Romans 13 News Today

Romans 13 helps us understand why governments exist, and what they were created to do.

God is definitely honored when we submit to earthly authority. Let’s just do so wisely; not blindly.

And you have to look at protection, and how do you bring the human element into this situation, so you can provide human dignity and respect and care and compassion. and provide an element that gives both. i think thats the thing that a lot of americans are hoping that our president will step up, in a way, along with the congress, the house and the senate. our leaders will do the right thing and provide that protective and compassionate pieces to this legislation. >> laura: pastor scott, this is...

Human dignity and respect and care and compassion. and provide an element that gives both. i think thats the thing that a lot of americans are hoping that our president will step up, in a way, along with the congress, the house and the senate. our leaders will do the right thing and provide that protective and compassionate pieces to this legislation. >> laura: pastor scott, this is bishop michael curry who is just slamming jeff sessions or invoking the bible. lets watch. >> to our christians to...

>> yes. its unnecessary, its tearing kids from their parents and its just cruel. i dont see how you can come to any other conclusion than this is an evil and it is causing great misery. >> as you know, the attorney general, jeff sessions, he also at one point said hes upholding this part of the law as the bible commands. and the press secretary sarah sanders echoed that. what would you say to that? >> theyre quoting romans 13, which says christians should follow civic authorities. gods laws supe...

It was used to justify naziism in germany. romans 13 has -- but it was a misuse even of st. paul. but even with that said, for a christian to quote romans 13 over jesus of nazareth, as if jesus of nazareth doesnt exist, that, it seems to me, is highly problematic, and its just flat-out run. its unbiblical. its unchristian, and its un-american. >> father martin, youve had your own experience working in africa with refugees at different points in the past. youve seen these kinds of problems before...

Were bidden to follow that. and separating children from their parents is not loving your neighbor. >> to the people in our audience who are not religious, have no religion, to atheists, they can come to the conclusion that this is an immoral act without any religious guidance whatsoever. and morality can be found in certain positions without any religious guidance whatsoever or any religious belief. how do you feel when you hear politicians using religion to justify their choices like this? >> ...

Cameras into these facilities to capture these images firsthand. >> the other option would, of course, be transparency with the press. geoff bennett at the white house, thank you very much. >> reporter: sure. attorney general jeff sessions own church is accusing him of child abuse for spearh d spearheading this policy. bringing church law charges, accusing sessions of child abuse, immorality, racial discrimination and, quote, disemnation of doctrines contrary to the standards of the methodist ...

Christians everywhere should be up in arms. what happened to bring us your tired and weak and we will make them strong? this is still the promised land." the catholic church has criticized the policy as immoral. lets talk to director of church mobilization for world relief of author of "welcoming the stranger," matthew sorrens. thank you for being with us. if attorney general jeff sessions was going to use the bible, would that have been the choice, romans 13, to use? there -- thats been used be...

Number of times throughout the bible. >> god has ordained the government? i thought we had separation of church and state in this country. anyway, to be clear, that bible chapter right there that sessions cited, romans 13, was also used to justify slavery in the 19th century and reportedly used by hitler and the nazis in the 1930s. with me, julia ainsley, national security reporter. and nbcs jacob soboroff who toured one of those detention centers earlier this week. julia, news coming in just no...