I believe Christians are called to treat illegal aliens with compassion, but this is not the same as the government opening the border to all comers. I believe church and state have different roles in this crisis. I think the best way we can help poor people from other countries is to encourage their own governments and societies to treat them with justice and provide them with opportunities for advancement where they live now. Yes, America has been and is a place that welcomes immigrants, but this ought to be done legally and in a measured way. We can’t absorb everyone. It is not good for us and for them to simply have them pouring across the border illegally. And yes, I do support immigration reform … and secure borders.

With America’s average household net worth in decline and full-time jobs scarce, this is not the time to grant amnesty to millions of illegals.

It’s hard to fathom, but it looks as if President Obama and the feckless, compromised Europeans are going to do exactly nothing about the Russian shootdown of the Malaysian jetliner–except flap their gums (but not too loudly, lest Vladimir become annoyed).

If we can’t push our religion on them, why do they get to push their “healthy living” gospel on us?

The rabid reaction to Tony Dungy’s innocuous comment is instructive. People increasingly will be afraid to speak their minds if their opinions depart the slightest bit from the prevailing aggressive liberal orthodoxy. I imagine in a few years that calling people to repent of homosexual practice will be considered a hate crime.

Regarding the Central American children spilling over our border illegally, we need to remember–as so many others are keen to remind us–that church and state are not the same. We have different callings and responsibilities. Christians ought to respond to these visitors with all compassion. Government, however, needs to respond by enforcing the law. There is a difference between mercy and justice.