OTS Come Join the army of God! On September 11th, 1933, a group of 61 German pastors gathered to form The Pfarrernotbund – The Pastor’s Emergency League. Outraged by Nazi incursion into Church affairs and disappointed by the silent pulpits of their peers, men like Martin Niemoller and Dietrich Bonhoeffer forged this covenant so that the light of the Christian gospel in Germany would neither be stamped out by Jack-boots nor trimmed by black robes. Is America entering into a post-Christian era? Are we repeating the tragedy of pre-war Germany? As an American Air Force general once said, “History may not repeat itself but it sure as Hell paraphrases.” As our own government targets people of faith, Biblical marriage, and the child in the womb, politicians and pulpits have largely remained silent. And while Christians slumber, the forces of darkness wage a blitzkrieg against all things sacred. Bonhoeffer wrote that the church is to act as “the conscience of the state,” so if the state becomes unconscionable, the pulpit is responsible. “We are not to simply bandage the wounds of victims beneath the wheels of injustice,” wrote Bonhoeffer, “We are to drive a spoke into the wheel itself.” Read more at barbwire/2014/09/12/christian-emergency-league-pastor-christian-stand-stand-fast/#vJwSfgjsyQWZibvT.99 barbwire/2014/09/12/christian-emergency-league-pastor-christian-stand-stand-fast/
Posted on: Sat, 13 Sep 2014 20:00:01 +0000
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