If our Christian hope involves sharing the New Jerusalem with people from every nation, this should have a profound influence on how we view people from other nations and races. We ought to respect foreigners and distance ourselves from xenophobic attitudes. Racism should have no place in the Christian church. In line with this, the aspirations of the church should never be equated with those of a political cause or party that promotes national self-interest. Whatever sense of patriotism we may have, it must never cause us to despise or hate those from other nations. Unfortunately, we live in
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