Pray Vote Stand panelists on how Christian voters can uphold biblical principles

Biblical Principles? What are we talking about?​

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Hosea 12:6​

6 But you must return to your God; maintain love and justice, and wait for your God always.

Proverbs 24:24-25​

24 Whoever says to the guilty, “You are innocent,” will be cursed by peoples and denounced by nations.
25 But it will go well with those who convict the guilty, and rich blessing will come on them.

Isaiah 61:8-9​

8 “For I, the LORD, love justice; I hate robbery and wrongdoing. In my faithfulness I will reward my people and make an everlasting covenant with them.

Exodus 23:9
"Do not oppress a foreigner; you yourselves know how it feels to be foreigners because you were foreigners in Egypt".

Isaiah 1
17 Learn to do right; seek justice. Defend the oppressed. Take up the cause of the fatherless; plead the case of the widow.

Proverbs 29:7​

7 The righteous care about justice for the poor, but the wicked have no such concern.

Leviticus 19:33-34
"Do not mistreat any foreigners who live in your land. Instead, treat them as well as you treat citizens and love them as much as you love yourself".

Hebrews 13:2
"Be sure to welcome strangers into your home".

Matthew 25:40
And the King shall answer and say unto them, ‘Verily I say unto you, inasmuch as ye have done it unto one of the least of these My brethren, ye have done it unto Me.

What else?

Akita Suggagaki said:

Biblical Principles? What are we talking about?​

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Hosea 12:6​

6 But you must return to your God; maintain love and justice, and wait for your God always.

Proverbs 24:24-25​

24 Whoever says to the guilty, “You are innocent,” will be cursed by peoples and denounced by nations.
25 But it will go well with those who convict the guilty, and rich blessing will come on them.

Isaiah 61:8-9​

8 “For I, the LORD, love justice; I hate robbery and wrongdoing. In my faithfulness I will reward my people and make an everlasting covenant with them.

Exodus 23:9
"Do not oppress a foreigner; you yourselves know how it feels to be foreigners because you were foreigners in Egypt".

Isaiah 1
17 Learn to do right; seek justice. Defend the oppressed. Take up the cause of the fatherless; plead the case of the widow.

Proverbs 29:7​

7 The righteous care about justice for the poor, but the wicked have no such concern.

Leviticus 19:33-34
"Do not mistreat any foreigners who live in your land. Instead, treat them as well as you treat citizens and love them as much as you love yourself".

Hebrews 13:2
"Be sure to welcome strangers into your home".

Matthew 25:40
And the King shall answer and say unto them, ‘Verily I say unto you, inasmuch as ye have done it unto one of the least of these My brethren, ye have done it unto Me.

What else?

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Do the verses about welcoming strangers and foreigners apply towards the issues of human trafficking?

There is more than welcoming the stranger.

Come now, what are your favorite Biblical principles?

Akita Suggagaki said:

There is more than welcoming the stranger.

Come now, what are your favorite Biblical principles?

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Welcoming the stranger is singular, not a mass immigration of illegal immigrants.

JimR-OCDS said:

Welcoming the stranger is singular, not a mass immigration of illegal immigrants.

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Especially when immigrants are of the variety that Trump refers to as "garbage."

Andrewn said:

Especially when immigrants are of the variety that Trump refers to as "garbage."

Trump calls US 'garbage can for the world' in latest anti-immigrant rhetoric

Former President Donald Trump escalated his anti-immigrant rhetoric at a rally in battleground Arizona on Thursday, calling the U.S. a "garbage can for the world."

abcnews.go.com

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Coming into a country illegally makes them criminals which is what Trump was referring to.

When you ignore the laws of a sovereign nation like the United States, your integrity is subject.

BTW, in my town, a group of illegals who were being put up in a local motel, went over to the restaurant next door. They
ate and trashed the place but had no money to pay. I would think saying they are garbage is not far off.

US citizens are getting fed up with what's going on since Biden too office.

JimR-OCDS said:

Coming into a country illegally makes them criminals which is what Trump was referring to.

When you ignore the laws of a sovereign nation like the United States, your integrity is subject.

BTW, in my town, a group of illegals who were being put up in a local motel, went over to the restaurant next door. They
ate and trashed the place but had no money to pay. I would think saying they are garbage is not far off.

US citizens are getting fed up with what's going on since Biden too office.

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Once upon a time, in a galaxy far, far away, a free trade agreement was signed. It was called NAFTA. This was thirty years, and I was young and idealistic. At that time, I hoped the free trade agreement would gradually over the decades extend south of Mexico, even to Argentina. Improving living conditions in Latin countries would have been the way to stop illegal immigration.

As I said, this was in a galaxy far, far away. But in this galaxy, there is serious talk about canceling the above-mentioned free trade agreement altogether.

Andrewn said:

Once upon a time, in a galaxy far, far away, a free trade agreement was signed. It was called NAFTA. This was thirty years, and I was young and idealistic. At that time, I hoped the free trade agreement would gradually over the decades extend south of Mexico, even to Argentina. Improving living conditions in Latin countries would have been the way to stop illegal immigration.

As I said, this was in a galaxy far, far away. But in this galaxy, there is serious talk about canceling the above-mentioned free trade agreement altogether.

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FYI, Biden and John Kerry were the negotiating team which got the NAFTA agreements signed, along with the G-7
agreements which sent US Manufacturing and yes, Engineering jobs over seas.

Mexico, was a loser for the company I worked for as they moved from Choua to Singapore as they never
made money in Mexico because of the crime which the sheriffs department was part of.

Michie said:

WASHINGTON — A children's rights advocate urged Christian voters not to follow the lead of politicians willing to compromise on issues such as life and marriage but to instead show these leaders that they must uphold "biblically-based, child-protective principles."

On the second day of the Pray Vote Stand summit, experts discussed how Christians should respond when those in charge value political strategy over biblical principles. Family Research Council President Tony Perkins led the Friday panel "Principles vs. Practicals: Why Biblical Values Matter More than Political Expedience."

One of the points that came up was the Republican Party voting 84-18 earlier this year in favor of a platform that softened its pro-life stance by removing calls for federal restrictions on abortion, in addition to eliminating language opposing same-sex marriage.

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Pray Vote Stand panelists on how Christian voters can uphold biblical principles

A children s rights advocate urged Christian voters not to follow the lead of politicians willing to compromise on issues such as life and marriage but to instead show these leaders that they must

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I think its more important to stand on the freedoms that Declarations and Human Rights is based on than to try and enforce any specific religious doctrine.

The important thing is to allow freedom of religion and speech and conscience to take its course as this will in itself if allowed cause people to see the truth and change. Or at the very least not allow the truth and Christian belief to be deminished below pro abortion beliefs.

What is happening now is the opposite where the State has dictated one position which is pro abortion with no debate or opposing views allowed in the public square. We see this with how even praying outside abortion clinics is deemed against the law. Or how Christians are attacked and sacked for expressing their beliefs.

Whereas I think if it was a truely neutral position both pro and anti beliefs and as an extention abortion clinics should be equally available and have equal footings and neither preferred by the State. All the information freely available without bias so that people can make informed decisions based on the existing facts or lack of them.

Just like with Trans care in how the State controlled the information through Gender clinics that were run by ideologues in the same way Planned Parenthood does for abortion. It was found out that the information was highly bias and lacked evidence and now alternative information or rather additional information on the facts have been allowed to come to light and many have moved away from Trans ideology.

The same with abortion. Much of the reality of what is happening is hidden, sanitised and reworded to sound like its nothing. Let the truth be the judge and allow both sides of the information to come out for people to see the reality of what is going on.

If there is any misinformation, propaganda and totalitarianism going on at the moment its not the church or Christians. Its the State and its agents who are controlling information and the narrative as to what is allowed in the public square.