Ayesha Roscoe

I'm Ayesha Roscoe, and this is a Sunday story from Up First.

I often think about my faith and how it affects the way I carry myself as a journalist.

And as a journalist who is a Christian, I have obviously been noticing the Trump administration use biblical language and imagery online, on social media, to justify foreign and domestic policy decisions.

And I'm always curious and interested to hear from people who have studied the Bible and studied Christianity and religion who can talk about the biblical context that these ideas are being pulled from and what that says about the faith that this administration is portraying.

I guess that's why I was really, really interested when I heard a recent interview by Brittany Luce, who hosts NPR's It's Been a Minute podcast.

She sat down with two people who think a lot about the separation of church and state and also about what happens when religion is mixed with policy in America.

Jason DeRose is NPR's religion correspondent.

Reverend Dr. Gabriel Salguero is the president and founder of the National Latino Evangelical Coalition.

He's also the pastor of the Gathering Place, an Assemblies of God congregation in Orlando, Florida.

What I think makes this conversation special is how both guests engage with the idea of welcoming the stranger in Christian thought and how those values come to bear on current debates in the U.S.

about immigration and war.

Brittany's insightful conversation with Jason DeRose and Reverend Dr. Gabriel Salguero after the break.

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Here's Brittany Luce, host of NPR's It's Been a Minute podcast.

with NPR's Jason DeRose and Reverend Dr. Gabriel Salguero.

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We're back with more Brittany Luce's conversation with NPR's Jason DeRose and Reverend Dr. Gabriel Salguero about religion and policy.

That was Brittany Luce, host of NPR's It's Been a Minute podcast, speaking with NPR religion correspondent Jason DeRose and Reverend Dr. Gabriel Salguero.

Listen to more of It's Been a Minute with Brittany Luce wherever you get your podcasts.