Summary Of Christian's At The Border

The book Christian’s at the Border by M. Daniel Carroll R. is about immigration and the views that people have on it with the influence of the church and the Bible. The purpose that Carroll wants to make with his book is for Christian’s to take a look at immigration thinking about it in a Christian perspective. Often, people take an ideological view on things, but do not take the time as Christian’s to view it in a Christian way and the way that the Bible states things. I am pretty sure that there will and are those that disagree with what Carroll states in his book. In the beginning of the book, he states “my intention is to try to move Christians to reconsider their starting point in the immigration debate” (Carroll, xxv). This is important because people are often confused or do not know how to approach the topic of immigration.
“Immigration is neither a new phenomenon nor only a recent political concern” (Carroll, 5). Immigration is something that has been around for years and years, but it is only now being something that is becoming more relevant because of the things that are happening, especially with the Executive Order. As the reading continues, he brings in the Old Testament and what parts of scriptures relate to the issues that are brought up from immigration. The first scripture that he refers to is Genesis 1, “above all else, immigration is the movement of people across borders. The bottom line is that it concerns humans: their worth, destiny, rights, and responsibilities” (Carroll, 45). People forget that people are moving across borders from one country to another one where they know nothing about it. Being able to recognize that they are actual people, and then we are able to try to understand why it is they are doing what they are