...trudging into the distance in the bleeding stinking mad shadow of Jesus...the Lord out of dust had created him, had made him blood and nerve and mind, had made him to bleed and weep and think, and set him in a world of loss and fire... --Flannery O'Connor
3.05.2010
On Christian Silence Before the World
"The primary confession of the Christian before the world is the deed which interprets itself." --Dietrich Bonhoeffer
How can anyone understand why you do something when you don't say it ? Bonhoeffer wrote for a world where everyone had a Christian background. There was a common understanding. Today, this is no longer the case. Sorry, Dietrich.
"The primary confession of the Christian before the world is the deed which interprets itself."
This would change the world.
ReplyDeleteA noble thought, but hasn't our experience with Fox News and MSNBC shown that there is no deed that cannot be misinterpreted?
ReplyDeleteHow can anyone understand why you do something when you don't say it ? Bonhoeffer wrote for a world where everyone had a Christian background. There was a common understanding. Today, this is no longer the case. Sorry, Dietrich.
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