Christianity stands or falls with...
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Christianity stands or falls with its revolutionary protest against violence, arbitrariness
and pride of power, and with its plea for the weak. Christians are doing too little to make
these points clear rather than too much. Christendom adjusts itself far too easily to the
worship of power. Christians should give more offense, shock the world far more than
they are doing now. Christians should take a stronger stand in favor of the weak rather
than considering first the possible right of the strong.
(From Dietrich Bonhoeffer, "Sermon on 2 Corinthians 12:9," given at St. Paul's Church in London, 1934)
(From Dietrich Bonhoeffer, "Sermon on 2 Corinthians 12:9," given at St. Paul's Church in London, 1934)
