DREAMers – Red Letter Christians

As We Enter Black History Month, ‘Do Not De-Radicalize King’

January 16, 2023

Christian Nationalism, General, Immigration & Refugees, Interfaith, Peace & Nonviolence, Politics, Practical Justice, Race, Revival, Theology

Editor’s Note: Originally published on the RLC Blog January 31, 2018. Editor’s Note: As we move towards the month where we celebrate the life of the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., into Black History M...

To Turn Our Backs on Dreamers is to Turn Our Backs on Christ

Jennifer Butler

February 9, 2018

Church Life, Global, Immigration & Refugees, Politics, Theology

Christians are also called by scripture to welcome the immigrant in our land. How can we preach the gospel on Sunday and not work for justice on Monday?

Paul Ryan Faces an Urgent Moral Challenge

John Gehring

February 7, 2018

Immigration & Refugees, Politics, Theology

If Ryan considers himself a person of faith who cares about family values, he should keep his promises.

As We Enter Black History Month, ‘Do Not De-Radicalize King’

Otis Moss III

January 31, 2018

Immigration & Refugees, Politics, Practical Justice, Race, Theology

In times such as this, we need not celebration and commemoration of men and women who lived valiantly, but we need to be disturbed and re-energized; not by the “safe” King, created by certain persons to tone down his radical legacy, but we need the radical King, the radical, Hamer, and the radical Rustin.

Baby Jesus Was a Dreamer in Egypt

Thomas Reese

January 17, 2018

Church Life, Global, Immigration & Refugees, Politics, Practical Justice, Theology

Where are the biblical fundamentalists who say that American law should be based on the Bible? They should be leading the charge in support of Dreamers, refugees, and other immigrants.