Narrow is the way and few there be that find it ...

The fact that zenophobia, racism and bigotry seems to be in fashion again, as they were in Germany in the 1930s, is no reason to applaud such blasphemous wickedness.  As Christians, we are instructed by Jesus to go into the world to proclaim the 'good news' and to love our neighbour as our self.  Most of the problems in the developed world have to do with its twin  idolatries of wealth and self, and this is also true in the area of immigration and refugee policy.  Many unprincipled, and certainly un-Christian, politicians are deliberately stirring up hatred against others.  That hatred has no basis in fact, and those who use individual acts of terrorism by psychotics to demonise entire religious or ethnic communities are simply proclaiming Satan's word to the world.  Our jobs as Christians is to stand with Jesus, including welcoming refugees!  Jesus was a refugee too ...