The London Bridge Massacre, Trump's Vision for American Security, and Where...

During his campaign, two of President Trump’s biggest promises were building a wall along the southern border with Mexico and cracking down on immigration to this country, particularly from Middle Eastern countries. Within his first two months in office, he has moved to keep both of those promises. His administration has opened bidding on the border wall for construction companies. And he has signed two executive orders halting the entrance of refugees for 120 days and banning immigration from six Middle Eastern countries for three months. The first executive order was ruled unconstitutional by a federal court, prompting the issuance of the second order which has also been temporarily stopped by a judge in Hawaii. The president has said he will appeal the decision on the travel ban to the Supreme Court if necessary. 

While many people support the ban as the legitimate use of a president’s power to protect the country’s borders, many oppose the ban as un-American and discriminatory. The church has also been divided over the issue. Some Christian leaders have spoken out against the ban out of concern for refugees who are fleeing war, persecution, and unrest in their country. Others have defended the ban out of concern that Muslim terrorists would otherwise be allowed to enter the country at will. Obviously, this is an issue that is hard to reconcile from any angle. But there is room to support the president’s authority to protect the country while also remaining true to the Christlike work of caring for refugees and the poor who enter our country. 

The way to reconcile these two objectives is to simply understand the division of power that exists between the church and the government, both of which are God-ordained institutions. 

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