In his Letters and Papers from Prison, Bonhoeffer* wrote on folly and its only cure. I offer this without commentary. Come to your own conclusions about how to apply his wisdom in our country today. Folly is a more dangerous enemy to the good than evil. One can protest against evil; it can be unmasked …
Be Overcome or Be An Overcomer . . . Your Choice
“Do not repay anyone evil for evil . . . Don’t be overcome by evil but overcome evil with good.” Romans 12 I’ve been wrestling with how to respond to Charlottesville and especially to the alt-right event in my city (San Francisco) this weekend. The easy thing would be to be overcome by the evil …
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What Would Bonhoeffer Do?
Most Christians consider pastor, theologian, activist, and martyr, Dietrich Bonhoeffer, to have been a great man. He spent two years in prison for joining the plot to assassinate the Führer and was executed by the Nazi regime at the Flossenbürg concentration camp on April 9, 1945, just two weeks before the United States liberated the camp. …
Have A Revolutionary Christmas!
“The Bible,” claimed one little girl to her Sunday School class, “ends in Revolutions!” Her mispronunciation of the Bible’s last book notwithstanding, she got something right. The God of the Bible initiates and sustains REVOLUTIONS. Another young girl got this in her famous song. Can you guess the song and its author? The song was …
A “Bonhoeffer Moment”?
“Mr. Bonhoeffer! Mr. Bonhoeffer! Excuse me, aren’t you Dietrich Bonhoeffer? I can’t tell you what an honor it is to meet you, Sir. I’m a huge fan! “You were such a extraordinary man in your day, an example to us all. We all – all us Christians, anyway – admire your selfless devotion to God …
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