What Does the Bible Say About Immigration? Jesus and the Freedom to Move with Chris Polk

Are borders tyrannical or necessary? Returning guest Chris Polk helps us dismantle the political theater around immigration and ask what allegiance to Jesus looks like when the state shows up with masks and rifles. From truck-stop stories to John 4, they explore why restricting movement may be the worst tyranny and how ordinary neighbor love beats team-red/blue fear.

Chris argues both parties fed the ICE machine, shares a Cuban car rescue story that needed no papers, and reminds us that Jesus walked through Samaria, not around it. If Mary and Joseph fled Herod today, would we demand their passports?

They dig into:

• Why “do something!” turns into state violence
• Borders as cages that keep you in vs. others out
• The Good Samaritan as the “Good Immigrant”
• Cop-aganda and qualified immunity
• “Would Jesus follow the law?” when the law crushes the least

🤝 Connect with Chris Polk:

• Blue Ribbon Logistics Website
• Blue Ribbon's YouTube, Facebook, Tik Tok
• Previous Bad Roman Episodes with Chris
  • Lessons from the Trucking Industry with Chris Polk (Episode #77)
  • Home School: 2021 Year End Round Table (Episode #47)
  • Your Rights with Chris Polk & Jacob Daniel (Episode #38)
  • God's Country or Jesus’s Kingdom? Navigating the Nexus of Nationalism and Faith in America (Epsiode #99)

📖 For Full Show Notes: thebadroman.com/show-notes/episode-148

Key Episode Moments:

(01:00) Framing the Question: Christ vs. Caesar

(04:00) The Machine Called “Do Something”

(10:30) Fear Cycles & Border Theater

(18:00) Borders as Cages (Keeping You In)

(23:00) The Cuban VW & Neighbor Love

(27:00) Jesus Through Samaria

(35:00) The Worst Tyranny: Blocking Movement

(44:00) When “Our Guys” Get Power

(50:00) Cop-aganda & Qualified Immunity

(57:00) Would Jesus “Follow the Law”?

(1:02:00) Sowing Violence, Reaping Blowback

(1:08:00) Repentance, Friendship, & “No King but Christ”

 

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FREE ACTION: Share the Episode, Start a Conversation with a Fellow Christian Know a friend who thinks “law and order” equals righteousness? Send them this episode with Chris Polk and ask:

• Are we viewing immigration through the eyes of Christ or Caesar?

• Do borders keep “them” out, or keep us in?

• What would it look like to love the traveler first and let the paperwork be second?

 

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