was of course a student in the course, and my own facilitators would often ask us our opinion on a topic or an issue. And then, after we offered our opinion, our facilitators would ask: “Now, what does the Word say?” It was as if to say that they were okay giving us an opportunity to speak our minds, but after expressing our opinion it was now time to consult the real authority—the Word of God—so as to direct our thoughts and our conduct on whatever issue it was we were talking about. [Read more…] about Thinking Biblically About Immigration. Part 7 of the Welcoming the Stranger Series

Share this:

  • Email
  • Print
  • Facebook
  • More
  • Twitter
  • Tumblr
  • LinkedIn
  • Reddit
  • Pinterest

Reflection: Congregations, Neighborhoods, Places

Congregations, Neighborhoods, Places by Mark Mulder (Grand Rapids, MI: Calvin College Press, 2018).

“When we expand ‘neighbor’ to ‘neighborhoods’ and when we move from merely being nice to our next-door neighbor to thinking about creating better neighborhoods, we find that being a good neighbor is harder than we thought.” – Mark. T. Mulder[1], Congregations, Neighborhoods, Places (16). [Read more…] about Reflection: Congregations, Neighborhoods, Places

Share this:

  • Email
  • Print
  • Facebook
  • More
  • Twitter
  • Tumblr
  • LinkedIn
  • Reddit
  • Pinterest

Science Reader Question: My Martian Neighbor

mars photo
See? It’s right next door. Photo by NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center

It’s hard to imagine being more lost than Mark Watney. He was literally the only human being on an entire planet, nearly 250 million miles from home. That’s the premise of The Martian, which details the astronomical lengths NASA and others go to rescue Watney, and his efforts to stay alive until they get there. It’s a gripping story, but I could never fully ignore the fact that a lot of time and money (albeit fictional) was being spent to rescue one person. Mr. Spock would not approve; it’s the antithesis of “the needs of the many outweigh the needs of the few”.
[Read more…] about Science Reader Question: My Martian Neighbor

Share this:

  • Email
  • Print
  • Facebook
  • More
  • Twitter
  • Tumblr
  • LinkedIn
  • Reddit
  • Pinterest

Science Corner: The Bottom-up Route to your Community (Pt 2)

Photo of my children being silly
These are my personal collaborators in local community engagement.

HL asks:

What I am seeing is that the understandably busy lives of even highly motivated Christian professionals often lead them to become more and more isolated from those parts of society most in need of outreach, friendship, and fellowship from Christians. So…how can those in the hectic years of research, working on getting those final papers done for the PhD, etc., not lose touch with the problems within their own local community?

[Read more…] about Science Corner: The Bottom-up Route to your Community (Pt 2)

Share this:

  • Email
  • Print
  • Facebook
  • More
  • Twitter
  • Tumblr
  • LinkedIn
  • Reddit
  • Pinterest

Science Corner: The Bottom-up Route to your Community (Pt 1)

Photo of church and garden
What’s happening at your local church? (Photo by emdot )

HL asks:

What I am seeing is that the understandably busy lives of even highly motivated Christian professionals often lead them to become more and more isolated from those parts of society most in need of outreach, friendship, and fellowship from Christians. So…how can those in the hectic years of research, working on getting those final papers done for the PhD, etc., not lose touch with the problems within their own local community?

[Read more…] about Science Corner: The Bottom-up Route to your Community (Pt 1)

Share this:

  • Email
  • Print
  • Facebook
  • More
  • Twitter
  • Tumblr
  • LinkedIn
  • Reddit
  • Pinterest
Next Page »

Primary Sidebar

Become a Member

Membership is Free. Sign up and receive our monthly newsletter and access ESN member benefits.

Join ESN Today

Scholar’s Compass Booklet

Scholar's Compass Booklet

Click here to get your copy

Top Posts

  • A Prayer for Those Finishing a Semester
  • The Message of Genesis 1
  • Faith and Reason, Part 3: Aquinas
  • 2020 Advent Resources, Week 2: Black Liturgies
  • Faith and Reason, Part 2: Augustine

Facebook Posts

Facebook Posts

Footer

Privacy & Cookies: This site uses cookies. By continuing to use this website, you agree to their use.
To find out more, including how to control cookies, see here: Cookie Policy

Recent Posts

  • Longing: Greatness and Grace in our Leaders
  • Through the Lens of Faith: Studying Literature in the Communion of Saints
  • Hosting Effective Book Groups

Article Categories