\nI recently purchased Eric Metaxas' new book on "Bonhoeffer".\n<\/p>\n
\nOn the cover, there's this famous quote by Dietrich Bonhoeffer:\n<\/p>\n
\nSilence in the face of evil is itself evil: God will not hold us guiltless. Not to speak is to speak. Not to act is to act.<\/strong>\n<\/p>\n \nI remember reading a similar quote from John Calvin:\n<\/p>\n \nAnd even when there are two opposing camps in the Church, if one is I recently purchased Eric Metaxas' new book on "Bonhoeffer". On the cover, there's this famous quote by Dietrich Bonhoeffer: Silence in the face of evil is itself evil: God will not hold us guiltless. Not to speak is to speak. … Continue reading
\nopposing the truth<\/strong> of God in order to overthrow it and the other holds
\nto the good<\/strong> so that it may always follow what is commanded, it is
\ncertain that whoever is neutral will be disloyal and a traitor<\/strong>...... So today there are many who would like to be neutral
\nin the midst of all these troubles. They think: 'Very well, I do not
\nwant to be involved on one side orthe other. I will wait and see who is
\ngoing to be the strongest and is more likely to win.' So it is a matter
\n(for believers) of becoming as deeply involved as possible. Therefore,
\nfar be it from us to condemn those who follow the right party. <\/em>- John Calvin's Sermons on 2nd Samuel Chapters 1-13, pg. 87-88<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"