We know that Vladimir Putin is often referred to as a “Master Chess Player” on the world stage. In chess, the objective is to declare “check mate” against the opponent where the opponent has no room to move. From a human perspective, who is Russia trying to ‘check mate’ by being specifically in Syria? The West? The US? Israel? China? All the above?
Why is the U.S. intending to stay in Syria?
What must the pulpits of America do to balance between right actions and words?
From a church perspective, where are we going to head with soft words, fear of communicating truth, and making words more important than actions?
What is it about society at large that causes our politicians (or pastors in the pulpit) to completely miss what’s going on in our world because they’re so fearful of saying the wrong thing?
Where is this emphasis on one’s words, particularly those that are politically incorrect, going to take us, if not corrected?
In the New Testament book of James, the distinction between the importance of words versus that of actions is clearly seen. The entirety of the book contrasts the verbal acknowledgment of faith and the requisite actions that genuinely prove/demonstrate one’s faith. Why is that distinction so important?
What is the role of government on the issue of immigration as opposed to the role of the individual and/or church in responding to individuals in our communities who may be from other parts of the world?
How can Christians pray for the persecuted church? What other things can we as American Christians do to help our persecuted Brothers and Sisters in Christ in other parts of the world?
In November 2015 there was an article in the Washington Times with the title “U.S. ‘discriminates’ against Christian refugees, accepts 96% Muslims, 3% Christians.” The author of that article pointed out that of the thousands of Syrian refugees being accepted to our country, only 3% were Christians, and 96% were Muslims. In an interesting turn of events an article earlier this month in the Washington Examiner has this title “In switch, Trump favors Christian refugees 6-1 over Muslims.” In it the author, Paul Bedard, writes, “Since the fiscal year began, 60 percent of new refugees admitted into the United States have been Christian, and just 13 percent Muslim.” Why has there been a major shift in refugees under the Trump administration?
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